BISH 430380Botany

Eragrostis viscosa

Sticky Love Grass

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

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae

Collected by: Whistler, W.A.
Collector number: W3363
Date: May 19, 1976
Locality: at Etena
Island: Swains Island
Region: American Samoa
Identified by: Herbst, D.R.
Record type: Preserved specimen

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

Collected the same day

On May 19, 1976, Whistler, W.A. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Eragrostis viscosa observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1976. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 36 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-19.

2026-05-19

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana

(c) Christine Sydes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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)

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

Cite this specimen

Eragrostis viscosa. BISH 430380. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956641055. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/430380.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956641055 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

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