ʻūlei

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Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, commonly called ʻŪlei, eluehe, uʻulei, Hawaiian rose, or Hawaiian hawthorn, is a species of flowering shrub in the rose family, Rosaceae, that is indigenous to Hawaiʻi, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Pitcairn Island, and Rapa Iti, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.

• It belongs to the Rosaceae family. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS describes it as a shrub with a perennial life cycle. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• NatureServe lists it as native to Hawaii. ^NatureServe
• In Hawaii, most iNaturalist sightings of it in flower come in January–December. ^iNaturalist
• USDA PLANTS lists its flower color as white. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS gives its bloom period as spring. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• USDA PLANTS lists a mature height of about 12 ft. ^{USDA PLANTS}
• iNaturalist has 1,072 research-grade sightings of it in Hawaii, ranking #41 among the 105 flowers on our Hawaii list. ^iNaturalist