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Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila

(A.Heller) Skottsb. (1944)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Metrosideros

‘ōhi‘a, ‘ōhi‘a lehua, lehua, lehua maka noe, lehua makanoe, lehua ne'ene'e [lehua neenee], lehua nene'e [lehua nenee]

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Description

Key Characters: Leaves glabrous, inflorescence whooly (tomentose), shrubs or subshrubs, leaves broadly ovate, petioles stout, 6 mm.

Growth Form: Prostrate shrub, < 1 m. high, either simple or sending out one or two ascending branches.

Stems: Unbranched or sparingly branched, outer bark gray, peeling off in shreds.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades broadly ovate, or sometimes obovate, the largest about 5 cm. in diameter Apex rounded or sometimes obtuse to acute. Base cuneate to cordate. Upper surfaces glabrous, light green, and shining lower surfaces glabrous, dull and glandular. Margins lightly induplicate (revolute). Several pairs of raised veins radiating from base; midrib impressed above, prominent beneath. Petioles stout about 6 mm. long. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences of 2–5 pairs of cymules fully developed. cymes large; peduncles densely woolly; 2.5 cm. in length; bracts broadly ovate to suborbicular, 5–10 mm long, 3–5 mm wide. Flowers red, bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic; pedicels 2–8 mm long, 1–2 mm wide; hypanthium 3–7 mm high, 3–8 mm wide. Sepals very woolly, except the short, triangular lobes, which are almost glabrous, but glandular. Petals red, broadly obovate, about 6 mm. in length, glandular on the outside, ciliate. Stamens numerous 2.5 cm. long, dark red. Ovary nearly superior, deeply immersed in the bottom of the calyx, its disk-like top very glandular and resinous. style up to 2.5 cm long, not enlarged at the stigmatose apex.

