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LamiaceaeLamiaceaeThe mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
- Agastache foeniculumAgastache foeniculumAgastache foeniculum , commonly called anise hyssop, is a species of perennial plant in the mint family,...
— blue giant-hyssop - Agastache nepetoides — yellow giant-hyssop
- Agastache urticifoliaAgastache urticifoliaAgastache urticifolia is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name nettle-leaf giant hyssop. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in many habitat types...
— nettleleaf giant-hyssop - Blephilia ciliata — downy woodmint
- Blephilia hirsuta — hairy woodmint
- Clinopodium arkansanum — low calamint
- Clinopodium douglasii — Douglas' savoury
- Clinopodium vulgare — field basil
- Collinsonia canadensisCollinsonia canadensisCollinsonia canadensis is a perennial medicinal herb in the mint family. Common names include Canada Horsebalm, Richweed, Hardhack, Heal-All, Horseweed, Ox-Balm and Stone root. It is native to eastern North America from Quebec south to Florida and as far west as Missouri, although it is mainly...
— Canada horsebalm - Dracocephalum parviflorum — American dragonhead
- Hedeoma hispida — rough false pennyroyal
- Hedeoma pulegioidesHedeoma pulegioidesHedeoma pulegioides is a species of Hedeoma native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia and southern Ontario west to Minnesota and South Dakota, and south to northern Georgia and Arkansas.It is a low-growing, strongly aromatic herbaceous annual plant from 15–30 cm tall, with a slender erect...
— American false pennyroyal - Lycopus americanusLycopus americanusLycopus americanus, common names Water horehound or American bugleweed, is a member of the genus Lycopus.It blooms in late summer and is found in much of North America.-Medicinal plant:...
— American bugleweed - Lycopus asperLycopus asperLycopus asper is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name rough bugleweed. It is native to much of North America, where it can be found most often in moist areas, such as the soil near lakes. This is a perennial herb growing from a rhizome with thick, knobby tips...
— rough bugleweed - Lycopus laurentianus — St. Lawrence water-horehound
- Lycopus rubellus — taperleaf bugleweed
- Lycopus uniflorusLycopus uniflorusLycopus uniflorus is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name northern bugleweed. It is native to much of North America, where it can be found most often in moist areas, such as marshes. This is a perennial herb growing from a slender rhizome with thickened,...
— northern bugleweed - Lycopus virginicus — Virginia bugleweed
- Lycopus x sherardii
- Mentha arvensisMentha arvensisMentha arvensis is a species of mint with a circumboreal distribution. It is native to the temperate regions of Europe and western and central Asia, east to the Himalaya and eastern Siberia, and North America.It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 10–60 cm tall...
— corn mint - Mentha canadensisMentha canadensisMentha canadensis is a species of mint. The flowers are bluish or a slight violet tint. The plant is upright about to tall. Leaves grow opposite from each other, and flower bunches appear at the upper leaf axil. The mint grows in wet areas but not directly in water, so it will be found near...
— Canadian mint - Monarda didymaMonarda didymaMonarda didyma is an aromatic herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to eastern North America from Maine west to Ohio and south to northern Georgia. Its name is derived from its odor, which is considered similar to that of the bergamot orange...
— Oswego-tea - Monarda fistulosaMonarda fistulosaWild bergamot or Bee Balm is a wildflower in the mint family widespread and abundant as a native plant in much of North America. This plant, with showy summer-blooming white flowers, is often used as a honey plant, medicinal plant, and garden ornamental...
— wild bergamot beebalm - Monarda media — purple bergamot
- Monarda punctataMonarda punctataMonarda punctata is a herbaceous plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to the United States and northeastern Mexico. Common names include Spotted Beebalm and Horsemint....
— spotted beebalm - Monardella odoratissimaMonardella odoratissimaMonardella odoratissima is a perennial flowering plant which grows in mountain forests and sagebrush scrub. It is a member of the Lamiaceae, or mint family. It has the minty odor characteristic of this family.-Distribution:Monardella odoratissima is found in montane forests above 600 m...
— mountain wildmint - Physostegia ledinghamii — Ledingham's physostegia
- Physostegia parviflora — purple dragonhead
- Physostegia virginianaPhysostegia virginianaPhysostegia virginiana is a herbaceous perennial plant. Obedient Plant can grow up to 1.2m tall. The flowers are on swivels that can be bent right or left on the stem, giving rise to the common name. The plants bloom in late July to October...
