Argyroxiphium sandwicense. The endangered silversword only occurs on Haleakalā and - with very few individuals of another subspecies - on Mauna Kea. The plants flower once in lifetime. Plant species with large groundsels and huge inflorescences are observed in various tropical and subtropical high-mountain areas.
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- Created
- on Monday 9 August 2010 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- giant rosette, high-mountain ecosystems, mountainscape, plant, puna
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- 6020 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license