Mexican Gold Bush, Shower of Gold

Mexican Gold Bush, Shower of Gold

= Galphimia glauca

Family; Malpighiaceae

Native to Mexico

5/29/2016 Boynton Beach



Japanese Privet, Wax-leaf Privet

Wax-Leaf Privet, Japanese Privet

= Ligustrum japonicum

Family: Oleaceae (mokusei-ka)

Native to Central and Southern Japan

4/11/2019 Ft Lauderdale Down Town

 



Tropical Lilac, Jamaican Lilac,

Tropical Lilac, Jamaican Lilac

= Cornutia grandifolia

Family: Lamiaceae

Native to Mexico, Central America, West Indies

 

5/16/2019 Ft Lauderdale Women's Club

 



Tulipwood Tree

Tulipwood Tree = Harpullia pendula
Family: Sapindaceae
Native to Australia

Plantation Botanical Garden 5/30/2019

A lot of flowers, still fresh, are fallen to the ground

Yellow Trumpet Bush

Yellow Trampet Bush, Trumpet Flower
= Tacoma stans
Family: Bignoniaceae (Trumpet Creeper Family)

Small tree or Large shrub
Leaf - Bright green, opposite
Flower - Brightyellow trumpet shape
Fruit is a pod up to 8" long

5/1/2019 Plantation Historical Museum Front

 

Indian Beech, Pongam Oiltree

Indian Beech, Pongam Oiltree

= Millettia pinnata (Pongamia pinnata)

Family: Fabaceae

Native to Asia

Lauderdale Lakes, 4/9/2019

Australian Pine Tree



Australian Pine Tree
= Casuarina equisetifolia
Family: Casuarinaceae

Origin: Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific Islands
Introduced to the Southern US, and
it's now an invasive species in Florida.

Unlike most other species of Casuarina,
(which are dioecious),
it is monoecious, with male and female flowers
produced on the same tree.

2/28/2019 Plantation

3/16/2019 Plantation 

Jamaican Rain Tree

Jamaican Rain Tree, Ebony coccuswood

= Brya ebenus

Family: Fabaceae

 

Plantation Botanical Garden 3/7/2019

Pelican Flower

Pelican Flower, Calico Flower
= Aristolochia grandiflora
Family: Aristochiaceae

It's a deciduous vine with one of the largest flowers
that emits an odor...that smells like rotting meat...
attracting flies.
Flower 10-20 cm (4-8") wide
has three sections,
utricle, tube and limb

2/1/2019 Plantation

the backside

see the size?

you don't want to go in there...

American Beautyberry

American Beautyberry
= Callicarpa Americana
Native shrub of the Southern US

1/31/2019 Hampton Pine Park

Chinese Crown Orchid

2/25/2019 Hampton Pine Park

 

Chinese Crown Orchid = Eulophia graminea

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: Asia

 

Since 2007, this is one of the Invasive plants in Florida.

 



Rose of Venezuela, Scarlet Flame Bean

Rose of Venezuela, Scarlet Flame Bean

= Brownea grandiceps

Family: Fabaceae

 

The bud was so big!

Of course it has all the flowers within a flower.

The leaves? was in pale green then pink,

actually I saw all the stage at one day:-)

 

Flowering Maple

1/21/2019 Constitution Park, Deerfield Beach

Flowering Maple, Indian Mallow, Velvetleaf
= Abutilon mollissimum
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow family)

Red Morning Glory

1/9/2019 Plantation

 

Red Morning Glory, Redstar

= Ipomoea coccinea

Family: Convolvulaceae

 

Native: Tropical America and

they have been introduced in much of the US.

 

Fast growing, twisting climbing flowering vines

that attract butterflies.

Leaves are heart-shaped.

They can be found in disturbed areas along roads,

stream banks, fence rows, old fields and other waste areas.

Cajeput Tree

Cajeput Tree, Paperbark Tree = Melaleuca quinquenervia

Family: Myrtaceae  (Myrtle family)

 

Flowers are creamy white in 6" bottlebrush-like,

blooms year round.

It has a whitish, shaggy bark, spongy,

sheds in thin strips.

Leaves 4"

 

Common cause of respiratory problems when in bloom!!!

 

 

Wild Lime

Wild Lime = Zanthoxylum fagara

Family: Rutaceae (distant family of Citrus family)

South Florida Native

 

Before I found this tree, I was wondering what this wonderful smell,

where is it coming from???

The smell was so sweet!

Wild Lime is a small tree, about 26 feet

in South Florida hammocks.

The flowers are yellow, they appear year-round,

peaking in winter through summer.

And it is dioecious, meaning male and female flowers

appear on separate plants.