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Hunnemannia fumariifolia
Mexican tulip poppy
As recorded: Hunnemannia fumariifolia Sweet
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ranunculales › Papaveraceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Collector number
- 831
- Date
- December 30, 1967
- Locality
- E of Ulupalakua
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 579 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 December 30, 1967, Herbst, D.R. also collected 3 other specimens.
Hunnemannia fumariifolia observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1967. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-03-13.

2025-03-13
Maui, Kula, HI, US
(c) mikekintgen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-10-26
Maui, Hawaii, United States
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-05-23
Ocean View, HI, USA
(c) BIISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-08-11
Kula, HI 96790, USA
(c) Whitney kemp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-07-07
Hawaiʻi, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) maureenl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2018-07-01
Maui, Hawaii, United States
(c) Damon Tighe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hunnemannia fumariifolia. BISH 28271. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956683303. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/28271.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956683303 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
