Plant List 8 Flashcards by Benjamin Grossman-Thompson

Q

African boxwood

Looks like a much healthier boxwood, pinkish red stems. serrated leaf

A

Myrsine africana

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Japanese camellia

Very waxy evergreen leaf, serrated margin

A

Camellia japonica

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Natal plum

Forked spine, latex, red natal plum

A

Carissa macrocarpa

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Oleander

Long follicle capsule, underside of leaf marked

A

Nerium oleander

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Star jasmine

latex, twining stems, low to the ground, dark leaves

A

Trachelospermum jasminoides

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Mirror plant

Waxy & shiny, variable leaves, glands at leaf vein branches

A

Coprosma repens

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Blood-red trumpet vine

2 leaflets & a tendril, triffid tendril, doubley triffid, squared stems, red/orange flower

A

Amphilophium buccinatorium

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Violet trumpet vine

2 leaflets & a tendril, big spiney capsule, violet flower

A

Bignonia callistegioides

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Western catalpa

Huge, 6-12in leaf, big trunk, follicle pod, cordate leaf

A

Catalpa speciosa

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Desert willow

Long follicle seed pods, willow-like leaves

A

Chilopsis linearis

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Jacaranda

Clam pod, individual symmetrical leaflets, bipinnately compound, purple flower

A

Jacaranda mimosifolia*
Not to be confused with Albizzia Julibrissin*

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Cape honeysuckle

Varying form, honeysuckle flowers, year round flowering

A

Tecoma capensis

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Hemp tree

Hemp shaped leaf, scented, hypehnated name

A

Vitex agnus-castus

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Coast rosemary

Looks like rosemary, white flower, whorled leaf, blue green color

A

Westringia fruticosa

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Pink jasmine:

Fragrant pink bud, white flower, large terminal leaflet, rippled

A

Jasminum polyanthum

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Japanese privet

strongly scented flower, dark green on top & light green on bottom, lenticels on new growth

A

Ligustrum japonicum

Q

Olive

blue green leaf, silver underside, green to black fruit

A

Olea europa

Q

Myrsine africana

A

African boxwood

Looks like a much healthier boxwood, pinkish red stems. serrated leaf

Q

Camellia japonica

A

Japanese camellia

Very waxy evergreen leaf, serrated margin

Q

Carissa macrocarpa

A

Natal plum

Forked spine, latex, red natal plum

Q

Nerium oleander

A

Oleander

Long follicle capsule, underside of leaf marked

Q

Trachelospermum jasminoides

A

Star jasmine

latex, twining stems, low to the ground, dark leaves

Q

Coprosma repens

A

Mirror plant

Waxy & shiny, variable leaves, glands at leaf vein branches

Q

Amphilophium buccinatorium

A

Blood-red trumpet vine

2 leaflets & a tendril, triffid tendril, doubley triffid, squared stems, red/orange flower

Q

Bignonia callistegioides

A

Violet trumpet vine

2 leaflets & a tendril, big spiney capsule, violet flower

Q

Catalpa speciosa

A

Western catalpa

Huge, 6-12in leaf, big trunk, follicle pod, cordate leaf

Q

Chilopsis linearis

A

Desert willow

Long follicle seed pods, willow-like leaves

Q

Jacaranda mimosifolia*
Not to be confused with Albizzia Julibrissin*

A

Jacaranda

Clam pod, individual symmetrical leaflets, bipinnately compound, purple flower

Q

Tecoma capensis

A

Cape honeysuckle

Varying form, honeysuckle flowers, year round flowering

Q

Vitex agnus-castus

A

Hemp tree

Hemp shaped leaf, scented, hypehnated name

Q

Westringia fruticosa

A

Coast rosemary

Looks like rosemary, white flower, whorled leaf, blue green color

Q

Jasminum polyanthum

A

Pink jasmine:

Fragrant pink bud, white flower, large terminal leaflet, rippled

Q

Ligustrum japonicum

A

Japanese privet

strongly scented flower, dark green on top & light green on bottom, lenticels on new growth

Q

Olea europa

A

Olive

blue green leaf, silver underside, green to black fruit