Scientific Name: Artemisia mauiensis (A. Gray) Skottsb.

Caption: Artemisia mauiensis

Photographer: David Eickhoff

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50823119@N08/5210005808/

Locality: Pearl City, Hawaii, United States (21.39554, -157.957077)

Notes: Hinahina, ??hinahina or Maui wormwood Asteraceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands O?ahu (Cultivated)  Foliage is faintly aromatic having a sagebrush/wormwood fragrance. Early Hawaiians used hinahina to preserve feather cloaks from insect destruction when stored in calabashes. The leaves were pounded for asthma.  NP

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