— false dragonhead - Prunella vulgarisPrunella vulgarisPrunella vulgaris, known as common selfheal, heal-all, heart-of-the-earth, is a medicinal plant in the genus Prunella. It grows 5 to 30 cms high , with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at leaf axis...
— self-heal - Pycnanthemum incanumPycnanthemum incanumPycnanthemum incanum is a herbaceous perennial in the mint family, native to North America. It is listed as an endangered species in Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as in Ontario, where there are only two remaining populations located within a single stretch of oak savanna in Burlington...
— hoary mountainmint - Pycnanthemum tenuifoliumPycnanthemum tenuifoliumPycnanthemum tenuifolium is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.Many authors believed that the name Pycnanthemum flexuosum refers to this plant, but this does not appear to be correct....
— slender mountainmint - Pycnanthemum verticillatum — whorled mountainmint
- Scutellaria angustifolia — narrowleaf skullcap
- Scutellaria galericulataScutellaria galericulataCommon Skullcap , also known as Marsh Skullcap or Hooded Skullcap, is a hardy perennial herb native to northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe, Asia, and much of North America. It is a member of the mint family...
— hooded skullcap - Scutellaria laterifloraScutellaria laterifloraScutellaria lateriflora, also known as Blue Skullcap, Hoodwort, Virginian Skullcap, Mad-dog Skullcap is a hardy perennial herb native to North America. It is a member of the mint family. It has an upright habit, growing 60 to 80 centimeters in maximum height. It is a wetland-loving species and...
— mad-dog skullcap - Scutellaria nervosa — veined skullcap
- Scutellaria parvula — small skullcap
- Scutellaria x churchilliana — Churchill's skullcap
- Stachys chamissonisStachys chamissonisStachys chamissonis is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name coastal hedgenettle. It is native to the west coast of North America, where it grows in moist coastal habitat from Alaska to central California. This mint produces an erect stem well over one meter in...
— coastal hedge-nettle - Stachys mexicana — Mexican hedge-nettle
- Stachys palustrisStachys palustrisStachys palustris, commonly known as Marsh Woundwort or Marsh Hedgenettle, is an edible perennial grassland herb growing to 80 centimeters tall. It is native to parts of Eurasia.-External links:**...
— marsh hedge-nettle - Stachys pilosa — hairy hedge-nettle
- Stachys tenuifolia — smooth hedge-nettle
- Teucrium canadense — American germander
- Trichostema brachiatum — false pennyroyal
- Trichostema dichotomumTrichostema dichotomumTrichostema dichotomum is a plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. Trichostema dichotomum is an annual herbaceous forb with opposite, simple leaves, and square, erect, hairy stems. The flowers are blue, borne in late summer....
— forked bluecurls - Trichostema oblongumTrichostema oblongumTrichostema oblongum is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name oblong bluecurls. It is native to the northwestern United States from northern California to Idaho to Washington, its distribution extending north into British Columbia. Its habitat includes meadows and...
— mountain bluecurls
LauraceaeLauraceaeThe Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the order Laurales. The family contains about 55 genera and over 3500, perhaps as many as 4000, species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America...
- Lindera benzoinLindera benzoinLindera benzoin is a flowering plant in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern North America, ranging from Maine to Ontario in the north, and to Kansas, Texas and northern Florida in the south.-Characteristics:Spicebush is a medium-sized deciduous shrub growing to 5 m...
— spicebush
- Sassafras albidumSassafras albidumSassafras albidum is a species of Sassafras native to eastern North America, from southern Maine and southern Ontario west to Iowa, and south to central Florida and eastern Texas. It occurs throughout the eastern deciduous forest habitat type, at altitudes of sea level up to 1,500 m...
— sassafras
LejeuneaceaeLejeuneaceaeLejeuneaceae is the largest family of liverworts. It is also considered as the most evolved one, since most of its members are epiphytes, which means the grow mainly upon tree trunks....
- Cololejeunea biddlecomiae
- Cololejeunea macounii
- Lejeunea alaskana
- Lejeunea cavifolia
Lemnaceae
- Lemna minorLemna minorLemna minor is a species of Lemna with a subcosmopolitan distribution, native throughout most of Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, occurring everywhere that freshwater ponds and slow-moving streams occur, except for arctic and subarctic climates...
— lesser duckweed - Lemna trisulcaLemna trisulcaLemna trisulca L. is a species of aquatic plants in the genus Lemna with a subcosmopolitan distribution, occurring in quiet freshwater habitats in cool temperate regions. L. trisulca normally doesn't occur in warm temperate regions...
