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Festuca rubra
red fescue
As recorded: Festuca rubra L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Hobdy, R.W.
- Collector number
- 1651
- Date
- July 20, 1982
- Locality
- Kula, S of Haleakala Crater Rd
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.7593, -156.2619 ± 436 m
- Elevation
- 1,859 m
- Identified by
- Catalan, P.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 20, 1982, Hobdy, R.W. also collected 5 other specimens.
Still here: Festuca rubra observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1982. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-23.

2026-10-23
Maui, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23
Maui, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-20
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-20
Haleakala, Haleakala National Park, Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-09-21
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-09-20
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Festuca rubra. BISH 460047. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956156886. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/460047.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956156886 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
