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Marimo Moss Ball
Aegagropila linnaei
Aegagropila linnaei, known as the Marimo moss ball, is not a true moss but a rare form of filamentous green algae that grows into spherical colonies. Native to cold, alkaline lakes in Japan, Iceland, and Estonia, its round shape develops naturally due to wave action and periodic rotation on the lake bed. At Lake Akan in Japan, it is protected as a special natural monument.
Ground elder
Aegopodium podagraria
Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the carrot family (Apiaceae), native to Europe and Asia. It is known for its extremely rapid growth and spread via rhizomes, making it one of the most hardy and invasive ground covers in temperate regions. The plant forms dense carpets of light green, ternate leaves and bears white umbels (flower clusters) from May to June. It thrives in shade to partial shade and tolerates most soil types. Historically, it was cultivated as a food and medicinal plant during the Middle Ages.
Aeonium
Aeonium
Aeonium is a genus of succulents with approximately 35 species, primarily native to the Canary Islands. Unlike most succulents, Aeonium grows actively in the fall and winter, entering dormancy during the hot summer. Its perfect rosettes of glossy leaves form stunning ornamental colonies, making it one of the most elegant succulents for Mediterranean gardens and pots.
Tree Aeonium
Aeonium arboreum
Aeonium arboreum is a woody-stemmed succulent native to the Canary Islands and North Africa, renowned for its striking rosettes of fleshy leaves atop branching stems. The dark-purple cultivar 'Schwarzkopf' (also spelled 'Zwartkop') is one of the most popular ornamental succulents worldwide.
Canary Island Rose
Aeonium aureum
Aeonium aureum, commonly known as the Canary Island Rose, is a striking rosette-forming succulent native to the volcanic slopes of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Its tightly packed, spoon-shaped leaves form a perfectly symmetrical, rose-like rosette in shades of blue-green to golden-green, giving the plant its species name "aureum" (golden). Unlike many succulents, this species follows a winter-growing, summer-dormant cycle: it grows actively through the cool, damp months of autumn, winter and spring, then closes its rosette tightly and rests through the hot, dry summer to conserve moisture. After several years of growth, mature rosettes may send up a tall, golden-yellow flower spike, a rare and spectacular event, though the flowering rosette dies afterward, leaving offsets behind to continue the plant.
Giant Velvet Rose
Aeonium canariense
Aeonium canariense, commonly known as the Giant Velvet Rose or Canary Island Aeonium, is a perennial succulent endemic to the Canary Islands and native to the laurel forest edges and high-mountain scrub of the archipelago. It forms large, velvety rosettes of spirally arranged leaves that can reach 15 to 30 cm across. In spring and early summer, mature rosettes send up a tall flowering stalk, up to 1 meter high, topped with clusters of small, star-shaped yellow flowers. The species is monocarpic: each rosette dies after flowering, though the plant persists through offsets produced at its base.
Pinwheel Aeonium
Aeonium haworthii
Aeonium haworthii is a branching succulent shrub native to the Canary Islands, prized for its rosettes of blue-green leaves edged in red, arranged like the blades of a pinwheel. It grows into a low, multi-stemmed shrub and produces star-shaped white to pale yellow flowers in spring.
Sim's Aeonium
Aeonium simsii
Aeonium simsii is a compact, mat-forming succulent endemic to the rocky highlands of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, where it grows on cliffs and outcrops between 500 and 1,900 meters elevation. It forms dense clumps of short, branching stems tipped with cup-shaped rosettes of yellowish-green leaves marked with brownish longitudinal stripes on their undersides. Unusually for the genus, individual rosettes of A. simsii can flower repeatedly and survive, unlike almost all other Aeonium species, whose rosettes die after a single bloom.
