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Catsear
Hypochaeris radicata
Catsear (Hypochaeris radicata) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family, native to Europe and now naturalized in the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand. It forms a basal rosette of rough, hairy, lobed leaves, from which leafless branched stems emerge, ending in golden-yellow flower heads very similar to those of the dandelion. The entire plant exudes a milky latex when cut. It is extremely hardy, tolerating poor and compacted soils, and commonly grows spontaneously in lawns, roadsides, and vacant lots.
Polka Dot Plant (genus)
Hypoestes
Hypoestes is a genus of ornamental plants in the Acanthaceae family, renowned for their vibrantly spotted and splashed foliage. The most cultivated species, H. phyllostachya (Polka Dot Plant), is a popular houseplant prized for its striking pink, red, white, and green patterned leaves.
White Ribbon Bush
Hypoestes forskaolii
Hypoestes forskaolii, commonly known as White Ribbon Bush, is a perennial or annual herb native to tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It belongs to the family Acanthaceae and is prized both as an ornamental plant and for its remarkable medicinal properties. The plant produces smooth, oval leaves forming dense, vivid green foliage, with delicate small flowers that range from white to pale pink. In its natural habitat, it grows under shrubs and trees, thriving in filtered shade and well-drained tropical soils. Of particular scientific interest are its diterpene compounds, which have demonstrated antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant properties in laboratory studies.
Polka Dot Plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
The Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya) is a charming tropical perennial native to Madagascar, prized for its strikingly spotted foliage. Its oval leaves are splashed with vivid pink, red, or white spots against a dark green background, making it one of the most colorful houseplants available. Compact and bushy, it thrives in warm, humid environments and adds a playful pop of color to any indoor space.
Monk's-hood lichen
Hypogymnia physodes
Hypogymnia physodes, commonly known as monk's-hood lichen, is one of the most widespread lichens. It features a foliose thallus characterized by its inflated (puffed) lobe tips. The upper surface is grayish to whitish, while the lower surface is black and lacks attachment fibers (rhizines). It is a very resilient species; however, it reacts sensitively to air pollution from sulfur dioxide, making it an important bioindicator of air quality.
Rusty Crust
Hypoxylon rubiginosum
Hypoxylon rubiginosum is a saprophytic ascomycete fungus that develops primarily on the dead wood of broadleaf trees. It is characterized by forming thin, flattened stromata with a distinctive brick-red or rust color that turns black with age. It is not a plant, but a fungus that plays a crucial role in the decomposition of organic matter in forest ecosystems.
Pignut
Hyptis suaveolens
Pignut (Hyptis suaveolens) is an aromatic annual to short-lived perennial herb belonging to the Lamiaceae family (the same family as mint and basil). Native to the tropical regions of Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America, it is now naturalized throughout almost the entire tropical belt of the planet. It grows as a robust pioneer plant with a quadrangular stem, reaching up to 2.5 m in height, featuring ovate, aromatic, and serrated leaves, and small blue flowers in spikes. It is extremely resilient, spontaneously colonizing roadsides, pastures, and degraded lands, and blooms almost year-round in the tropics.
Hyssop
Hyssopus officinalis
Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) is a perennial, highly aromatic subshrub in the Lamiaceae family, native to the Mediterranean and Southern Europe. It grows to a height of 16–24 inches (40–60 cm) with a width of about 20 inches (50 cm), featuring narrow lanceolate leaves and blooming from July to September with small blue-violet, purple, pink, or white flowers in dense spikes that strongly attract bees and butterflies. The plant is frost-hardy (zones 4–9) and very drought-tolerant, making it a popular low-maintenance ornamental and culinary herb for gardens and containers.
Evergreen candytuft
Iberis sempervirens
Evergreen candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) is a low, mounding sub-shrub from southern Europe and north-west Africa, from Spain and Portugal to Turkey. It grows 15-30 cm tall and spreads into a cushion of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves that stay on all year. From early spring into early summer it is covered in flat clusters of small, bright white four-petalled flowers that attract butterflies. It is deer and rabbit resistant and tolerates drought and salt.
