What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

July 2007
Page One

Duranta repens Sky flower, Golden dewdrop, Pigeonberry Verbenaceae (Verbena family) Tropical America

Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegated' Variegated shell ginger, Porcelein lily Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) Hort. (Orig. East Asia and New Guinea)

Cattleya harrisoniana No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Brazil

Brassia mexicana No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Mexico

Michelia champaca 'Alba' Champaca Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family) Hort. (Orig. Eastern Himalayas)

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora Blue ginger Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) Northern South America

Leucophyllum langmaniae Rio Bravo ranger Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family) Mexico

Calathea zebrina Zebra plant Marantaceae (Arrowroot family) Brazil

Aeschynanthus radicans Lipstick plant Gesneriaceae (African violet family) Malaysia

Crithmum maritimum Samphire Apiaceae (Carrot family) Europe

Salvia coahuilensis Coahuila sage Lamiaceae (Mint family) Mexico

Uncarina grandidieri Mouse trap tree Pedaliaceae (Sesame family) Southwestern Madagascar

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Chinese plumbago Plumbaginaceae (Leadwort family) China

Leptospermum ericoides Tea tree, Burgan Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) New Zealand

Melaleuca bracteata 'Golden Gem' [syn. M. monticola] Black tea tree Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Australia

Callistemon citrinus 'Jeffers' Bottlebrush Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Hort. (Orig. Australia)

		The Portulacaceae or purslane family has nearly a worldwide distribution, and al- though its major diversity is in the south- ern hemisphere it is also represented in North America and Eurasia. The family contains 20-30 genera and about 500 species of trees, shrubs and herbs, and is currently placed in the same order as the cacti, iceplants, buckwheats, tamarisks, and most carnivorous plants. The leaves are usually simple and entire-margined, often fleshy, glabrous or sometimes with hairs or glandular barbs. The flowers are typically radially symmetrical and are either solitary or in terminal racemes or cymes. The fruit is usually a circumscis- sile or loculicidal capsule. Many family members are found in arid or semiarid conditions like Portulaca and Calan- drinia. Common purslane (P. oleracea) is a widely eaten but not commercially grown vegetable. Other family members are cultivated as ornamentals.
Portulaca oleracea Purslane Portulacaceae (Purslane family) Europe

Peltophorum africanum Yellow African flamboyant Fabaceae (Pea family) South Africa

Rhynchostylis gigantea Foxtail orchid Orchidaceae (Orchid family) China and Southeast Asia

Schotia latifolia Elephant hedge bean Fabaceae (Pea family) South Africa

Helianthus annuus 'Music Box' Dwarf sunflower Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Hort.

Eucalyptus leptophylla Narrow-leaved red mallee Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Southeast Australia

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