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Verbena litoralis
Seashore vervain
As recorded: Verbena litoralis Kunth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Verbenaceae
- Collected by
- Munro, G.C.
- Collector number
- 365
- Date
- August 1, 1928
- Locality
- Palawai
- Island
- Lānaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 351 m
- 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 1, 1928, Munro, G.C. also collected 16 other specimens.
Argemone glauca
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Atriplex semibaccata
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Bidens pilosa
Botany
Cirsium vulgare
Botany
Desmodium uncinatum
Botany
Distimake aegyptius
Botany
Erigeron sumatrensis
Botany
Foeniculum vulgare
Botany
Leucaena leucocephala
Botany
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Botany
Melinis repens
Botany
Paspalum dilatatum
Botany
Portulaca oleracea
Botany
Prosopis pallida
Botany
Salvia occidentalis
Botany
Solanum lycopersicum
Botany
Verbena litoralis observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 107 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.
2026-10-19
Maui, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-25
Kapolei, HI 96707, USA
no rights reserved
2026-08-24
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-05
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) denizs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-26
Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-03
Makiki/Lower/ Punchbowl/Tantalus, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Verbena litoralis. BISH 17816. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956190713. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/17816.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956190713 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026