— star duckweed - Lemna turionifera — turion duckweed
- Spirodela polyrrhizaSpirodela polyrrhizaSpirodela polyrrhiza is a species of duckweed known by the common names greater duckweed, common duckmeat, and duckmeal. It can be found nearly worldwide in many types of freshwater habitat. It is a perennial aquatic plant usually growing in dense colonies, forming a mat on the water surface...
— common water-flaxseed
- Wolffia arrhizaWolffia arrhizaWolffia arrhiza is a species of flowering plant known by the common names spotless watermeal and rootless duckweed, belonging to the Araceae, a family rich in water-loving species, such as Arum and Pistia. It is the smallest vascular plant on Earth...
— spotless water-flaxseed - Wolffia borealisWolffia borealisWolffia borealis is a species of flowering plant known by the common name northern watermeal. It is native to North America including sections of Canada and the United States. It grows in mats on the surface of calm water bodies, such as ponds. It is a very tiny plant with no leaves, stems, or roots...
— dotted watermeal - Wolffia brasiliensisWolffia brasiliensisWolffia brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Brazilian watermeal. It is native to North and South America, where it grows in mats on the surface of calm water bodies, such as ponds. It is a very tiny plant with no leaves, stems, or roots...
— pointed watermeal - Wolffia columbianaWolffia columbianaWolffia columbiana is a perennial aquatic plant in the Duckweed family . This plant is distributed widely throughout North, Central, and South America, and also occurs in Curaçao....
— Columbian watermeal
LentibulariaceaeLentibulariaceaeLentibulariaceae is a family of carnivorous plants containing three genera, Genlisea, the corkscrew plants, Pinguicula, the butterworts, and Utricularia, the bladderworts....
- Pinguicula macroceras — California butterwort
- Pinguicula villosa — hairy butterwort
- Pinguicula vulgarisPinguicula vulgarisPinguicula vulgaris, the Common butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the Lentibulariaceae family. It grows to a height of 3–16 cm, and is topped with a purple, and occasionally white, flower that is 15 mm or longer, and shaped like a funnel. This butterwort grows in damp...
— common butterwort - Utricularia cornutaUtricularia cornutaUtricularia cornuta, the horned bladderwort, is a small to medium sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. cornuta is endemic to North America and can be found in the Bahamas, Cuba, Canada, and the United States...
— horned bladderwort - Utricularia geminiscapaUtricularia geminiscapaUtricularia geminiscapa, the hiddenfruit bladderwort, is a perennial, medium-sized species of aquatic bladderwort. This species occurs naturally in the northeastern USA and Canada with one record from British Columbia in Western Canada...
— hidden-fruit bladderwort - Utricularia gibbaUtricularia gibbaUtricularia gibba, commonly known as the humped or floating bladderwort, is a small, mat forming species of aquatic bladderwort...
— humped bladderwort - Utricularia intermediaUtricularia intermediaUtricularia intermedia, the flatleaf bladderwort, is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate but it can also survive suspended in a body of water. U. intermedia is a circumboreal species and is found in North America,...
— flatleaf bladderwort
- Utricularia macrorhizaUtricularia macrorhizaUtricularia macrorhiza, the common bladderwort, is a large, perennial suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. macrorhiza is native to North America and eastern temperate Asia.-External links:*...
— greater bladderwort - Utricularia minorUtricularia minorUtricularia minor, the lesser bladderwort, is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate but it can also survive suspended in a body of water. U. minor is a circumboreal species and is found in North America, Asia, and...
— lesser bladderwort - Utricularia ochroleucaUtricularia ochroleucaUtricularia ochroleuca, the yellowishwhite bladderwort, is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate. U. ochroleuca is a circumboreal species and is found in North America, Asia, and Europe....
— northern bladderwort - Utricularia purpureaUtricularia purpureaUtricularia purpurea, the eastern purple bladderwort, is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. purpurea is endemic to North and Central America. It has been suggested that U. purpurea may have partially lost its appetite for carnivory...
— purple bladderwort - Utricularia radiataUtricularia radiataUtricularia radiata, the little floating bladderwort, is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. radiata is endemic to North America....
— small swollen bladderwort - Utricularia resupinataUtricularia resupinataUtricularia resupinata, the lavender bladderwort or northeastern bladderwort, is a small perennial affixed subaquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is native to eastern Canada, United States, and Central America...
