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Sisymbrium officinale
Hedge mustard
As recorded: Sisymbrium officinale var. officinale
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Brassicales › Brassicaceae
- Collected by
- Kosaka, E.
- Collector number
- 9
- Date
- April 3, 1962
- Locality
- near Pohakuloa, Puu Omaokoili
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 2,134 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 April 3, 1962, Kosaka, E. also collected 11 other specimens.
Sisymbrium officinale observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-12.

2026-05-12
Holualoa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-03-21
Kula, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Sisymbrium officinale. BISH 43311. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956590058. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/43311.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956590058 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
