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Cardamine occulta
Nursery bittercress
As recorded: Cardamine occulta Hornem.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Brassicales › Brassicaceae
- Collected by
- Wagner, W.L.; Mill, S.W.; Lammers, T.; Weller, S.; Sakai, A.; Davis-Jacobsen, J.J. Davis-Jacobsen →Thomas G. Lammers →S.W. Mill →A.K. Sakai →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →S.G. Weller →
- Collector number
- 5550
- Date
- June 24, 1985
- Locality
- Kohala Mountains, acess rd. to upper Hamakua ditch just above Waimea reservoir
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 935 m
- Identified by
- Gallaher, T.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 24, 1985, Wagner, W.L.; Mill, S.W.; Lammers, T.; Weller, S.; Sakai, A.; Davis-Jacobsen, J. also collected 8 other specimens.
Cardamine occulta observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1985. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 81 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-05-28.

2026-05-28
Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2026-05-24
Kūpīpī St, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Chris Havran, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-19
Ahiahi St, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Carlos/Giancarla Ross (AnimeBirder), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-18
Ahiahi St, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Carlos/Giancarla Ross (AnimeBirder), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-17
Mamalahoa Hwy, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) Carlos/Giancarla Ross (AnimeBirder), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-05-14
Hawaii, US
(c) Andrew Evans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Cardamine occulta. BISH 500642. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956441712. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/500642.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956441712 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
