
BISH 620278Botany
Hesperomannia lydgatei
Kauai Island-aster
As recorded: Hesperomannia lydgatei Forbes
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Wood, K.R.; Perlman, S.Steven Perlman →Kenneth R. Wood →
- Collector number
- Collector Number: 1542
- Date
- 1991
- Locality
- Hanalei District; Waioli; back of valley
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Ching-Harbin, S.; Morden, C.W.S.N. Ching-Harbin →C.W. Morden →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Hesperomannia lydgatei observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1991. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2022-09-29.

2022-09-29
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-05-15
Hawaii, US
(c) Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hesperomannia lydgatei. BISH 620278. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956628522. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/620278.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956628522 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
