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Silene struthioloides
alpine catchfly
As recorded: Silene struthioloides A.Gray
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Caryophyllaceae
- Collected by
- Olson, G.E.
- Collector number
- 39
- Date
- July 9, 1937
- Locality
- East Maui, Haleakala, Sliding Sands trail
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.7117, -156.2368 ± 501 m
- Elevation
- 2,682 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
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 9, 1937, Olson, G.E. also collected 1 other specimen.
Still here: Silene struthioloides observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1937. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 39 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-07-25.
2026-07-25
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) joshjoshjoshjoshjosh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-30
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kyle Elshoff, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-04-20
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) annathn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-12-09
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) zacpfeifer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-01
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Eduardo Fernández Pascual, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-06-16
Hawaii, US
(c) zacpfeifer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Silene struthioloides. BISH 406465. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956282702. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/406465.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956282702 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026