Aster
18
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1924
First collected
1993
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Aster, most mentions first.
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 · 6 pages
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 4 pages
2023
Testing geology with biology: Plate tectonics and the diversification of microhylid frogs in the Papuan regionHill, E.C., D.F. Gao, D.A. Polhemus, C.J. Fraser, B. Iova, A. Allison, and M.A. Butler · Museum research publication · 2 pages
1997
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996. Part 2: notesEvenhuis, N.L. & S.E. Miller, editors · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
1996
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
2024
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2022
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2016
New plant records from Maui,, Hawai`i, and Kure AtollStarr, F. & Starr, K. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1924 by St.John, H. (Kittitas Co., Teanaway River). The Museum last collected it in 1993; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as September 9, 2026.
From the collection
Alive today
109 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-09-09
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2026-09-05
Kinoole St, Hilo, HI, US
(c) Julien Carley-Windeler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-09
Kaumalumalu Dr, Hōlualoa, HI, US
(c) deefulton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-02
Oʻahu, Nānākuli, HI, US
(c) ehulaniii, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-01
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-27
Manowaiopae Homestead Rd, Hilo, HI, US
(c) k2panman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-16
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) ka_y_ak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-06-11
Paradise Ala Kai Dr, Keaau, HI, US
(c) Sheri, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
