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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
- 10217
- Date
- September 3, 1933
- Locality
- Upper Hamakua Ditch Trail, head of Alakahi Fort of Waipio Valley, Koaha Mts.
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 1,075 m
- Identified by
- BISH staff
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 3, 1933, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Asplenium contiguum
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Athyrium microphyllum
Botany
Bidens pilosa
Botany
Breutelia arundinifolia
Botany
Briza minor
Botany
Briza minor
Botany
Campylopus umbellatus
Botany
Chenopodiastrum murale
Botany
Coprosma ochracea
Botany
Dicranella hochreutineri
Botany
Diplazium sandwichianum
Botany
Dryopteris wallichiana
Botany
Elaphoglossum parvisquameum
Botany
Elaphoglossum parvisquameum
Botany
Euphorbia peplus
Botany
Gamochaeta purpurea
Botany
Gunnera petaloidea
Botany
Gunnera petaloidea
Botany
Hydrangea arguta
Botany
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Botany
Kadua affinis
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Kadua affinis
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Kadua affinis
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Kadua affinis
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 69472. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956503713. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/69472.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956503713 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026