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Spermacoce prostrata
Prostrate False Buttonweed
As recorded: Spermacoce prostrata Aubl.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- Croft, L.K.
- Collector number
- 790048LKC
- Date
- February 28, 1979
- Locality
- Lower Nanawale Forest Reserve, near end of Hapuu Road in Nanawale Estates
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.5167, -154.8500
- Identified by
- Faccenda, K.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On February 28, 1979, Croft, L.K. also collected 12 other specimens.
Crotalaria pallida
Botany
Cyanthillium cinereum
Botany
Cyrtandra nanawaleensis
Botany
Cyrtandra nanawaleensis
Botany
Cyrtandra nanawaleensis
Botany
Leptecophylla tameiameiae
Botany
Mimosa pudica
Botany
Passiflora foetida
Botany
Pipturus albidus
Botany
Pipturus albidus
Botany
Pipturus albidus
Botany
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
Botany
Still here: Spermacoce prostrata observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-04-11.
2025-04-11
Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI, USA
(c) lunamothkd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-01-07
Hawaiian Beaches, HI 96778, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2019-09-12
Hawaiʻi, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) John, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Spermacoce prostrata. BISH 770520. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956423925. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/770520.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956423925 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026