— northeastern bladderwort - Utricularia subulataUtricularia subulataUtricularia subulata, the zigzag bladderwort, is a small annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is the most widely distributed species in the genus, being almost pantropical....
— zigzag bladderwort
LepidoziaceaeLepidoziaceaeA family of leafy liverworts. It is a group of small plants that are widely distributed.Most of the species of this family are found in tropical regions.The main characteristics of the family:1. Oil bodies are small and unsegmented....
- Bazzania ambigua
- Bazzania denudata — bazzania lichen
- Bazzania pearsonii
- Bazzania tricrenata
- Bazzania trilobata — three-lobed bazzania
- Kurzia pauciflora
- Kurzia setacea
- Kurzia sylvatica
- Lepidozia filamentosa
- Lepidozia reptans
- Lepidozia sandvicensis
Leskeaceae
- Bryohaplocladium microphyllum
- Bryohaplocladium virginianum
- Claopodium bolanderi
- Claopodium crispifolium
- Claopodium pellucinerve
- Claopodium whippleanum
- Lescuraea saxicola
- Leskea gracilescens
- Leskea obscura
- Leskea polycarpa
- Leskeella nervosa
- Lindbergia brachyptera — Lindberg's maple-moss
- Pseudoleskea atricha
- Pseudoleskea baileyi
- Pseudoleskea incurvata
- Pseudoleskea julacea
- Pseudoleskea patens
- Pseudoleskea radicosa
- Pseudoleskea stenophylla
- Pseudoleskeella sibirica
- Pseudoleskeella tectorum
Leucodontaceae
- Alsia californica
- Antitrichia californica
- Antitrichia curtipendula
- Dendroalsia abietina
- Leucodon brachypus
- Leucodon julaceus
LiliaceaeLiliaceaeThe Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...
- Aletris farinosa — white-tubed colicroot
- Allium acuminatumAllium acuminatumAllium acuminatum, also known as the tapertip onion or Hooker's onion, a species in the genus Allium and is native to the Western United States and Canada. Its bulbs are small and spherical and smell like onions.Turner, Nancy J...
— tapertip onion - Allium amplectensAllium amplectensAllium amplectens is a species of wild onion known by the common name narrowleaf onion. It is native to western North America where it grows in woods and especially in clay and serpentine soils. It grows from a pinkish-brown bulb and sends up a naked green stem topped with an inflorescence. When...
— paper onion - Allium burdickiiAllium burdickiiAllium burdickii is a plant that is native to fertile soils of woods in North America. The onion flavored bulbs and leaves of this plant are edible....
— narrowleaf wild leek - Allium canadenseAllium canadenseWild onion , also known as Canada onion, wild garlic, meadow garlic, and Canadian garlic, is a perennial plant native to North America. It has an edible bulb covered with a dense skin of brown fibers and tastes like an onion. The plant also has strong, onion-like odor...
— meadow onion - Allium cernuumAllium cernuumAllium cernuum, known as nodding onion and lady's leek, is a perennial plant in the genus Allium.It has an unsheathed slender conic bulb which gradually tapers directly into several keeled grass-like leaves . Each mature bulb bears a single flowering stem, which terminates in a downward nodding...
— nodding onion - Allium crenulatum — Olympic onion
- Allium geyeri — Geyer's onion
- Allium schoenoprasum — wild chives
- Allium stellatumAllium stellatumAllium stellatum is a perennial wild onion native to North America, where it grows in rocky, sandy soil. It grows from a bulb to about 1-2 feet with tufts of leaves which die back as the scape of pink to purple flowers forms...
— glade onion - Allium textileAllium textileAllium textile is a common species of wild onion found in the central states of North America....
— white wild onion - Allium tricoccum — small white leek
- Allium validumAllium validumAllium validum, known by several common names including swamp onion, wild onion, Pacific onion, and Pacific mountain onion, has been previously classified as a member of the lily family, Liliaceae; however, it is now thought to be in the Alliaceae...
— tall swamp onion - Brodiaea coronariaBrodiaea coronariaBrodiaea coronaria is the type species of Brodiaea and also known by the common name crown brodiaea. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in mountains and grasslands.-Description:...
— harvest firecracker-flower - Calochortus apiculatus — Baker's mariposa lily
- Calochortus lyallii — Lyall's mariposa lily
- Calochortus macrocarpusCalochortus macrocarpusCalochortus macrocarpus, also known as sagebrush mariposa lily, occurs in northwestern United States and a small part of southern British Columbia. The leaves are blue-green and grass-like. The flowers are large, bloom in June, are three-petaled, and are pink and purple. The bulbs are tapering,...
