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Sida fallax
yellow ʻilima
As recorded: Sida fallax Walp.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 25474
- Date
- December 28, 1954
- Locality
- N. Kona District; Kaupulehu, 1.5 miles NE of Huehue Ranch
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 635 m
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.Derral R. Herbst →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 28, 1954, St.John, H. also collected 15 other specimens.
Sida fallax observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1954. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2,165 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24
Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jawbones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-24
Diamond Head State Monument, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) birdbirdbird, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-23
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
no rights reserved

2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-13
Hawaii, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-11
Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Sida fallax. BISH 611094. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956353739. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/611094.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956353739 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
