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Find the perfect pono plant for your landscape, search by color, growth form, and more!
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Acacia stenophylla
shoestring acacia, river cooba, river myall
Designation: Pono Plant (low risk)
Score: 3
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Acacia vestita
hairy wattle, weeping boree
Designation: Pono Plant (low risk)
Score: 2
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Acalypha godseffiana
acalypha, copper leaf, beefsteak
Designation: Pono Plant (low risk)
Score: -7
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Acalypha hispida
chenille plant, red hot cattail
Designation: Pono Plant (low risk)
Score: 2
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Acalypha wilkesiana
beefsteak plant
Designation: Pono Plant (low risk)
Score: -2
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Acanthocereus tetragonus
barbed-wire cactus, triangle cactus, sword-pear
Designation: High Risk
Score: 16
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