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Flaming Sword
Lutheria splendens
The Flaming Sword (Lutheria splendens, formerly Vriesea splendens) is a striking tropical bromeliad native to Venezuela, the Guianas, and Trinidad & Tobago. It is prized for its dramatic sword-shaped red bract and dark-striped strap-like leaves. As an epiphyte, it naturally grows on trees and rocks, absorbing water and nutrients primarily through its central tank and specialized leaf scales called trichomes.
Woodrush
Luzula
Luzula is a genus of grass-like evergreen perennials in the rush family (Juncaceae), commonly called woodrushes. They form dense clumps of glossy green leaves fringed with fine silky hairs, topped in spring by airy panicles of small brown and cream flowers on arching stems. Shade-tolerant and low-maintenance, they are grown chiefly as ground cover in woodland gardens and shaded borders.
Grasshopper orchid
Lycaste locusta
Lycaste locusta, also classified as Ida locusta or Sudamerlycaste locusta, is a large, cool-to-warm growing orchid native to Peru, where it grows as a lithophyte on sunny limestone embankments and rocky slopes between 2,000 and 3,000 meters elevation. Its oblong pseudobulbs support 2-3 broad, pleated, elliptic-lanceolate leaves reaching up to 80 cm long, and in cultivation it blooms in spring (fall in the wild) with pendant, waxy, green flowers up to 11.5 cm across and a fringed lip, carrying a distinct scent of apples.
Blue Potato Bush
Lycianthes rantonnetii
Blue Potato Bush (Lycianthes rantonnetii) is an ornamental shrub native to Paraguay, Argentina, and southern Brazil, belonging to the Solanaceae family. It produces striking blue-violet flowers with yellow centers from spring through fall. Warning: all parts of the plant are toxic to humans, cats, and dogs.
Goji Berry
Lycium barbarum
Lycium barbarum, commonly known as goji berry or wolfberry, is a deciduous woody shrub native to China, prized for its bright orange-red, nutrient-rich berries and long history of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It grows as an arching, spreading bush up to 3 m tall and is valued both as an edible fruiting shrub and as an ornamental hedge.
Puffball
Lycoperdon
Lycoperdon, commonly known as the puffball, is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. They are characterized by a spherical or pear-shaped fruiting body that contains spores inside. When young, while the interior (gleba) is white and firm, many species are edible. Upon maturity, the interior turns into a dark spore dust that is released through an opening at the top.
Stiff clubmoss
Lycopodium annotinum
Stiff clubmoss (Lycopodium annotinum) is an evergreen, spore-bearing lycopod in the family Lycopodiaceae. It forms creeping mats on the forest floor in coniferous forests and wetlands across the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere—from North America and Greenland to most of Europe and northern Asia. Each year's growth is visible as a distinct 'interrupted' constriction on the stem, which has given the species its common names. The species belongs to a very ancient plant lineage and spreads naturally via spores formed in strobili (spore cones) at the tips of the shoots.
Gypsywort
Lycopus europaeus
Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus) is a perennial herbaceous plant from the mint family (Lamiaceae), widely distributed throughout Europe, the Caucasus, and West Asia. It prefers to grow on banks, in reeds, and sedge stands on wet to flooded, nutrient-rich soils. The plant, 30 to 120 cm tall, forms opposite, deeply lobed leaves whose shape resembles a wolf's paw – hence the German and Latin names (Greek "lykos" = wolf, "pous" = foot). From July to September, small white, violet-dotted labiate flowers appear in the leaf axils, attracting numerous wild bees, hoverflies, and butterflies. The vigorous plant spreads rapidly via underground runners.
Red Spider Lily
Lycoris radiata
Lycoris radiata is a bulbous perennial from East Asia that sends up leafless stalks topped with fiery red, spidery flowers in early autumn. The strap-like leaves appear only after the blooms fade, persist through winter and spring, then vanish in early summer as the bulb goes dormant. All parts of the plant are highly toxic because of lycorine alkaloids.