Globe Candytuft
Iberis umbellata
Iberis umbellata, commonly known as globe candytuft, is a fast-growing annual flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae), native to southern Europe. It forms a low, bushy mound of slender green leaves topped with dense, flattened clusters of small, four-petaled flowers in white, pink, purple, or crimson from late spring through summer. Valued for its sweetly scented blooms and drought tolerance, it thrives in poor, well-drained soil and is a popular choice for cottage gardens, rock gardens, borders, and containers, where it also attracts bees, moths, and butterflies.
Holly
Ilex
Holly (Ilex) is a large genus of over 400 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, found across temperate and tropical regions worldwide. Most commonly cultivated species are evergreen shrubs or trees with glossy, spine-edged leaves and bright red berries that have become synonymous with Christmas decorations. The genus is remarkably diverse, encompassing both ornamental garden shrubs and large specimen trees reaching 15 meters or more.
English Holly
Ilex aquifolium
English Holly is a slow-growing evergreen shrub or small tree prized for its glossy, spiny dark-green leaves and bright red winter berries. Native to western and southern Europe, it forms a dense pyramidal habit and is a classic feature of winter gardens and holiday decoration, though its berries are toxic if eaten.
Chinese Holly
Ilex cornuta
Ilex cornuta, commonly known as Chinese holly, is a dense, spiny-leaved evergreen shrub native to eastern China and Korea. Prized for its glossy, leathery foliage and bright red winter berries on female plants, it forms an excellent hedge, screen, or specimen shrub. The rectangular, spine-tipped leaves give it a distinctive, architectural look year-round.
Japanese Holly
Ilex crenata
Ilex crenata, commonly known as Japanese holly, is a dense, slow-growing broadleaf evergreen shrub native to Japan, Korea, and eastern China. Prized as a boxwood substitute, it features small, glossy, spineless leaves and a fine, compact texture that responds beautifully to shearing into hedges, topiary, and bonsai forms. In late spring it produces tiny, inconspicuous greenish-white flowers, followed on female plants by small black berries that persist into winter.
Japanese Holly 'Helleri'
Ilex crenata 'Helleri'
Japanese Holly 'Helleri' is a dwarf, evergreen cultivar of the Japanese holly (Ilex crenata) native to East Asia. It forms a dense, mounded shrub reaching 2 to 4 feet (60-120 cm) in height and width, with small, glossy, dark green leaves that resemble boxwood. Inconspicuous greenish-white flowers appear in spring, followed occasionally by black drupes in the fall. Due to its compact habit and high tolerance for pruning, it is an excellent choice for topiary, low hedges, or garden borders.
Yerba Mate
Ilex paraguariensis
Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) is an evergreen tree or shrub in the Aquifoliaceae family, native to the subtropical regions of southern Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and Uruguay. Its leathery, dark green leaves are the base for chimarrão and tereré, traditional South American beverages rich in caffeine and antioxidants. In the wild, it can reach up to 15 meters in height, but in cultivation, it is generally maintained as a pruned shrub between 3 and 8 meters.
Bay bolete
Imleria badia
Imleria badia, commonly known as the bay bolete, is one of the most popular edible mushrooms in the Czech Republic. It is characterized by a chestnut-brown cap, which is slightly sticky when wet, and yellow pores that turn blue when bruised. It grows primarily in coniferous forests, forming mycorrhizal associations with spruces and pines. It is valued for its firm flesh and excellent taste.
Garden Balsam
Impatiens balsamina
Impatiens balsamina, commonly known as Garden Balsam or Rose Balsam, is an annual herbaceous plant native to Southeast Asia. Its vibrant flowers grow along succulent stems, and the plant is famous for its seed pods that explode when touched once mature—a fascinating dispersal mechanism.
