Asparagus setaceus
Common Asparagus Fern
As recorded: Asparagus setaceus (Kunth) Jessop
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Asparagaceae
- Collected by
- Oppenheimer, H.L.
- Collector number
- H79908
- Date
- July 6, 1999
- Locality
- W Maui, Lahaina District, Honokahua Valley
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.0014, -156.6513 ± 501 m
- Elevation
- 18 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) Kennedy, B.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On July 6, 1999, Oppenheimer, H.L. also collected 4 other specimens.
Still here: Asparagus setaceus observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1999. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-12-05.
2025-12-05
Lahaina, HI, US
(c) marmli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-25
Wailuku
(c) geoevelyn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-08-27
Kapalua, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
2023-06-16
Wailuku
(c) MamaArlnat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2017-12-08
Kapalua, Maui, Hawai'i, USA
(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Asparagus setaceus. BISH 659704. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956391100. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/659704.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956391100 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026