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'Ohi'a Lehua

Metrosideros polymorpha

Photo by dflo96797
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Field Notes

Description:

Top of the flower looks like a brush and the flowers can come in many different colors. The flower is filled with nectar and tiny little seeds. The leaves of the plant is dark green but becomes a silver color as it gets older.

Habitat:

Found from sea level to ground level.

Notes:

This plant is one of the first to survive through a lava flow.

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PublishedMarch 9, 2013

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