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Heliotropium curassavicum
alkali heliotrope
As recorded: Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Boraginales › Heliotropiaceae
- Collected by
- Robinson, A.E.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- December 30, 1947
- Locality
- Kanalo Valley, sand dunes opposite mouth of valley
- Island
- Niʻihau
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.9506, -160.0248
- 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 December 30, 1947, Robinson, A.E. also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Heliotropium curassavicum observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1947. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2018-10-02.
2018-10-02
Keamano, Ni'ihau, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2002-07-07
Lehua, Hawaii 96769, USA
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Heliotropium curassavicum. BISH 415113. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956185061. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/415113.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956185061 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026