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Aeschynanthus speciosus

Aeschynanthus speciosus, also known as the Basket plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae.

Ajuga pyramidalis

Ajuga pyramidalis, commonly known as pyramidal bugle, is a flowering plant of the genus Ajuga in the family Lamiaceae.

Asperula cynanchica

Asperula cynanchica (squinancywort or squincywort) is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family.

Asperula orientalis

Asperula orientalis (or Oriental Woodruff) is a species of flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family.

Aucuba

Aucuba is a genus of three to ten species of flowering plants, now placed in the family Garryaceae, although formerly classified in the Aucubaceae or Cornaceae.

Azorella

Azorella is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to South America, New Zealand and the islands of the Southern Ocean.

Cardamine pratensis

Cardamine pratensis (cuckoo flower or lady's smock), is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia.

Caucalis

Caucalis daucoides is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, the only member of the genus Caucalis.

Convolvulus cneorum

Convolvulus cneorum, also known as silverbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, which contains many plants described as "bindweed".

Cornus florida

Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southern Ontario, Illinois, and eastern Kansas, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas, with a disjunct population in Nuevo León and Veracruz in eastern Mexico.

Cornus sericea

stolonifera, Swida sericea, (red osier dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native throughout northern and western North America from Alaska east to Newfoundland, south to Durango and Nuevo León in the west, and Illinois and Virginia in the east.

Cotoneaster kaschkarovii

Cotoneaster kaschkarovii is a species of flowering plant in the Rosaceae family that can be found in Kangding and Sichuan provinces of China, and also in Batang, Olunschi and Natschuka.

Cypress

The word cypress is also used as a descriptor for the angiosperm vine in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae, known as the cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit).

Deschampsia antarctica

Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort).

Dodecatheon dentatum

Dodecatheon dentatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, known by the common names white shooting star and toothed American cowslip.

Dryas octopetala

Dryas octopetala (common names include mountain avens, white dryas, and white dryad) is an Arctic–alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.

Epigaea

Epigaea is a genus comprising three species of flowering plants in the Ericaceae.

Evergreen

In cool temperate climates, fewer plants are evergreen, with a predominance of conifers, as few evergreen broadleaf plants can tolerate severe cold below about −30 °C.

Fumaria occidentalis

Fumaria occidentalis, the western ramping-fumitory, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Fumaria that is endemic to Cornwall.

Hornungia alpina

Hornungia alpina (also Hutchinsia alpina or Pritzelago alpina) is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.

Impatiens hawkeri

Impatiens hawkeri (New Guinea impatiens) is a species of flowering plant in the family Balsaminaceae.

Iris Bannochie

With her second husband, John, she created and owned Andromeda Gardens, a scenic park with strikingly attractive flowering plants and tropical trees in the village of Bathsheba, Saint Joseph in Barbados.

Iris macrosiphon

Iris macrosiphon (Bowltube Iris) is a flowering plant in the iris family, endemic to California in the Cascade Range Foothills, north and central Sierra Nevada Foothills, Inner North Coast Ranges, and San Francisco Bay Area, where it occurs in sunny grasslands, meadows, and open woodlands.

Lamium maculatum

Lamium maculatum (also known as spotted deadnettle, spotted henbit and purple dragon) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Lebanon, Syria and Turkey).

Laurence Skog

Laurence Edgar Skog (born April 9, 1943) is an American botanist who specializes on the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae.

Linum narbonense

Linum narbonense (perennial flax or blue flax), is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe and similar in appearance to Linum perenne.

Lithops karasmontana

Lithops karasmontana (Karas Mountains living stone) is a species of flowering plant in the ice plant family Aizoaceae, native to Namibia and South Africa (the name refers to the Great Karas Mountains of Namibia).

Lupinus apertus

Lupinus apertus, summit lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order of Lamiales which is native to Nevada and California.

Lupinus kingii

Lupinus kingii, King's Lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order of Lamiales which can be found in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah.

Lupinus kuschei

Lupinus kuschei, Yukon lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order of Lamiales which can be found in Alaska and Western Canada.

Lupinus lyallii

Lupinus lyallii, common names of which are Lobb's Lupine and Lobb's tidy lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order of Lamiales which can be found in California and everywhere else in the western North America.

