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Persicaria glabra
As recorded: Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Polygonaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 8781
- Date
- July 7, 1927
- Locality
- Oopuola Stream, neart ditch trail
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 7, 1927, Degener, O. also collected 19 other specimens.
Persicaria glabra observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1927. 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 63717. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956483891. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/63717.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956483891 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
