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East Indian holly fern
Arachniodes simplicior
Arachniodes simplicior, commonly known as the East Indian holly fern or variegated shield fern, is a perennial fern native to China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Its leathery, glossy fronds of deep dark green feature a striking yellowish-green or lime central stripe, giving it an almost waxy appearance that adds an exotic touch to shaded indoor and outdoor spaces. It forms compact, slow-growing clumps that rarely exceed 24 inches in height.
Japanese Angelica Tree
Aralia elata
Aralia elata is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, native to East Asia (Japan, Korea, China, and the Russian Far East). Its stems are spiny, usually sparsely branched, crowned by an umbrella-shaped canopy of huge bipinnately compound leaves, which can reach 1 meter in length. In late summer, it produces large terminal panicles of small white to cream flowers, highly sought after by bees, followed by clusters of black globose fruits appreciated by birds. In autumn, the foliage turns shades of yellow to reddish-purple. It is cultivated both as a prominent ornamental plant in gardens and for harvesting its young spring shoots, a traditional food in Japan and Korea.
Araucaria
Araucaria
Araucaria is a genus of evergreen conifers in the family Araucariaceae, with about 20 species, all from the Southern Hemisphere. Most grow in New Caledonia; the rest are found on Norfolk Island, in eastern Australia, New Guinea, Chile, Argentina and southern Brazil. In the wild they are straight-trunked trees, 5 to 80 meters tall, with branches set in tiers around the trunk. Female cones can reach 7 to 25 cm and hold up to 200 large seeds; those of the monkey puzzle (Araucaria araucana), the Paraná pine (A. angustifolia) and the bunya pine (A. bidwillii) are eaten. As a potted plant, the species usually sold is the Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla), which grows slowly and does well indoors for years.
Parana Pine
Araucaria angustifolia
The Parana Pine (Araucaria angustifolia) is a majestic conifer native to the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil, recognized for its distinctive candelabra-shaped crown and whorled branches. Listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN due to extensive logging and deforestation, it can live for hundreds of years and grow up to 50 meters tall in the wild. Its seeds, known as pinhão, are a vital food source for wildlife and indigenous communities in southern Brazil.
Monkey Puzzle Tree
Araucaria araucana
Araucaria araucana, widely known as the monkey puzzle tree, is a large, slow-growing conifer native to the Andean forests of Chile and Argentina. It is a sacred tree for the Mapuche-Pehuenche people, whose traditional diet includes its edible seeds (piñones). With its striking spiral of sharp, triangular leaves, this ancient conifer can live for centuries and reach great heights in the wild.
Cook Pine
Araucaria columnaris
The Cook Pine (Araucaria columnaris) is a majestic conifer native to New Caledonia, renowned for its distinctive columnar silhouette and a fascinating biological quirk: its trunk tilts toward the equator, regardless of which hemisphere it grows in. A slow-growing tree that can reach 60 meters in the wild, it typically stays 15-20 meters in cultivation. Widely used as an ornamental tree in coastal and subtropical gardens.
Norfolk Island Pine
Araucaria heterophylla
The Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) is a slow-growing evergreen conifer endemic to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. Renowned for its symmetrical, tiered horizontal branches and star-like silhouette, it is widely cultivated as an ornamental houseplant and outdoor landscape tree. In its native habitat it can reach over 60 meters tall, but indoors typically stays under 2 meters.
Cruel Vine
Araujia sericifera
Araujia sericifera, commonly known as Cruel Vine or Moth Plant, is an invasive climbing vine native to South America (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay). It produces fragrant white to pale pink waxy flowers in summer and fall that trap moths overnight — hence its common name. The milky latex sap is a skin and eye irritant. It is classified as invasive in Australia, New Zealand, California, and Portugal.
Strawberry Tree
Arbutus unedo
The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo) is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the Ericaceae family, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe. It is known for its white urn-shaped flowers and red strawberry-like fruit, which ripen in autumn and winter alongside the new flowering.
