Leptecophylla tameiameiae (syn. Styphelia tameiameiae) (pūkiawe), a prostrate form. Hawai`i, O`ahu, Ko`olau Mountains, Kaluanui. (mostly on the right) Vaccinium dentatum var. dentatum (left and bottom) and V. pahalae (center).
Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Chamisso and Schlechtendahl) C. M. Weiller, a prostrate form.
Synonym: Styphelia tameiameiae (Chamisso and Schlechtendahl) F. Mueller
Hawaiian names: pūkiawe, `a`ali`i mahu, kānehoa, kāwa`u, maiele, puakiawe, pūpūkiawe
Family: Ericaceae (the heath family), formerly in the family Epacridaceae
This is a prostrate form of Leptecophylla tameiameiae that occurs in the wettest parts of the Ko`olau Mountains in windswept vegetation on exposed ridges that is similar to the vegetation found in Hawaiian montane bogs. The prostrate form of the Ko`olau Mountains may be identical to the prostrate plants of L. tameiameiae that occur in the montane bogs of Kaua`i, Moloka`i, and Maui.
Leptecophylla tameiameiae (syn. Styphelia tameiameiae) (pūkiawe), a prostrate form. Hawai`i, O`ahu, Ko`olau Mountains, Kaluanui. (mostly on the right) Vaccinium dentatum var. dentatum (left and bottom) and V. pahalae (center).
Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Chamisso and Schlechtendahl) C. M. Weiller, a prostrate form.
Synonym: Styphelia tameiameiae (Chamisso and Schlechtendahl) F. Mueller
Hawaiian names: pūkiawe, `a`ali`i mahu, kānehoa, kāwa`u, maiele, puakiawe, pūpūkiawe
Family: Ericaceae (the heath family), formerly in the family Epacridaceae
This is a prostrate form of Leptecophylla tameiameiae that occurs in the wettest parts of the Ko`olau Mountains in windswept vegetation on exposed ridges that is similar to the vegetation found in Hawaiian montane bogs. The prostrate form of the Ko`olau Mountains may be identical to the prostrate plants of L. tameiameiae that occur in the montane bogs of Kaua`i, Moloka`i, and Maui.