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Wood Sorrel
Oxalis
Oxalis is a large genus of about 570 species of herbaceous plants in the family Oxalidaceae, recognizable by their clover-like trifoliate leaves and delicate flowers in shades of pink, yellow, and white. Popular as ornamental houseplants and garden ground covers, with O. triangularis (purple shamrock) and O. articulata being especially beloved. Contains oxalic acid β mildly toxic to pets and humans if ingested in large quantities.
Pink-sorrel
Oxalis articulata
Oxalis articulata, commonly known as Pink-sorrel or Windowbox Woodsorrel, is a charming perennial herb native to South America. It features attractive clover-like leaves, often with a purplish tint, and produces abundant clusters of small, vibrant pink flowers. These flowers bloom profusely, creating a cheerful display. It's a popular choice for both indoor pots and outdoor garden beds, known for its relatively easy care and vigorous growth.
Creeping Woodsorrel
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis corniculata, commonly known as Creeping Woodsorrel, is a low-growing cosmopolitan weed in the Oxalidaceae family. It produces delicate five-petalled yellow flowers and trifoliate heart-shaped leaves that close at night. Found worldwide in gardens, pots, and disturbed soils, it spreads aggressively via stolons, rhizomes, and seeds that can be catapulted up to 5 meters. It contains soluble calcium oxalates, making it mildly toxic to cats and dogs in large quantities.
Garden Pink-Sorrel
Oxalis latifolia
Oxalis latifolia, commonly known as Garden Pink-Sorrel or Broadleaf Wood Sorrel, is a perennial bulbous plant native to Mexico and Central America, now naturalized across much of the world. It produces distinctive trifoliate leaves with fish-tail shaped leaflets and delicate pink to pinkish-mauve flowers in spring and summer. Although considered an invasive weed in many regions, it is also cultivated as an ornamental in pots and garden borders.
Bermuda Buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae
Oxalis pes-caprae, commonly known as Bermuda Buttercup or Soursob, is a bulbous perennial native to South Africa that produces bright yellow flowers from fall through spring. It forms dense carpets and is considered one of the most invasive weeds in Mediterranean climates, California, and Australia. The trifoliate leaves contain oxalic acid β toxic to pets in significant quantities and potentially harmful to livestock.
False Shamrock
Oxalis regnellii
Oxalis regnellii, commonly known as false shamrock or purple shamrock, is a perennial bulbous plant native to South America β particularly Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, and Paraguay. A member of the Oxalidaceae family, it is beloved for its striking trifoliate leaves, which range from rich green to deep purple, and its delicate white or pale pink five-petaled flowers that bloom from spring through autumn. One of its most charming traits is photonasty: the leaves fold closed at night and in low light, reopening with morning brightness through turgor pressure changes. The plant grows from small corms and may enter a brief dormancy period after flowering or during hot summer months.
Common Yellow Woodsorrel
Oxalis stricta
Common Yellow Woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Oxalidaceae, native to North America and Eurasia. Recognized by its cheerful yellow flowers and heart-shaped trifoliate leaves, it is an exceptionally adaptable plant that thrives in a wide range of habitats including gardens, lawns, roadsides, and woodland edges.
Iron Cross Oxalis
Oxalis tetraphylla
Iron Cross Oxalis (Oxalis tetraphylla) is a perennial bulbous plant native to central Mexico, prized for its distinctive four-lobed leaves adorned with deep burgundy markings at the center that form a striking iron cross pattern. It produces cheerful pink to rose-red flowers in spring and summer, going dormant in winter.
Purple Shamrock
Oxalis triangularis
Oxalis triangularis, commonly known as Purple Shamrock, is a charming perennial plant native to Brazil. Distinguished by its deep purple, triangular leaves arranged in groups of three like clover, and its delicate pink-white flowers. The leaves exhibit photonasty - opening during the day and closing at night like butterfly wings. This plant can live for over 100 years, often becoming a treasured heirloom passed through generations.
