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Sweet Granadilla
Passiflora ligularis
Evergreen climbing vine native to the Andes of South America, with stems up to 5 m long that cling by coiling tendrils. It bears white flowers, sometimes tinged with pink or violet, and orange-yellow fruits with a sweet, perfumed, translucent pulp. It flowers year-round and does best in warm, humid, mountain climates.
Corkystem Passion Vine
Passiflora pallida
Passiflora pallida, commonly known as the Corkystem Passion Vine, is a fast-growing perennial vine native to Florida, the Caribbean, and southern USA. It is named for the distinctive cork-like texture its stems develop with age. It produces delicate white flowers nearly year-round in tropical climates and is highly valued as a host plant for Gulf Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, and Julia butterflies.
Passion Flower
Passiflora sp
Passiflora sp (Passion Flower) is a vigorous tropical vine native to Brazil and South America, belonging to the Passifloraceae family. Famous for its stunning and intricate flowers featuring colorful filaments in purple, white and blue, it is one of the most exotic and captivating plants in the tropical flora. Many species also produce delicious edible fruits and have recognized medicinal properties.
Banana Poka
Passiflora tarminiana
Passiflora tarminiana, commonly known as Banana Poka or banana passionfruit, is a vigorous climbing vine native to the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. It produces striking pink tubular flowers and elongated, aromatic fruits widely used in juices and desserts. Due to its rapid growth, it has become an invasive species in Hawaii and other tropical regions.
Parsnip
Pastinaca sativa
Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a biennial root vegetable from the Apiaceae family, native to Eurasia. Resembling a carrot in shape but with a creamy-white colour, it produces a sweet and nutritious taproot in its first growing season. It is primarily cultivated for its edible root, which becomes noticeably sweeter after exposure to frost. Parsnip has been a staple of European cuisine for centuries and is highly valued for both culinary and historical significance.
Brazilwood
Paubrasilia echinata
Brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata) is a medium to large-sized tree, native to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, belonging to the Fabaceae family and the monotypic genus Paubrasilia. It can reach between 10 and 20 meters in height, with a straight trunk covered in prickles and grayish bark that peels off in plates, revealing the reddish heartwood that gave rise to the country's name. Its leaves are bipinnate, and its broad, semi-deciduous canopy produces very fragrant yellow flowers with a central red petal, blooming between spring and summer. It is the national tree of Brazil, officially declared in 1978, and is currently critically endangered due to the historical exploitation of its wood.
Guarana
Paullinia
Paullinia is a genus of woody climbing vines (lianas) in the Sapindaceae family, native to the tropical rainforests of South America, especially the Amazon. The most well-known species of the genus is guarana (Paullinia cupana), cultivated for centuries by indigenous peoples, particularly the Sateré-Mawé, for its caffeine-rich seeds. Plants in this genus feature glossy compound leaves, tendrils that assist in climbing supports and trees, and small whitish flowers clustered in inflorescences. The fruits are capsules that, when ripe, split open to expose dark seeds surrounded by a white aril—features that resemble an eye, which is the origin of the indigenous legend regarding the creation of guarana.
Empress Tree / Princess Tree (genus)
Paulownia
Paulownia is a genus of fast-growing deciduous trees native to China and East Asia. Famous for their stunning lavender-purple flower clusters that appear before the leaves in spring, they are widely planted as ornamentals but considered invasive in many regions outside their native range.
Empress Tree
Paulownia tomentosa
Paulownia tomentosa, known as the Empress Tree or Princess Tree, is an extraordinarily fast-growing deciduous tree native to central and eastern China. It produces stunning clusters of fragrant lavender-purple foxglove-like flowers in early spring before the leaves emerge, making it one of the most visually dramatic ornamental trees in the world.
Pavonia (genus)
Pavonia
Pavonia is a genus of about 150 to 300 species of shrubs, subshrubs and herbs in the mallow family (Malvaceae), close relatives of hibiscus, found across the tropics and subtropics of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Their flowers look like small hibiscus blooms in pink, white, yellow or red; botanically they differ from hibiscus in having a style with 10 branches instead of 5. Garden species include Pavonia multiflora and its hybrid P. × gledhillii (Brazilian candles), a shrub to 2.5 m with red bracts around candle-like purple flowers; P. hastata (spearleaf swampmallow), with pale pink, red-centred flowers; the Texan P. lasiopetala (rock rose), with pink blooms; and South Africa's P. praemorsa, with lemon-yellow flowers. Many bloom almost all year in warm climates, each flower usually lasting a single day.