— greenband mariposa lily - Camassia leichtlinii — Leichtlin's camassia
- Camassia quamash — common camassia
- Camassia scilloidesCamassia scilloidesCamassia scilloides is a perennial herb also known as the Atlantic camas and Southern Wild Hyacinth. It is native to the eastern half of North America...
— wild hyacinth - Chamaelirium luteum — Devil's-bit
- Clintonia borealis — blue bead-lily
- Clintonia unifloraClintonia unifloraClintonia uniflora is a species of flowering plant in the lily family known by several common names, including bride's bonnet and queen's cup. This rhizomatous perennial, a member of the bead lily genus, is native to the mountains of western North America from California to Alberta. It grows in the...
— single-flowered clintonia - Erythronium albidumErythronium albidumErythronium albidum is a small herbaceous flowering plant in the Liliaceae, native to eastern North America, from southern Quebec and southern Manitoba south to Georgia and Texas....
— white trout-lily - Erythronium americanumErythronium americanumErythronium americanum is a herbaceous flowering plant in the family Liliaceae. The common name "Trout lily" arises from the appearance of its mottled, colored leaves which allegedly resemble the coloring of brook trout. It blooms in early spring with yellow flowers tinged with red...
— yellow trout-lily - Erythronium grandiflorumErythronium grandiflorumErythronium grandiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by several common names, including yellow avalanche lily, glacier lily, and dogtooth fawn lily....
— largeflower yellow fawnlily - Erythronium montanumErythronium montanumErythronium montanum is a member of the lily family native to coastal British Columbia and the alpine and subalpine Olympic and Cascade Ranges of the Pacific Northwest of North America....
— glacier fawnlily - Erythronium oregonumErythronium oregonumErythronium oregonum is a species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by the common name giant white fawn lily.It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in the Pacific Coast Ranges....
— giant fawnlily - Erythronium revolutumErythronium revolutumErythronium revolutum is a species of flowering plant in the lily family which is known by several common names, including mahogany fawn lily, coast fawn lily, and pink fawn lily....
— pink fawnlily - Fritillaria affinisFritillaria affinisFritillaria affinis is a highly variable species in the genus Fritillaria, native to western North America, in California, Klamath Ranges, the north coast ranges, Cascade Ranges, north Sierra Nevada foothills, and the San Francisco Bay Area, north to British Columbia and Idaho.It grows from a...
— Ojai frittilary - Fritillaria camschatcensisFritillaria camschatcensisFritillaria camschatcensis is a species of fritillary native to northeastern Asia, including northern Japan, Kamchatka, and eastern Siberia, western North America from Alaska to Oregon...
— Indian rice - Fritillaria pudicaFritillaria pudicaFritillaria pudica is a small, charming plant of sagebrush country in the western U.S and Canada. It is a member of the Lily family, or Liliaceae. Another name is "yellowbells", since it has a bell-shaped yellow flower...
— yellow mission-bells - Hypoxis hirsutaHypoxis hirsutaHypoxis hirsuta is an ornamental plant native to the United States and Canada in the Hypoxidaceae family. Sometimes this plant is placed in the Amaryllidaceae family or the Liliaceae family.-External links:****...
— eastern yellow stargrass - Lilium canadenseLilium canadenseLilium canadense, commonly called either the Canada Lily, Wild Yellow-Lily, or the Meadow Lily, is a native of eastern North America. Flowers emerge in June, and are nodding, yellow, orange or red, with spots...
— Canada lily - Lilium columbianumLilium columbianumLilium columbianum is a lily native to western North America. It is also known as the Columbia Lily or Tiger Lily .-Distribution:...
— Columbian lily - Lilium michiganenseLilium michiganenseLilium michiganense is a species of true lily commonly referred to as the Michigan Lily. It is a wildflower present in prairie habitats in the eastern United States and Canada, as far southwest as Oklahoma....
— Michigan lily - Lilium philadelphicumLilium philadelphicumLilium philadelphicum, also known as the Wood Lily, Philadelphia Lily, Prairie Lily or Western Red Lily, is a perennial species of lily native to North America...
— wood lily - Lloydia serotinaLloydia serotinaLloydia serotina is an arctic-alpine flowering plant of the lily family. It is the only member of the genus Lloydia to live outside central and eastern Asia, and is widespread across western North America, from Alaska to New Mexico, and in Europe is found in the Alps and Carpathians, as well as in...