Bangalow Palm
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana
The Bangalow Palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana) is a majestic palm native to the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia. It features a slender, elegant trunk that can reach up to 20 meters in height, topped by a crown of graceful arching fronds up to 3 meters long. Widely used in tropical and subtropical landscaping, it is prized for its fast growth, ornamental value, and adaptability.
Burdock
Arctium lappa
Arctium lappa, commonly known as Burdock or Gobo, is a robust biennial herbaceous plant native to Europe and Asia. It grows up to 2 meters tall, producing large heart-shaped leaves and distinctive purple flower heads surrounded by hooked bracts that cling to clothing and animal fur — inspiring the invention of Velcro. Both the root and leaves have been valued for centuries in traditional medicine and Asian cuisine.
Wood Burdock
Arctium nemorosum
Arctium nemorosum, known as wood burdock, is a robust biennial herb in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native to woodlands and shaded, disturbed ground across Europe and into the Caucasus, generally on calcium-rich soils. In its first year it forms a low rosette of large, downy, heart-shaped leaves; in its second year it sends up a tall flowering stem, often over 2 metres high, topped with clusters of thistle-like purple-pink flowerheads from midsummer into autumn. The flowerheads ripen into the familiar hooked burrs that catch on fur and clothing to disperse seed.
Bearberry
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is an evergreen, mat-forming groundcover shrub belonging to the Ericaceae family. Native to circumpolar regions and temperate mountains across the Northern Hemisphere, it forms a dense carpet of creeping woody stems with leathery, glossy leaves that turn bronze in the fall. In spring, it is covered with delicate pale pink to white bell-shaped flowers, followed in autumn by bright red berries that are highly favored by bears and birds. A very hardy plant, it tolerates extreme cold down to -20°C (-4°F) and thrives in poor, dry soils.
Silver Arctotis
Arctotis stoechadifolia
The Silver Arctotis (Arctotis stoechadifolia) is a sprawling perennial plant native to the coastal dunes and sandy plains of the Western Cape in South Africa, specifically the area between Langebaan and the Cape Peninsula. Its woody-based, spreading stems can cover the ground up to 1.2 meters wide, while the flowering shoots rise only 30-35 cm high. Its narrow, lance-shaped, slightly toothed leaves are covered in white-woolly, silvery hairs that protect the plant from wind and salty sea air. Its large, simple, daisy-like flowers are creamy white with a reddish-maroon tint underneath, and their centers are a striking dark blue-black. The flowers open during the day and close at dusk.
Coralberry
Ardisia
Ardisia is a genus of evergreen shrubs prized for their glossy, leathery foliage and clusters of red or coral berries that persist through winter. Slow-growing and long-lived, these plants make excellent houseplants as well as shade-garden shrubs in warmer climates, offering a striking contrast between delicate white or pink blooms and their showy fruit.
Coral Berry
Ardisia crenata
An evergreen shrub native to East Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), Ardisia crenata is primarily cultivated for its striking coral-red berries, which remain decorative on the plant for several months, often through the winter. The leaves are glossy, leathery, and have wavy-crenate margins; in summer, small white or pink star-shaped flowers appear in drooping clusters, followed by the characteristic berries. It is widely popular as a Christmas gift in Europe, but caution is advised: all parts of the plant, particularly the berries, are toxic if ingested by humans or pets and can cause gastrointestinal distress.
Shoebutton ardisia
Ardisia elliptica
Tropical evergreen shrub native to the western coast of India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, and New Guinea. Grows 1.5–3 meters indoors with glossy, dark-green coriaceous foliage. Produces small pale-pink to white flowers in spring in compact clusters. Flowers are followed by distinctive drupes (5–9mm across) that progress from green to brilliant red when immature, eventually turning deep purple-black at maturity, persisting on the plant for months. Highly invasive in many tropical regions including Florida and Hawaii due to rapid seed multiplication via bird dispersal. Listed as a noxious weed in several jurisdictions.
Betel Nut Palm
Areca catechu
The Betel Nut Palm (Areca catechu) is a slender tropical palm native to Southeast Asia, widely cultivated for its fruit, the areca nut. It can reach up to 20 meters tall with a graceful trunk and arching deep-green fronds. It is one of the most widely cultivated palms in the world, holding immense cultural and economic significance across tropical Asia.
