Lehua 'Ahihi

(Metrosideros tremuloides)

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Description

The flowers are always bright red but does not have the dramatic pom-pom form as does --hi-a (M. polymorpha). Rather, the flowers of lehua --hihi are arranged like thinly bristled paint brushes.The small leaves are charcterized by bright red stems and leaf petioles, the part that connects the leaf to the stems.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Metrosideros
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