Medicago polymorpha
Black medick
Photo: (c) hfabela, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) (iNaturalist)
60
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1909
First collected
2022
Last collected
2026
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Medicago polymorpha, most mentions first.
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to 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
1999
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: Part 2: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & L.G. Eldredge, eds · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
1998
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
1996
Saddle Road Project: assessment of the impacts on invertebrates (land snails, insects, and other arthropods)Evenhuis, N.L., R.H. Cowie, G.M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson, and F.G. Howarth · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
1996
Records of the Hawaii Biological survey. Part 2: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & S.E. Miller, editors · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
1995
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1995: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
12 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Forbes, C.N. (Oʻahu).
From the collection
Alive today
27 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2026-03-03
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2025-06-07
Kahuku, HI 96731, USA
no rights reserved
2025-04-15
Kapaʻa, HI 96746, USA
(c) Leyton Reid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-28
Kahuku, HI 96731, USA
no rights reserved
2025-03-21
The Ritz-Carlton O'ahu, Turtle Bay, Kahuku, HI, US
(c) Krimzz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-03-12
Kauai County, HI, USA
(c) rauvbbj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-02-10
Waimea Canyon State Park, Princeville, HI, US
(c) Elijah Okeefe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2024-04-16
Hawaii, US
(c) KISC, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)