Candy Cane Sorrel
Oxalis versicolor
Oxalis versicolor, commonly known as Candy Cane Sorrel, is a charming bulbous perennial native to South Africa. It is celebrated for its stunning flowers with white petals edged in deep crimson, which spiral into a candy cane pattern when closed. Growing to just 10β15 cm tall, this compact plant thrives in sunny spots and follows an autumn-winter flowering cycle. It enters dormancy in summer, making it a delightful seasonal gem for pots and rock gardens.
Money Tree
Pachira aquatica
Pachira aquatica is a tropical plant native to Central America, known for its distinctive braided trunk and umbrella-shaped leaves. Popular in feng shui as a symbol of prosperity and good luck.
Saba Nut
Pachira glabra
Pachira glabra, commonly known as Saba Nut or Money Tree, is a tropical tree native to eastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It is the species most commonly sold as the braided 'money tree' in plant shops β distinct from Pachira aquatica, which is larger and truly aquatic. P. glabra has more flexible young stems, making it ideal for braiding, and features deep-green palmate leaves and creamy-white flowers. It is non-toxic, easy to care for, and widely used in Feng Shui as a symbol of prosperity.
Indian Comb Cactus
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, known as the Indian Comb Cactus, is a massive columnar cactus native to western Mexico, from Sinaloa and Sonora to Chiapas. It can grow up to 20 meters tall with stems up to 1 meter in diameter. Its white nocturnal flowers are pollinated by bats, and its golden spiny fruits were historically used by indigenous peoples as hairbrushes β giving rise to its common name.
Mexican giant cardΓ³n
Pachycereus pringlei
Pachycereus pringlei, commonly known as the Mexican giant cardΓ³n or elephant cactus, is the tallest cactus species in the world and a defining feature of the Sonoran and Baja California deserts in northwestern Mexico. This columnar giant can grow up to 19.2 meters (63 feet) tall, live for over 300 years, and weigh as much as 25 tons at full maturity. Its blue-green trunk bears 10 to 16 ribs lined with clusters of brownish spines, and mature plants produce large, nocturnal white flowers followed by spiny red fruits that were historically a vital food source for the indigenous Seri people.
Moonstones
Pachyphytum
Pachyphytum is a genus of succulents in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae), native to central-eastern Mexico, comprising about 25 to 27 species. Commonly known as "moonstones," these plants form compact rosettes of thick, plump, oval leaves coated in a fine powdery farina that gives them blue-grey, greenish, or pinkish tones. The care information here is based primarily on Pachyphytum oviferum, the most widely cultivated species in the genus.
Moonstone Succulent
Pachyphytum oviferum
Pachyphytum oviferum, commonly known as the Moonstone Succulent, is a charming species native to the rocky cliffs of San Luis PotosΓ, Mexico. It belongs to the family Crassulaceae and is prized for its plump, egg-shaped leaves coated in a silvery-white farina (pruina) that gives them a dreamy, translucent appearance reminiscent of precious moonstones.
Madagascar Palm
Pachypodium
Pachypodium is a genus of spiny, caudex-forming succulent shrubs and trees native primarily to Madagascar. The most widely cultivated species β P. lamerei and P. geayi β are commonly called "Madagascar palms" for their striking appearance: a thick, spiny, water-storing trunk topped with a crown of long, narrow leaves. Despite the common name, they are not true palms but members of the Apocynaceae family.
Silver Madagascar Palm
Pachypodium geayi
Pachypodium geayi, commonly called the Silver Madagascar Palm, is a striking caudiciform succulent native to the arid southwest of Madagascar. Despite its palm-like silhouette, it belongs to the Apocynaceae family and is unrelated to true palms. Its thick, spiny, silvery-grey trunk stores water for long dry spells, while a crown of narrow, grey-green leaves with a distinctive pink midrib tops the plant. In the wild it can reach 5-8 m, though potted specimens stay much smaller and grow slowly. Mature plants produce fragrant white flowers with yellow centers after a decade or more of growth.
