Lythraceae |
Lagerstroemia indica L.
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- Common Name: Crape Myrtle
- Family: Lythraceae J. St-Hil.
- Country of Origin: China
- Habitat: Open grassy places and on cliffs at low altitudes, also on f
- Description: [syn. Lagerstroemia elegans Wallich ex Paxt.]
Deciduous shrub ro small tree, to 20 feet or more; leaves oblong-elliptic to rounded, to 2.75 inches long, glabrous or pubescent on veins; calyx tube rounded in bud, not ribbed, glabrous, petals pink, white or purple, to 1.125 inches long, the blade cordate-orbicular, crisped, stamens 36-42, ovary glabrous.
China - USDA Zone 7
Widely cultivated in warm temperate and subtropical regions.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 198500476
- Source: Logees
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 3320 - Cart - temporary for cold room transfer
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-05-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: rosids
- Order: Myrtales
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- Family: Lythraceae
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References:Plants For A Future Website Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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