Mountain Sandwort
Arenaria montana
Mountain Sandwort is a low-growing, evergreen perennial cushion-forming shrub from the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae), originating from the mountainous regions of southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa – from the Pyrenees across Portugal to northern Morocco. It forms dense clumps with narrow, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves that are completely covered by a profusion of tiny white flowers from spring to summer. In nature, it grows on rocky slopes, heathlands, and forest edges at altitudes of 400–1850 m, which explains its requirement for permeable, poor soil and excellent drainage. Due to its low maintenance and long flowering period, it is popular as a groundcover plant for rock gardens, gravel beds, and cracks between paving stones.
Sugar Palm
Arenga pinnata
The Sugar Palm (Arenga pinnata) is a majestic tropical palm native to Southeast Asia, particularly Malaysia and Indonesia. Its pinnate fronds can reach up to 8.5 meters long, making it one of the most dramatic palms in tropical horticulture. A hapaxanthic species, it flowers once over several years then dies. Beyond its ornamental value, it is one of the most economically important palms in the world, yielding sugar, wine, fiber, starch, and edible fruits.
Mexican prickly poppy
Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana, commonly known as the Mexican prickly poppy or cardosanto, is an annual (sometimes biennial) herb in the Papaveraceae family. Native to Mexico, it is now widely naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. It is an extremely resilient pioneer plant, featuring an erect, branched stem and spiny, grayish-green leaves with whitish veins, resembling a thistle. It produces showy flowers with yellow petals and, when cut, releases a characteristic yellow latex. It grows spontaneously along roadsides, in vacant lots, and on degraded soils, tolerating drought and poor soils exceptionally well.
Silverweed
Argentina anserina
Argentina anserina, commonly known as silverweed, is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Rosaceae family. It grows at low altitudes, forming low-growing mats thanks to creeping red stolons that can reach up to 80 cm in length. The pinnate leaves, 10–20 cm long, are covered with a dense, silvery silky down that gives the plant its characteristic shimmering appearance. In summer, it produces bright yellow five-petaled flowers about 2 cm in diameter on erect stems of 5–15 cm. It spreads rapidly in moist, sandy, or clay soils, often colonizing meadows, roadsides, and coastal areas.
Marguerite Daisy
Argyranthemum frutescens
Marguerite Daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens) is a perennial shrub native to the Canary Islands, Spain. Celebrated for its cheerful daisy-like flowers with white, yellow, or pink petals surrounding bright yellow centers, this ornamental plant brings abundant color to gardens, balconies, and containers throughout spring, summer, and fall.
Whitebeam
Aria edulis
The whitebeam (Aria edulis, synonym Sorbus aria) is a deciduous tree in the Rosaceae family, native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It forms a compact, domed crown with oval, serrated leaves that are dark green and glossy above, and covered in a felty white-grey down beneath, giving the tree its common name. Cream-white flowers appear in clusters in spring, followed in autumn by scarlet berries that only become palatable once "bletted" (softened by frost or storage).
Living Rock Cactus
Ariocarpus
Ariocarpus is a genus of slow-growing, spineless cacti native to the limestone deserts of northern and central Mexico and southern Texas. Its thick, star-shaped tubercles are covered in a grey-brown, warty skin that mimics the surrounding rock and gravel almost perfectly, a camouflage strategy that protects it from grazing animals in the wild. Most of the plant body sits at or below soil level, anchored by a large taproot, with only the crown visible above ground. Woolly tufts of hair nestle between the tubercles, and in late summer or autumn mature plants produce showy white, pink, magenta, or purple daisy-like flowers from the center of the rosette.
Jack in the pulpit
Arisaema
Arisaema is a genus of approximately 150 species of woodland tuberous aroids native to Asia and North America. They are celebrated for their unique hooded inflorescences (spathe and spadix) and exotic foliage. Plants go dormant in winter and re-emerge vigorously each spring. The most well-known species is A. triphyllum, commonly called Jack in the pulpit.
