Plant List Week 02 Flashcards
Acer oblongum
Evergreen Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Look for:
- opposite leaves with entire margins,
- new leaves that are reddish and 3-lobed,
- older leaves that are ovate and green,
and
- samaras that are very curved, with large reddish wings.
Acer palmatum
Common: Japanese Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Notes:
Look for:
- a small tree with delicate branches,
- opposite, palmately-lobed leaves with 5-9 lobes,
- serrated leaf margins,
and
- tiny pairs of samaras with the wings spread wide apart.
Acer tataricum
Common: Tatarian Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Look for:
- opposite leaves with doubly serrate margins,
- upright panicles of small, greenish-white flowers in the springtime,
and
- clusters of horseshoe-shaped, bright red samarras in the summer and fall.
Armeria maritima
Common: Sea Pink
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Look for:
- narrow, stiff leaves in small tufts or rosettes,
and
- tiny flowers in clusters at the end of vertical stalks.
Limonium perezii
Common: Sea Lavender
Family: Violaceae
Look for:
- a mound of leathery, green basal leaves,
and
- panicles of tiny purple and white flowers on bare, branched stems.
Viola riviniana ‘Purpurea’
Common: Purple Leaf Wood Violet
Family: Violaceae
Look for:
- a tiny violet that gets only 3 or 4 inches high,
- dark, purple-tinged leaves with rounded serrations and a strongly cordate base,
and
- zygomorphic purple flowers with a splash of white in the middle.
Viola tricolor
Common: Johnny Jump-Up
Family: Violaceae
Look for:
- a low-growing violet,
- thin stems and irregular leaf shapes,
and
- zygomorphic flowers with three colors across the corolla.
Viola x wittrockiana
Common: Pansy
Family: Violaceae
Look for:
- large, distinctive flowers with soft corollas,
and
- large, fleshy leaves with rounded serrations.
(The technical term for this type of margin is “crenate.”)
Freesia Cvs
Common: Freesia
Family: Iridaceae
Look for:
- very colorful and fragrant flowers,
- three sepals and three petals that unite to form a tube,
- three stamens (to remind you that this is Iridaceae),
and
- an inflorescence that leans to the side with individual flowers appearing on the upper side.
Iris Bearded Hybrid Cvs
Common: Bearded Iris
Family: Iridaceae
Look for:
- erect sepals (the “standards”),
- hanging petals (the “falls”) that have a distinctive “beard” in the middle,
and
- flat, parallel-veined leaves that overlap one another to form fans.
Iris Dutch Cvs
Common: Dutch Iris
Family: Iridaceae
Look for:
- flowers are on thin stems and have no beard
Chlorophytum comosum
Common: Spider Plant
Family: Liliaceae
Look for:
- narrow, linear leaves that are often variegated,
- small white flowers with the usual Liliaceae characteristics,
and
- new young plants hanging down like spiders at the end of the stalks.
Kniphofia uvaria
Common: Red-Hot Poker
Family: Liliaceae
Look for:
- a dense mound of long, narrow leaves with parallel venation,
and
- distinctive racemes of flowers that are red at top and yellow toward the bottom.
Lilium longiflorum
Common: Easter Lily
Family: Liliaceae
Look for:
- large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers,
and
- linear leaves arranged around a single vertical stem.
Lonicera japonica ‘Halliana’
Common: Hall’s Japanese Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Look for:
- a groundcover with long, trailing stems,
- opposite leaves,
- flowers that appear in pairs,
and
- the distinctive flower shape of honeysuckle, with four long fused petals above and one long individual petal below.
Lonicera maackii
Common: Maack Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Look for:
- a shrub or small tree,
- opposite leaves,
- distinctive ridged bark that gives the trunk a “striped” look,
and
- white flowers that are fragrant, strongly zygomorphic, and held in pairs.
Viburnum odoratissimum
Common: Sweet Viburnum
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Look for:
- an evergreen tree with checkered bark,
- opposite, glossy, dark green leaves with smooth margins,
- tiny, white, slightly fragrant flowers in May,
and
- terminal panicles of red fruits that shrivel and turn black in the fall.
Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’
Common: Common Snowball
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Look for:
- opposite, lobed leaves that look sort of “maple-like,”
and
- large white or greenish-white clusters of flowers.
Viburnum suspensum
Common: Ryukyu Viburnum
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Look for:
- opposite, glossy green leaves that are pale underneath,
- leaf margins that have rounded serrations and tend to curl under,
and
- clusters of small, ovoid red fruits on the sunny side of the bush.
Dianthus barbatus
Common: Sweet William
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Look for:
- an annual or biennial with stiff, upright stems,
- opposite green leaves at swollen nodes,
- the fringed petals typical of the family,
and
- a dense inflorescence of 25 to 30 flowers forming half a sphere at the top of each stalk.
Look for:
- an annual or biennial with stiff, upright stems,
- opposite green leaves at swollen nodes,
- the fringed petals typical of the family,
and
- a dense inflorescence of 25 to 30 flowers forming half a sphere at the top of each stalk.
Dianthus caryophyllus
Common: Carnation
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Look for:
- bright colored flowers,
- fringed petals,
- long, smooth stems,
and
- opposite, narrow, bluish-green leaves.
Dianthus chinensis
Common: Hybrid Chinese Pink
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Look for:
- low-growing bedding plants,
- opposite leaves,
- swollen nodes,
and (on each stem)
- 2 to 5 red, white, or pink flowers (often with a dark blotch in the middle).
Saponaria ocymoides
Common: Soapwort
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Look for:
- small flowers formed of five separate, pink petals,
- sepals that are fused into a hairy calyx tube,
and
- small opposite leaves.
Arbutus unedo
Common: Strawberry Tree
Family: Ericaceae
Look for:
- reddish-brown bark that exfoliates in thin, vertical strips,
and
- long, narrow, simple leaves with serrated margins.
Arctostaphylos spp.
Common: Manzanita
Family: Ericaceae
Look for:
- crooked branches with gray, red, or black bark that often looks “oily,”
- tough green or gray-green leaves that are often egg-shaped,
- white or pink urn-shaped flowers,
and
- shiny green fruits that ripen to red or brown.
Pieris japonica ‘Variegata’
Common: Variegated Lily-of-the-Valley Shrub
Family: Ericaceae
Look for:
- narrow, variegated leaves with pale edges,
- variable leaf shapes that end with a pointed tip,
and
- clusters of small, urn-shaped flowers.
Rhododendron spp.
Common: Rhododendron
Family: Ericaceae
Look for:
- a common landscaping shrub in the Pacific Northwest
- needs rich, acidic soil that drains well
- prefers filtered sunlight
- leaves are larger than those on azaleas
Rhododendron spp.
Common: Azalea
Family: Ericaceae
Look for:
- leaves are smaller, rougher, and hairier than those on rhododendrons
- needs rich, acidic soil that drains well
Escallonia ‘Lou Allen’
Common: Lou Allen Escallonia
Family: Grossulariaceae
Look for:
- flowers have a bright pink, sympetalous, tubular corolla
- the five stamens are alternate with the five petal lobes
- leaves are very glossy with a dentate margin
Ribes malvaceum
Common: Chaparral Currant
Family: Grossulariaceae
Look for:
- hairy, rough, dull-green 2-inch leaves
- short clusters of fragrant pink flowers
- red fruit
Ribes viburnifolium
Common: Evergreen Currant
Family: Grossulariaceae
Look for:
- glossy green leaves that seem vaguely oak-like,
and
- red stems that are dotted with white.
Deutzia pulchra
Common: Formosan Deutzia
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Look for:
- a shrub or small tree,
- opposite leaves,
- panicles of small white flowers,
and
- individual flowers having five petals, five sepals, and a hypanthium.
Heuchera CVs
Common: Hybrid Coral Bells
Family: Saxifragaceae
Look for:
- clumps of rounded, basal leaves,
- scalloped or shallowly-lobed leaf edges,
and
- upright panicles of small pink flowers on wiry stems.
Heuchera maxima
Common: Island Alum Root
Family: Saxifragaceae
Look for:
- a low mound of round basal leaves,
- cordate leaf bases and shallowly lobed leaf margins,
and
- upright panicles of greenish-white flowers with tiny petals.
