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Silene struthioloides
alpine catchfly
As recorded: Silene struthioloides A.Gray
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Caryophyllaceae
- Collected by
- McEldowney, H.
- Collector number
- 4
- Date
- July 1, 1976
- Locality
- Mauna Kea, summit road
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- 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 July 1, 1976, McEldowney, H. also collected 8 other specimens.
Silene struthioloides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1976. 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 428605. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956662993. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/428605.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956662993 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026