1. Plant Biodiversity and Ecology: Eudicots: Asterids Ericaceae Asclepidaceae Boraginaceae Lamiaceae

3. Ericaceae – Heath Family Mostly red or white bell-shaped flowers Parts in 4’s or 5’s Evergreen leaves Many are shrubs or sub-shrubs Sympetalous corolla Usually poricidal stamens 106 genera / ca. 3,355 species

4. Ericaceae

5. Ericaceae anther development

6. Rhododendron

7. Arbutus unedo Strawberry Tree

9. Ceratiola ericoides

10. Corema conradii

11. Epacris longifloraErica centranthoides

12. Kalmia latifolia

13. Monotropa uniflora mycotrophic – obtaining nutrition from mycorrhizal fungi

14. Pyrola rotundifolia

15. Rhododendron maximum

16. Rhododendron occidentale

17. Vaccinium corymbosum L. - highbush blueberry

18. Vaccinium erythrocarpum

19. Vaccinium macrocarpon -Large Cranberry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4kqpTvXh_4&feature=related

20. Xylococcus bicolor

21. Asclepidaceae – Milkweed Family Milky sap Opposite leaves Big follicle fruits Irregular crown-like flowers 5 stamen, petals, sepals, 2 carpels

22. Asclepidaceae

23. Asclepias speciosa – showy milkweed

24. Asclepidaceae flowers

26. Asclepidaceae fruit - follicle

27. Monarchs feed on milkweeds Produce cardiac glycosides Monarch larvae is unaffected and incorporates into its tissue

28. Boraginaceae Hairy plants Flower parts in 5’s Fruit is schizocarp of 4 nutlets Herbs with simple, spiral leaves Helicoid or scorpioid cyme infloresences

30. Helicoid cyme

31. Scorpioid cyme

36. Echium

38. Lamiaceae Square stems Opposite leaves Usually aromatic herbs Thyrse inflorescence [flowers solitary and axillary in some] Bilabiate flowers Fruit a schizocarp of usually 4 nutlets

39. Lamiaceae Economic Plants Mentha, mint Ocimum, basal Rosmarinus, rosemary Salvia, sage Thymus, thyme Lavandula, lavender Pogostemon, patchouli

40. Leaves opposite; stems 4-sided

41. Lamiaceae

42. Inflorescence a thyrse or verticillaster (usu.)

43. Flowers zygomorphic; corolla sympetalous, bilabiate

44. Lamiaceae – Bilabiate corolla

45. Lamiaceae- Four Nutlets

46. Lamiaceae – Didynamous Stament

47. Lamiaceae in fruit

48. Fruit a schizocarp of usually 4 nutlets

49. Ocimum basilicum BASIL

50. Rosmarinus officinalis - rosemary

51. Salvia apiana White sage

52. Scrophulariaceae Irregular flowers w/ 3 lobes up and 2 lobes down Capsules with numerous seeds Usually opposite leaves Usually 5 merous flowers Fruit is a capsule, berry, or schizocarp

53. Scrophulariaceae

54. Digitalis purpurea

55. Zygomorphic flowers

56. Side view of Scrophulariaceae flower

57. Fruits - Capsules

58. Castilleja coccinea

59. Castilleja flowers

60. Linaria vulgaris – Butter and Eggs and the related Dalmatian Toadflax Invasive Plant

61. Pedicularis groenlandica

62. Verbascum thapsus – Common mullein