Oleander
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: N. Erwin
label: Discipline
content: Botany
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is a mounted specimen of oleander. The stem has thin, light green/yellow, smooth leaves extending from either side with bilateral symmetry until the top third of the plant. At the top of the stem, the leaves are arranged in a fan pattern with purple flowers clustered in the middle. Each flower measures approximately 4 cm, and the leaves can be up to 18 cm in length (although most leaves are closer to 14 cm). Overall, the mount measures approximately 41 cm x 30 cm. This specimen description was written remotely based on images as part of Amber Kreiensieck's internship in Fall 2021.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Jun 2022
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: United States Botanic Garden backup greenhouse, North America, United States, District of Columbia
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Nerium oleander
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400884
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Equisetopsida, Magnoliidae, Asteranae, Gentianales, Apocynaceae