Astelia argyrocoma
silverhair pineapplegrass
Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: endangeredimperiled
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90
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1895
First collected
2024
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Astelia argyrocoma, most mentions first.
2021
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2021: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
5 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1890s2020s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1895 by Heller, A.A. (Kauaʻi).