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Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum (east Maui silversword), habit
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Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum (east Maui silversword), habit

3.101150
35 mm color slide
Digitized
1 slide
Photographic image
July 1964
Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum (east Maui silversword), This photo is a moonscape of red earth and rocks, with two large globes of silversword highlighted in the foreground. One plant is a silvery orb with spike-like succulent leaves. The other plant has bloomed. The top of the blooming plant has a  flattened top from which has emerged an enormous flower scape, hosting a raceme of 50-600 red to maroon flower heads.
Argyroxiphium DC. (silversword)
Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum (east Maui silversword)
Asteraceae (aster family)
Plant Habit
Vascular Plants Slide Collection
Argyroxiphium
Haleakala Crater, Maui, HI
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