— common alpine-lily
- Lophiola aurea — golden crest
- Maianthemum canadenseMaianthemum canadenseMaianthemum canadense Maianthemum canadense Maianthemum canadense (Canadian May-lily, Canada Mayflower, False Lily-of-the-valley, Canadian Lily-of-the-valley, Wild Lily-of-the-valley, Two-leaved Solomonseal; syn. Maianthemum canadense var. interius Fern., Maianthemum canadense var...
— wild lily-of-the-valley - Maianthemum dilatatumMaianthemum dilatatumMaianthemum dilatatum is a common rhizomatous perennial flowering plant that is native to western North America from northern California to the Aleutian islands, and Asia across the Kamchatka Peninsula, Japan, and Korea...
— false lily-of-the-valley - Maianthemum racemosumMaianthemum racemosumMaianthemum racemosum is a species of flowering plant, native to North America....
— Solomon's-plume - Maianthemum stellatumMaianthemum stellatumMaianthemum stellatum is a species of flowering plant, native across North America generally from Alaska to California in the west and from Newfoundland to the central Appalachian Mountains in the east...
— starflowered Solomon's-plume - Maianthemum trifoliumMaianthemum trifoliumMaianthemum trifolium is a species of flowering plant that is native to Canada and the northeastern United States, from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to Delaware.It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 25 cm tall, with alternate,...
— three-leaf Solomon's-plume - Medeola virginianaMedeola virginianaMedeola virginiana or Indian Cucumber-root is a perennial plant in the genus Medeola.-Description:It occurs with either a single tier or two tiers of leaves. The upper tier consists of from three to five whorled leaves on the stem above a lower tier of five to nine...
— Indian cucumber-root - Nothoscordum bivalve — crow-poison
- Polygonatum biflorumPolygonatum biflorumPolygonatum biflorum is a species of the family Polygonatum native to eastern North America.-External links:*...
— common Solomon's-seal - Polygonatum pubescens — downy Solomon's-seal
- Prosartes hookeriProsartes hookeriProsartes hookeri, formerly Disporum hookeri, is a species of flowering plant in the Liliaceae known by the common names drops of gold and Hooker's fairy bells.-Occurrence:...
— Hooker's mandarin - Prosartes lanuginosaProsartes lanuginosaProsartes lanuginosa is a member of the lily family with the common name Yellow Mandarin or Fairybells....
— yellow mandarin - Prosartes smithiiProsartes smithiiProsartes smithii, formerly Disporum smithii, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name largeflower fairybells. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, where it grows in shady forest and woodland, including redwood forests. It is an erect,...
— Smith's fairy-bells - Prosartes trachycarpa — rough-fruited mandarin
- Stenanthium occidentale — western featherbells
- Streptopus amplexifoliusStreptopus amplexifoliusStreptopus amplexifolius is a species of flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to North America, Europe and Asia....
— clasping twisted-stalk - Streptopus lanceolatus — rosy twisted-stalk
- Streptopus streptopoides — small twisted-stalk
- Streptopus x oreopolus — hybrid twisted-stalk
- Tofieldia coccinea — northern false-asphodel
- Tofieldia pusillaTofieldia pusillaTofieldia pusilla is a flowering plant of the genus Tofieldia in the family Tofieldiaceae. It is also sometimes classified in the lily family, Liliaceae. Its common name is Scotch false asphodel...
— Scotch false-asphodel - Triantha glutinosa — sticky bog-asphodel
- Triantha occidentalis — western false-asphodel
- Trillium cernuumTrillium cernuumTrillium cernuum is a species of Trillium native to northeastern North America, from Newfoundland west to southern Saskatchewan, and south to northern Virginia and Iowa...
— nodding trillium - Trillium erectumTrillium erectumTrillium erectum, also known as Wake-robin, red trillium, purple trillium, Beth root or Stinking Benjamin, is a spring-flowering perennial plant native to the east and north-eastern areas of North America. The flowers are a deep red colour, and the plant takes its name Wake-robin by analogy with...
— ill-scent trillium - Trillium flexipesTrillium flexipesTrillium flexipes, the Bent Trillium or Drooping Trillium, is a spring-flowering perennial which is most common in the midwestern United States. Scattered populations are found as far east as Philadelphia and as far south as Alabama. However, it is an endangered plant species in Canada and is rare...
— nodding trillium - Trillium grandiflorumTrillium grandiflorumTrillium grandiflorum, commonly known as white trillium, great white trillium, white wake-robin, or in French as trille blanc, is a perennial monocotyledonous plant in the lily family...
