Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany

Asparagus densiflorus, coarse asparagus fern. Generally prickly climber from S. Africa, with narrow, flattened "leaves" (actually cladodes) in clusters of 1-3; foliage generally not in flattened sprays. Flowers tiny, white or pinkish, several, in dense clusters; fruits red. Important foliage plant for floral arrangements; several varieties are used (e.g. cv. 'Springeri').

Asparagus setaceus. These flowers have 6 tepals, 6 stamens, and a tricarpellate gynoecium with a superior ovary and 3 stigmas. The fruit is a berry.

Asparagus sp.

Agave attenuata. [+Agavaceae]

Agave sp. [+Agavaceae]

Beschornia sp. [+Agavaceae]

Furcraea foetida, Mauritius hemp. Giant rosette plant from South America with leaves up to 8 feet long, the stem elongating only when the tall (15-30 feet) flowering stalk is produced. Widely cultivated for fiber. [+Agavaceae]

Hosta sp, plantain lily. [+Agavaceae]

Yucca brevifolia, Joshua tree. [+Agavaceae]

Yucca schidigera. [+Agavaceae]

Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant. Herb from South Africa with tufts of foot-long, strap-like green leaves often variegated with yellow or white stripes. [+Agavaceae]

Hesperocallis undulata. [+Hesperocallidaceae]

Camassia quamash, camas. [+Hyacinthaceae]

Cordyline fruticosa, ti, ki. A woody stemmed candelabra shrub from SE Asia with large green or reddish or brightly variegated leaves, brought to Hawaii by migrating Polynesians. The leaves were used for a variety of purposes, including thatching, rain coats, food wrapping, and hula skirts. The Hawaiians used the root to make a beverage of low alcoholic content. After Cook's time, British sailors taught them how to make a more potent drink (okolehao). [+Laxmanniaceae]

Lomandra sp. One of about 35 species in a genus occurring in Australia, New Guinea, and New Caledonia. [+Laxmanniaceae]

Dracaena marginata, money tree, dracaena. Candelabra shrub from Madagascar, with slender, woody stems and tufts of sword-like leaves at the tips. If you plant this by your house, you want the branches to lean toward the walls because supposedly then the money will flow in. [+Ruscaceae]