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Persicaria glabra
Dense-flowered smartweed
As recorded: Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Polygonaceae
- Collected by
- Forbes, C.N.
- Collector number
- 1607.O
- Date
- October 1, 1910
- Locality
- Nuuanu Valley
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 1, 1910, Forbes, C.N. also collected 5 other specimens.
Persicaria glabra observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1910. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-03-19.

2025-03-19
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-12-19
Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve, Princeville, HI, US
(c) emoriarty4, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-25
Hawaii, US
(c) KISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-22
Hawaii, US
(c) KISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-09
Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve, Princeville, HI, US
(c) jcombs15, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-06-13
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Persicaria glabra. BISH 63711. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956548547. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/63711.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956548547 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