— white trillium - Trillium ovatumTrillium ovatumTrillium ovatum, the Western Wake Robin, Pacific Trillium, or Western White Trillium, is a member of the Trilliaceae family, or sometimes included within the Liliaceae or Melanthiaceae. It occurs in parts of the western United States and western Canada, usually in rich forest...
— western trillium - Trillium undulatumTrillium undulatumTrillium undulatum is a wildflower of the genus trillium found from Ontario in the north to the Carolinas in the south and from Michigan in the west to Nova Scotia in the east. It is also known as painted lady or trille ondulé...
— painted trillium - Triteleia grandifloraTriteleia grandifloraTriteleia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant known by the common name largeflower triteleia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California, with disjunct populations occurring in Wyoming and Colorado. Its habitat includes grassland, sagebrush,...
— largeflower triteleia - Triteleia hyacinthinaTriteleia hyacinthinaTriteleia hyacinthina is a species of flowering plant known by the common names white brodiaea and fool's onion. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Idaho to central California. Its habitat includes grassland and vernally moist areas such as meadows and vernal pools. It...
— white triteleia - Uvularia grandiflora — largeflower bellwort
- Uvularia perfoliata — perfoliate bellwort
- Uvularia sessilifoliaUvularia sessilifoliaSessile bellwort or wild oats is a species of bellwort native to Eastern North America. It grows in woodlands with wet or dry soils.The strap-like leaves are sessile on the stem...
— sessile-leaf bellwort - Veratrum viride — American false hellebore
- Xerophyllum tenaxXerophyllum tenaxXerophyllum tenax is a grasslike perennial in the family Melanthiaceae, closely related to lilies. It is known by several common names, including bear grass, squaw grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass....
— western turkeybeard - Zigadenus elegansZigadenus elegansMountain Deathcamas is also known as Elegant Camas or "alkali grass". It is not a grass , but belongs to the trillium family, Melanthiaceae....
— white camas - Zigadenus venenosus — meadow deathcamas
LimnanthaceaeLimnanthaceaeLimnanthaceae are a small family of annual herbs occurring throughout temperate North America. There are eight species and nineteen taxa currently recognized. Members of this family are prominent in vernal pool communities of California. Some taxa have been domesticated for use as an oil seed crop...
- Floerkea proserpinacoides — false mermaidweed
- Limnanthes macouniiLimnanthes macouniiLimnanthes macounii is an endangered meadowfoam. It is a narrow endemic of south-western British Columbia, Canada. It was discovered in 1875 in the vicinity of the city of Victoria...
— Macoun's meadowfoam
LinaceaeLinaceaeThe Linaceae is a family of flowering plants. The family is cosmopolitan, and includes approximately 250 species. There are 14 genera, classified into two subfamilies: Linoideae and Hugonioideae ....
- Linum australe — southern flax
- Linum compactum — Wyoming flax
- Linum lewisiiLinum lewisiiLinum lewisii is a perennial plant in the family Linaceae, native to western North America from Alaska south to Baja California, and from the Pacific Coast east to the Mississippi River...
— prairie flax - Linum mediumLinum mediumLinum medium is a species of Linum native to eastern North America, as far west as Texas and Wisconsin, east to the Atlantic ocean, and north to Ontario and Maine. It is one of several yellow-flowered Linum species in this region; others include Linum virginianum....
— stiff yellow flax
- Linum rigidum — stiff-stem flax
- Linum striatum — ridged yellow flax
- Linum sulcatum — grooved yellow flax
- Linum virginianum — Virginia flax
LoasaceaeLoasaceaeThe Loasaceae is a family of 15-20 genera and about 200-260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. The family comprises annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shrubs and small trees.Genera...
- Mentzelia albicaulisMentzelia albicaulisMentzelia albicaulis is a species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae known by the common name whitestem blazing star, small flowered blazing star, white stemmed stickleaf...
— whitestem stickleaf - Mentzelia decapetala — ten-petal stickleaf
- Mentzelia dispersaMentzelia dispersaMentzelia dispersa is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name bushy blazingstar. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to the Dakotas, where it grows in many types of habitat....
— Mada stickleaf
- Mentzelia laevicaulisMentzelia laevicaulisMentzelia laevicaulis is a showy wildflower native to western North America. Its common names include giant blazing star and smoothstem blazing star....
