BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 1 of 8 Summary of Plants learned in this lab:

Family Genus Species ACANTHACEAE Anisacanthus quadrifidus

ACANTHACEAE Justicia brandegeana *

ASTERACEAE Tagetes lucida *

BIGNONIACEAE Tecoma stans

BROMELIACEAE Tillandsia recurvata

FABACEAE Sophora secundiflora

LAMIACEAE Rosmarinus officinalis *

LAMIACEAE Scutellaria suffrutescens *

MELIACEAE Melia azedarach *

OLEACEAE Ligustrum japonicum *

POACEAE Setaria scheelei

RHAMNACEAE Condalia hookeri

ULMACEAE Celtis laevigata

VERBENACEAE Lantana montevidensis *

* not native to Texas BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 2 of 8 BIGNONIACEAE (Trumpetvine family) Tecoma stans Yellow Bells, Yellow Trumpet Flower

Native of West Texas down into Mexico

LAMIACEAE Rosmarinus officinalis * Rosemary Native to the Mediterranean

BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 3 of 8 ACANTHACEAE Justicia brandegeana * Mexican Shrimp Plant

Native to Mexico

Do you see why its common name is “Shrimp Plant”?

ASTERACEAE Tagetes lucida * Sweet-scented marigold Native to Mexico and Central America

reputed cold remedy when used as a tea

BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 4 of 8 VERBENACEAE Lantana montevidensis * Trailing Lantana

Native to tropical South America

OLEACEAE Ligustrum japonicum * Japanese Privet, Wax-leaf Ligustrum Native of Korea and Japan

1 poisonous

leaf surface?

BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 5 of 8 MELIACEAE (Mahogany family) Melia azedarach * China berry, Pride-of-India

tree to 15m tall

leaf complexity?

leaf arrangement?

Native of Himalaya Mountains and E Asia

One of the top 10 most invasive species in Texas!!

1 poisonous

POACEAE Setaria scheelei Southwestern Bristle Grass, Scheele’s Bristle Grass

BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 6 of 8 RHAMNACEAE Condalia hookeri Bluewood

armed shrubs to about 2m tall

A blue dye was obtained in frontier days from the wood.

The fruits were used during frontier days to make jelly.

ULMACEAE Celtis laevigata Sugar Berry, Sugar Hackberry small to medium-large tree

BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 7 of 8 ACANTHACEAE Anisacanthus quadrifidus Wright’s Anisacanthus, Hummingbird Bush

shrub to about 15

native to the Edwards Plateau

FABACEAE Sophora secundiflora Texas Mountain-Laurel, Mescal Bean One of the most beautiful native plants of Texas with clusters of flowers in Spring that smell of grape bubble gum.

Mescal beans were used as hallucinogen by Native Americans

1 poisonous

BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #10 – Zilker Botanical Garden – December 1st Page 8 of 8 BROMELIACEAE Tillandsia recurvata Ball Moss, Bunch Moss

commonly epiphytic on Live Oaks, but also on rocks, tombstones, utility wires, etc.

LAMIACEAE Scutellaria suffrutescens * Pink Skullcap Native of Mexico