silversword
noun
sil·ver·sword
ˈsil-vər-ˌsȯrd 
: a long-lived composite plant (Argyroxiphium sandwicense) of Maui and Hawaii that has a rosette of lanceolate leaves covered with silvery hairs and that dies after producing a very tall raceme of numerous usually purplish or reddish flowers
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Please never take anything, whether lava rocks or silversword plants, out of the park.
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Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
Keep your eyes out for the endangered and rare ‘ahinahina, or Haleakala silversword plant.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
These silverswords, which can grow taller than the average human, have been rapidly disappearing over the past 30 years.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 9 Dec. 2019
The Park Service said people would sometimes stray off paved areas and trample on seedlings and root systems of the Haleakala silversword, a rare, bush-like plant with thick leaves.
—Washington Post, 15 June 2017
Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 29 Dec. 2022
Keep your eyes out for the endangered and rare ‘ahinahina, or Haleakala silversword plant.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
These silverswords, which can grow taller than the average human, have been rapidly disappearing over the past 30 years.
—Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 9 Dec. 2019
The Park Service said people would sometimes stray off paved areas and trample on seedlings and root systems of the Haleakala silversword, a rare, bush-like plant with thick leaves.
—Washington Post, 15 June 2017
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“Silversword.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/silversword. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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