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Hyparrhenia hirta
As recorded: Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.; Degener, I.Isa Degener →Otto Degener →
- Collector number
- 31106
- Date
- August 24, 1963
- Locality
- Southern beginning of the Munro Trail, along road
- Island
- Lānaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Faccenda, K.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On August 24, 1963, Degener, O.; Degener, I. also collected 13 other specimens.
Hyparrhenia hirta observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1963. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-02-19.

2026-02-19
Awehi Trail, Lanai City, HI, US
(c) premota, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-08-10
Lānaʻi City, HI, US
(c) Kellen Apuna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-03-31
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) j_deslippe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-23
Maui County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2020-02-01
Hawaiʻi, Hilo, HI, US
(c) John, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Hyparrhenia hirta. BISH 786567. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956242145. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/786567.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956242145 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
