Spermacoce remota
Woodland false buttonweed
As recorded: Spermacoce assurgens Ruiz & Pav.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- Clarke, G.
- Collector number
- 79.223
- Date
- March 8, 1979
- Locality
- U.S. Experimental Tree Planting Site ( Forest Reserve) within Halepuaa Forest Reserve in the Puna District
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.5167, -154.8500
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On March 8, 1979, Clarke, G. also collected 16 other specimens.
Ageratum conyzoides
Botany
Aleurites moluccanus
Botany
Begonia hirtella
Botany
Buddleja asiatica
Botany
Castilleja arvensis
Botany
Centella asiatica
Botany
Morinda citrifolia
Botany
Oxalis corniculata
Botany
Pipturus albidus
Botany
Psidium guajava
Botany
Spermacoce remota
Botany
Sporobolus elongatus
Botany
Sporobolus elongatus
Botany
Thunbergia fragrans
Botany
Thunbergia fragrans
Botany
Wikstroemia sandwicensis
Botany
Still here: Spermacoce remota observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 9 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-09-14.
2026-09-14
Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI, USA
(c) David Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-04
United States
(c) yerbasanta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-09-19
Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI, USA
(c) lunamothkd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-12
Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI, USA
(c) lunamothkd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-15
Pakaka Rd, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) smor-plants, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-03-12
Keaau
(c) Bret Hammer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Spermacoce remota. BISH 770521. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956503848. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/770521.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956503848 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026