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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.