Resurrection lily
Lycoris squamigera
Lycoris squamigera is a hardy bulb in the Amaryllidaceae family, prized for its surprising bloom cycle: strap-shaped, silvery-green leaves emerge in early spring, photosynthesize, and die back completely by early summer, leaving bare ground. Then, seemingly out of nowhere in late summer, leafless flower stalks shoot up and open into clusters of fragrant, rose-pink, trumpet-shaped blooms. All parts of the plant contain lycorine alkaloids and should be kept away from children and pets.
Climbing Fern
Lygodium venustum
Lygodium venustum, known as the climbing fern, is a climbing pteridophyte native to Central and South America, especially abundant in dry forests and disturbed areas from Mexico to Paraguay. Its delicate fronds wind around supports with natural elegance, forming curtains of bright green foliage. It is valued both as an ornamental plant and for its traditional medicinal use—prepared roots were used as an antivenom in indigenous communities in Nicaragua.
Fried Chicken Mushroom
Lyophyllum decastes
Lyophyllum decastes, commonly known as the Fried Chicken Mushroom, is an edible fungus that grows in dense clusters. It features a grayish-brown cap and resilient, cartilaginous flesh. It is frequently found along roadsides, in parks, and within deciduous forests, where it decomposes organic matter in the soil.
Loosestrife
Lysimachia
Lysimachia is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae, commonly known as loosestrifes. The genus encompasses around 180 species of annuals and perennials native to temperate regions across the Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity found in China. Species range from upright border perennials like Lysimachia punctata (dotted loosestrife) and Lysimachia vulgaris (yellow loosestrife) to ground-hugging creepers like Lysimachia nummularia (creeping Jenny). Flowers are typically five-petaled and appear in yellow, white, pink, or purple. Many species thrive in moist to wet environments, making them excellent choices for pond margins, rain gardens, and boggy areas.
Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia
Lysimachia nummularia, commonly known as Creeping Jenny, is a vigorous, low-growing perennial ground cover. It features small, rounded, lime-green to golden leaves that resemble coins, and produces bright yellow, cup-shaped flowers in the summer. It is highly valued for its ability to quickly cover ground in damp areas and its beautiful trailing habit in containers. It can also be grown submerged in aquariums.
Golden Creeping Jenny
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' is a golden-foliaged cultivar of the European Creeping Jenny, forming dense, low-growing mats of bright yellow-green to golden foliage. It is widely used as a ground cover, in bog gardens, along water features, and in hanging baskets.
Lantern Stinkhorn
Lysurus mokusin
Lysurus mokusin is a fascinating saprophytic fungus belonging to the Phallaceae family. It is distinguished by its erect, reddish or orange receptacle, which terminates in four to five 'arms' or ribs that join at the tip, giving it a lantern-like appearance. It produces a viscous, foul-smelling gleba (similar to decaying meat) at the top to attract flies, which then disperse its spores. Although not a plant, it frequently appears in gardens with organic mulch.
Loosestrife (genus)
Lythrum
Lythrum is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Lythraceae, found across wetlands, riverbanks, and marshy areas worldwide. The most well-known species, L. salicaria (purple loosestrife), produces dense spikes of rose-purple flowers in summer and is considered invasive in North America.
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Purple loosestrife is a wetland perennial native to Europe and Asia, prized for its tall, showy spikes of magenta-purple flowers that bloom through summer. It grows vigorously in moist meadows, marshes, and pond margins. WARNING: it is a highly invasive species in North American wetlands, where it forms dense monocultures that crowd out native vegetation — planting and sale are banned or restricted in many US states and Canadian provinces.
Wand Loosestrife
Lythrum virgatum
Lythrum virgatum is a herbaceous perennial in the loosestrife family (Lythraceae), native to Europe and western and central Asia. It is a close relative of purple loosestrife (L. salicaria) but smaller, hairless and with narrow leaves. It forms clumps of upright, four-angled stems 30 cm to 1 m tall and in summer bears open, leafy spikes of pink to purple flowers that bees visit often. The top dies back in winter and regrows in spring. It likes moist soil and even grows in shallow water. Several US states list it as a prohibited invasive plant, because it spreads by seed and stem fragments and crosses with L. salicaria.
