Bernice Puahi Bishop Museum · CC BY-NC · GBIF · full resolution
Hypericum parvulum
Sierra Madre St. John's Wort
As recorded: Hypericum parvulum Greene
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Hypericaceae
- Collected by
- Newell, C.L.
- Collector number
- 608
- Date
- August 27, 1966
- Locality
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Located down Kona-Hilo Hghway about 0.8 miles from Park Entrance toward Kona, just past Sulfur Banks
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 27, 1966, Newell, C.L. also collected 11 other specimens.
Hypericum parvulum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1966. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 36 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-26.
2026-07-26
Kīlauea Iki Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) atcgnyc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-21
Honua‘ula Forest Reserve, Kailua Kona, HI, US
(c) James Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-12
Puu Oo Trail, Hilo, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-09
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Tim Guida, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-18
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Ocean Fleskes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-08
Island of Hawaiʻi, Volcano, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hypericum parvulum. BISH 21138. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956415499. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/21138.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956415499 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026