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Centaurium erythraea
Common centaury
As recorded: Centaurium erythraea Rafn
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Gentianaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- 2173m
- Date
- April 8, 1960
- Locality
- Puu Ohili. Slope of Haleakala
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.7554, -156.2494 ± 114 m
- 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
Where it was collected
Still here: Centaurium erythraea observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1960. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 10 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-06-01.

2024-06-01
Maui County, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2024-05-17
Maui, Kihei, HI, US
(c) John Starmer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-12-06
Maui County, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2023-12-05
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) Brayden Pollvogt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-11-27
Haleakalā National Park, Hana, HI, US
(c) Stephen Clifford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-07-09
Haleakalā National Park, Kula, HI, US
(c) jkadry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Centaurium erythraea. BISH 50525. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956490899. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/50525.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956490899 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
