What inhabited island hosts the flowering shrub known as the Osteomeles anthyllidifolia?
Pitcairn Islands The Pitcairn Islands ( ; Pitkern: "Pitkern Ailen "), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the last British Overseas Territory in the Pacific. The four islandsPitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oenoare spread over several hundred miles of ocean and have a total land area of about 47 sqkm . Only Pitcairn, the second-largest island that measures about 3.6 km from east to west, is inhabited.
Metrosideros polymorpha Metrosideros polymorpha, the ʻ ōhiʻ a lehua, is a species of flowering evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that is endemic to the six largest islands of Hawaiʻ i. It is a highly variable tree, being 20 - tall in favorable situations, and a much smaller prostrate shrub when growing in boggy soils or directly on basalt. It produces a brilliant display of flowers, made up of a mass of stamens, which can range from fiery red to yellow. Many native Hawaiian traditions refer to the tree and the forests it forms as sacred to Pele, the volcano goddess, and to Laka, the goddess of hula. ʻ Ōhiʻ a trees grow easily on lava, and are usually the very first plants to grow on new lava flows.