Silversword plant (close-up), Maui, Hawaii 1979
Childs, Iraphne R. (1979) Silversword plant (close-up), Maui, Hawaii 1979. [Image]
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Abstract
Close-up view of silversword plant (ahinahina - Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp.sandwicense) adjacent to the carpark at the summit road of Haleakala volcano, East Maui. This species is endemic to the high alpine zones of the Hawaiian volcanoes, Haleakala on Maui, and Mauna Loa and Mauna kea on the island of Hawaii. Silverswords produce a flower up to 8ft tall only once after growing for between 7-20 years. After flowering the plant dies.
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| Item Type: | Image | ||||||||
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| Collection: | Asia-Pacific Images: 1970s-1990s | ||||||||
| Sub-Collection Title: | United States (Hawaii) |
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| Date: | 1979 | ||||||||
| Keywords: | native plants; plants | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2013 13:02 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 29 May 2022 23:59 | ||||||||
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright Iraphne R. Childs. | ||||||||
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| Location | 20.709722, -156.253333 | ||||||||
| URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/252 | ||||||||
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