Darwinia apiculataWith a common name of Scarp Darwinia, it is a threatened Darwinia growing among granite outcrops. It grows 0.4-0.5 m high with green & yellow/red flowers in Oct on lateritic soils or around Granite boulders.Most Darwinia plants have a beautiful smell when the leaves are crushed. A number of flowers are grouped together to form the flower head. You can see the styles with the hairy ends protruding from each flower.This one has a three sided leaf which is also serrated (toothed). If you do find some of these, please report them to your local DpaW (DEC) office.
Lehua hihi or hihiMyrtaceae (Myrtle family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (Oahu only)Common to uncommonOahu (Cultivated) Early Hawaiians used the flowers for lei. Lehua hihi were abundant in the Nuuanu pali area and was highly desirable for lei.Flower closeupwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4832598918/in/photostream/EtymologyThe generic name Metrosideros is derived from the Greek metra, heartwood, and sideron, iron, referring to the very hard wood of these plants.The specific epithet tremuloides means to tremble or to quake in reference to the leaves trembling in the wind.NPH00001www.nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Metrosideros_tremu...