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Plumbago auriculata
As recorded: Plumbago auriculata Lam.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Plumbaginaceae
- Collected by
- Nakagawa, S.
- Date
- December 10, 1930
- Locality
- UH campus
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- G.W.Staples; D.R.HerbstD.R.Herbst →G.W.Staples III →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 10, 1930, Nakagawa, S. also collected 1 other specimen.
Plumbago auriculata observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1930. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-05-26.

2025-05-26
Diamond Head / Kapahulu / St. Louis Heights, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Emmett Magnus Kearns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-14
Diamond Head / Kapahulu / St. Louis Heights, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-02-14
Diamond Head / Kapahulu / St. Louis Heights, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Emmett Magnus Kearns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-14
Diamond Head / Kapahulu / St. Louis Heights, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Emmett Magnus Kearns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-14
Diamond Head / Kapahulu / St. Louis Heights, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-02-01
Diamond Head / Kapahulu / St. Louis Heights, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Emmett Magnus Kearns, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Plumbago auriculata. BISH 63621.2. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956563970. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/63621.2.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956563970 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
