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1. n., Same as ʻāhina #1, ʻāhina #2.

2. n., The silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense 🌐), a native plant found only at altitudes of 1,870 m or more on Maui and Hawaiʻi; the many long silvery leaves forming a rounded rosette to 60 cm in diameter; about a hundred purplish, daisy-like flowers borne on an erect, leafy stem, which is about 1.8 m high.

• Related:
  • Also: hinahina.
• References:
  • Neal 845–7.

3. n., A native spreading shrub to 1 m high, (Artemisia australis); leaves divided into narrow segments, hoary on under side; flowers in panicles, small, daisy-like.

• Related:
  • Pounded leaves are used for asthma.
  • Also: hinahina.
• References:
  • Neal 852.

4. Same as hinahina #2, Florida moss.

adj., Very light blue; gray; slate color. Oihk. 13:37.

s., Name of a species of grass.

2. Name of a plant living in cold, dry places; so named from its color, a light silver gray; known as the "silver sword."

3. The life-everlasting plant.

adj., Very light blue gray; slate color.

The silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense). A shrub growing on Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Haleakala, at elevations of 7,000 to 12,000 feet.

Very light blue, gray, slate gray.

Florida moss; the long moss (Tillandsia usneoides). See hinahina. (NEAL 170.)

1. Small shrub (Artemisia australis). (NEAL 852.) See Plants: Uses. 2. Silversword (Argyroxiphium sandwicense), a compact plant, a shrub, native to Hawaiʻi. Found only on Haleakalā, east Maui, and on high mountains on the island of Hawaiʻi between 6,000 and 12,250 feet. Well known for its unique and beautiful appearance. (NEAL 845.)