What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum
December 2006
Page One
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Phlomis fruticosa
Jerusalem sage Lamiaceae (Mint family) Eastern Mediterranean |
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow (Red form) Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Circumboreal |
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Gerbera jamesonii
Transvaal daisy Asteraceae (Sunflower) South Africa |
Gaillardia X grandiflora
(G. aristata X G. pulchella) Blanket flower Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Hort. (Orig. Southern U.S., Mexico) |
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Cassia phyllodinia
Silver cassia Fabaceae (Pea family) Australia |
Justicia brandegeana
Shrimp plant Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Mexico |
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Rotheca myricoides 'Ugandense'
(syn. Clerodendrum ugandense) Blue butterfly bush, Blue glory bower Lamiaceae (Mint family) Tropical East Africa |
Lantana camara
Common lantana, Shrub verbena Verbenaceae (Vervain family) Hort. |
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Euphorbia milii
Crown of thorns Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia family) Madagascar |
Cymbidium cultivar
Cymbidium Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort. (Orig. Asia) |
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Colletia paradoxa
Crucifixion thorn Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn family) Uraguay and Brazil |
Abutilon 'Pink'
Chinese lantern Malvaceae (Mallow family) Hort. (Orig. Tropics and subtropics) |
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Grevillea 'Winpara Gem'
(G. thelemanniana X G. olivacea) Grevillea Proteaceae (Protea family) Australia |
Coelia bella
Beautiful coelia Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Brazil |
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Melaleuca quinquenervia
Paperbark tree Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Australia |
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Eucalyptus pulverulenta
Silver-leaved mountain gum Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Australia |
Faucaria tigrina
Tiger's jaws Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) South Africa |
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Justicia adhatodoides
No common name recorded Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Southern India, Sri Lanka |
Aloe marlothii (= A. spectabilis)
Mountain aloe, Bergaalwyn Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) South Africa |
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Acacia stenophylla
Eumong Fabaceae (Pea family) Australia |
Currently unidentified
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Vanda X herziana
(V. coerulia X V. suavis) Vanda hybrid Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort. |
Dietes iridioides
African iris, Cape iris Iridaceae (Iris family) Eastern and Southern Africa |
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The Bromeliaceae is
a large tropical and temperate New World family which is familiar to most
people because of its inclusion of such species as pineapples and Spanish
moss. There are about 45 genera and some 2000 species in this diverse
family, all in the Americas except for one on the west coast of Africa.
It was Columbus who encountered pine- apples being cultivated in the West Indies, but the Incas, Aztecs and Mayas were well familiar with bromeliads and used them for a variety of purposes. By Linnaeus's time, 14 genera had been named. The family is divided into three sub-families, spiny-leaved terrestrial species, tank bromeliads which can store water in a "tank" formed by their tightly- overlapping leaf bases, and epiphytes. The family takes its name from the genus Bromelia which was named for the 17th century Swedish botanist Olof Bromol. |
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Billbergia sp.
Billbergia Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) Mexico and South America |
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Justicia leonardii
Orange justicia Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Mexico |
Iris germanica
Bearded iris, German iris Iridaceae (Iris family) Old World |
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Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
Desert cabbage, Paddle plant Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family) South Africa |
Cleistocactus winteri
Golden rat tail cactus Cactaceae (Cactus family) Argentina to Uraguay |
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