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Silene struthioloides
alpine catchfly
As recorded: Silene struthioloides A.Gray
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Caryophyllaceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.; Ishikawa, S.Derral R. Herbst →S. Ishikawa →
- Collector number
- 5165
- Date
- January 16, 1975
- Locality
- Mauna Kea, road to observatory
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 3,048 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 January 16, 1975, Herbst, D.R.; Ishikawa, S. also collected 10 other specimens.
Silene struthioloides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1975. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 43 research-grade sightings in the wild, 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)
2026-03-16
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Chiang, 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)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Silene struthioloides. BISH 409973. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956514451. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/409973.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956514451 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026