Fruit: Capsules slightly included to exerted; fruiting hypanthium 3–8 mm long and wide; pubescent or glabrous.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 406 (1944)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:969 (K, Mo, M); Kennedy et al. 2010:22 (O); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:195 (H)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details open bog Preserved_Specimen 2' shrub Neal, M.C. Kauai BISH 1936-08-17
2 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing with Styphelia, Vaccinium, Coprosma ochracea Preserved_Specimen Prostrate woody shrub, 1 ft. tall, flowers red. Cuddihy, L.W. 1187 Molokai BISH 1982-05-27
3 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details open bog Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 12564 Molokai BISH 1932-12-25
4 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Co-dominant shrub with f. strigosa. Associated with Vaccinium calycinum, Coprosma ochracea, few Cheirodendron and small Styphelia. Hummocks of Oreobolus and Panicum isachnoides are common. Also present are Viola maviensis and Selaginella deflexa. Preserved_Specimen Height 2'. Flowers red. Davis, J. 835 Molokai BISH 1982-05-27
5 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Common in bog Assoc. with Gouldia terminalis, Myrsine hosakae, Pelea waialealae, Pelea sp., Euphorbia multiformis sparsiflora, Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen Low shrub, 15 tall Gustafson, R. 1037 Kauai BISH 1978-11-26
6 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On wet ridge. Preserved_Specimen Plant 0.5-1 ft. high. Hosaka, E.Y. 1130 Oahu BISH 1933-08-06
7 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10738 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
8 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in bog with pukiawe, `uki, Oreobolus furcatus and Rhynchospora spiciformis. Dominant with f. strigosa in bog. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 15 tall. Stamens of flowers bright red. Young growth of leaves also red. Cuddihy, L.W. 1183 Molokai BISH 1982-05-27
9 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing along top of ridge in semi boggy conditions. Growing within a thick layer of Bazzania cordistipula, Campylopus spp., Dicranodontium porodictyon, Leucobryum pachyphyllum, and other bryophytes. Also growign with Vaccinium dentatum, Dichanthelium koolauense, Axonopus compressus, and Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima. Preserved_Specimen Prostrate plants with small elliptic-ovate leaves. Veins slightly impressed. Young leaves with a thin layer of hair, older leaves glabrous. Petioles and young stems red. Flowers red. Plants growing sympatric with typical, shrubby Metrosideros polymorpha with erect habit. Thomas, M.K. 556 Oahu BISH 2022-11-30
10 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details open Preserved_Specimen 1/2-2' erect bush; stamens red St.John, H. 13553 Kauai BISH 1933-12-24
11 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Bog proper. Preserved_Specimen Pubescent when collected, both surfaces, commonest Metrosideros in bog. Stemmermann, R.L. 6713 Kauai BISH 1981-03-11
12 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Ohia (metrosideros) Montane Wet Mixed Community. Bog-like shrub land with poorly drained soils. Drosera anglica, Dicranopteris linearis, Cryptomeria japonica, Gahnia beecheyi, Lycopodiella cernua, Rhynchospora sp., Vaccinium dentatum, Xyris complanata, Cladonia sp. Preserved_Specimen Shrub to 1 meter tall. Red inflorescence. Wolkis, D. 1129 Kauai BISH 2016-11-03
13 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Lehua Malanoe Dry bogf flat slpe, open canopy. Dicranopteris linearis, ryptomeria japonica, Drosera anglica, Gahnia beecheyi, Juncus planifolius, Korthalsella remyana, Palhinhaea cernua, Rhynchospora chinensis, Vaccinium dentatium Xyris complanata Preserved_Specimen Shrub 0.6 m tall growing on flat slope under open danopy in dry bot. Korthalsella remyana and a black sooty substancce present. Flower buds to dispersed seeds (empty capsules) present. Wolkis, D. 1372 Kauai BISH 2022-09-13
14 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details bog Preserved_Specimen <1' high Neal, M.C. Maui BISH 1933-08-16
15 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On wet ridge. Preserved_Specimen 1/2 to 1 ft. high. Hosaka, E.Y. 1130 Oahu BISH 1933-08-06
16 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Bog, flat, open inundated soil. Drosera anglica, Gahnia sp., Dicranopteris linearis, Cheirodendron sp. Preserved_Specimen Shrub about 1 meter high. Population level collection from 100 plants. Wolkis, D. 1167 Kauai BISH 2017-12-03
17 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Oreobolus furcatus, Panicum imbricatum, Astelia forbesii, Plantago hillebrandii, Viola maviensis, Vaccinium pahalae, V. dentatum, Styphelia Preserved_Specimen ~1' shrub, single, sparsely branched stem; flower crimson Carlquist, S. 2229 Molokai BISH 1966-08-25
18 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Summit. Swamp. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8145 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
19 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wet open bog. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1 m; flowers crimson. Lammers, T.G. 5377 Kauai BISH 1983-08-30
20 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details open bog Preserved_Specimen 6' shrub Stone, B.C. 1551 Kauai BISH 1956-12-27
21 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dominant small shrub with f. strigosa. Also present are Vaccinium calycinum, V. pahalae, Coprosma ochracea var. rockiana, Wikstroemia, and Styphelia. Preserved_Specimen Average height 2'. Red flowers. Red stems, petioles and veins, leaves shiny dark green. Davis, J. 837 Molokai BISH 1982-05-27
22 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Inundated soil. Cheirodendron sp., Coprosma elliptica, Dicranopters linearis, Drosera anglica, Hedychium gardnerianum, Korthalsella sp., Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila, Sadleria sp., Vaccinium sp., Viola kauaen Preserved_Specimen Large shrub about 1.75 m high. Underside of leaf super hairy. Korthalsella sp. present. Wolkis, D. 1203 Kauai BISH 2019-04-16
23 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Vegetation: Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Scaevola, Broussaisia, Clermontia, Bidens, Cibotium, Stenogyne, Freycinetia, Peperomia, Antidesma, Isachne, Perrottetia, Cheirodendron, Psychotria, Xylosma, Kadua, Vaccinium. Preserved_Specimen A few shrubs to 1.5 tall observed on open ridgetop on steep stream walls; no flowers or fruits observed. Oppenheimer, H.L. 110809 Maui BISH 2008-11-06
