Plant of the Month - Autumn - Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah

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Plant of the Month - Autumn

Scientific Name	Common Name	Family	Month
Protea cultivar Bush Fire	Protea Bush Fire	Proteaceae	March
Hylotelephium H. Ohba. cultivar Autumn Joy	Autumn Joy	Crassulaceae	March
Ugni molinae Turcz. [Myrtus ugni]	murtillo, murtilla, ugni, uñi, Clilean Guava	MYRTACEAE	March
Atkinsonia ligustrina (Cunn. ex Lindl.) F.Muell.	Louisa’s Mistletoe	LORANTHACEAE	March
Quercus rubra L. Quercus alba L.	Red Oak, White Oak	FAGACEAE	March
Araucaria bidwillii Hook.	Bunya Pine, Bunya-Bunya, Bunya Nut, Aussie Chestnut	ARAUCARIACEAE	March
Omphalotus nidiformis Berk. [Pleurotus nidiformis (Berk.) Sacc.]	Australian Glow Fungus	AGARICACEAE	March
Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.	Green Ash, Red Ash	OLEACEAE	March
Fagus sylvatica L. Fagus grandifolia Ehrb.	Common/European Beech, American Beech	FAGACEAE	March
Pterostylis obtusa R. Br.	Blunt-tongue Greenhood, Jug-lip Greenhood, a Druid's Cap	EUCRYPHIACEAE	March
Protea lorifolia (Knight) Fourc.	Riemblaarsuikerbos, Strap-leaf sugarbush	PROTEACEAE	March
Lapageria rosea Ruiz & Pavon	Copihue, Copiu, Chilean Bellflower	Philesiaceace	March
Gevuina avellana Mol.	Avellano, Gevuin, Chilean Nut, Chilean Hazel	PROTEACEAE	March
Protea gazensis Beard	Gazaland Protea	Proteaceae	March
Fraxinus excelsior cv. Aurea - Golden ash	Golden Ash	Oleaceae	March
Anemone x hybrida Paxt. cv. Honorine Jobert	Japanese Windflowers - White	RANUNCULACEAE	March
Quercus robur L.	English Oak, Common Oak, Pedunculate Oak	Fagaceae	March
Crassula perfoliata var. falcata (Wendl.) Toelken [syn. Crassula falcata Wendl.] [syn. Rochea falcata DC]	Keiserskroon, Red Crassula, Red Treasure, Propeller Plant, Airplane Plant, Airplane Propellers, Sickle Plant, Scarlet Paintbrush	CRASSULACEAE	March
Picea sitchensis	Sitka Spruce	Pinaceae	March
Lobelia aberdarica		Campanulaceae	March
Lapageria rosea Ruiz & Pavon	Copihue, Copiu, Chilean Bellflower	PHILESIACEAE	March
Dionaea muscipula	Venus’s Flytrap, Venus Flytrap	Droceraceae	March
Hydrangea aspera D.Don subsp. aspera	None in use	HYDRANGEACEAE [SAXIFRAGACEAE]	March
Campanula takesimana Nakai	Korean Bellflower	CAMPANULACEAE	March
Quercus phellos L. Quercus laurifolia Michx.	Laurel-leaved Oak, Willow Oak	FAGACEAE	March
Enkianthus perulatus (Miq.) C.K. Schnied.	White Enkianthus	Ericaceae - Ericoideae	April
Swertia bimaculata (Siebold & Zucc.) Hook.f. et al.	double-spotted swertia, a felwort	GENTIANACEAE	April
Rosa cv. Autumnalis	Rosa ‘Autumnalis’	ROSACEAE	April
			April
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees.	Sassafras	LAURACEAE	April
Nandina domestica Thunb. cv. Nana Purpurea, Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz. cv. Variegatus, Acer palmatum cv. Sangokaku	Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo, A Spindle Tree, Coral-bark Maple	NANDINACEAE, CELASTRACEAE, .ACERACEAE	April
Castanea sativa Mill.	Spanish Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut, Marron	FAGACEAE	April
Picea pungens Engelm.	Blue Spruce, Colorado Spruce	Pinaceae	April
Euptelea pleiosperma Hook. f. & T. Thoms.	none recorded	EUPTELEACEAE	April
Luculia species	Rubiaceae		April
Pseudolarix amabilis	Golden Larch	Pinaceae	April
Picea smithiana	West Himalayan Spruce, Morinda Spruce	Pinaceae	April
