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Hydrangea arguta
Kanawao
As recorded: Hydrangea arguta (Gaudich.) Y.De Smet & C.Granados
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Cornales › Hydrangeaceae
- Collected by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Collector number
- 9760
- Date
- August 7, 1933
- Locality
- Kipapa Gulch, Waipio
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 850 m
- Identified by
- BISH staff
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 7, 1933, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 18 other specimens.
Boehmeria grandis
Botany
Charpentiera ovata
Botany
Cyrtandra hawaiensis
Botany
Hydrangea arguta
Botany
Hydrangea arguta
Botany
Hydrangea arguta
Botany
Isachne pallens
Botany
Kadua affinis
Botany
Kadua affinis
Botany
Kadua affinis
Botany
Kadua affinis
Botany
Kadua affinis
Botany
Kadua centranthoides
Botany
Myrsine lessertiana
Botany
Myrsine lessertiana
Botany
Myrsine lessertiana
Botany
Pipturus albidus
Botany
Pittosporum glabrum
Botany
Hydrangea arguta observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1933. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 537 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-21.
2026-10-21
Kapaʻa, HI 96746, USA
(c) Curtis Mahon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
Hawaii, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-09
Kaaipu Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Steffen Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hydrangea arguta. BISH 69418. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956237445. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/69418.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956237445 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026