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Wikstroemia villosa
Also called Hairy Wikstroemia
Hairy false ohelo (Wikstroemia villosa) is a small tree from the Thymelaeaceae family, endemic to Maui in Hawaii and critically endangered in the wild. It is rarely grown, and cultivation is mainly a conservation matter rather than a garden plant.
Wikstroemia villosa, the hairy wikstroemia or hairy false ohelo, is a tropical species of plant in the Thymelaeaceae family.
It is endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi. It was known from montane rainforests on the windward side of Haleakalā volcano on East Maui the ridges in Wailuku Valley on West Maui.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wikstroemia villosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
