What is the city flower of Yantai?
Yantai is a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province, located in the northeast of Shandong Peninsula, bordering Weihai in the east, Qingdao in the south, Weifang in the west, Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea in the north, and facing Liaodong Peninsula and Dalian across the sea.
Yantai has a land area of 13745.95 square kilometers and a coastline of 909 kilometers. There are 63 islands near the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. It has jurisdiction over seven county-level cities: Zhifu District, lai shan, Fushan District, Muping District, Development Zone, High-tech Zone, Jinshan Port Area, Kunyu Mountain Nature Reserve, Changdao County and Longkou, Laiyang, Laizhou, Penglai, Zhaoyuan, Qixia and Haiyang. By the end of 20 14, Yantai had a population of 7.02 million and 47 ethnic minorities.
Lagerstroemia indica, alias: itchy flower, itchy tree, purple flower, purple orchid, mosquito flower, Myrica rubra, zinnia, skinless tree, Latin scientific name: Lagerstroemia indica L? Deciduous shrubs or small trees of Lysimachiaceae and Lagerstroemia, up to 7 meters high; Bark is smooth, gray or grayish brown; Twisted branches, slender branchlets, alternate or sometimes opposite leaves, papery, oval, oblong or obovate, green to yellow when young, purple-black when mature or dry, and ventricular dehiscence; Seeds winged, ca. The flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is from September to June. Lagerstroemia indica has beautiful posture, smooth trunk and bright colors; When it blooms, it happens to be the season when there are few flowers in summer and autumn, and the flowering period is long. Therefore, it is known as "Hundred Days Red" and "Summer Blue and White Flowers Full", and it is a good bonsai for viewing flowers, stems and roots; Roots, bark, leaves and flowers can be used as medicine.