Parasol leaf tree
Macaranga tanarius
Macaranga tanarius is a fast-growing pioneer tree belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family, native to Southeast Asia, southern China, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. It reaches between 4 and 15 meters in height in its natural habitat and is distinguished by its large, peltate, rounded leaves with a velvety texture, where the petiole is inserted near the center of the underside rather than the edge. It is a typical colonizing species of secondary forests, clearings, and disturbed land, hence its common name 'parasol tree'. It produces greenish-yellow flowers clustered in racemes that give way to three-celled prickly capsules containing black seeds.
Andean Blueberry
Macleania rupestris
The Andean blueberry is a woody shrub in the Ericaceae family, native to cloud forests and the Andean páramo at altitudes between 2,000 and 4,100 m, ranging from Venezuela and Colombia to Ecuador and northern Peru. It grows as an epiphyte on trees or directly on exposed rocky outcrops, with branches that can reach up to 2.5 m (occasionally 6 m when climbing). Its leaves are small, rigid, and thick, adapted to nutrient-poor soils. It produces tubular magenta flowers pollinated by hummingbirds, followed by rounded edible berries with sweet and juicy pulp.
Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera
Osage orange (Maclura pomifera) is a medium to large deciduous tree native to the river valleys of Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas. It is best known for its large, wrinkled, yellow-green fruit that resembles an orange but is inedible to humans. Historically planted as a thorny living fence before the invention of barbed wire, its extremely dense, durable wood was prized by Native American tribes for making bows -- earning it the name bois d'arc (wood of the bow).
Jewel Orchid
Macodes petola
Macodes petola, known as the jewel orchid, is a terrestrial orchid native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia—including Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, and the Ryukyu Islands. Unlike most orchids, it does not grow epiphytically on trees but directly on the moist soil of shaded swampy forests and riverbanks. Its leaves are dark green to velvety, featuring a striking network of gold and silver veins that resemble lightning bolts or veins of precious metal—hence its nickname 'jewel orchid.' The flowers are small, reddish-brown with a white lip, and appear rarely, usually in late fall or winter; however, the plant's primary attraction remains its foliage pattern rather than its blooms.
Parasol mushroom
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera, commonly known as the parasol mushroom, is one of the most delicious and highly valued edible mushrooms. It is characterized by a large, spreading cap with a distinct central bump (umbo) and brown scales, as well as a long, slender stem with a movable ring. It occurs naturally on forest edges, clearings, and in parks. Home cultivation is extremely difficult and is usually limited to inoculating mycelium in a garden setting.
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
Macrothelypteris torresiana is a large fern in the Thelypteridaceae family, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and Africa (including Madagascar and Mauritius). Its bi- to tripinnate fronds, featuring a soft texture and lacy appearance, can reach about 90 cm in length, forming dense and striking clumps. It reproduces via spores released from sori protected by C-shaped indusia, as well as spreading through creeping rhizomes. Introduced as an ornamental plant in various parts of the Americas, it is now considered an invasive species in several regions, including Brazil (listed by the Horus Institute), where it colonizes riparian forests, forest edges, and humid, shaded areas.
Burrawang
Macrozamia
Macrozamia is a genus of about 41 cycad species endemic to Australia, belonging to the ancient family Zamiaceae. Often called Burrawang or Zamia Palms, these living fossils have graced the Australian landscape for over 200 million years — long before flowering plants evolved. They form striking rosettes of glossy, dark-green pinnate fronds emerging from a stout trunk or subterranean caudex. Dioecious by nature, male and female cones are borne on separate plants. All parts of the plant are highly toxic if ingested raw, containing cycasin and macrozamin — powerful hepatotoxic and neurotoxic compounds.
Saucer Magnolia
Magnolia × soulangeana
The Saucer Magnolia is a deciduous hybrid tree, a cross between Magnolia denudata and Magnolia liliiflora, first bred in France around 1820 by Etienne Soulange-Bodin. It is celebrated for its large, cup-shaped flowers that appear in early spring before the leaves emerge, in shades of pink, purple, and white.
