What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

April 2007
Page One

X Graptoveria (Echeveria X Graptophyllum) Yellow-flowered hen and chicks Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family) Hort.

Calliandra californica Baja fairy duster Fabaceae (Pea family) Baja, Mexico

Cytisus X praecox 'Allgold' (C. multiflorus & C. purgans) Warminster broom Fabaceae (Pea family) Hort.

Eucalyptus sargentii Sargent's mallet, Salt River gum Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Western Australia

Iris sp. Iridaceae (Iris family)

		The Verbenaceae, commonly known as the verbena or vervain family, contains around 90 genera and between 2000 and 2600 species. The family includes trees, shrubs and herbs, and is pantropical with a few temperate species. It is closely related to the Lamiaceae or mint family and like them often has square-shaped stems and aromatic foliage. The leaves are mostly simple and opposite or whorled. The family takes its name from the genus Verbena, a Latin name for a plant sacred to the Romans. Typically species have 5 connate sepals and petals and the fruit is usually a drupe or occas- ionally nutlets. Lemon verbena has been grown for flavoring, teak is a valuable lumber, and verbena itself has had medi- cinal uses. There are many species that are beautiful ornamentals, while others are weedy. Some genera have been transferred to the Lamiaceae, and others to families of their own.
Lantana montevidensis (syn. L. sellowiana) Trailing lantana Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Central eastern South America

Podocarpus henkelii Falcate yellow-wood Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family) South Africa

Drosanthemum hispidum Rosea iceplant Aizoaceae (Iceplant family) South Africa

Aloe striata hybrid Coral aloe Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) South Africa

Duranta erecta Golden dewdrop, Pigeonberry Verbenaceae (Verbena family) West Indies, Central & South America

Nandina cf. domestica Heavenly bamboo Berberidaceae (Barberry family) India to Japan

Wigandia caracasana Caracas wigandia Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family) Venezuela, Columbia, Mexico

Pittosporum tobira Japanese pittosporum Pittosporaceae (Pittosporum family) China and Japan

Prunus laurocerasus Cherry laurel Rosaceae (Rose family) Eurasia

Leptospermum laevigatum Coast tea tree Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Convolvulus sp. Bindweed Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family) Widespread

Currently unidentified

Chamaerops humilis Mediterranean fan palm Arecaceae (Palm family) Mediterranean

Acer orientale Oriental maple Aceraceae (Maple family) Mediterranean

Scabiosa columbaria 'Butterfly Blue' Butterfly blue pincushion Dipsacaceae (Teasel family) Europe, Africa and Asia

Antirrhinum majus Common snapdragon Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family) Southwestern Europe

Broussonetia papyrifera Paper mulberry Moraceae (Mulberry family) Eastern Asia [fruits on the left, pistillate flowers on the right]

Pelargonium graveolens Rose geranium Geraniaceae (Geranium family) South Africa

Prunus lyonii Catalina cherry Rosaceae (Rose family) Catalina Island

Fallugia paradoxa Apache plume Rosaceae (Rose family) SW U.S. and northern Mexico

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