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Clermontia kohalae

Kohala oha wai

Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: endangeredvulnerable

Photo: (c) Karl Magnacca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Karl Magnacca (iNaturalist)

55

Bishop specimens

12

Type specimens

1909

First collected

1995

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

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

Two centuries of collecting

1900s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Rock, J.F.C. (Hawaiʻi Island). The Museum last collected it in 1995; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as April 25, 2026.

From the collection

Clermontia kohalae, 44164Clermontia kohalae, 44163Clermontia kohalae, 24290Clermontia kohalae, 551963Clermontia kohalae, 750538Clermontia kohalae, 645587Clermontia kohalae, 656602Clermontia kohalae, 121914Clermontia kohalae, 44166Clermontia kohalae, 121905Clermontia kohalae, 468073Clermontia kohalae, 44875

Alive today

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