Plants — 23,508 Species

silver ponysfoot

Dichondra argentea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Dichondra argentea is a low-growing xerophytic plant cultivated as ground cover, with many documented traditional medicinal uses.

Carolina ponysfoot

Dichondra carolinensis Michx.

Dichondra carolinensis is a spreading perennial herb native to the southeastern United States that prefers sunny, dry loamy sites.

Asian ponysfoot

Dichondra micrantha Urb.

Dichondra micrantha is a low-growing flowering plant in the Convolvulaceae family, once used as a lawn grass substitute.

western ponysfoot

Dichondra occidentalis House

kidney weed

Dichondra repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Dichondra repens is a creeping perennial herb grown as an ornamental lawn substitute and groundcover across Oceania and the southwestern Indian Ocean.

Blue ginger

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora J.C.Mikan

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora, or blue ginger, is a tropical Commelinaceae plant cultivated for its attractive foliage and striking blue flowers.

Two-toned Orange Orchid

Dichromanthus aurantiacus (Lex.) Salazar & Soto Arenas

Dichromanthus aurantiacus is a common terrestrial orchid native to parts of Central America and southern North America, found as a weed in fallow fields.

Scarlet Lady's Tresses

Dichromanthus cinnabarinus (Lex.) Garay

Dichromanthus cinnabarinus, or scarlet ladies' tresses, is a common terrestrial orchid found from Texas to Guatemala.

aroma

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.

Dichrostachys cinerea is a thorny woody legume that is invasive in some regions and has multiple traditional and practical uses.

man fern

Dicksonia antarctica Labill.

Dicksonia antarctica (soft tree fern) is an Australian tree fern widely cultivated as a popular ornamental plant with documented traditional uses.

golden tree fern

Dicksonia fibrosa Colenso

Dicksonia fibrosa Colenso is a slow-growing, long-lived tree fern native to New Zealand, naturalised elsewhere, and widely cultivated.

New Zealand tree fern

Dicksonia squarrosa (G.Forst.) Sw.

Dicksonia squarrosa, or whekī, is a common New Zealand tree fern widely grown as an ornamental garden plant.

Branched Foldwing

Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Spreng.

Dicliptera brachiata is a plant that grows 0.3–1.0 m tall with simple, smooth, glabrous ovate leaves.

Chinese Dicliptera

Dicliptera chinensis (L.) Juss.

Arizona Foldwing

Dicliptera resupinata (Vahl) Juss.

Dicliptera resupinata is an herb that grows up to 61 cm tall, flowering from spring through early fall.

Sixangle Foldwing

Dicliptera sexangularis (L.) Juss.

Sixangle foldwing (Dicliptera sexangularis) is a red-bloomed perennial dicot flowering plant in the Acanthaceae family, found across parts of the Americas.

Uruguayan Firecracker Plant

Dicliptera squarrosa Nees

Dicliptera squarrosa Nees, the hummingbird plant, is a drought-tolerant subshrub that attracts hummingbirds and is grown ornamentally.

dye foldwing

Dicliptera tinctoria (Nees) Kostel.

Dicliptera tinctoria is a perennial herb used as a purple Vietnamese food dye and in traditional Chinese medicine.

Desert Twinbugs

Dicoria canescens A.Gray

Dicoria canescens is a North American desert flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, commonly called desert twinbugs or bugseed.

Silky Forklet-moss

Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.

Dicranella heteromalla has been recorded by Jelenc in alluvions of a tributary of Oued Ouadallah and Monts de Tlemcen, and by Boukhatem et al. in El - Kala National Park; it is rare.

Dicranoloma menziesii (Taylor) Broth. ex Renauld

Dicranoloma menziesii (Taylor) Broth. ex Renauld

Dicranoloma menziesii is a moss species found in Australian and New Zealand wet forests, acting as an important pioneer for ecosystem regeneration.

false staghorn fern

Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.fil.) Underw.

Dicranopteris linearis is a widely distributed common Old World tropical fern with important ecological roles and human uses.

Broom Forkmoss

Dicranum scoparium Hedw.

Dicranum scoparium Hedw., or broom forkmoss, is a bryophyte moss with a wide geographic distribution across multiple continents.

dicranum moss

Dicranum viride (Sull. & Lesq.) Lindb.

Dicranum viride is a moss in the Dicranaceae family native to the Northern Hemisphere including Japan.