Arboretum
May 2007
Page Seven
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Phormium tenax 'Tom Thumb' Dwarf New Zealand flax Phormiaceae (Phormium family) Hort. (Orig. Australasia) |
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Cynara scolymus Globe artichoke Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Mediterranean |
Tanacetum (=Chrysanthemum) parthenium Feverfew Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Caucasus to Europe |
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Itea yunnanensis Chinese currant tree, Sweetspire Grossulariaceae (Currant family) China |
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Anigozanthos 'Harmony' Red-yellow kangaroo paws Haemodoraceae (Bloodroot family) Southwestern Australia |
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Elsholtzia stauntonii Mint-shrub, Staunton's mint-bush Lamiaceae (Mint family) China |
Isatis tinctoria Woad Brassicaceae (Mustard family) Central and Western Asia |
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Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Blue Spires' Russian sage Lamiaceae (Mint family) Hort. (Orig. Afghanistan and Pakistan) |
Chamaemelum nobile Roman chamomile Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Western Europe |
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Callistemon falcatus No common name recorded Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) South Australia, Tasmania |
Laelia purpurata hybrid No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort. (Orig. Tropical America) |
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Phormium tenax 'Variegatum' New Zealand flax Phormiaceae (Phormium family) Hort. (Orig. Australasia) |
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Bracteantha hybrids Strawflower Asteraceae (Sunflower family) Hort. (Orig. Australia ) |
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The Begoniaceae or begonia family has about 1400 species in only two genera! Even more amazing than that, all but one of the species are in genus Begonia, the other in genus Hillebrandia endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The family is main- ly confined to the tropics but does reach as far north as the Ryukyu Islands and as far south as South Africa. Primarily semi- succulent herbs and small shrubs, the leaves are alternate and quite stipulate with asymmetrical blades and the flowers are in a cymose inflorescence with un- differentiated sepals and petals but often opposite and unequal pairs. The fruits are capsules or berries with numerous minute seeds. Begonias have been extensively cultivated as house and garden plants with some 10,000 recorded cultivars. The name Begonia honors the 17th cen- tury French patron of botany Michel Bégon, governor of French Canada and San Domingo. |
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Begonia sp. Begonia Begoniaceae (Begonia family) Tropics and Subtropics |
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Cuphea ignea Cigar flower, Firecracker plant Lythraceae (Loosestrife family) Mexico, West Indies |
Apium graveolens Wild celery Apiaceae (Carrot family) Southern Europe |
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Calylophus drummondianus Square-bud primrose, Sundrops Onagraceae (Evening primrose family) South Central U.S. |
Verbena cf. bonariensis Purpletop verbena, Tall verbena Verbenaceae (Vervain family) Brazil and Argentina |
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Parahebe sp. Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family) New Zeanland |
X Ascocenda (Vanda X Ascocentrum) No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort. |
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Prostanthera 'Poorinda Bride' Poorinda bride mint bush Lamiaceae (Mint bush) Australasia |
Borago pygmaea Dwarf borago Boraginaceae (Borago family) Europe |
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Dierama pendulum 'Album' White fairy wand Iridaceae (Iris family) South Africa |
Duchesnea indica Indian strawberry, Mock strawberry Rosaceae (Rose family) India to Japan |
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