Maianthemum trifolium

Maianthemum trifolium (syn. Smilacina trifolia, Three-leaf Solomon’s-seal, three-leaf Solomon’s-plume, smilacine trifoliée) is a species of flowering plant that is native to Canada and the northeastern United States, from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Delaware.

Mimulus rupicola

Mimulus rupicola, the Death Valley monkeyflower, is a flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae.

Payette River

Camas bulbs, coming from a widespread flowering plant in the basin, was their primary staple throughout the year.

Peristrophe roxburghiana

; also called magenta plant, or lá cẩm in Vietnamese) is a flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to southeastern Asia from Assam south to Sri Lanka and east to mainland Southeast Asia, Java, southern China, and Taiwan.

Piper lolot

Piper lolot (lolot) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its leaf which is used in Lao and Vietnamese cuisine as a flavoring wrap for grilling meats, namely the thịt bò nướng lá lốt sausages of Vietnam.

Rhododendron crassifolium

Rhododendron crassifolium is a species of tropical rhododendron, a perennial flowering plant belonging to the Ericaceae family.

Scolymus hispanicus

Scolymus hispanicus (common golden thistle or Spanish oyster thistle) is a flowering plant in the genus Scolymus in the family Asteraceae, native to southern and western Europe, north to northwestern France.

Serissa

Serissa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, containing only one species, Serissa japonica.

Sherbrooke Forest

The vegetation is classified as wet sclerophyll forest with the dominant tree species the Mountain Ash, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest flowering plant in the world.

Sladeniaceae

Sladeniaceae is a family of flowering plants containing tree species found in sub-tropical to tropical environments in East Africa (Ficalhoa), Burma, Yunnan and Thailand (Sladenia).

Slow Cow

Other ingredients include extracts of chamomile, a daisy-like plant with "a calming agent to fend off stress ... and ease digestion", passiflora, a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants with "anti-depressant and relaxing" properties, valerian, a herb that "relieves symptoms of nervousness", Tilia cordata, a linden tree known for "facilitating sleep", and hops, a "nerve calming" flowering plant.

Smyrnium olusatrum

Smyrnium olusatrum L, common name Alexanders is a cultivated flowering plant, belonging to the family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae).

Tasman National Park

Three species of Euphrasia (a semi-parasitic, herbaceous flowering plant commonly known as eyebright) are found only in Tasman National Park.

Tibouchina heteromalla

Tibouchina heteromalla, known by the common names silverleafed princess flower in English and quaresmeira in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of evergreen flowering plant in the genus Tibouchina of the family Melastomataceae.

Wightia

Wightia speciosissima is a species of flowering plant in the family Paulowniaceae, and the only species in the genus Wightia.

Yareta

Yareta (Azorella compacta, also known as "Llareta" in Spanish or Azorella yareta in the past) is a tiny flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to South America, occurring in the Puna grasslands of the Andes in Peru, Bolivia, the north of Chile and the west of Argentina at between 3,200 and 4,500 metres altitude.


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A. glutinosa

Aristeguietia glutinosa, the matico, a flowering plant species found only in Ecuador

A. greggii

Amaranthus greggii, the Gregg's amaranth or Josiah amaranth, an annual flowering plant species native to Texas, Louisiana and Mexico

Bonamia ovalifolia

Bonamia ovalifolia is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory family known by the common name bigpod lady's nightcap.

C. cyaneus

Ceanothus cyaneus, the San Diego buckbrush or lakeside ceanothus, a flowering plant species found in California and Baja California

C. purpureum

Chlorogalum purpureum, the purple amole, a flowering plant species endemic to California

C. robustum

Calophyllum robustum, a flowering plant species found only in Papua New Guinea

C. sativa

Camelina sativa, the gold-of-pleasure or false flax, a flowering plant species native to Northern Europe and to Central Asia

C. striatus

Cytisus striatus, the Portuguese broom, a flowering plant species native to the Iberian Peninsula

C. superbus

Calochortus superbus, the superb mariposa lily, a flowering plant species

Campanula glomerata

Campanula glomerata, known by the common names clustered bellflower or Dane's blood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Campanula, belonging to the family Campanulaceae.

Collinsia sparsiflora

Collinsia sparsiflora is a flowering plant in the Plantaginaceae known by the common names spinster's blue-eyed Mary and few-flowered collinsia.

