
Dubautia laxa
Naʻenaʻe-pua-melemele
As recorded: Dubautia laxa subsp. laxa
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 20261
- Date
- October 19, 1941
- Locality
- Koolau Range, Niu, Kulepiamoa Ridge
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 731 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
Collected the same day
On October 19, 1941, St.John, H. also collected 11 other specimens.
Dubautia laxa observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1941. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 115 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-18.

2026-10-18
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) conlonae, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-17
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Daniel Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-25
Hawaii, US
(c) Andre Golumbeski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-13
Hawaii, US
(c) Matthew Kahokuloa, Jr., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-05
Waianae, HI 96792, USA
no rights reserved

2026-08-24
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Dubautia laxa. BISH 74503. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956402377. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/74503.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956402377 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