New Guinea Impatiens
Impatiens hawkeri
New Guinea Impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri) is a vibrant flowering plant native to Papua New Guinea, prized for its large, colorful blooms in shades of red, orange, pink, white, and purple. Unlike common impatiens, this hybrid tolerates more sun and produces larger flowers, making it ideal for containers, hanging baskets, and garden borders.
Poor Man's Rhododendron
Impatiens sodenii
Impatiens sodenii, commonly known as Poor Man's Rhododendron, is a perennial subshrub native to Kenya and Tanzania. It grows up to 2.5 meters tall with whorled leaves and produces pink or white flowers year-round. It has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit and is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens.
Busy Lizzie
Impatiens walleriana
Impatiens walleriana, commonly known as Busy Lizzie, is a beloved shade-loving annual native to East Africa. Prized for its prolific, colorful blooms that brighten shaded garden beds and containers from spring through fall. Available in a wide palette of colors including white, pink, red, orange, purple, and coral, making it one of the most popular bedding plants worldwide.
Japanese blood grass
Imperata cylindrica 'Red Baron'
Japanese blood grass 'Red Baron' is a decorative ornamental grass cultivar of Imperata cylindrica, known for its slender blades that transition from green at the base to an intense blood-red toward the tips, especially in full sun. This sterile cultivar forms dense, upright clumps 12-18 inches (30-45 cm) in height with a spread of up to 3 feet (90 cm) and is often used as a groundcover or edging plant. While 'Red Baron' itself is not considered invasive, the species Imperata cylindrica is listed as one of the world's most problematic weeds, so gardeners should remove any solid green shoots that the cultivar may occasionally revert to.
Shaggy Bracket
Inonotus hispidus
Inonotus hispidus, commonly known as the Shaggy Bracket or Hairy Bracket, is a parasitic fungus that primarily preys on deciduous trees such as apple, ash, and oak. When young, it is succulent and orange-brown in color, with a surface covered in dense, coarse hairs from which it derives its name. As it ages, its color darkens, eventually becoming black and brittle. It plays a vital role in the ecosystem by decomposing wood, but it can be fatal to the host tree as it causes white rot.
Hairy Inula
Inula hirta
Hairy Inula (Inula hirta) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that reaches heights of 15 to 50 cm. The leaves and stems are conspicuously hairy, and the narrow-elliptical leaves are arranged alternately. From June to August, bright golden-yellow flower heads appear. The species grows in clumps with short rhizomes on nutrient-poor dry and semi-dry grasslands, preferring locations near open oak or pine forests on calcareous soils. Its distribution range extends from Central Asia and Siberia through Southeast Europe to Central Europe, where it is rare and protected at its western range limit. As a valuable bee pasture, it is visited by numerous species of wild bees and butterflies.
Delicate violet orchid
Ionopsis utricularioides
Ionopsis utricularioides is a small epiphytic orchid native to the Neotropics, from Florida and the Caribbean through Central and South America. It forms compact fans of stiff leaves and sends up airy, branched sprays of many small white-to-violet flowers, each with a broad, veined lower lip.
Moonflower
Ipomoea alba
Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) is a vigorous tropical vine in the Convolvulaceae family, prized for its large, fragrant white flowers that open at dusk and close by morning. Native to tropical regions of the Americas, it climbs rapidly over trellises and fences, reaching several meters in a single growing season.
Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a vigorous trailing vine native to Central and South America, cultivated for over 5,000 years. It is prized both for its edible tuberous roots and its ornamental foliage, which comes in shades of lime green, deep purple, and bronze. One of the world's most important food crops, it thrives in warm climates and adapts well to gardens, raised beds, and large containers.
Blackie sweet potato vine
Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'
'Blackie' is an ornamental cultivar of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas), in the family Convolvulaceae, bred for its foliage rather than its tubers. The deeply lobed leaves are a purple so dark they look black. The stems spread across the ground or spill from pots and window boxes, setting off pale foliage and bright flowers. Now and then it bears lavender, trumpet-shaped flowers in summer and fall. It is a tender tuberous perennial grown as an annual in most places.
