Lagerstroemia indica

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Species Distribution Map
Family:LYTHRACEAE
Species:Lagerstroemia indica L
Common Name:Crape Myrtle
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Crape Myrtle is an introduced large deciduous shrub or small tree in the Loosestrife family (Lythraceae). It is native to Asia from China and Korea south to India. Crape Myrtle is widely cultivated in the South and often persists or escapes. It can be found around old home sites, on roadsides, along fence rows, and in disturbed woods. It is a multi-trunked shrub or small tree reaching heights of 30-40 feet. The roots are shallow and produce new plants when damaged. The exfoliating bark is smooth and light grey in color. It peels in long papery sheets. The deciduous leaves are opposite or sub-opposite in arrangement. Leaves are short petiolate, glabrous, elliptic to obovate in outline, with entire margins. The leaves turn various shades of yellow, orange, or red before falling in the autumn. Flowers are produced in terminal and axillary paniculate cymes. The individual flowers have a leathery, glabrous floral tube. There are 6 clawed petals that have a crinkled margin and range in color from white through pink, lavender, purple, or red. The fruit is a capsule with many small winged seed. Crape Myrtle is a popular ornamental, flowering during the heat of summer when few other shrubs are blooming. It is drought tolerant and resistant to most pests. Powdery mildew can severely affect Crape-Myrtle in the south. Hybrids with the Japanese Crepe Myrtle (Lagerstroemia fauriei Koehne) produced by The National Arboretum are said to be more resistant. Crape Myrtle is commonly available from nurseries. It comes in a wide variety of colors and growth forms.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
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Classification

FamilyLYTHRACEAE - Loosestrife family
Genus Lagerstroemia
Species Lagerstroemia indica L - Crape Myrtle

Citation

Citation Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1076. 1759.
Basionym: **
Type: INDIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 684.1). Lectotypified by Dar, in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 78: 2. 1975.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Choctaw, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Geneva, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL, UWFP

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1966

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU130587 Etowah 12 Jul 1969 Cofield, Jan
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
USAM000008355 Mobile 14 Jul 2003 Pate, Ab R.
61		 USAM
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130584 DeKalb 6 Jul 1969 Millican, Linda
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0033454 Franklin 13 Aug 2016 England, J. Kevin
6773		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130579 Calhoun 17 Aug 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
986		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130585 Etowah 7 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2996		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130590 Jefferson 4 Sep 1972 L'Eplattenier, R.
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0016386 Houston 19 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25225		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130586 Etowah 15 Jul 1969 Wayner, Gary A.
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_64997 Conecuh 11 Jul 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15519		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
JSU130580 Calhoun 1 Nov 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
1018		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
USAM000008354 Mobile 29 Jul 1979 LeLong, Michel G.
10906		 USAM
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130594 St. Clair 5 Sep 1983 Baldwin, D. Dean
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UNA00065680 Lowndes 11 Aug 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16770		 UNA
Lagerstroemia indica L.
TROY000006876 Lowndes 11 Aug 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16770		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130593 Randolph 13 Jul 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0043273 Baldwin 26 Aug 2010 Larsen, Harry S.
1741		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica L.
TROY000006873 Conecuh 24 Jul 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14522		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_49984 Pike 15 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5212		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
JSU130582 Choctaw 1 Nov 1997 Whetstone, R. David
19171		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_47537 Conecuh 25 Oct 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3738		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
TROY000036041 Bullock 13 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
987		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UNA00064545 Conecuh 11 Jul 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15519		 UNA
Lagerstroemia indica L.
USAM000008356 Baldwin 27 Apr 1974 LeLong, Michel G.
7683		 USAM
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000006874 Conecuh 11 Jul 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15519		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
ALNHS00004090 Lee 01 Jul 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2409		 ALNHS
Lagerstroemia indica L.
JSU130583 Cleburne 15 Jul 1969 Ballard, Sarah
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000048485 Autauga 17 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1108		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWFP012591 Escambia 25 Jul 2011 James R. Burkhalter
23251		 UWFP
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000006871 Butler 09 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16672		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_42430 Lee 9 Aug 1972 Moody, Gary
192		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
AUA_ACC_50886 Dale 9 Aug 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8382		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
TROY000006870 Bullock 13 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13581		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22419 Lee 26 Jun 1970 Hopson, George R.
.0015		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
TROY000021323 Randolph 14 Oct 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4393		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0046297 Autauga 17 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1096		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000039274 Montgomery 03 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25141		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA000035557 Covington 13 Jul 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5113		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
UWAL0046292 Autauga 17 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1108		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000006878 Montgomery 04 May 1991 Porter, Walt
17		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0012707 Bullock 13 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
987		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_57513 Mobile 15 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51357		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
TROY000042713 Geneva 26 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26644		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0031956 Geneva 26 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26644		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130595 Talladega 2 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
432		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000006875 Dale 03 Jul 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
858		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWFP012589 Baldwin 10 Jul 1990 James R. Burkhalter
12070		 UWFP
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UNA00073099 Monroe 25 May 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-217		 UNA
Lagerstroemia indica L.
TROY000048493 Autauga 17 Aug 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1096		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17342 Lee 28 Jul 1969 Mcvay, D.A.
123		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
UNA00019056 Hale 28 Jul 1966 Williams, Norris H.
346		 UNA
Lagerstroemia indica L.
AUA_ACC_55164 Crenshaw 30 Jul 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9741		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
TROY000040680 Houston 19 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25225		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_34422 Covington 8 Jun 1979 Coggins, W.A.
 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
JSU130581 Calhoun 13 Jul 1969 Payne, Jan E.
s.n.		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0006675 Sumter 23 May 1984 Jones
42		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica L.
TROY000006872 Coffee 10 Jul 2000 Martin, Brian H.
761		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0011025 Henry 25 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23197		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_65808 Butler 9 Jul 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16672		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
TROY000035155 Henry 25 Jul 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23197		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0006676 Sumter 14 Sep 1993 Stanton, Lee E.
s.n.		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica L.
USAM000008357 Mobile 17 Oct 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4873		 USAM
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000034135 Marengo 28 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2972		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
TROY000006877 Monroe 31 Oct 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17183		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0037423 Bullock 17 Jun 2016 Soehren, Eric C.
325		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica L.
JSU130588 Jackson 15 Jul 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1026		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0004880 Marengo 28 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
2972		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_17282 Russell 12 Jul 1969 Simonds, E.P.
38		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
TROY000006879 Pike 20 Apr 1991 Mayne, Don
9		 TROY
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
UWAL0038605 Lawrence 01 Sep 2018 England, J. Kevin
9425		 UWAL
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
JSU130591 Macon 30 Jul 1978 Kral, Robert
62344		 JSU
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_65617 Conecuh 24 Jul 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14522		 AUA
Lagerstroemia Indica L.
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