Dianthus erinaceus	Carnation	Caryophyllaceae	April
Berberidopsis beckleri (F. Muell.) Veldk. [Streptothamnus beckleri F. Muell.]	Montane Tape Vine	FLACOURTIACEAE	April
Prunus sargentii Rehd.	Sargent Cherry	AMYGDALACEAE	April
Phlomis fruticosa L.	Jerusalem Sage	LAMIACEAE	April
Cornus officinalis Sieb. & Zucc.	Japanese Cornelian Cherry, Shanzhuyu (Sour Mountain Date)	CORNACEAE	April
Acer saccharinum L. Acer saccharum Marsh.	Silver Maple, Soft Maple and Sugar Maple, Rock Maple	ACERACEAE	April
Wollemia Bubblebark	Tomah’s Chief Wizard, The Good Wizard of Tomah	WIZARDACEAE	April
Eucalyptus olsenii L.A.S.Johnson & Blaxell.	Woila Gum, Olsen's Gum	MYRTACEAE	April
Amanita muscaria (Linné ex Fries) Lam.	Fly Agaric	AMANITACEAE	April
Parsonsia purpurascens J.B.Williams	black silkpod	Apocynaceae	April
Stewartia pseudocamellia Maxim.	Japanese Stewartia	THEACEAE	April
Castanea sativa Mill.	Spanish Chestnut, Sweet Chestnut, Marron	FAGACEAE	April
Protea lorifolia, Protea cv Protea cynaroides, Juglans regia, Pyrus pyraster Pyrus pyraster, Rosa multiflora, Quercus acutissima			April
Swertia sp.	None recorded	GENTIANACEAE	May
Tilia kiusiana Makino et Shirasawa	Lime, Linden	TILIACEAE	May
Acer japonicum cv. Attaryi	A Full Moon Maple, A Japanese Maple	ACERACEAE	May
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze var. assamica (Mast.) Kitam.	Tea Plant, t'e, thé, Tay, Tee, ch'a, Tcha, chaw, Char	THEACEAE	May
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze. var. assamica (Mast.) Kitam	Tea Plant, t’e, thé, Tay, Tee, ch’a, Tcha, chaw, Char	THEACEAE	May
Sorbus megalocarpa Rehd.	None recorded, though the genus, Sorbus, is commonly known as Mountain Ash	MALACEAE [ROSACEAE]	May
Viburnum japonicum (Thunb.) Spreng.	Wayfaring Tree	Caprifoliaceae	May
Salvia leucantha Cav.	Sage	Labiatae	May
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng	Dawn Redwood, Also known as the Chinese Water Fir	Cupressaceae	May
Camellia transnokoensis Hayata, Camellia sasanqua Thunb. cultivar Hiryu, Camellia sasanqua Thunb. cultivar Jennifer Susan, Camellia sasanqua Thunb. cultivar Setsugekka	Camellia	Theaceae	May
Helichrysum argyrophyllum DC.	Golden Guinea Everlasting	Asteraceae	May
Zelkova schneideriana Hand.-Mazz.	Chinese Zelkova	ULMACEAE	May
Gordonia yunnanensis (Hu) H.L. Li.	Gordonia	THEACEAE	May
Luculia species		Rubiaceae	May
Ginkgo biloba L. Ginkgo from the Chinese yin-kuo, silver apricot.	Maidenhair Tree	Ginkgoacea	May
Acer palmatum cv. Atropurpureum	A Japanese Maple	ACERACEAE	May
			May
	Walnuts, chestnuts, pecans and pine nuts; Hazels, beechnuts, acorns, bunya-bunya and more; Nuts are our focus of celebration all week!		May
Luculia gratissima (Wallich) Sweet	Pink Swa	Rubiaceae	May
Ginkgo biloba L.	Yinxing [China], Ginnan [Japan],White Nut, Silver Apricot, White Fruit, Ginkgo Nuts	GINKGOACEAE	May
Acer palmatum 'Atrolineare'	Japanese maple - cultivar	SAPINDACEAE [ACERACEAE]	May
Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Oerst.	Roblé	NOTHOFAGACEAE [FAGACEAE]	May
Mahonia lomariifolia Tak.	Mahonia	BERBERIDACEAE	May
Camellia sasanqua Thunb.‘Mine-No-Yuki’	‘Snow on the Mountain Peak’, ‘White Doves’	THEACEAE	May
Acer saccharum Marsh.	Sugar Maple, Rock Maple	ACERACEAE	May
Diospyros kaki L. f. cv. Tamapan	Oriental Persimmon, Japanese Persimmon, Kaki	EBENACEAE	May
Acer rubrum L.	Red Maple, Scarlet Maple, Swamp Maple	ACERACEAE	May

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