Malvastrum americanum
American False Mallow
15
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1963
First collected
2022
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Malvastrum americanum, 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 · 1 page
2024
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2020
New Hawaiian plant records from Herbarium Pacificum for 2019Imada, C.T. & Kennedy, B.H. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2019
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2013
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994–2013: IndexEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2008
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2007
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of 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 1963 by Kuchel, R.H. (Lake Eyre Basin. Ca. 10km north of Coward Springs. (Coward Springs is ca. 120km west-north-west of Marree.)).
From the collection
Alive today
15 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.

2026-05-01
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2026-02-25
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2026-01-22
Hawaii Kai, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved

2026-01-22
885X+2H, Honolulu, HI 96825, USA
no rights reserved

2026-01-19
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-07-09
East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) J R, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-04-20
Kaiwi State Scenic Shoreline, East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) ephramz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-03-19
Kaiwi State Scenic Shoreline, East Honolulu, HI, US
(c) jordan loftin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
