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Xanthium strumarium
As recorded: Xanthium strumarium L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Fagerlund, G.O.; Mitchell, A.L.G.O. Fagerlund →A.L.M. Mitchell →
- Collector number
- 342
- Date
- February 16, 1943
- Locality
- Halape
- 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 February 16, 1943, Fagerlund, G.O.; Mitchell, A.L. also collected 12 other specimens.
Xanthium strumarium observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1943. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 69 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-21.
2026-08-21
Kahaone Loop, Waialua, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-19
Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-07
Kahaluʻu, HI, US
(c) Karen Howorth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-01
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-02-27
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
no rights reserved
2026-02-23
Waialua, HI 96791, USA
no rights reserved
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Cite this specimen
Xanthium strumarium. BISH 121819. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956385336. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/121819.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956385336 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026