Stalked Aeonium
Aeonium undulatum
Aeonium undulatum is a striking succulent subshrub native to the Canary Islands, specifically Gran Canaria. Known for its large rosettes of bright, glossy, wavy-edged green leaves, it can grow over 2 meters tall on a single unbranched stem, making it one of the tallest species in the Aeonium genus. It is monocarpic, producing stunning pyramidal panicles of yellow star-shaped flowers after approximately 5 years.
Lipstick Plant
Aeschynanthus
Aeschynanthus is a genus of trailing, epiphytic plants in the Gesneriaceae family, native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia, including Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Grown widely as a hanging houseplant, it produces glossy, leathery dark-green leaves along cascading stems and tubular scarlet flowers that emerge from dark maroon calyces, resembling tubes of lipstick -- the source of its common name.
Lipstick Plant
Aeschynanthus radicans
The Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus radicans) is a stunning tropical epiphyte native to the humid rainforests of Southeast Asia. Known for its cascading vines adorned with glossy, waxy leaves and striking tubular red flowers that emerge from dark burgundy calyxes resembling a lipstick tube, this plant is a favorite among indoor gardeners. It thrives in hanging baskets where its trailing stems can gracefully drape, creating a lush, eye-catching display.
Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
The horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree native to the Balkan Peninsula, prized across Europe and North America as a stately shade and ornamental tree. It has a broad, rounded crown, palmately compound leaves with five to seven leaflets, and produces spectacular upright clusters of white flowers with yellow-to-red throats each spring. In autumn it drops its glossy brown seeds, known as conkers, encased in spiny green husks.
Fool's Parsley
Aethusa cynapium
Aethusa cynapium, commonly known as Fool's Parsley or Dog Poison, is a highly toxic annual herb in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia, and northwest Africa. It closely resembles common parsley but is dangerous — all parts of the plant are poisonous when fresh, containing the alkaloid cynopine. It commonly grows as a weed in gardens and cultivated ground.
Lily of the Nile
Agapanthus africanus
Lily of the Nile (Agapanthus africanus) is a perennial plant native to the Western Cape region of South Africa. It forms compact clumps of long, strap-like evergreen leaves, from which sturdy flower stalks emerge, topped with dense umbels of trumpet-shaped flowers ranging from blue to violet. It is widely used in gardens, borders, and containers, prized for its striking summer blooms and toughness.
Oriental Agapanthus
Agapanthus orientalis
Agapanthus orientalis is an evergreen, clump-forming perennial native to South Africa, prized for its tall, sturdy flower stalks topped with large spherical umbels of trumpet-shaped blooms in blue, lavender, purple, or white. Its strap-like, glossy dark-green leaves form a dense mound at the base, making it a popular border and container plant in warm climates.
African Lily
Agapanthus praecox
Agapanthus praecox is an evergreen perennial plant native to South Africa. It is characterized by its long, strap-like green leaves and spectacular globular umbels of blue or white flowers that rise on tall, sturdy stems. It is an extremely hardy species and popular in Mediterranean landscaping.
Pavement mushroom
Agaricus bitorquis
Agaricus bitorquis, known as the pavement mushroom, is an edible species of fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is characterized by an exceptionally firm, fleshy fruiting body and a distinct, double-edged ring on the stem. Frequently found in urban environments, it is capable of pushing through asphalt or compacted soil on sidewalks. It features a white or slightly creamy cap and pale pink gills that darken to chocolate brown as it matures.
Century Plant (genus)
Agave
Agave is a large genus of monocarpic succulents native to the Americas, particularly Mexico. Their stiff, spine-tipped leaves form striking rosettes. The plant blooms only once in its lifetime, sending up a towering flower spike before dying.
Century Plant
Agave americana
Agave americana, commonly known as the Century Plant, is a large succulent native to Mexico and the southern United States. Its striking blue-gray leaves are long, rigid, and tipped with sharp spines. It is monocarpic — blooming only once in its lifetime after 10 to 30 years, producing a spectacular flower stalk up to 25 feet tall, then dying. Before dying, it produces numerous basal pups that ensure the species' continuation.
