silversword

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Noun1.silversword - low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stemsilversword - low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
Argyroxiphium, genus Argyroxiphium - small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs
bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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The line is getting even thinner for one of these plants: the Haleakala silversword. As I pass one by the park's visitor center, its namesake leaves bristle as if on the defensive against the threats it faces.
And of course there is the iconic 'ahinahina, or silversword, a spiky Seussian orb that looks more like an ocean creature than a plant.
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Microsatellite analysis of a population crash and bottleneck in the Mauna Kea silversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp.
Boston-based non-profit organisation Provider's Council has contracted with SilverSword LLC for its IT support, the full service IT consulting firm announced today.
In Hawaii, feral goats have degraded habitats, increased erosion, promoted the invasion of alien plants and threatened endangered indigenous plant species like the Haleakala silversword and Mann's bluegrass.
Population structure in the endangered Mauna Loa silversword, Argyroxiphium kauense (Asteraceae), and its bearing on reintroduction.
24 species (Francisco-Ortega et al., 1997)]; Hawaiian archipelago [e.g., the silversword alliance in the tribe Madieae, 43 species in three genera (Carr et al., 2003)]; the Galapagos islands [e.g., Scalesia, 15 species (McMullen, 1999)]; St.
Once a magnificent stand of rare Wilkesia hobdyi, a small cliff-dwelling plant closely related to the famous Maul silversword, grew on the ridge above Polihale public beach park, and it survived because hunters kept the predatory goats under control there.
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