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia grandiflora, the Southern Magnolia or Bull Bay, is a majestic evergreen tree native to the southeastern United States. It is celebrated for its enormous creamy-white fragrant flowers up to 30 cm across, glossy dark green leaves with distinctive rust-colored undersides, and impressive stature reaching up to 24 meters tall.
Kobus Magnolia
Magnolia kobus
Kobus Magnolia (Magnolia kobus) is a deciduous flowering tree native to Japan and Korea, prized for its fragrant, cup-shaped white flowers that appear on bare branches in early spring before the leaves emerge. It grows into a pyramidal shape when young, maturing into a broad, rounded canopy 8-12m tall. Trees can take 15-25 years to reach full flowering maturity, but reward patient growers with a spectacular annual display.
Lily Magnolia
Magnolia liliiflora
Magnolia liliiflora, commonly known as Lily Magnolia or Mulan Magnolia, is a deciduous flowering shrub native to southwestern China (Sichuan and Yunnan). It grows as a bushy, multi-trunked shrub up to 4 meters tall, producing large, goblet-shaped pink-to-purple flowers with a light citrus fragrance in early spring, before its leaves emerge. It is one of the parent species behind the widely planted Saucer Magnolia hybrid.
Star Magnolia
Magnolia stellata
Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata) is a small, deciduous tree or large shrub native to Japan. Renowned for its stunning star-shaped white flowers that bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge, it is one of the first ornamental plants to bloom each season, creating a breathtaking display of delicate petals even in late winter conditions.
Sweetbay Magnolia
Magnolia virginiana
Sweetbay magnolia is a semi-evergreen to deciduous small tree native to wetlands and swampy woods of the eastern United States. It produces fragrant, lemon-scented creamy-white flowers from late spring through summer and glossy dark green leaves with silvery undersides that shimmer in the breeze.
Beale's Barberry
Mahonia bealei
Beale's barberry (Mahonia bealei, syn. Berberis bealei) is a stiffly upright, evergreen shrub native to China, prized for its bold, leathery, holly-like leaflets and fragrant, lemon-yellow flower spikes that open in winter and early spring. The blooms are followed in summer by dusty blue-black, grape-like berries. Once a popular shade-garden ornamental in the West, it has escaped cultivation and naturalized throughout much of the southeastern United States, where it is now classified as an invasive species: it tolerates deep shade, spreads readily by bird-dispersed seed, and can form dense thickets that crowd out native understory plants. Gardeners in that region are generally advised to avoid planting it and to choose a native alternative instead.
Soft Caress Mahonia
Mahonia eurybracteata
Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress' is an evergreen ornamental shrub native to China, known for its soft, thornless, narrow leaves that grow in rosettes and resemble ferns. From late summer to early spring, it blooms with lemon-yellow, sweetly scented flower spikes, which are later followed by blue berries that birds enjoy. The shrub has a compact, upright growth habit and rarely exceeds one meter in height, making it suitable as a groundcover or a specimen plant in shade gardens.
False Lily of the Valley
Maianthemum
Maianthemum is a genus of 35+ rhizomatous woodland perennials in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae), native across North America, Europe, and East Asia. This is a GENUS-level profile covering multiple species -- including M. racemosum (False Solomon's Seal, North America) and M. bifolium (May Lily, Europe/Asia) -- rather than a single species. Plants spread slowly into colonies via thick creeping rhizomes, bearing heart-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and clusters of small white star-shaped flowers followed by red berries in fall.
Copper Ice Plant
Malephora crocea
Malephora crocea is a low-growing, evergreen succulent groundcover from the Aizoaceae family, native to South Africa. Its fleshy, triangular leaves range in color from grayish-green to reddish, turning a distinct copper-red during periods of drought. From spring to fall, it produces multi-petaled flowers in shades of yellow, orange, or red that only fully open in bright sunlight. Its woody, trailing stems root wherever they touch the ground, forming a dense, spreading carpet.
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