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Persicaria punctata
Dotted Smartweed
As recorded: Persicaria punctata (Elliott) Small
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Polygonaceae
- Collected by
- Hodges, C.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- October 25, 1979
- Locality
- Laupahoehoe Forest Reserve
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.9000, -155.3167
- Elevation
- 1,585 m
- Identified by
- Kennedy, B.; Brock, K.K. Brock →Barbara Kennedy →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Persicaria punctata observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-13.
2026-10-13
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Gracie McMullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-04
Hakalau, HI 96710, USA
(c) cgchimera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-01-04
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2024-01-04
Hawaii County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2022-10-07
Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
(c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Persicaria punctata. BISH 770468. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956688514. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/770468.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956688514 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026