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Hayfield Tarweed
Asteraceae

Hayfield Tarweed

Hemizonia congesta DC.

Hemizonia congesta DC. is an aromatic glandular annual tarweed native to California and Oregon, growing in open grassy habitats.

sharp-lobed hepatica
Ranunculaceae

sharp-lobed hepatica

Hepatica acutiloba DC.

Sharp-lobed hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) is a clumping spring-blooming buttercup native to central eastern North America with historical Cherokee medicinal use.

round-lobed hepatica
Ranunculaceae

round-lobed hepatica

Hepatica americana (DC.) Ker Gawl.

Hepatica americana, the round-lobed hepatica, is a herbaceous flowering buttercup native to eastern North America.

Liverleaf
Ranunculaceae

Liverleaf

Hepatica nobilis Schreb.

Hepatica nobilis Schreb. is a small perennial herb that has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is slightly toxic when fresh.

Australian Umbrella Tree
Araliaceae

Australian Umbrella Tree

Heptapleurum actinophyllum (Endl.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett

Heptapleurum actinophyllum is an evergreen rainforest tree grown ornamentally that is invasive in some regions.

Miniature umbrella tree
Araliaceae

Miniature umbrella tree

Heptapleurum arboricola Hayata

Heptapleurum arboricola is an evergreen shrub native to Taiwan, widely grown as a tolerant houseplant and mild-climate landscape plant.

Ivy Tree
Araliaceae

Ivy Tree

Heptapleurum heptaphyllum (L.) Y.F.Deng

Heptapleurum heptaphyllum is an Araliaceae flowering plant native to East and Southeast Asia, now including the former critically endangered Schefflera rubriflora.

Taiwan Umbrella Tree
Araliaceae

Taiwan Umbrella Tree

Heptapleurum taiwanianum (Nakai) G.M.Plunkett & Lowry

Heptapleurum taiwanianum is a Taiwanese evergreen ornamental flowering plant in Araliaceae that gained the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Austrian Hogweed
Apiaceae

Austrian Hogweed

Heracleum austriacum L.

Heracleum austriacum L. is a 0.28-meter tall perennial flowering plant first formally described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus.

dissected hogweed
Apiaceae

dissected hogweed

Heracleum dissectum Ledeb.

Heracleum dissectum Ledeb. is a flowering Apiaceae species found across temperate regions of northern and northeastern Asia.

Giant Hogweed
Apiaceae

Giant Hogweed

Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier

Heracleum mantegazzianum, or giant hogweed, is a large monocarpic invasive perennial plant widespread in Europe and North America.

common cowparsnip
Apiaceae

common cowparsnip

Heracleum maximum W.Bartram

Heracleum maximum, or cow parsnip, is a tall North American perennial herb with documented toxicity and traditional Indigenous uses.

Sosnowsky's hogweed
Apiaceae

Sosnowsky's hogweed

Heracleum sosnowskyi Manden.

Sosnowsky's hogweed is a large monocarpic perennial that dies after producing its wind- or water-dispersed seeds.

common cowparsnip
Apiaceae

common cowparsnip

Heracleum sphondylium L.

Heracleum sphondylium, common hogweed, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa.

curly herissantia
Malvaceae

curly herissantia

Herissantia crispa (L.) Brizicky

Herissantia crispa is a mallow family flowering plant native to tropical Americas, often introduced and weedy elsewhere.

Looking-glass mangrove
Malvaceae

Looking-glass mangrove

Heritiera littoralis Dryand. ex Aiton

Heritiera littoralis Dryand. ex Aiton is an evergreen mangrove-edge tree harvested for durable salt-resistant timber with multiple traditional uses.

Musk Orchid
Orchidaceae

Musk Orchid

Herminium monorchis (L.) R.Br.

Herminium monorchis, the musk orchid, is a common orchid widespread across much of Europe and northern Asia with local distribution in Britain.

Lantern Tree
Hernandiaceae

Lantern Tree

Hernandia nymphaeifolia (C.Presl) Kubitzki

Hernandia nymphaeifolia is a tropical coastal tree with documented uses across Pacific islands.

Smooth Rupturewort
Caryophyllaceae

Smooth Rupturewort

Herniaria glabra L.

Smooth rupturewort (Herniaria glabra L.) is a Caryophyllaceae plant growing in North America and Europe that contains herniarin.

hairy rupturewort
Caryophyllaceae

hairy rupturewort

Herniaria hirsuta L.

Herniaria hirsuta, or hairy rupturewort, is a prostrate annual herb used as an herbal kidney stone remedy in Morocco.

Scarlet River Lily
Iridaceae

Scarlet River Lily

Hesperantha coccinea (Backh. & Harv.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Hesperantha coccinea is a red-flowered Iridaceae perennial native to southern Africa, grown as an ornamental garden plant.

slimleaf plains-mustard
Brassicaceae

slimleaf plains-mustard

Hesperidanthus linearifolius (A.Gray) Rydb.

Hesperidanthus linearifolius is a perennial mustard herb with purple flowers, native to dry western North American habitats.

dame's rocket
Brassicaceae

dame's rocket

Hesperis matronalis L.

Hesperis matronalis, also called dame's rocket, is an often-biennial flowering plant with edible parts that is invasive in North America.

desert lily
Asparagaceae

desert lily

Hesperocallis undulata A.Gray

Hesperocallis undulata, the desert lily, is a North American desert bulb with white flowers, eaten by native peoples.

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