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Sanicula purpurea

purple-flower black-snakeroot

Endemic to HawaiʻiIUCN: critically endangeredcritically imperiled

29

Bishop specimens

6

Type specimens

1930

First collected

2014

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Sanicula purpurea, most mentions first.

  1. 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

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  2. 1999

    Hawaiian vascular plants at risk: 1999

    Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, M.M. Bruegmann & J.Q. Lau · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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  3. 1998

    Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1998: Supplement

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

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Two centuries of collecting

1930s2010s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1930 by St.John, H. (Oʻahu).