Lagerstroemia indica cv. (Crape myrtle)

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Lagerstroemia indica cv.

Crape myrtle

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Myrtales	Includes myrtles, leadwoods, loosestrifes, pomegranates, evening primroses, many others
Family	Lythraceae	Loosestrife family, also Includes henna, pomegranates, crape myrtles, others
Genus	Lagerstroemia	Crape myrtles, named for Swedish merchant Magnus von Lagerström
Species	indica	Of or from or referring in some way to India

About plant names...

Crape myrtle is a native of China, Korea, Japan, and India, widely cultivated as a dramatic landscape planting in suitable climates throughout the world.

Identification: These plants blur the distinction between tree and shrub, at 10-30' (3-9.1 m) in height, with multiple, spreading stems. Some cultivars are much smaller, as small as 18" (45 cm). Bark is smooth, mottled, and pinkish-gray, peeling to reveal cinnamon-colored new bark. It sheds each year. Leaves are pinnate, 1-2½" (2.5-7.1 cm) long, opposite or whorled, and elliptic, oblong, or obovate. They are dark green, turning yellow, orange, or red in the fall. Flowers occur in large, attractive panicles. Cultivars are pink, white, red, mauve or purple. Flowers appear from July to September. Fruits are brown, oval or round, and less than ½" (1.3 cm) around.

Online References:

The University of Florida Environmental Horticulture site (Lagerstroemia indica) (PDF)

Floridata.com (Lagerstroemia indica)

Wikipedia (Lagerstroemia indica)

Plants.ces.ncsu.edu (Lagerstroemia indica)

The Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation (Lagerstroemia indica)

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
≈ 9 × 7" (22 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain

8/30/2013 · Chris and Kelley’s, Midlothian, Virginia
≈ 9 × 7" (22 × 17 cm) ID is uncertain

Lagerstroemia indica cv. description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

8/30/2013 · Chris and Kelley’s, Midlothian, Virginia
≈ 7 × 5" (17 × 13 cm) ID is uncertain

8/30/2013 · Chris and Kelley’s, Midlothian, Virginia
≈ 10 × 7" (25 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain

8/30/2013 · Chris and Kelley’s, Midlothian, Virginia
≈ 12 × 8" (31 × 21 cm) ID is uncertain

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
≈ 8 × 7" (20 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain

8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
≈ 14 × 10" (34 × 25 cm) ID is uncertain

Range: Zones 7-9:

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