
Verbena litoralis
Seashore vervain
As recorded: Verbena litoralis Kunth
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Verbenaceae
- Collected by
- Davis, J.; State ESP teamJ.S. Davis →State ESP team →
- Collector number
- 166
- Date
- December 18, 1979
- Locality
- Keauhou Ranch, Kau District
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4333, -155.2667
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On December 18, 1979, Davis, J.; State ESP team also collected 12 other specimens.
Still here: Verbena litoralis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-09-12.

2025-09-12
Kīlauea, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-12-14
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) johnlikeplants, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-07-21
Volcano, HI, USA
(c) Dan Antonaccio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2019-06-13
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
no rights reserved

2018-01-05
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Stephanie Lyon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Verbena litoralis. BISH 657131. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956184230. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/657131.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956184230 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
