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1. n., The beach or prickly poppy (Argemone glauca), a Hawaiian species closely related to a southern United States species, a gray, prickly plant with stiff, lobed, toothed leaves and fragile, white-petaled flowers. Formerly, Hawaiians used the yellow juice to relieve pain. Literally, thorny flower.

• Related:
  • Also: kala, naule, pōkalakala.
• References:
  • See lū #2, Neal 367.

2. n., A native prickly lobelia (Cyanea solenocalyx), a shrub with large ovate or oblong, prickly leaves and hairy, purple flowers, found in gulches of Molokaʻi.

3. n., The spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare 🌐), a coarse, prickly European weed, 60 to 150 cm high, with large, spiny, lobed leaves, and dark-purple, spiny flower heads about 5 cm (Neal 857.)