Mile-a-minute vine
Ipomoea cairica
Ipomoea cairica, commonly known as mile-a-minute vine or Cairo morning glory, is a vigorous perennial climbing vine from the Convolvulaceae family, native to tropical Africa. It produces abundant funnel-shaped flowers in shades of purple, lavender, and pink with a darker center, blooming almost year-round. Its distinctive palmate leaves have five finger-like lobes. Widely used in landscaping for rapid coverage of walls, fences, and trellises.
Bush Morning Glory
Ipomoea carnea
Ipomoea carnea, commonly known as Bush Morning Glory, is a fast-growing tropical shrub in the Convolvulaceae family. Native to tropical Americas, it stands out for its trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of pink and lavender, blooming abundantly from spring through fall. Unlike the climbing species of Ipomoea, this variety grows as an upright shrub reaching up to 5 meters tall. It is widely cultivated in warm climates for its ornamental value and is considered invasive in several regions worldwide.
Cardinal Creeper
Ipomoea horsfalliae
Ipomoea horsfalliae, commonly known as Cardinal Creeper or Prince Kuhio Vine, is a vigorous tropical evergreen vine native to the Caribbean (West Indies). It produces stunning clusters of crimson to deep purple, funnel-shaped flowers year-round, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. The palmate, glossy leaves create lush coverage on trellises, fences, and arbors.
Blue Morning Glory
Ipomoea indica
Blue Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica) is a vigorous perennial climbing vine in the Convolvulaceae family, native to the tropical Americas and widely naturalized across the globe. It produces large trumpet-shaped flowers 6-8 cm across that dramatically shift color throughout the day — brilliant blue at dawn, transitioning to blue-violet and finally to deep pink by evening. Leaves are heart-shaped or three-lobed. It is classified as invasive in numerous regions worldwide.
Japanese Morning Glory
Ipomoea nil
Ipomoea nil, commonly known as Japanese Morning Glory, is a vigorous annual climbing vine in the Convolvulaceae family, native to tropical Americas and now widely naturalized across Asia. It produces large, trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of blue, purple, and pink that open at dawn and close by midday. A popular ornamental plant for fences, trellises, and balconies, it is prized for its rapid growth and prolific summer-to-fall blooming.
Man of the earth
Ipomoea pandurata
Man of the earth (Ipomoea pandurata) is a perennial vine in the morning glory family, related to the sweet potato, native to eastern and central North America from Ontario to the southern United States. Its purplish stems twine over fences and shrubs, reaching 5 to 9 m in a season, and the heart-shaped leaves grow up to 15 cm long. Funnel-shaped flowers 6 to 8 cm across are white with a deep pink to purple throat; they open early, last less than a day, and appear from late spring to late summer, drawing bees, butterflies and moths. Underground it builds a huge tuberous root that can exceed 70 cm and 10 kg. The top dies back in winter and regrows from the root.
Common Morning Glory
Ipomoea purpurea
Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) is a fast-growing annual vine native to Mexico and Central America. It produces trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of purple, pink, white, and blue that open at dawn and close by midday, creating a brief but spectacular daily display. Its twining stems can reach up to 10 feet (3 meters) in height, covering fences, pergolas, and walls with lush green foliage.
Mexican Morning Glory
Ipomoea tricolor
Ipomoea tricolor is a fast-growing annual (or tender perennial) twining vine native to the tropical regions of the Americas, particularly Mexico. It is best known through the cultivar 'Heavenly Blue', prized for its large, trumpet-shaped flowers in vivid blue with a white-to-golden throat that open in the morning and fade by afternoon. The heart-shaped leaves and twining stems can climb 4 meters or more given support. It is widely grown as an ornamental on trellises, fences, and arbors for its abundant summer and fall blooms. The seeds contain ergoline alkaloids (LSA) and are toxic if ingested.
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