Vaccinium dentatum var. lanceolatum (O`ahu type). Hawai`i, O`ahu, Ko`olau Mountains, Kahana-Waikāne Ridge, south of Pu`ukoiele. Patch 2 (one of two patches seen), clone 1.

Vaccinium dentatum Smith var. lanceolatum (A. Gray) Skottsberg (O`ahu type)

Hawaiian names: `ōhelo

Family: Ericaceae - the heath family

Habit: a prostrate shrub.

Endemic to O`ahu (Wai`anae and Ko`olau Mountains).

 

Patch 2, clone 1. This patch was one of the two patches of this taxon seen on this ridge; the patches were only two or three meters apart. Within three meters of this patch was a plant of V. calycinum var. calycinum:

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A V. calycinum var. calycinum x V. dentatum var. lanceolatum hybrid plant on this same ridge:

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