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Loropetalum chinense

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.

3 Comments

Todd Christensen commented:

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!

Eric in SF commented:

Ooops. Linked to the wrong photo on Flickr.

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