Texas swampmallow
Pavonia lasiopetala
Pavonia lasiopetala, commonly known as Texas Rock Rose, is a small, woody perennial shrub native to the dry, rocky regions of Texas and Northern Mexico. It is highly valued for its resilience and prolific blooming cycle. The plant produces charming, deep pink, five-petaled flowers that resemble miniature hibiscus, set against fuzzy, heart-shaped, dark green leaves. It is a staple in xeriscaping and pollinator gardens, as it is exceptionally heat-tolerant and attracts hummingbirds and butterflies throughout the warmer months.
Brown roll-rim
Paxillus involutus
Paxillus involutus, commonly known as the brown roll-rim or inrolled pax, is a species of fungus in the Paxillaceae family. It is characterized by a funnel-shaped, brown cap with a strongly inrolled margin that darkens when touched. It is a mycorrhizal fungus, living in symbiosis with many species of both deciduous and coniferous trees.
Devil's Backbone
Pedilanthus tithymaloides
Pedilanthus tithymaloides, commonly known as Devil's Backbone, is a striking succulent-like shrub from tropical America. Its most distinctive feature is the zigzag stem pattern that gives it several of its common names. The plant produces small, bird-shaped red or pink flowers and features fleshy, often variegated leaves.
Devil's Backbone
Pedilanthus tithymaloides 'Variegatus'
A fascinating shrubby succulent plant, known for its stems that grow in a distinct zig-zag pattern. The 'Variegatus' variety features oval leaves with white or cream margins that can take on pinkish tones when exposed to intense light or cooler temperatures. Its flowers have a peculiar shape resembling a small slipper, which gave rise to many of its common names.
Geranium
Pelargonium
Pelargonium, commonly known as Geranium or Storksbill, is a genus of over 280 species of flowering plants native to South Africa. Celebrated for their vibrant blooms in shades of red, pink, white, purple, and orange, they are among the most popular garden and container plants worldwide. The genus includes ornamental, aromatic, and medicinal varieties, many of which are used in perfumery and herbal remedies.
Regal Geranium
Pelargonium × domesticum
Pelargonium × domesticum, commonly known as the regal or Martha Washington geranium, is a hybrid pelargonium prized for its large, ruffled, azalea-like blooms in shades of white, pink, red, purple and burgundy, often with dark blotches. Unlike its zonal cousins, it needs cool nights to set flower buds and struggles in prolonged heat and humidity, making it a classic cool-season patio and greenhouse plant.
Zonal Geranium
Pelargonium × hortorum
Pelargonium hortorum, commonly known as Zonal Geranium or Horseshoe Geranium, is one of the most popular flowering plants in gardens and containers worldwide. Native to South Africa, it is a hybrid derived from Pelargonium zonale and P. inquinans. Its distinctive rounded leaves feature a darker horseshoe-shaped band, and it produces prolific clusters of flowers in vibrant shades of red, pink, orange, white, and purple from spring through fall.
Garden Geranium
Pelargonium × hybridum
Garden Geranium (Pelargonium × hybridum) is a hybrid ornamental plant originating from a cross between Pelargonium zonale and Pelargonium inquinans. Widely grown in pots, garden beds, and balconies, it is prized for its abundant and colorful blooms throughout spring, summer, and fall. Flowers range from red, pink, white to salmon, making it one of the most popular plants for outdoor decoration worldwide.
Hooded-leaf Pelargonium
Pelargonium cucullatum
Pelargonium cucullatum is a tall, sprawling evergreen shrub native to the sandy and granite slopes of the Cape fynbos in South Africa, growing over 2 m tall. Its rounded, cupped, hairy leaves give the species its name, and it produces masses of pink to mauve or white flowers with striking purple veining from spring into summer. It is the parent species of countless modern pelargonium hybrids grown worldwide.
