Horticulture 231

List 9 – Evergreen Groundcovers - Practice quiz


. Scientific name Common name Family Origin Native
in WA

1 Vinca minor Periwinkle Apocynaceae Europe
2 Hedera helix English ivy Araliaceae Asia
3 Asarum sp. Wild ginger Aristolochiaceae N. hemisphere, WA yes
4
Artemisia sp.
Wormwood Asteraceae
N. America, WA yes
5
Pachysandra terminalis Japanese pachysandra Buxaceae Japan
6
Euonymus fortunei Wintercreeper Celastraceae Japan, Korea
7
Sedum spurium
Two-row stonecrop Crassulaceae
Russia

8
Hypericum calycinum Aaronsbeard St. Johnswort Hypericaceae SE Europe, SW Asia

9 Lavandula sp. Lavender Lamiaceae Mediterranean
10
Stachys byzantina
Lamb's ear
Lamiaceae
Iran

11
Thymus pseudolanuginosus Woolly thyme Lamiaceae unknown
12
Thymus serpyllum Creeping thyme Lamiaceae Europe
13 Eriogonum sp. Wild buckwheat Polygonaceae N. America, WA yes
14 Dryas octopetala Mountain avens Rosaceae N. hemisphere, WA yes
15 Fragaria chiloensis Beach strawberry Rosaceae Western America, WA yes

Plants repeated from Hort 232:

R1
Plectranthus verticillatus Swedish ivy Lamiaceae Australia
R2
Nephrolepis exaltata Boston fern
Nephrolepidaceae Tropics


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Virginia Lohr, Professor, E-mail: lohr@wsu.edu
Department of Horticulture
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-6414 U.S.A.
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