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Portulaca lutea

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BISH 494484Botany

Portulaca lutea

Native Yellow Purslane

As recorded: Portulaca lutea Sol. ex G.Forst.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Portulacaceae

Collected by: Forbes, C.N.
Collector number: 1724.O
Date: September 1, 1911
Locality: Kaena Point
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.5667, -158.2667
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

341 Bishop specimens of Portulaca lutea · collected 1896–2020Species page ›

Where it was collected

Still here: Portulaca lutea observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1911. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-01-01.

Portulaca lutea observed 2024-01-01

2024-01-01

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Portulaca lutea observed 2002-12-07

2002-12-07

Honolulu County, US-HI, US

(c) Gerry Carr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Portulaca lutea. BISH 494484. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956169685. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/494484.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956169685 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026