Sesbania grandiflora
Vegetable Hummingbird
Photo: (c) Alejandra Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Alejandra Flores (iNaturalist)
52
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1864
First collected
2017
Last collected
2025
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Sesbania grandiflora, 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
2022
Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2022: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Where Bishop collected it
14 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1864 by Mann, H.; Brigham, W.T. (Kauaʻi).
From the collection
Alive today
4 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.
2025-06-14
Awaia St, Waipahu, HI, US
(c) Kurt Remigio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-04-17
Kauaʻi, Lihue, HI, US
(c) brittanykeiko, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-12-29
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2021-10-28
Hawaiʻi, Kamuela, HI, US
(c) Christin New, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)