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Silverswords
Argyroxiphium
Argyroxiphium is a small genus of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common names of silversword or greensword due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species. It belongs to a larger radiation of over 50 species, including the physically different genera Dubautia and Wilkesia. This grouping is often referred to as the silversword alliance.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
'Āhinahina
speciesArgyroxiphium sandwicense
Greensword
speciesArgyroxiphium grayanum
Mauna Loa Silversword
speciesArgyroxiphium kauense
ʻEke silversword
speciesArgyroxiphium caligini
Argyroxiphium × kai
hybridArgyroxiphium × kai
Argyroxiphium virescens
speciesArgyroxiphium virescens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68284.