Accession #: 198500476
Accession Date: 1985-12-31
Common name: Crape Myrtle
Family: Lythraceae
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Country of Origin: China
Description: [syn. Lagerstroemia elegans Wallich ex Paxt.]
Deciduous shrub to small tree, to 20 feet or more; leaves oblong-elliptic to rounded, to 2.75 inches long, glabrous or pubescent on veins; calyx tube rounded in bud, not ribbed, glabrous, petals pink, white or purple, to 1.125 inches long, the blade cordate-orbicular, crisped, stamens 36-42, ovary glabrous.
China - USDA Zone 7
Widely cultivated in warm temperate and subtropical regions.
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USDA Zone: 7-9
Source: Logees
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