Cryptantha flavoculata

Cryptantha flavoculata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name roughseed cryptantha.

Desert rose

Desert-rose or Adenium, a flowering plant in tropical Africa and Arabia

Draba fladnizensis

Draba fladnizensis is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names arctic draba, Austrian draba, and white arctic whitlow-grass.

E. californica

Encelia californica, the California brittlebush, a flowering plant species native to southern California and Baja California

G. alba

Gentiana alba, the pale gentian, white gentian or cream gentian, a herbaceous flowering plant species

G. californica

Gutierrezia californica, the San Joaquin snakeweed and California matchweed, a flowering plant species native to California and Baja California

G. macrophyllum

Geum macrophyllum, the largeleaf avens, a flowering plant found In Northern America

G. nana

Grindelia nana, the Idaho gumplant or Idaho gumweed, a flowering plant species

Galium parisiense

Galium parisiense is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae known by the common name wall bedstraw.

H. elegans

Heuchera elegans, the urn-flowered alumroot, a flowering plant species endemic to California

Hugueninia tanacetifolia

Hugueninia tanacetifolia, the Tansy-leaved rocket, is a species of flowering plant in the monotypic genus Hugueninia belonging to the mustard family.

I. alba

Ipomoea alba, the moonflower or moon vine, a flowering plant species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from northern Argentina to Mexico and Florida.

I. spicata

Ipomopsis spicata, the spiked ipomopsis, a flowering plant species in the genus Ipomopsis

Indoor bonsai

Serissa: This is a delicate flowering plant with tiny leaves that can grow indoors year round.

Japanese ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata, also known as Japanese creeper, Boston ivy, Grape ivy, Japanese ivy, a flowering plant in the grape family (Vitaceae) native to eastern Asia in Japan, Korea, and northern and eastern China

K. californica

Kallstroemia californica,the California caltrop, a flowering plant species native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and Mexico

L. alba

Limnanthes alba, the white meadowfoam, a flowering plant species native to California and Oregon

L. dubia

Lindernia dubia, the yellowseed false pimpernel or moist bank pimpernel, a flowering plant species

L. maximum

Leucanthemum maximum, the max chrysanthemum, a flowering plant species native to France and Spain

L. purpureum

Lamium purpureum, the red deadnettle, purple deadnettle or purple archangel, a herbaceous flowering plant species native to Europe and Asia

L. vulgare

Leucanthemum vulgare, the oxeye daisy, a widespread flowering plant species

Linoma

Dictyosperma - A monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family

M. arabica

Medicago arabica, the spotted medick, spotted burclover, heart clover, a flowering plant species native to the Mediterranean basin

M. sativa

Madia sativa, the coast tarweed or Chilean tarweed, a flowering plant species native to the Americas

Monardella australis

Monardella australis is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name southern monardella.

Monardella viridis

Monardella viridis is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family which is endemic to California.

Mycena minirubra

The mushroom was originally found growing on the fallen leaves of Elaeocarpus dentatus, a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family.

Navarretia hamata

Navarretia hamata is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name hooked pincushionplant.

Pes-caprae

Oxalis pes-caprae, the Bermuda buttercup, African wood-sorrel, Bermuda sorrel, buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, goat's-foot, sourgrass, soursob or soursop, a flowering plant species

Physaria globosa

Physaria globosa (syn. Lesquerella globosa), is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family commonly known as globe bladderpod, Short's bladderpod, and Lesquereux's mustard.

Qat

Khat or Qat, a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

R. graveolens

Ruta graveolens, the common rue or herb-of-grace, a flowering plant species native to the Balkan Peninsula

Red Sage

Lantana camara, also known as Spanish Flag, a species of flowering plant

Saltugilia splendens

Saltugilia splendens (syn. Gilia splendens) is a species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common names Grinnell's gilia and splendid gilia.

Shingletown, California

The forests around Shingletown are home to the Shasta clarkia a rare subspecies of Clarkia borealis, a flowering plant in the evening primrose family.

V. hastata

Verbena hastata, the blue vervain or swamp verbena, a flowering plant species

Wolfsbane

Arnica montana, a European flowering plant in European cities on roofs

X. roseum

Xenophyllum roseum, a species of flowering plant found only in Ecuador