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July 15, 2007 : Loropetalum chinense

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Keywords: Hamamelidaceae | Loropetalum chinense (R. Br.) Oliv. | Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, California, USA

Loropetalum chinense

Botany Photo of the Day will have brief written entries on weekends, holidays and my vacations from April through September. – Daniel

Thank you to Eric in SF@Flickr for sharing today's image (original via BPotD Flickr Group Pool).

Fringe flower is a relative of witchhazel (in fact, it is sometime given the same common name). The Plants for a Future database reports on the medicinal uses and cultivation of this east Asian species.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 15, 2007 12:00 AM

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Great photo. Although the red-leaved Loropetalums seem to get all the 'buzz' the green-leaved, white-flowered species varieties shown are fantastically beautiful garden plants!

Posted by: Todd Christensen at July 15, 2007 9:37 PM

Ooops. Linked to the wrong photo on Flickr.

Posted by: Eric in SF at July 17, 2007 10:29 AM

Fixed.

Posted by: Daniel Mosquin Author Profile Page at July 17, 2007 11:13 AM

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