What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

October 2006
Page One

Bauhinia galpinii Red bauhinia, Orchid tree Fabaceae (Pea family) South Africa

Oncidium ornithorhynchum No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Mexico to Columbia

Fatsia japonica Japanese aralia Araliaceae (Ginseng family) Japan

Euphorbia grandicornis Cow's horn euphorbia Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) South Africa

Iochroma cyaneum Violet tubeflower Solanaceae (Nightshade family) Central and South America

Cotyledon tomentosa Bear's paw Crassulaceae (Stonecrop family) South Africa

Echinopsis cultivar No common name recorded Cactaceae (Cactus family) South America

Osteospermum fruticosum Trailing African daisy Asteraceae (Sunflower family) South Africa

Stapelia grandiflora Carrion plant, Starfish flower Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) South Africa

Senna wislizeni Shrubby senna Fabaceae (Pea family) SW U.S. - Mexico

Carissa macrocarpa Natal plum Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) South Africa

Spathodea campanulata Yellow African tulip tree Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family) Tropical Africa

Plumbago capensis (=auriculata) Cape plumbago Plumbaginaceae (Leadwort family) South Africa

Hibiscus mutabilis Cotton rose Malvaceae (Mallow family) Southern China, Japan

Kniphofia uvaria Red hot poker Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) South Africa

Eucalyptus viridis Green mallee box Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Australia

		The Amaryllidaceae is a large family of perennial herbs usually growing from bulbs with simple, alternate leaves and containing about sixty genera and over 800 species. At one time or another, members of this family have been in- cluded in the Liliaceae and the Alliaceae (onion) families, and are closely related to Agapanthus. They are mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Major regions of diversity for this family are South Africa and South America. The flowers are often large and showy and held at the end of a leafless stem called a scape, and they are frequently utilized in garden plantings. The family was originally described in 1805 by Jean Henri Jaume St. Hilaire and was named in honor of Amaryllis, a lovely shepherdess referred to by Theocritus, Virgil and Ovid in classical times and by the English pastoral poets of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Crinum moorei Natal lily Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family) South Africa

Dombeya 'Seminole' Dombeya Sterculiaceae (Sterculia family) Hort. (Orig. Africa)

Euryops pectinatus Grey-leaved euryops Asteraceae (Sunflower family) South Africa

Polygonum capitatum Pink knotweed Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family) Himalayas and China

Centranthus ruber 'Albus' Red valerian Valerianaceae (Valerian family) Europe, N. Africa & W. Asia

Correa pulchella Australian fuchsia Rutaceae (Citrus fruit family) Southern Australia

Aloe vogtsii No common name recorded Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) South Africa

Aloe X principis (A. arborescens & A. ferox) No common name recorded Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) Hort.

Canna indica Indian shot Cannaceae (Canna family) Caribbean, Tropical America

Plumeria obtusa Frangipani, Singapore graveyard flower Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) Bahamas

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