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Lepidium virginicum
Virginia pepperweed
As recorded: Lepidium virginicum L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Brassicales › Brassicaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 17219
- Date
- July 16, 1926
- Locality
- E of Kilauea-iki
- 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 16, 1926, Degener, O. also collected 10 other specimens.
Lepidium virginicum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 244 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Dole St + Hale Aloha Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-09
Salt Lake Blvd, Halawa, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-05
Dole St + Opp UH Law School, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
no rights reserved
2026-08-28
Maile Way, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Nathan Nguyen, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-06
Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Lepidium virginicum. BISH 43461. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956312750. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/43461.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956312750 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026