What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

February 2007
Page Four

Ipheion uniflorum Spring star flower Liliaceae (Lily family) Argentina, Uruguay

Dendromecon harfordii Channel Island tree poppy Papaveraceae (Poppy family) California Channel Islands

Erysimum linifolium 'Bowle's Mauve' Bowle's mauve wallflower Brassicaceae (Mustard family) Hort.

Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue' (= V. umbrosa) Creeping veronica Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family) Southern Russia, Western Asia

Myosotis sylvatica Bedding forget-me-not Boraginaceae (Borage family) Europe and Asia

Cycas taitungensis Prince sago Zamiaceae (Cycad family) Taiwan [female flowering cone]

Erythrina X sykesii Coral tree Fabaceae (Pea family) Hort. (Orig. Australia)

Viburnum sp. Viburnum Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)

Layia platyglossa Yellow tidy tips Asteraceae (Sunflower family) SW North America

Grevillea sp. Grevillea Proteaceae (Protea family) Australia

		The Magnoliaceae is a family of about 200 species of trees and shrubs that usually have large flowers. Certain of the features of this family indicate that it is a fairly primitive one. Among these features are the lack of differentiation between sepals and petals, and the arrangement of stamens and pistils in spirals on a conical receptacle rather than in rings. There are fossilized specimens identified as being in this family dating back almost 100 million years. It is a very widely spread family, ranging from North and Central Ameri- ca, the Caribbean and tropical South America all the way to India, Indochina, China, Japan and Korea. Alternate, simple, petiolate leaves are character- istic of the family, and many species have fragrant flowers. Magnolia is the largest genus and is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol. Magnolia grandiflora is the state tree of Mississippi.
Magnolia X soulangiana (M. denudata X M. liliifolia) Saucer magnolia Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family) Hort.

Narcissus cultivar Daffodil Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family) Hort.

Eschscholzia californica California poppy Papaveraceae (Poppy family) Western U.S.

Euphorbia characias Mediterranean spurge Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) Mediterranean region

Prunus campanulata Taiwan cherry Rosaceae (Rose family) Japan, Taiwan

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