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Buddleja asiatica
Asiatic butterfly-bush
As recorded: Buddleja asiatica Lour.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Scrophulariaceae
- Collected by
- Little Jr., E.L.
- Collector number
- 31282
- Date
- October 8, 1978
- Locality
- Kawainui Stream, about 8 mi E. of Haleiwa
- Island
- Oʻahu
- 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 October 8, 1978, Little Jr., E.L. also collected 5 other specimens.
Buddleja asiatica observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 252 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-21.
2026-09-21
Hawaii, US
(c) Kyle Klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-20
Waialae - Kahala, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-15
Ala Onaona St, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-07
S King St, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Nathan Nguyen, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-05
Kinoole St, Hilo, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-07-27
Pahoa, HI, US
(c) atcgnyc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Buddleja asiatica. BISH 439516. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956508107. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/439516.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956508107 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026