BISH 124788Botany

Eragrostis viscosa

Sticky Love Grass

As recorded: Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae

Collected by: St.John, H.
Collector number: 23743
Date: August 10, 1949
Locality: Rigili Islet
Island: Enewetak Atoll
Region: Marshall Islands
Elevation: 3 m
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

256 Bishop specimens of Eragrostis viscosa · collected 1845–2019Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 10, 1949, St.John, H. also collected 20 other specimens.

Eragrostis viscosa observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1949. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 35 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-04-12.

2026-04-12

Polokwane Local Municipality, South Africa

(c) Dimakatjo Mothapo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-05

North West, BW

(c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-03-20

Lephalale, Limpopo, ZA

(c) Nico Lubcker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-03

Manimutharu, Tamil Nadu, India

(c) Christopher Guna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-26

Ongwediva, Namibia

(c) Ben Strohbach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-23

JC6H+GPF, Mandunyane, Botswana

(c) wearytaco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Eragrostis viscosa. BISH 124788. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956472233. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/124788.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956472233 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

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