Regal Storksbill
Pelargonium grandiflorum
Pelargonium grandiflorum, commonly known as the Regal Pelargonium or Regal Storksbill, is an ornamental plant native to the Cape region of South Africa. It stands out for its large, showy flowers in shades of white, pink, red, and purple, often featuring distinctive dark markings on the upper petals. It is one of the most elegant species in the Pelargonium genus, widely grown in pots and temperate gardens.
Rose Geranium
Pelargonium graveolens
Pelargonium graveolens, commonly known as rose geranium, is a fragrant subshrub native to South Africa. Its deeply lobed, velvety leaves release a strong rose-like scent when touched, and it produces small pink to purple flowers in spring and summer. Widely cultivated for its essential oil used in perfumery and aromatherapy, it is also a popular ornamental and culinary herb.
Zonal Geranium
Pelargonium hortorum
The zonal geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) is a popular perennial subshrub prized for its rounded leaves marked with a distinctive dark horseshoe-shaped "zone" and its long-lasting clusters of red, pink, salmon, or white flowers. Widely used in garden beds, containers, and window boxes, it is heat-tolerant and blooms from spring through fall.
Scarlet Geranium
Pelargonium inquinans
Pelargonium inquinans is a soft, woody shrub native to the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa, where it grows along coastal scrub and clay-soil margins. It forms a rounded bush up to 2 m tall, with velvety, orbicular leaves that leave a brown stain on the fingers when touched, the source of its Latin name inquinans, meaning to soil. Clusters of 5 to 30 bright scarlet-red flowers, occasionally pink, salmon or white, appear almost year-round. Introduced to Europe in the early 1700s, it is one of the two wild ancestors, alongside Pelargonium zonale, of the modern zonal geraniums grown in gardens worldwide.
Myrrh-leaved Pelargonium
Pelargonium myrrhifolium
Pelargonium myrrhifolium is a slow-growing subshrub native to the Western Cape of South Africa. It is prized for its finely divided, fern-like leaves that release a soft myrrh-like fragrance when touched, and for its delicate white, pink, and red flowers that bloom from spring through summer.
Apple geranium
Pelargonium odoratissimum
Pelargonium odoratissimum is a small pelargonium in the family Geraniaceae, native to South Africa, where it grows in forest undergrowth and under rock ledges. It forms a low mound, rarely over 30 cm tall, with flowering stems that trail out to about 60 cm. The leaves are round, light green, soft and finely hairy, and give off a strong apple scent when touched. The small flowers are white to pale pink, with red veins on the two upper petals, in clusters of 3 to 10 in spring and summer. It is a different plant from rose or lemon geranium (Pelargonium graveolens).
Ivy Geranium
Pelargonium peltatum
Pelargonium peltatum, commonly known as Ivy Geranium, is a trailing and cascading flowering plant native to the coastal cliffs and rocky slopes of South Africa. Its ivy-shaped, glossy leaves and abundant blooms in shades of pink, white, red, lavender, salmon, and burgundy make it one of the most beloved plants for hanging baskets, window boxes, and balcony gardens. It blooms profusely from spring through fall, rewarding gardeners with months of continuous color.
Oak-leaved Geranium
Pelargonium quercifolium
The oak-leaved geranium (Pelargonium quercifolium) is a densely branching evergreen shrub native to South Africa, named for its deeply lobed, oak-shaped leaves. The sticky, aromatic foliage releases a resinous scent when touched, with fragrance notes that vary by cultivar from balsam to mint. In late spring and summer it produces small pink flowers with darker purple markings, held in umbels above the foliage.
Rasp-leaf pelargonium
Pelargonium radens
Pelargonium radens is an aromatic, evergreen shrub native to the southern and eastern Cape of South Africa, where it grows in ravines and among mountainside shrubs. It forms a closely branched shrub up to 1.5 m tall, with deeply divided, gray-green triangular leaves that release a strong rose-lemon fragrance when bruised, and clusters of small pale purple to pink flowers with deep purple markings that bloom from summer into fall. It is one of the parent species behind many rose-scented pelargonium hybrids grown for essential oil.
