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Scleria testacea
Hawai'i nutrush
As recorded: Scleria testacea Nees
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Kawasaki, A.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- September 22, 1958
- Locality
- Hilo near airport, in wet, rocky lowland
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Scleria testacea observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1958. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-09-21.
2025-09-21
Pahoa, HI, US
(c) Nikolai Braedt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-27
United States
(c) Tara Severns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-07-04
United States
(c) Tara Severns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-07-30
Ainaloa, HI, USA
(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-07-30
Hawaiʻi, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-07-08
Ainaloa, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Scleria testacea. BISH 117632. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956410791. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/117632.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956410791 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026