Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys
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Scientific Name:<br />
Common Name(s):<br />
Bauhinia variegata<br />
Orchid tree<br />
Height:<br />
Leaves:<br />
Flowers:<br />
Bark:<br />
Fruit:<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r:<br />
To 50 feet<br />
Alternate, thin lea<strong>the</strong>ry, simple but deeply cleft at apes, forming 2 large<br />
rounded lobes<br />
Showy, fragrant, 5 petaled, pale magenta to indigo, with dark red and yellow<br />
also on upper petal, appearing during early spring<br />
Fruit a flat, oblong pod, to 1 ft long<br />
Semideciduouos tree with a spreading crown<br />
Treatment:<br />
APIRS- http://aquat1.ifas.edu<br />
<strong>Identification</strong> & Biology <strong>of</strong> Non-Native<br />
<strong>Plants</strong> in <strong>Florida</strong>’s Natural Areas by<br />
K.A Langeland, K. Craddock Burks<br />
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