Madagascar Palm
Pachypodium lamerei
Pachypodium lamerei, commonly known as the Madagascar Palm, is a spiny succulent native to the arid regions of Madagascar. Despite its common name, it is not a true palm β it belongs to the family Apocynaceae. Its thick, spine-covered caudex (trunk) supports a crown of long, glossy green leaves at the top, giving it a palm-like appearance. Mature specimens produce fragrant white star-shaped flowers.
Kudu Lily
Pachypodium saundersii
Pachypodium saundersii, commonly known as the Kudu Lily, is a caudiciform succulent shrub native to rocky lowveld habitats in South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. It features a thick, swollen grey-green stem armed with paired spines up to 7 cm long, glossy dark green leaves, and clusters of white flowers flushed with pink to purple that bloom from late summer into winter. The succulent stem stores water, allowing the plant to endure long dry seasons in its native lowveld woodland.
Japanese spurge
Pachysandra terminalis
Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese spurge) is a low-growing, evergreen perennial groundcover from the boxwood family (Buxaceae), native to the forests of Japan. It forms dense, 15-30 cm high mats of leathery, dark green leaves clustered at the ends of the stems - hence the specific name "terminalis". It spreads slowly via underground rhizomes and forms a continuous carpet within 2-3 years. In early spring, it produces small, inconspicuous white flowers in spike-like clusters. It is hardy in USDA zones 4a to 9b and excels in its ability to grow in deep shade where most other plants fail to thrive.
Golden Shrimp Plant
Pachystachys lutea
The Golden Shrimp Plant (Pachystachys lutea) is a tropical shrub native to Peru and South America, prized for its upright golden-yellow bracts and delicate white tubular flowers. An evergreen perennial in tropical climates, it is widely grown as an indoor houseplant or outdoor ornamental shrub worldwide.
Peony
Paeonia
Paeonia is a genus of herbaceous perennial and shrubby flowering plants in the family Paeoniaceae, native to Asia, Europe, and western North America. Cultivated for centuries for their large, fragrant blooms, garden peonies (herbaceous types) die back to the ground each winter and re-emerge in spring, flowering from late spring into early summer.
Chinese Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
Paeonia lactiflora, commonly known as the Chinese Peony or Common Garden Peony, is a herbaceous perennial native to China, Korea, and Mongolia. Celebrated for its enormous, fragrant blooms up to 25 cm across in shades of white, pink, red, and purple, it is one of the most beloved garden plants in the world.
European Common Peony
Paeonia officinalis
Paeonia officinalis, the European common peony or garden peony, is a herbaceous perennial native to southern Europe. It produces large, fragrant flowers in spring in shades of red, pink, and white, growing up to 90 cm tall. It is one of the most beloved ornamental plants in European gardens, prized for its longevity and classic beauty. CAUTION: toxic to pets and humans β roots contain paeonol.
Tree Peony
Paeonia suffruticosa
Paeonia suffruticosa, commonly known as the Tree Peony or Mudan, is a majestic woody shrub native to China that can live for over a century. It produces spectacular flowers up to 20 cm in diameter in shades of white, pink, red, purple, and yellow, blooming in spring. Revered as the "King of Flowers" (θ±η) in Eastern culture, it is one of the most celebrated ornamental plants in the world.
Christ's thorn
Paliurus spina-christi
Paliurus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae family), known in English as Christ's thorn or Jerusalem thorn, is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the Mediterranean region and Western Asia, from Afghanistan to Romania. It grows up to 4-6 meters in height, with thin zigzagging branches equipped with paired spinesβone straight and one curved. The leaves are oval, glossy, and feature three prominent veins. In late spring and summer, it produces small greenish-yellow flowers in clusters, followed by woody fruits surrounded by a disk-shaped wing resembling a small hat, which are green at first and turn brown when ripe. According to tradition, its thorny branches were used to weave the crown of thorns for Jesus, which is the origin of its common name.
