Caption: Artemisia australis
Photographer: David Eickhoff
Locality: Pearl City, Hawaii, United States (21.391385, -157.95433)
Notes: Hinahina, ??hinahina or Oahu wormwood Asteraceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands O?ahu (Cultivated)  Faintly to strongly aromatic with a sage-type fragrance. Another description of the leaf fragrance is lychee. Leaves have an especially strong fragrance when rubbed or crushed. Early Hawaiians used hinahina to preserve
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