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Artemisia mauiensis
Maui Wormwood
As recorded: Artemisia mauiensis (A.Gray) Skottsb.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.; Ordonez; Salucop, F.Otto Degener →E. Ordonez →F. Salucop →
- Collector number
- 12457
- Date
- August 11, 1939
- Locality
- East Maui, Hana District, Cliffs S of Mt Haleakala W side of Kaupo gap
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.6917, -156.1574 ± 1,994 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 11, 1939, Degener, O.; Ordonez; Salucop, F. also collected 2 other specimens.
Still here: Artemisia mauiensis observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1939. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 64 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-07-31.

2026-07-31
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Ranger_Rosa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-03-31
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Julia Cohen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-02-17
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Victor Rogers-Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-11-13
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) NEcology, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-12
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Michael Finch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-11
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Chalon Boesel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Artemisia mauiensis. BISH 73431. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956347065. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/73431.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956347065 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
