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Desmodium incanum
creeping beggarweed
As recorded: Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Takeuchi, W.N.
- Collector number
- 5718
- Date
- December 26, 1989
- Locality
- Puuwaawaa, near the Hulululu escarpment transect (T16)
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 732 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 26, 1989, Takeuchi, W.N. also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Annona cherimola
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Asclepias curassavica
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Asclepias curassavica
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Commelina diffusa
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Commelina diffusa
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Delairea odorata
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Delairea odorata
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Desmodium incanum
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Diospyros sandwicensis
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Diospyros sandwicensis
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Diospyros sandwicensis
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Dodonaea viscosa
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Dodonaea viscosa
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Dodonaea viscosa
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Dracaena konaensis
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Dracaena konaensis
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Dracaena konaensis
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Euphorbia olowaluana
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Euphorbia olowaluana
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Euphorbia olowaluana
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Euphorbia olowaluana
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Euphorbia olowaluana
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Desmodium incanum observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1989. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 539 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-15.
2026-10-15
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) swahn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-15
Steam Vents Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) swahn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-14
Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-11
Manoa Rd + Manoa Rec Center, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
(c) Jacob Skaggs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-05
Waiheʻe Ridge Trail, Wailuku, HI, US
(c) alex3haase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-03
Maunawili Rd, Kailua, HI, US
(c) ashoki, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Desmodium incanum. BISH 616902. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956488103. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/616902.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956488103 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026