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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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Hawaii's Most Invasive Horticultural Plants |
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 (Photo credit: Haleakala National Park Resources Management Division) |
| Other names: | cream ginger, 'awapuhi-melemele |
| Description: | Robust perennial herb 3-6' high, with large rhizomes and 1-1.5" pale yellow, fragrant flowers. |
| Risk areas: | Rainforest, moist forest, roadsides, open areas, streamsides. |
| WARNING: | Given the degree to which the genus Hedychium has proven invasive in Hawaii and elsewhere, all members of this genus should probably be avoided. |