
Tagetes minuta
wild marigold
As recorded: Tagetes minuta L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 20238
- Date
- August 18, 1949
- Locality
- Mauna Kea, north of Pohakuloa
- 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
Collected the same day
On August 18, 1949, Degener, O. also collected 8 other specimens.
Tagetes minuta observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-16.

2026-09-16
Waimea, HI 96743, USA
no rights reserved

2026-07-23
Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-14
Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-31
Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-10-14
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) BIISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-25
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyhl Austin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Tagetes minuta. BISH 121539. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956402582. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/121539.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956402582 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
