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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands,
endemic to
Kaua`i.
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Habit
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Epiphytic, rhizomatous perennial herbs.
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Leaves
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Leaves silvery green on upper surface, lower surface silver, (25-)40-100 cm long, 0.4-1.1 cm wide, both surfaces with scales, those of upper surface coherent, peeling off in small skin-like pieces, those of lower surface closely appressed, woolly pubescent beneath scales, densely shaggy pubescent toward base.
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Flowers
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Scapes up to 50 cm long, shaggy pubescent; staminate flowers in racemes 6-10 cm long, pedicels 4-6 mm long, bracts 4.5-7 mm long, tepals green or sometimes reddish brown, pubescent toward base, outer ones 4.2-5 mm long, inner ones 4-4.5 mm long, anthers 0.6-0.7 mm long, filaments 1.3-2 mm long, pistillode 2-3 mm long; pistillate flowers in racemes 2-7 cm long, pedicels 2.5-5 mm long, bracts 3-5 mm long, tepals green or sometimes reddish brown, pubescent toward base, outer ones 3-4 mm long, inner ones 2.4-4 mm long, anthers not fertile, 0.2-0.6 mm long, filaments 0.4-1 mm long, ovary 2.5-4 mm long, style ca. 1 mm long.
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Fruit
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Berries orange to yellowish orange, 4-6.5 mm long, 3-4 mm in diameter.
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Seeds
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Seeds 8-14, black, fusiform, 2-3 mm long.
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Chromosomes
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2n = ca. 68*, ca. 70*
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