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small-leaved tuckeroo
Cupaniopsis parvifolia (F.M.Bailey) L.A.S.Johnson
Cupaniopsis anacardioides, also called tuckeroo, is a tree with a natural range in Australasia and New Guinea, cultivated horticulturally and invasive in parts of the US.
False heather
Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth
Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth is a small ornamental flowering shrub widely cultivated in gardens, and it is a naturalized serious weed in Hawaii.
Cuphea racemosa (L.fil.) Spreng.
Cuphea racemosa (L.fil.) Spreng.
Cuphea racemosa (L.fil.) Spreng., a plant with white flowers, is used for diarrhea, bone pain (using crushed and boiled leaves/roots) and ulcers (boiling three buds in two cups of water for nine - morning intake).
blue waxweed
Cuphea viscosissima Jacq.
Cuphea viscosissima is a sticky-stemmed herbaceous loosestrife native to eastern US that blooms purple-red flowers in late summer.
Arizona cypress
Cupressus arizonica Greene
Hesperocyparis arizonica (Arizona cypress) is a coniferous evergreen tree native to southwestern US and northern Mexico, widely cultivated as ornamental.
Sargent's cypress
Cupressus goveniana Gordon
Hesperocyparis goveniana is an endangered California-endemic evergreen cypress whose cones open only after wildfire.
Guadalupe cypress
Cupressus guadalupensis S.Watson
Guadalupe cypress is an endangered conifer endemic to Mexico's Guadalupe Island, cultivated as an ornamental worldwide.
Mexican cypress
Cupressus lusitanica Mill.
Hesperocyparis lusitanica is an evergreen conifer cultivated globally for ornament and timber, with fire-adapted seed cones.
Monterey Cypress
Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw. ex Gordon
This is an overview of Hesperocyparis macrocarpa, Monterey cypress, covering its description, distribution, cultivation and uses.
Sargent's cypress
Cupressus sargentii Jeps.
Sargent's cypress is a California-endemic conifer that typically grows on serpentine soils and usually reproduces with the help of wildfire.
Mediterranean cypress
Cupressus sempervirens L.
Cupressus sempervirens (Italian cypress) is a long-lived evergreen conifer widely cultivated as an ornamental with medicinal and cosmetic uses.
Sandpaper tree
Curatella americana L.
Curatella americana L. is a semi-deciduous tropical American tree with local uses and ornamental cultivation.
palm grass
Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze
Curculigo capitulata, or palm grass, is an evergreen herb cultivated as an ornamental with various traditional and potential medicinal uses.
Golden-eyed Grass
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. is a flowering Curculigo species with multiple common names, native to parts of Asia and Oceania.
Toxic Beads
Curio archeri (Compton) P.V.Heath
Curio archeri is a small succulent native to rocky regions of south-western Western Cape, South Africa.
Curio avasimontanus (Dinter) P.V.Heath
Curio avasimontanus (Dinter) P.V.Heath
Curio avasimontanus is a plant with purple-green pencil-like stems, soft spines, and orange hawkweed-like flowers.
Curio corymbifer (DC.) Eggli
Curio corymbifer (DC.) Eggli
Curio corymbifer is a branching succulent shrub native to dry rocky areas of southern Africa.
String of Bananas
Curio radicans (L.) P.V.Heath
Curio radicans is a mat-forming succulent native to southern Africa, widely grown as a popular easy ornamental plant.
Assegai tree
Curtisia dentata (Burm.fil.) C.A.Sm.
Curtisia dentata, the Assegai tree, is a protected Southern African flowering tree used in traditional medicine and grown ornamentally.
California dodder
Cuscuta californica Choisy
Cuscuta californica is a parasitic dodder vine found across western North America that grows on host plants.
Field Dodder
Cuscuta campestris Yunck.
Cuscuta campestris is a widespread holoparasitic agricultural weed that depends entirely on host plants for nutrients.
Clover Dodder
Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.
Cuscuta epithymum is a rootless holoparasitic dodder widely used in traditional medicine with reported hepatotoxicity at high long-term doses.
Greater Dodder
Cuscuta europaea L.
Cuscuta europaea L. is a species with detailed morphological traits and a known distribution across Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Scaldweed
Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Schult.
Cuscuta gronovii, common dodder, is a small-chlorophyll parasitic annual vine native to North America that infects host plants.
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