https://www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/article/514100

Cinnamomum cassia Presl

Lycium barbarum, Lycium chinense


Carthamus tinctorius

Forsythia suspensa

Saphoshnikovia divaricata

Platycodon grandiflorum

Tecoma stans

Polygala arillata

Ophiopogon japonicus

Dioscorea hamiltonii

Eucommia ulmoides

Asparagus cochinchinensis

Angelica sinensis


Atractylodes macrocephala
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