24 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rain forest. Preserved_Specimen Morley, H. 88 Oahu BISH 1933-12-10
25 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details bog Preserved_Specimen terrestrial Wright, M.E. 8 Maui BISH 2005-06-29
26 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open bog. Preserved_Specimen In depressed shrub, flowers red. Wilbur, R.L. 903 Maui BISH 1948-06-29
27 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details bog Preserved_Specimen terrestrial Wright, M.E. 4 Hawaii BISH 2005-06-28
28 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Associated vegetation: Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Oreobolus furcatus, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Carex montis-eeka, Vaccinium spp., Argyroxiphium grayanum, Lobelia gloria-montis, Plantago pachyphylla, Deschampsia nubigena, Keysseria maviensis, Adenophorus montanus. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 60324 Maui BISH 2003-06-27
29 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 1 m shrub, straggling MacDaniels, L.H. 603 Kauai BISH 1927-02-08
30 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. Preserved_Specimen Prostrate. Grant, M.L. 7223 Oahu BISH 1934-08-07
31 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 7' shrub; flower red Henrickson, J.S. 4006 Kauai BISH 1969-07-31
32 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Dwarf shrub of less than 1 m stature. Takeuchi, W.N. 20 Kauai BISH 1982-09-25
33 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen tree Cranwell, L.M. 2980 Kauai BISH 1938-08-16
34 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen prostrate St.John, H. 23055 Kauai BISH 1947-12-25
35 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 40-45 cm shrub, sprawling Takeuchi, W.N. 73 Kauai BISH 1982-11-13
36 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen ~50 cm; glabrous Stemmermann, R.L. 7060 Molokai BISH 1985-12-28
37 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen pubescent Stemmermann, R.L. 7061 Molokai BISH 1985-12-28
38 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 237 Kauai BISH 1909-08-01
39 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 2.1 m Takeuchi, W.N. 50 Kauai BISH 1982-10-30
40 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Low statured Ohia appears intermediated between M. p. var. rugosa (L.S. 7026) and a larger if rubbery stemmed Ohia present in some of 'Eke's depressions. Stemmermann, R.L. 7027 Maui BISH 1985-11-02
41 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 894 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
42 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 404 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
43 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 2900 Kauai BISH 1938-08-13
44 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. 415 Kauai BISH 1956-12-28
45 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen stature=1.5m dia=3.9cm Takeuchi, W.N. 82 Kauai BISH 1982-11-13
46 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 2535 Molokai BISH 1938-07-07
47 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen shrub MacDaniels, L.H. 774 Kauai BISH 1927-02-18
48 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Dwarf plants in bog proper, new growth whitish pubescent; stamens red. Stone, B.C. 3730 Kauai BISH 1961-08-11
49 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen In all bogs the dominant shrub on the drier spots, much smaller when in wetter spots. Many seedlings evident. Compact, spreading often globose shrub. Leaves olive greeen, often with white cover, young leaf buds especially tomentoes. Calyse whitish with purple margins. Filaments light to blood red, anthers black. van Royen, P. 11707 Kauai BISH 1977-09-01
50 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 6097 Molokai BISH 1910-03-17
51 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen ~50 cm; glabrous Stemmermann, R.L. 7059 Molokai BISH 1985-12-28
52 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 1.14 m Takeuchi, W.N. 45 Kauai BISH 1982-10-30
53 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2043 Kauai BISH 1909-03-03
54 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Chock, A.K. 1167 Kauai BISH 1953-09-04
55 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 1.7 m Takeuchi, W.N. 44 Kauai BISH 1982-10-30
56 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen pubescent Stemmermann, R.L. 6735 Kauai BISH 1981-03-16
57 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2738 Kauai BISH 1895-08-21
58 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 6097 Molokai BISH 1910-03-17
59 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. 480 Kauai BISH 1987-06-01
60 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Chock, A.K. 1167 Kauai BISH 1953-09-04
61 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 375 Maui BISH 1917-09-25
62 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Huber, H.F.J. 23 Kauai BISH 1964-08-21
63 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 50875091 Kauai BISH 1909-09-24
64 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In boggy area Preserved_Specimen Ranker, T.A. Kauai BISH 2004-03-21
65 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 1658 Kauai BISH 1957-01-02
66 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 2042 Kauai BISH 1909-03-03
67 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 404 Kauai BISH 1909-09-01
68 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5585 Kauai BISH 1909-09-06
69 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Kauai BISH 1925-03-01
70 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Kauai BISH 1925-03-01
71 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
72 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2738 Kauai BISH 1895-10-19
73 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 6097 Molokai BISH 1910-03-17
74 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 5087 Kauai BISH 1909-09-24
75 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 189 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
76 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1142 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
77 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 894 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
78 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 6097 Molokai BISH 1910-03-17
79 Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details forest Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 2636 Maui BISH 1938-07-24
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