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Metrosideros waialealae
Waiʻaleʻale ʻŌhiʻa
As recorded: Metrosideros waialealae var. waialealae
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Myrtaceae
- Collected by
- Wagner, W.L.; Mill, S.W.; Stone, D.; Stone, G.S.W. Mill →Fred D. Stone →I.G. Stone →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Collector number
- 4998
- Date
- August 27, 1983
- Locality
- Along jeep road to Kanaele Swamp (Waihiawa Bog), between bog and Alexander Reservoir
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 595 m
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Metrosideros waialealae observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1983. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 37 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-08-28.
2026-08-28
Hawaii, US
(c) Andre Golumbeski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-05-17
Hawaii, US
(c) Laine Taffin Altman, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-04-15
Hawaii, US
(c) gmoriondo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-04
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Lehua Todero, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-02-05
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-01
Hawaii, US
(c) emoriarty4, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Metrosideros waialealae. BISH 460570. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956525530. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/460570.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956525530 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026