What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

January 2007
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Eucalyptus conica Fuzzy box Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Eucalyptus caleyi Caley's ironbark Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Australia

		The Lythraceae or loosestrife family is a medium-sized family of 32 genera and about 600 species mainly located in the tropics but extending into some temper- ate regions. It takes its name from genus Lythrum, an epithet derived from the Greek lythron, "blood," alluding to the color of the flowers. The name loose- strife refers to an old belief that this herb could quell the unruliness or strife of ox- en when yoked, and it apparently does have the affect of keeping flies and gnats away. It is a mostly herbaceous family with some shrubs and trees. The leaves are typically opposite, simple and entire, and the flowers range from being radially symmetric to zygomorphic and are usual- ly brightly-colored with 4-6 petals and twice as many stamens as sepals. The family is closely related to the evening primroses and includes such species as pomegranates, the water chestnut, the dyeplant Henna, and the crepe myrtles.
Cuphea llavea Bat-faced cuphea Lythraceae (Loosestrife family) Mexico

Verbena lilacina Lilac verbena Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Baja California

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