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Patersonia
Purple Flags
As recorded: Patersonia R.Br.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Iridaceae
- Collected by
- Tilden, J.E.
- Collector number
- 875
- Date
- December 1, 1912
- Locality
- Hall's Gap, Grampian Mts.
- Region
- Victoria, Australia
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 1, 1912, Tilden, J.E. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Patersonia observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1912. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9,257 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.

2026-10-28
Arrawarra Headland, NSW, AU
(c) Liam Hall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27
Overstrand Local Municipality, South Africa
(c) Mathilda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27
Bathurst Regional - Pt B, New South Wales, Australia
(c) Brian Rosenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27
Wellington Forest, Western Australia
(c) boomboom84, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Overberg District Municipality, South Africa
(c) John MD Graham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-26
Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA
(c) nikita007, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Patersonia. BISH 741660. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956275559. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/741660.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956275559 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
