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Carthamus tinctorius

Dyer's-saffron

Introduced to Hawaiʻi

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2

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1927

First collected

2017

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Carthamus tinctorius, most mentions first.

  1. 2025

  2. 2019

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019: Volume

    Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

1 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1920s2010s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1927 by Judd, C.S. (Oʻahu).

From the collection

Carthamus tinctorius, 767727Carthamus tinctorius, 74234

Alive today

2 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.