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Euphorbia hirta
Asthma Plant
As recorded: Euphorbia hirta L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Euphorbiaceae
- Collected by
- BISH staff; NAVFAC Hawaii StaffBISH staff →NAVFAC Hawaii Staff →
- Collector number
- BP072
- Date
- May 11, 2021
- Locality
- Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Identified by
- Imada, C.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On May 11, 2021, BISH staff; NAVFAC Hawaii Staff also collected 16 other specimens.
Euphorbia hirta observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2021. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 795 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-20.

2026-10-20
United States
(c) Tara Severns, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-18
Queen St + Emily St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
no rights reserved

2026-10-13
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-10-13
Waialua, HI 96791, USA
no rights reserved

2026-10-06
Kamehameha Hwy, Pearl City, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-04
University Ave, Honolulu, HI, US
(c) Nathan Nguyen, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Euphorbia hirta. BISH 779292. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956584309. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/779292.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956584309 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
