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Picris hieracioides
Hawkweed Oxtongue
As recorded: Picris hieracioides L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Kosaka, E.
- Collector number
- 8
- 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.
Picris hieracioides observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 4 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-30.

2026-08-30
Honokaa, HI, US
(c) Jason Flor Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-06
Kauai County, US-HI, US
(c) KokeeRCP, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-08-11
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Michael R. Ostrowski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-11-02
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Picris hieracioides. BISH 446011. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956491538. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/446011.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956491538 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
