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Spermacoce remota
Woodland false buttonweed
As recorded: Spermacoce remota Lam.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- Swarbrick, J.T.
- Collector number
- H-7
- Date
- January 10, 1976
- Locality
- Manoa Campus, Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Lorence, D.H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 10, 1976, Swarbrick, J.T. also collected 14 other specimens.
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Ageratina riparia
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Cyanthillium cinereum
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Desmodium uncinatum
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Dichanthium aristatum
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Digitaria insularis
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Drymaria cordata
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Erechtites valerianifolius
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Erigeron bonariensis
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Gynandropsis gynandra
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Mesosphaerum pectinatum
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Paspalum fimbriatum
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Setaria adhaerens
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Youngia japonica
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Spermacoce remota observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1976. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 350 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-21.
2026-10-21
Haleakalā National Park, Hana, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Manoa Rd + Manoa Rec Center, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
(c) Jacob Skaggs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Haiku, HI 96708, USA
(c) Craig Ontl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Haiku, HI 96708, USA
(c) Craig Ontl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-14
Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI, USA
(c) David Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-01
Hawaii, US
(c) fawningover, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Spermacoce remota. BISH 410062. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956594017. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/410062.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956594017 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026