Friar's Cowl
Arisarum vulgare
Friar's Cowl (Arisarum vulgare) is a low-growing, rhizomatous perennial in the arum family (Araceae), native to the Mediterranean Basin -- southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Caucasus. It rarely exceeds 30 cm in height and forms clumps of glossy, heart- to arrow-shaped basal leaves that sometimes carry faint silvery markings. Its most distinctive feature is the flower: a purplish-brown and white striped spathe curls forward into a hood, resembling a monk's cowl, and encloses a fleshy spadix bearing tiny purple flowers. It blooms from autumn through spring and spreads readily via underground rhizomes, making it a useful woodland ground cover.
Lace Aloe
Aristaloe aristata
Aristaloe aristata, commonly known as Lace Aloe or Torch Plant, is a compact succulent native to South Africa and Lesotho. Its dark green triangular leaves are adorned with white tubercles and ciliate margins, forming dense, elegant rosettes. In summer and fall it produces tubular orange-red flowers highly attractive to hummingbirds.
Dutchman's Pipe
Aristolochia
Aristolochia is a large genus of about 350 climbing and herbaceous plants in the family Aristolochiaceae, prized for their curious pipe- or trumpet-shaped flowers in brown, yellow, green and purple tones. Species range from cold-hardy temperate vines like A. macrophylla to tender tropical climbers. All parts of the plant contain aristolochic acid, a compound now known to be nephrotoxic and carcinogenic, so it should be handled with care and kept away from children and pets.
Virginia Snakeroot
Aristolochia serpentaria
Aristolochia serpentaria, commonly known as Virginia Snakeroot, is a low-growing woodland perennial herb native to the eastern United States. It produces distinctive curved, pipe-shaped flowers and heart-shaped leaves. Historically prized as a medicinal plant by Indigenous peoples and early settlers, it contains aristolochic acids now known to be toxic.
Maqui berry
Aristotelia chilensis
A perennial shrub or small tree native to southern Chile and Argentina. It produces dark, almost black berries with a flavor similar to blueberries, very rich in antioxidants. The Mapuche people have traditionally used it in medicine, food, and fermented beverages.
Sea Thrift
Armeria maritima
Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima) is a compact, evergreen perennial native to coastal cliffs and meadows of Europe and North America. It forms dense, grass-like tufts of dark green foliage topped with round, papery pink to white flower clusters held on slender stalks. Highly tolerant of salt spray, poor soil, and drought, it is a favorite for rock gardens and coastal plantings.
False Sea Thrift
Armeria pseudarmeria
Armeria pseudarmeria (False Sea Thrift) is an evergreen, clump-forming perennial from the coastal cliffs of Western Portugal and Spain, belonging to the Plumbaginaceae family. It features broad, sword-shaped leaves and spherical flower heads on slender stems, ranging from white to deep pink, blooming in late spring and summer. Hardy and long-lived, it thrives in poor, well-drained soil where many other plants struggle.
Honey Fungus
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea, commonly known as the Honey Fungus, is a bioluminescent basidiomycete fungus. It is a significant forest pathogen that spreads via black, root-like structures called rhizomorphs. While it produces edible golden-yellow mushrooms in clusters, the organism itself is a parasitic 'super-organism' that can live for centuries, decaying the wood of living and dead trees.
horseradish
Armoracia rusticana
Armoracia rusticana, commonly known as horseradish, is a hardy perennial plant of the family Brassicaceae. It is primarily cultivated for its thick, pungent white taproot. The plant features large, emerald-green, dock-like leaves and produces clusters of small white flowers on tall stalks during the summer. It is a vigorous grower that can become invasive if not managed properly.
Heart-leaf arnica
Arnica cordifolia
Arnica cordifolia, or heart-leaf arnica, is a perennial herbaceous plant native to the coniferous forests and mountain meadows of western North America, found between 1,500 and 3,300 m in altitude. Recognizable by its opposite heart-shaped leaves and bright yellow flower heads, it spreads via creeping rhizomes and can live for about ten years. Moderately fire-resistant, it regrows from its rhizomes after a fire and serves as an important food source for mule deer and elk. Toxic if ingested (causing nausea and heart issues), it should be reserved for external use only and kept out of reach of children and pets.
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