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Styphelia tameiameiae, known as Pūkiawe ...
Pūkiawe
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Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy
ID: 6666 6666 1013 0081 (2013-10-22)Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences
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date of photo Apr 4, 2012
location
Haleakala National Park, Maui (Hawaii, US)notes Styphelia tameiameiae, known as Pūkiawe in the Hawaiian language, is a species of flowering plant in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands. The specific epithet honors King Kamehameha I, who formed the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. It grows as a tree up to 4.6 m (15 ft) tall in forests and as a shrub 0.9–3 m (3.0–9.8 ft) in height elsewhere. Pūkiawe is found in a variety of habitats in Hawaii at elevations of 15–3,230 m (49–10,600 ft), including mixed mesic forests, wet forests, bogs, and alpine shrublands.CalAcademy slide # Styphelia tameiameiae 120404 _D339214 photo category: Plant - tree/shrub
original filename: Styphelia tameiameiae 120404 _D339214.jpg
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