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Euphorbia hirta
Asthma Plant
As recorded: Euphorbia hirta L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Euphorbiaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.; Christophersen, E.Erling Christophersen →Harold St.John →
- Collector number
- 1351
- Date
- May 11, 1930
- Locality
- Diamond Head crater
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 11, 1930, St.John, H.; Christophersen, E. also collected 11 other specimens.
Euphorbia hirta observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 795 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-20.
2026-10-20
United States
(c) Tara Severns, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-18
Queen St + Emily St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
no rights reserved
2026-10-13
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-13
Waialua, HI 96791, USA
no rights reserved
2026-10-06
Kamehameha Hwy, Pearl City, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-04
University Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Nathan Nguyen, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Euphorbia hirta. BISH 49936. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956227789. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/49936.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956227789 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026