
Pluchea indica
Indian marsh fleabane
As recorded: Pluchea indica (L.) Less.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.
- Collector number
- 8862
- Date
- September 22, 1987
- Locality
- Menge and Cooper Islands and on their causeway near Aviation Island, not common. Collected at the western end of Menge Island at the edge of ocean
- Island
- Palmyra Atoll
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 22, 1987, Herbst, D.R. also collected 13 other specimens.
Pluchea indica observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1987. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,718 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27
JBPHH, HI, US
(c) jenkins3111, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Molokaʻi, Hoolehua, HI, US
(c) Caitlin Hazelquist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
724台灣臺南市七股區
(c) garlice99, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
724台灣臺南市七股區
(c) garlice99, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-25
Anand Apartment Block-3, Anand Apartment, Nimbaj Nagar, Anand Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411051, India
(c) Bhavya Jain, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-21
Mai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
(c) Tommy Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Pluchea indica. BISH 573740. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956550318. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/573740.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956550318 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