Caribbean Agave
Agave angustifolia
Caribbean Agave (Agave angustifolia) is a perennial succulent in the Asparagaceae family, native to Mexico and Central America. It forms dramatic rosettes of long, rigid, sword-shaped leaves in greyish-green to bluish-grey tones, with serrated margins and sharp terminal spines. A monocarpic plant, it blooms only once in its lifetime — after 10 to 30 years — producing a towering flower spike up to 16 ft (5 m) tall with greenish-yellow flowers, then dies. It leaves behind offsets (pups) that continue the colony. Prized both as an ornamental landscape specimen and historically for mezcal and textile fiber production.
Rough Agave
Agave asperrima
Agave asperrima is a stemless, evergreen succulent native to the arid scrublands of southern Texas and central-northern Mexico. It forms a dense rosette of 30-40 broad, gray-green leaves edged with sharp marginal teeth and tipped with a stout terminal spine, reaching roughly 1 meter tall and up to 2 meters across. After 7 to 15 or more years of slow growth, a mature rosette sends up a tall flowering stalk 4-7 meters high bearing yellow blooms, then dies - but not before producing offsets (pups) around its base that carry the plant forward. In its native Mexico it is a traditional source for mezcal-style spirits distilled from the roasted, fermented core.
Foxtail Agave
Agave attenuata
Agave attenuata is a sculptural perennial succulent, famous for its rosettes of wide, soft, light-green leaves that lack the sharp spines typical of other agaves. Native to Mexico, it develops a thick trunk and, when mature, produces a long, curved inflorescence resembling a swan's neck, which gives it one of its common names.
Thread-leaf Agave
Agave filifera
Agave filifera is a compact, slow-growing succulent native to central Mexico, prized for the distinctive white threads or filaments that curl away from the edges of its dark green leaves. It forms a tight, symmetrical rosette and is an excellent choice for sunny gardens, rock gardens, or bright indoor spaces. Highly drought-tolerant and low-maintenance.
Parry's agave
Agave parryi
Agave parryi, Parry's agave, is a hardy rosette-forming succulent native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It makes a compact, symmetrical rosette of blue-grey leaves tipped with dark spines and is prized in dry gardens for its exceptional cold tolerance.
Butterfly Agave
Agave potatorum
Agave potatorum, commonly known as Butterfly Agave or Tobala, is a compact rosette succulent native to the highlands of Oaxaca and Puebla, Mexico. Slow-growing and small in stature, its gray-green leaves with terminal spines form an elegant rosette up to 1.2 m tall and 1.5 m wide. It is monocarpic — flowering only once in its lifetime, producing a towering 4–6 m flower spike, then dying and leaving offsets as its legacy.
Pulque Agave
Agave salmiana
Agave salmiana, commonly known as Pulque Agave or Giant Agave, is one of the largest and most impressive agaves native to central Mexico. Its massive succulent leaves can reach up to 2 meters in length, armed with sharp spines. This species is the primary source of aguamiel (sap) used to produce pulque, a fermented beverage consumed in Mexico for thousands of years. It is monocarpic — flowering only once after 15–25 years, producing a spectacular flowering stalk up to 12 meters tall.
Blue Agave
Agave tequilana
Agave tequilana, commonly known as Blue Agave, is a striking succulent native to the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico. Its thick, blue-gray leaves form a dramatic rosette that can reach up to 2.4 m across, tipped with sharp spines along the margins and tip. Best known as the sole legal source of tequila, this drought-tolerant succulent grows slowly for years before sending up a towering flower stalk once in its lifetime, then setting offsets (pups) at its base to continue the cycle.
Queen Victoria Agave
Agave victoriae-reginae
Agave victoriae-reginae, or Queen Victoria Agave, is an extremely slow-growing monocarpic succulent native to the Chihuahuan Desert in the Mexican states of Coahuila, Durango, and Nuevo León. It forms a compact and perfectly geometric rosette of short, rigid, dark green leaves marked with white lines that appear hand-painted. After several decades of growth, it produces a single inflorescence several meters high with cream-colored flowers, after which the mother rosette dies, often leaving offsets at its base.
