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Spermacoce hispida
Shaggy Buttonweed
As recorded: Spermacoce hispida L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S.Sh. Tawada →E.H. Walker →
- Collector number
- 7295
- Date
- September 6, 1951
- Locality
- Yaeyama Gunto: Ishigaki Island
- Island
- Ishigaki Island
- Region
- Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Identified by
- Fosberg, F.R.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 6, 1951, Walker, E.H.; Tawada, S. also collected 2 other specimens.
Spermacoce hispida observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1951. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2023-04-21.
2023-04-21
Bedok, Singapore
(c) Gavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-07-17
Changi, Singapore
(c) chugbug111, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-10-31
Rachanamadu, Karnataka, India
(c) Subbu Ramanathan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2019-10-13
Club Mahindra Puducherry, Cummune Panchayat, Manapet, Puducherry
(c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2018-05-25
Steve Irwin Reserve, sandy flat N of Stones Crossing, Cape York QLD
(c) Jason Searle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2014-09-10
Uttara Kannada, Karnataka, India
(c) Siddarth Machado, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Spermacoce hispida. BISH 76814. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956573974. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/76814.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956573974 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026