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Trifolium dubium
Lesser hop trefoil
As recorded: Trifolium dubium Sibth.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- 713.H
- Date
- June 5, 1915
- Locality
- Banks of Wailuku River, level of Halealoha
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- 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
Collected the same day
On June 5, 1915, Forbes, C.N. also collected 15 other specimens.
Trifolium dubium observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1915. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 26 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.

2026-10-19
Maui, Kula, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-13
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) nmoorhatch, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-06-21
Kipuka Puʻu Huluhulu Trail, Holualoa, HI, US
(c) pupa_babe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-19
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Nick Moore, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-23
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-18
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Trifolium dubium. BISH 55651. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956590616. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/55651.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956590616 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
