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Guide to the Gardens' Major Plant Families

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This tour, for educational use by our docents, ambassadors and other volunteers, covers several different plant families that are most common in the Denver Botanic Gardens living collections. I hope you will be able to learn to see how families are differentiated, based on flowers, leaves and other key features.

Bambusa vulgaris (Common Bamboo)

Poaceae; jointed stems

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Achnatherum calamagrostis (Silver Spike Grass)

Poaceae; flower culms

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Carex grayi (Gray's Sedge)

Cyperaceae; note the nutlet fruit

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Tradescantia 'Lucky Charm' (Spiderwort)

Commeliniaceae - 3 petals; alternate, entire leaves.

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Crocus ancyrensis 'Golden Bunch' (Crocus)

Iridaceae

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Fritillaria persica (Persian Fritillary)

Liliaceae

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Lilium henryi (Henry's Lily)

Liliaceae

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Erythronium 'Pagoda' (Dog's Tooth Violet)

Liliaceae

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Colchicum 'Lilac Wonder' (Autumn Crocus)

Colchicaceae

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Aloe broomii (Aloe)

Xanthorrhoeaceae

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Asphodeline lutea (Yellow Asphodel)

Xanthorrhoeaceae

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Eremurus 'Oase' (Foxtail Lily)

Xanthorrhoeaceae

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Eremurus 'Romance' (Foxtail Lily)

Xanthorrhoeaceae

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Agave parryi (Mescal)

Asparagaceae

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Camassia cusickii 'Zwanenburg' (Cusick's Quamash)

Asparagaceae

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Scilla luciliae (Glory-of-the-Snow )

Asparagaceae

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Cordyline fruticosa 'Lita' (Ti Plant)

Asparagaceae: Tropical plant

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Hesperaloe parviflora (Red Yucca)

Asparagaceae

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Muscari armeniacum 'Blue Spike' (Grape Hyacinth)

Asparagaceae

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Polygonatum biflorum (Smooth Solomon's Seal)

Asparagaceae

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Puschkinia scilloides var. libanotica (Striped Squill)

Asparagaceae

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Yucca baileyi (Navajo Yucca)

Asparagaceae

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Allium christophii (Star of Persia)

Amaryllidaceae

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Eucrosia morleyana

Amaryllidaceae

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Galanthus elwesii (Giant Snowdrop)

Amaryllidaceae

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Narcissus 'Barrett Browning' (Daffodil)

Amaryllidaceae

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Anthurium andraeanum 'Florida' (Flamingo Flower)

Araceae: Flower is a spathe & spadix

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Angelica acutiloba

Apiaceae

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Astrantia major 'Alba' (Masterwort)

Apiaceae

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Seseli gummiferum (Moon Carrot)

Apiaceae

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Amsonia tabernaemontana (Texas Star)

Apocynaceae

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Hoya macgillivrayi (Hoya)

Apocynaceae: Tropical

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Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis' (White Sage)

Asteraceae

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Berlandiera lyrata (Green-Eyes)

Asteraceae

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Erigeron compositus (Fernleaf Fleabane)

Asteraceae

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Gaillardia aristata (Blanket Flower)

Asteraceae

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Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' (Goldenrod)

Asteraceae

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Brunnera macrophylla (Siberian Bugloss)

Boraginaceae

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Echium russicum compact form (Red Feathers)

Boraginaceae

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Glandora oleifolia (Olive-leaved Gromwell)

Boraginaceae

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Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White' (Lungwort)

Boraginaceae

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Aethionema grandiflorum (Persian Stonecress)

Brassicaceae

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Alyssoides utriculata (Bladderpod)

Brassicaceae

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Crambe cordifolia (Colewort)

Brassicaceae

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Campanula betulifolia (Birch Leaved Bellflower)

Campanulaceae

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Amorpha canescens (Lead Plant)

Fabaceae

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Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo)

Fabaceae

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Lamium album (White Dead Nettle)

Lamiaceae

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Glaucium corniculatum (Red Horned Poppy)

Papaveraceae

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Veronica liwanensis (Turkish Veronica)

Plantaginaceae

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Digitalis grandiflora (Yellow Foxglove)

Plantaginaceae

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Penstemon 'Dark Towers' (Penstemon)

Plantaginaceae

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Ipomopsis rubra (Standing Cypress)

Polemoniaceae

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Aquilegia vulgaris (Columbine)

Ranunculaceae

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Bergenia crassifolia (Siberian Tea)

Saxifragaceae

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Mukdenia rossii (Mukdenia)

Saxifragaceae

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