Currant-leaved Pelargonium
Pelargonium ribifolium
Pelargonium ribifolium is a much-branched, evergreen shrub native to the southern Western and Eastern Cape of South Africa, where it is more common along the margins of streams and other consistently moist habitats. Reaching up to 2 m in height and around 1 m in spread, it forms an erect, woody-based shrub with softly hairy, aromatic, three-lobed leaves reminiscent of currant (Ribes) foliage - the origin of its species epithet ribifolium. Small white flowers, roughly 20 mm across and marked with red veining on the two upper petals, appear intermittently through the year with a peak flush from September to November (Southern Hemisphere spring). Unlike many of its Cape relatives that demand full baking sun, this species is notably adaptable, thriving in full sun near water as well as in partially or fully shaded understorey positions. In cultivation it makes an attractive, low-maintenance garden shrub for moist, humus-rich beds or large containers, and propagates readily from softwood or semi-ripe cuttings.
Horseshoe Geranium
Pelargonium zonale
Pelargonium zonale, commonly known as the Horseshoe Geranium or Zonal Geranium, is the most popular and widely grown "geranium" in the world — though it is not a true Geranium at all, but belongs to the genus Pelargonium in the family Geraniaceae. Native to South Africa, it is prized for its distinctive horseshoe-shaped darker zone on its rounded leaves and its prolific clusters of red, pink, white, salmon, or magenta flowers that bloom from spring through fall. It thrives in full sun and tolerates drought well, making it ideal for pots, balconies, window boxes, and garden beds.
Hatchet Cactus
Pelecyphora
Pelecyphora is a genus of small, slow-growing Mexican cacti in the family Cactaceae, prized by collectors worldwide. Characterized by distinctive flattened tubercles resembling axe heads or woodlice, the most well-known species P. aselliformis (peyotillo) is native to San Luis Potosí, Mexico, and produces violet-red flowers in spring and summer. Both P. aselliformis and P. strobiliformis are listed on CITES Appendix I, making international trade strictly regulated.
Button Fern
Pellaea rotundifolia
Pellaea rotundifolia is a compact, evergreen fern native to New Zealand and Australia, prized for its distinctive round, button-like leaflets arranged along dark, wiry stems. Unlike many ferns, it tolerates lower humidity and is remarkably drought-resistant, making it an excellent low-maintenance houseplant. It received the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
Trailing Watermelon Begonia
Pellionia repens
Trailing Watermelon Begonia (Pellionia repens, synonym Elatostema repens) is a small perennial indoor plant from the Urticaceae family, native to Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Malaysia. It reaches a height of only about 6 inches, but its prostrate to trailing stems can spread up to 24 inches wide. The oval leaves are olive green with darker, purplish or brown markings that resemble the rind of a watermelon, which is why it is commonly called the Watermelon Begonia. The tiny greenish-white flowers are inconspicuous and hold little ornamental value. It is well-suited for hanging baskets, terrariums, and as a groundcover in warm, humid environments. It is considered non-toxic to cats, dogs, and humans.
Arrow Arum
Peltandra
Peltandra is a genus of aquatic and wetland perennials in the arum family (Araceae), native to marshes, swamps, and pond edges of eastern North America. This profile covers the genus as a whole (most commonly represented by Peltandra virginica, green arrow arum) rather than a single species, since all members share the same emergent, bog-loving growth habit, arrow-shaped leaves, and calcium-oxalate toxicity. Grown submerged or in permanently saturated soil, Peltandra forms dense clumps of glossy, sagittate leaves topped by greenish-white spadix flowers in spring, followed by berry clusters that mature underwater.
Green Arrow Arum
Peltandra virginica
Green arrow arum is an emergent perennial native to freshwater wetlands, marshes, and pond margins of eastern North America. It forms clumps of glossy, arrowhead-shaped leaves rising from thick rhizomes, with greenish-white flowers borne on a spadix wrapped in a pale green spathe in spring. The plant grows rooted in mud under shallow standing water and is a key food source for waterfowl, muskrats, and other wetland wildlife.
felt lichen
Peltigera
Peltigera, commonly known as felt lichen, is a genus of approximately 100 species of foliose lichens. They are characterized by large, leaf-like thalli that often have a fuzzy or 'felt-like' lower surface. These lichens form a symbiotic relationship between a fungus and a cyanobacterium (usually Nostoc), which allows them to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, making them vital for forest ecosystem health.
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