Common Name:
Oregon Myrtle
A single species, some say two, of aromatic evergreen trees. Leaves alternate, leathery, entire. Flowers bisexual, in stalked clusters (umbels) toward the branch tips, calyx tubular with 6 equal lobes, petals absent, 9 stamens in 3 whorls. Fruit a berry, green and ripening purple. Native to southern Oregon and California.
Umbellularia: the Latin umbella, navel, apparently a reference to the inflorescence form.
Pronunciation:
um-BEL-ew-lah-ree-a
Family:
Lauraceae