Billygoat Weed
Ageratum conyzoides
Billygoat weed (Ageratum conyzoides) is a fast-growing annual herb in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native to tropical America and now naturalized throughout tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. It has softly hairy stems and oval, serrated leaves with a distinctive musky scent when crushed. Small blue-lavender to white flower heads cluster in terminal clusters, attracting bees and butterflies. Common in gardens, roadsides, and disturbed ground, it is regarded by many growers as a weed but is also widely valued in traditional medicine.
Floss Flower
Ageratum houstonianum
Ageratum houstonianum, commonly known as Floss Flower, is a frost-tender annual native to Central America (Guatemala, Belize, and adjacent Mexico), prized for its dense, fluffy, pom-pom-like flower clusters in shades of blue, purple, pink, and white. Growing 15–90 cm tall, it features soft, ovate to triangular, slightly hairy leaves and blooms continuously from late spring until frost. A favorite in summer bedding, borders, and containers, it reliably attracts butterflies and other pollinators throughout its long flowering season.
Chinese Evergreen 'Crete'
Aglaonema 'Crete'
Aglaonema 'Crete' is a compact evergreen cultivar of Chinese evergreen (Araceae, Aglaonema) prized for its lance-shaped, dark green leaves splashed with vivid pink and burgundy-red variegation along the veins and margins, carried on pale pink stems. Native to the understory forests of tropical Southeast Asia, it thrives as a low-maintenance houseplant that tolerates a wide range of indoor light levels while showing its boldest color in bright, indirect light. Like other aroids, its tissues contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, making the whole plant mildly to moderately toxic if chewed or ingested.
Red Aglaonema
Aglaonema 'Siam Aurora'
Aglaonema 'Siam Aurora', widely known as Red Aglaonema, is a compact evergreen cultivar of Chinese Evergreen prized for its striking foliage — deep green leaves splashed and edged with vivid red, pink and cream variegation. Native to the tropical understories of Southeast Asia, this Araceae family member is one of the most popular colored-leaf houseplants thanks to its resilience, moderate light tolerance, and low-maintenance nature. It grows as a bushy, clumping plant reaching about 90 cm (3 ft) tall and wide indoors, and occasionally produces small greenish spathe flowers with white spadixes in late summer to fall.
Chinese Evergreen
Aglaonema commutatum
Aglaonema commutatum, commonly known as Chinese Evergreen, is a popular tropical houseplant native to the Philippines and northeastern Sulawesi. Prized for its attractive variegated foliage with silver and green patterns, this slow-growing plant is perfect for beginners due to its tolerance of low light conditions and minimal care requirements. It has been cultivated for centuries in Asia as a symbol of good fortune.
Spotted Evergreen
Aglaonema costatum
Aglaonema costatum, commonly known as the Spotted Evergreen, is a compact tropical aroid native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia. It features striking dark green leaves adorned with silver-white spots and a distinctive white midrib, making it one of the most visually appealing low-light houseplants available.
Chinese Evergreen
Aglaonema modestum
Aglaonema modestum, commonly known as Chinese Evergreen, is a tropical foliage plant native to China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. With long, glossy dark-green leaves, it is one of the most resilient and adaptable houseplants, thriving in low light and tolerating dry indoor air. It belongs to the Araceae family.
Glossy Aglaonema
Aglaonema nitidum
Aglaonema nitidum, commonly known as Glossy Aglaonema or Painted Drop Tongue, is a striking tropical foliage plant native to the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Its broad, lance-shaped leaves display a deep glossy green, sometimes adorned with silver or light green markings, making it a prized ornamental houseplant. As a member of the Araceae family, it is one of the most adaptable and low-maintenance indoor plants available.
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