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Picris hieracioides
Hawkweed Oxtongue
As recorded: Picris hieracioides L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Herat, T.; Herat, R.; Higashino, P.K.R. Herat →T.R. Herat →Paul K. Higashino →
- Collector number
- 752
- Date
- June 22, 1974
- Locality
- N. Hilo district, along Saddle Rd
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,960 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 June 22, 1974, Herat, T.; Herat, R.; Higashino, P.K. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Picris hieracioides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-30.

2026-08-30
Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-06
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) KokeeRCP, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-08-11
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Michael R. Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-11-02
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Picris hieracioides. BISH 410557. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956607470. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/410557.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956607470 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
