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Hyacinth bean
Fabaceae

Hyacinth bean

Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet

Lablab purpureus (hyacinth bean) is a variable multi-purpose pulse crop grown for food, forage, ornament, and medicine worldwide.

Common Laburnum
Fabaceae

Common Laburnum

Laburnum anagyroides Medik.

Laburnum anagyroides Medik. is a small deciduous tree or large shrub grown as an ornamental, with poisonous seeds and multiple uses.

Red Viooltjie
Asparagaceae

Red Viooltjie

Lachenalia bulbifera (Cirillo) Engl.

Lachenalia bulbifera is a bulbous perennial flowering plant native to South Africa's Western Cape, popular in cultivation.

Wild Viooltjie
Asparagaceae

Wild Viooltjie

Lachenalia orchioides (L.) Aiton

Lachenalia orchioides, or orchid-like Cape cowslip, is a flowering plant native to South Africa’s Cape Provinces that holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Yellow Soldier Viooltjie
Asparagaceae

Yellow Soldier Viooltjie

Lachenalia reflexa Thunb.

Yellow soldier (Lachenalia reflexa) is a rare declining endemic bulb native to lowland Western Cape, South Africa.

Banded Viooltjie
Asparagaceae

Banded Viooltjie

Lachenalia unifolia Jacq.

Lachenalia unifolia Jacq. is a bulbous geophyte endemic to South Africa's Cape provinces, valued as an ornamental plant.

Sand Wind Grass
Poaceae

Sand Wind Grass

Lachnagrostis billardierei (R.Br.) Trin.

Lachnagrostis billardierei is a coastal tufted perennial grass from Australia and New Zealand with two recognised subspecies.

blown grass
Poaceae

blown grass

Lachnagrostis filiformis (G.Forst.) Trin.

Lachnagrostis filiformis, or Pacific bent grass, is a tufted perennial grass native to Australia, New Zealand and Pacific islands.

Carolina redroot
Haemodoraceae

Carolina redroot

Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy

Lachnanthes caroliana is the only species in the Lachnanthes genus, native to eastern North America and the western Caribbean, growing in wetlands.

Boykin's Clusterpea
Fabaceae

Boykin's Clusterpea

Lackeya multiflora (Torr. & A.Gray) Fortunato, L.P.Queiroz & G.P.Lewis

Lackeya multiflora, commonly Boykin's clusterpea, is a climbing herb native to central and southeastern USA.

tall blue lettuce
Asteraceae

tall blue lettuce

Lactuca biennis (Moench) Fernald

Lactuca biennis, or tall blue lettuce, is a widespread North American biennial wild lettuce in the daisy family.

Canada wild lettuce
Asteraceae

Canada wild lettuce

Lactuca canadensis L.

Lactuca canadensis L. is a variable North American wild lettuce, used for its sedative medicinal properties and edible young growth.

woodland lettuce
Asteraceae

woodland lettuce

Lactuca floridana (L.) Gaertn.

Lactuca floridana is a tall North American wild lettuce that is edible when cooked as greens.

grass-leaf lettuce
Asteraceae

grass-leaf lettuce

Lactuca graminifolia Michx.

Lactuca graminifolia is a southeastern US biennial daisy-family herb with blue-purple flower heads, growing in dry loamy soils.

Indian lettuce
Asteraceae

Indian lettuce

Lactuca indica L.

Lactuca indica (Indian lettuce) is a biennial Asteraceae herb used for fodder, food, and traditional medicine.

Common Blue-sow-thistle
Asteraceae

Common Blue-sow-thistle

Lactuca macrophylla (Willd.) A.Gray

Common blue-sow-thistle Cicerbita macrophylla (syn. Lactuca macrophylla) is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.

mountain lettuce
Asteraceae

mountain lettuce

Lactuca perennis L.

Lactuca perennis L. is a violet-blue flowered lettuce species found in open dry European habitats.

common blue lettuce
Asteraceae

common blue lettuce

Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.

Lactuca pulchella is a North American Asteraceae species, with its dried root gum used as chewing gum by the Zuni people.

Oak-leaved Lettuce
Asteraceae

Oak-leaved Lettuce

Lactuca quercina L.

Lactuca quercina L. is a Eurasian wild lettuce used medicinally for its lactucarium sap.

Willowleaf Lettuce
Asteraceae

Willowleaf Lettuce

Lactuca saligna L.

Lactuca saligna L. is a slender annual herb with pale yellow flower heads that flowers from July to August in Britain.

prickly lettuce
Asteraceae

prickly lettuce

Lactuca serriola L.

Lactuca serriola is a wild lettuce with a variety of historical culinary and medicinal uses across different cultures.

Siberian lettuce
Asteraceae

Siberian lettuce

Lactuca sibirica (L.) Benth. ex Maxim.

Lactuca sibirica (Siberian lettuce) is a wild lettuce native to northern and eastern Eurasia, host to the systemic rust Puccinia minussensis.

tatarian blue lettuce
Asteraceae

tatarian blue lettuce

Lactuca tatarica (L.) C.A.Mey.

Lactuca tatarica, blue lettuce, is a widespread Eurasian blue-flowered herb in the Asteraceae family with variable taxonomic classification.

Pliant Lettuce
Asteraceae

Pliant Lettuce

Lactuca viminea (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl

Lactuca viminea, or pliant lettuce, is a branching Eurasian subshrub in the daisy family found across Europe and southwest Asia.

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