BISH 438094Botany

Elephantopus mollis

elephant's foot

As recorded: Elephantopus mollis Kunth

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae

Collected by: Hosaka, E.Y.
Collector number: Aug-09
Date: August 9, 1946
Locality: Jokai
Island: Pohnpei
Region: Micronesia
Elevation: 30 m
Identified by: Powell, D.A.
Record type: Preserved specimen

156 Bishop specimens of Elephantopus mollis · collected 1841–2014Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 9, 1946, Hosaka, E.Y. also collected 22 other specimens.

Elephantopus mollis observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1946. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,925 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.

2026-10-23

Belo Monte, São Tomé e Príncipe

(c) Luis Jordão, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-21

304台灣新竹縣新豐鄉鳳坑村668.1號

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

2026-10-19

Island Club Rd, Singapore, SG, SG

(c) ruddy2410, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17

橫山鄉

(c) Cecilia Chen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16

310台灣新竹縣竹東鎮上坪里45-7號

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

2026-10-11

臺北市北投區奇岩路

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

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Cite this specimen

Elephantopus mollis. BISH 438094. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956491524. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/438094.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956491524 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026