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Boerhavia repens
Crawling Spiderling
As recorded: Boerhavia repens L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nyctaginaceae
- Collected by
- Hobdy, R.W.
- Collector number
- 1038
- Date
- March 21, 1981
- Locality
- Puu Koae Island off the south coast of Kahoolawe.
- Island
- Kahoʻolawe
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Brock, K.; Kennedy, B.K. Brock →Barbara Kennedy →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 21, 1981, Hobdy, R.W. also collected 3 other specimens.
Boerhavia repens observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1981. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 136 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-11.

2026-10-11
HI, US
(c) Ean Schiffman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-20
Hawaii, US
(c) Neal Kelso, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-08-22
Kealahou St + Kalanianaole Hwy, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-29
Waialua, HI 96791, USA
(c) jeremypmccann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-30
Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) NPS - pacific island vegetation monitoring, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-30
Island of Hawaiʻi, Kalaoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Boerhavia repens. BISH 768185. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956145324. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/768185.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956145324 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
