Pistia stratiotes
Water Lettuce
As recorded: Pistia stratiotes L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Alismatales › Araceae
- Collected by
- Herbst, D.R.; Staples, G.W.Derral R. Herbst →George W. Staples III →
- Collector number
- 9585
- Date
- April 4, 1992
- Locality
- Honolulu, University of Hawaii Manoa campus, courtyard of Krause Hall
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Staples, G.W.Derral R. Herbst →George W. Staples III →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On April 4, 1992, Herbst, D.R.; Staples, G.W. also collected 7 other specimens.
Pistia stratiotes observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1992. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 30 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-03-11.
2026-03-11
Paena Loop, Līhuʻe, HI, US
(c) Sean Ford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-10-18
Kahuku, HI 96731, USA
no rights reserved
2025-08-23
Kailua, HI 96734, USA
no rights reserved
2025-02-17
Kawainui Marsh, Hawaii 96734, USA
(c) obmissy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-12-13
Kailua, HI 96734, USA
no rights reserved
2024-04-29
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Pistia stratiotes. BISH 778850. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956655465. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/778850.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956655465 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026