BISH 426207Botany

Eragrostis viscosa

Sticky Love Grass

As recorded: Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.; Evans, M.M.A. Evans →F. Raymond Fosberg →
Collector number: 47317
Date: August 15, 1965
Locality: Faraulap
Island: Faraulap Atoll
Region: Yap, Micronesia
Elevation: 1 m
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

256 Bishop specimens of Eragrostis viscosa · collected 1845–2019Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 15, 1965, Fosberg, F.R.; Evans, M. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Eragrostis viscosa observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1965. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 35 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-04-12.

2026-04-12

Polokwane Local Municipality, South Africa

(c) Dimakatjo Mothapo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-04-05

North West, BW

(c) Robert Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-03-20

Lephalale, Limpopo, ZA

(c) Nico Lubcker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-03

Manimutharu, Tamil Nadu, India

(c) Christopher Guna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-26

Ongwediva, Namibia

(c) Ben Strohbach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-05-23

JC6H+GPF, Mandunyane, Botswana

(c) wearytaco, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Eragrostis viscosa. BISH 426207. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956281409. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/426207.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956281409 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

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