Panaeolus cinctulus
Panaeolus cinctulus
Panaeolus cinctulus is a cosmopolitan saprophytic fungus, commonly known as the banded mottlegill. It is characterized by its convex, cinnamon to dark brown cap that displays a distinctive hygrophanous band around the margin when it begins to dry. It typically grows on dung piles, well-fertilized lawns, or nitrogen-rich substrates.
Korean Ginseng
Panax ginseng
Panax ginseng is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Araliaceae family, native to the shady forests of East Asia (Russia, China, Korea). It reaches a height of approximately 80 cm, featuring whorled palmate compound leaves and small, greenish-white flowers that transform into clusters of bright red berries in autumn. Its fleshy root, typically harvested after 6-7 years of growth, has been used for over 5,000 years in traditional Asian medicine for its adaptogenic properties.
Sea Daffodil
Pancratium maritimum
Pancratium maritimum, the sea daffodil, is a bulbous perennial of the Amaryllidaceae family native to Mediterranean, Black Sea and Macaronesian coastlines, where it grows rooted deep in shifting beach dunes. From August to October it produces clusters of large, white, funnel-shaped flowers with a fringed corona and a sweet, exotic scent that intensifies at dusk, pollinated almost exclusively by the convolvulus hawk-moth. Its strap-like, blue-green leaves often die back during the hottest, driest part of summer before the flower stalks emerge from the bare sand.
Screw Pine
Pandanus
Pandanus is a large genus of palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics, spanning coastal Africa, Madagascar, South and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific islands. Known for its strap-shaped, often spiny leaves arranged in a spiral around the stem and distinctive stilt roots that anchor top-heavy trunks, Pandanus ranges from compact houseplant-sized shrubs to towering 20-meter trees. Female plants produce pineapple-like fruit clusters that ripen to orange or red, while the fragrant leaves of some species (notably Pandanus amaryllifolius) are prized across Southeast Asian kitchens.
Pandan
Pandanus amaryllifolius
Pandanus amaryllifolius, commonly known as pandan, is a tropical evergreen shrub prized for its long, blade-like aromatic leaves. Native to Southeast Asia, this sterile cultivar rarely flowers and is propagated entirely from suckers. Its leaves are a staple flavoring and coloring agent in Southeast Asian cuisine, often called the "vanilla of Asia" for their sweet, nutty fragrance.
Fragrant Screwpine
Pandanus odorifer
Pandanus odorifer, commonly known as Fragrant Screwpine or Kewra, is a tropical evergreen plant of the family Pandanaceae, native to South Asia. Its intensely fragrant male flowers are distilled to produce kewra essence and kewra water β key ingredients in Indian cuisine, confectionery and traditional perfumery. With its long spiraling leaves and striking silhouette, it is valued as an ornamental plant and for its wide range of culinary, medicinal and aromatic uses.
Tahitian Screwpine
Pandanus tectorius
Pandanus tectorius, known as the Tahitian Screwpine or Hala, is a coastal tropical tree in the Pandanaceae family. Native to the Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, and Australia, it is renowned for its dramatic prop roots, long spiraling spiny leaves, and colorful pineapple-like fruits. A culturally significant species across the Pacific, it has been used for food, weaving, medicine, and shelter for thousands of years.
Screw Pine
Pandanus utilis
Pandanus utilis is a sculptural tropical tree, famous for its aerial (prop) roots that support the trunk and its long, leathery, spirally arranged leaves. Native to Madagascar, it is widely used in tropical landscaping due to its exotic and architectural appearance. Its leaves have small spines along the edges, requiring careful handling.
Bower Vine
Pandorea
Pandorea is a genus of woody evergreen climbers native to Australia, belonging to the family Bignoniaceae. Twining stems scramble over trellises, fences and pergolas, forming a dense curtain of glossy foliage studded with trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of white, pink and purple, often with a contrasting streaked throat. It is a vigorous, fast-growing plant popular for screening and shading in mild-to-warm gardens, though it is frost-tender and needs protection in cold climates.
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