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Persicaria glabra
Dense-flowered smartweed
As recorded: Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Polygonaceae
- Collected by
- Trauernicht, C.; Tangalin, N.Natalia Tangalin →Clay Trauernicht →
- Collector number
- 742A
- Date
- February 12, 2009
- Locality
- Blue Hole stream drainage. Secondary stream N of main stream confluence.
- Island
- Kauaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 518 m
- Identified by
- Lorence, D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 12, 2009, Trauernicht, C.; Tangalin, N. also collected 6 other specimens.
Persicaria glabra observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2009. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 6 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-03-19.

2025-03-19
Maui County, US-HI, US
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-12-19
Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve, Princeville, HI, US
(c) emoriarty4, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-25
Hawaii, US
(c) KISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-22
Hawaii, US
(c) KISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-09
Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve, Princeville, HI, US
(c) jcombs15, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2021-06-13
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Persicaria glabra. BISH 793979. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956455340. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/793979.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956455340 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