— giant blazingstar - Mentzelia veatchianaMentzelia veatchianaMentzelia veatchiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Veatch's blazingstar. It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California where it grows in many types of habitat, from grassland to scrub to woodland.It is an annual herb growing...
— Veatch's blazingstar
Lophocoleaceae
- Chiloscyphus pallescens
- Chiloscyphus polyanthos
- Lophocolea bidentata
- Lophocolea heterophylla
- Lophocolea minor
LycopodiaceaeLycopodiaceaeThe Lycopodiaceae is a family of primitive vascular plants, including all of the core clubmosses. These plants bear spores on specialized structures at the apex of a shoot; they resemble a tiny battle club, from which the common name derives...
- Huperzia appalachiana — Appalachian fir-clubmoss
- Huperzia chinensis — Chinese clubmoss
- Huperzia haleakalae — Haleakalā fir-clubmoss
- Huperzia lucidula — shining clubmoss
- Huperzia occidentalis — western shining clubmoss
- Huperzia porophila — rock clubmoss
- Huperzia selago — fir clubmoss
- Huperzia x buttersii — Butters' clubmoss
- Lycopodiella appressa — southern bog clubmoss
- Lycopodiella inundataLycopodiella inundataLycopodiella inundata is a species of club moss known by the common names inundated club moss, marsh club moss and northern bog club moss. It has a circumpolar and circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic to montane temperate regions in...
— bog clubmoss - Lycopodium alpinumLycopodium alpinumLycopodium alpinum is a species of clubmoss known by the common name alpine clubmoss. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. It is an indicator of alpine tundra and boreal climates....
— alpine clubmoss - Lycopodium annotinumLycopodium annotinumLycopodium annotinum L. is a species of clubmoss native to forests of the Holarctic Kingdom. A new genus, Spinulum A. Haines, has been proposed for this and closely allied species, but phylogenetic analysis has shown that this small clade is very close to the Lycopodium clavatum...
— stiff clubmoss
- Lycopodium clavatumLycopodium clavatumLycopodium clavatum is the most widespread species in the genus Lycopodium of the clubmoss family Lycopodiaceae....
— running-pine - Lycopodium complanatum — trailing clubmoss
- Lycopodium dendroideumLycopodium dendroideumLycopodium dendroideum is a clubmoss native to the northeastern United States. It is part of a complex of species colloquially known as groundpine and which was originally all lumped under the species Lycopodium obscurum. This species was known as L. obscurum L. var...
— treelike clubmoss - Lycopodium digitatum — fan clubmoss
- Lycopodium hickeyi — Hickey's clubmoss
- Lycopodium lagopus — one-cone ground-pine
- Lycopodium obscurumLycopodium obscurumLycopodium obscurum, commonly called ground pine or princess pine, is a species of clubmoss in the family Lycopodiaceae. It is a close relative of other treelike Lycopodium such as L. dendroideum and L. Hickeyi. It is distributed from Alabama to the east coast of the United States, and north into...
— tree clubmoss - Lycopodium sabinifolium — ground-fir
- Lycopodium sitchense — Alaskan clubmoss
- Lycopodium tristachyum — deeproot clubmoss
- Lycopodium x habereri
- Lycopodium x zeilleri
LythraceaeLythraceaeLythraceae are a family of flowering plants. It includes about 620 species of mostly herbs, with some shrubs and trees, in 31 genera. Major genera include Cuphea , Lagerstroemia , Nesaea , Rotala , and Lythrum...
- Ammannia robustaAmmannia robustaAmmannia robusta is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name grand redstem. It is native to most of western and central North America, where it grows in moist places, such as ditches and pond margins. It is an annual herb reaching about a meter in maximum...
— grand redstem - Decodon verticillatusDecodon verticillatusDecodon verticillatus, the sole species in the genus Decodon, is a flowering plant in the Lythraceae family. It is commonly known as waterwillow or swamp loosestrife. It is endemic to wetlands in the eastern half of the United States.-Description:Waterwillow is a clump-forming shrubby perennial...
— hairy swamp loosestrife
- Lythrum alatumLythrum alatumLythrum alatum, commonly known as winged loosestrife or winged lythrum, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. It is endemic to wetland areas in central and eastern United States and Ontario.-Description:...
— winged loosestrife - Rotala ramosiorRotala ramosiorRotala ramosior is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name lowland rotala. This aquatic or semi-aquatic plant is native to North America, where it grows in water bodies such as lakes, streams, and irrigation ditches. The branching stems of the plant grow up...
— toothcup