Plants — 23,508 Species

Lambstail

Lanaria lanata (L.) T.Durand & Schinz

Lanaria lanata is the only species in monotypic genus Lanaria and family Lanariaceae, endemic to South Africa's southern coast fynbos.

Lilac Sunbonnet

Langloisia setosissima (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene

Langloisia setosissima is the only species in the monotypic Polemoniaceae genus Langloisia, native to western US and northwestern Mexico.

wild grape

Lannea edulis (Sond.) Engl.

Lannea edulis is an African subshrub with edible fruit and roots used in traditional medicine.

Brushland Lantana

Lantana achyranthifolia Desf.

Brushland shrubverbena (Lantana achyranthifolia Desf.) is a perennial woody shrub in the verbena plant family.

common lantana

Lantana camara L.

Lantana camara is a neotropical invasive perennial shrub with documented toxicity to livestock and undetermined toxicity to humans.

Lantana horrida Kunth

Lantana horrida Kunth

Lantana horrida Kunth is a verbena-family flowering plant found from Mexico to subtropical South America in varied habitats.

Button Sage

Lantana involucrata L.

creeping lantana

Lantana montevidensis (Spreng.) Briq.

Lantana montevidensis is a trailing mat-forming shrub, widely cultivated ornamentally, invasive in some regions, toxic to livestock.

Texas lantana

Lantana urticoides Hayek

Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides) is a 3–5 foot perennial flowering shrub in the verbena family found along the U.S. Gulf Coast and Mexico.

Velvet Lantana

Lantana velutina M.Martens & Galeotti

Chilean bellflower

Lapageria rosea Ruiz & Pav.

Lapageria rosea is an evergreen climbing ornamental valued for its flowers, edible fruit, and other traditional uses.

Long Kabong

Lapeirousia anceps (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Lapeirousia anceps is a South African iris relative pollinated by long-proboscid flies, with spring-blooming pink or white flowers.

Catclaw Corn-lily

Lapeirousia fabricii (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.

Lapeirousia fabricii is an endemic perennial geophyte from South Africa's Northern and Western Cape provinces.

Purple Corn-lily

Lapeirousia jacquinii N.E.Br.

Lapeirousia jacquinii is a South African endemic flowering plant found across the Western and Northern Cape in sandy mountain and river valley soils.

Pyramid Kabong

Lapeirousia pyramidalis (Lam.) Goldblatt

Lapeirousia pyramidalis, the pyramid kabong, is an endemic South African geophyte with two geographically separated subspecies.

Emory's rockdaisy

Laphamia emoryi (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.fil.

Laphamia emoryi is a variable annual polyploid herb with an amphitropical distribution across western Americas.

West Indian woodnettle

Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew

Laportea aestuans, the West Indian woodnettle, is an annual weedy herb in the nettle family, possibly native to tropical Africa.

wood nettle

Laportea canadensis (L.) Wedd.

Laportea canadensis, Canadian wood nettle, is a North American nettle with alternate leaves and stinging hairs.

Flatspine Stickseed

Lappula occidentalis (S.Watson) Greene

Lappula occidentalis is a hairy flowering herb native to North America and polar Eurasia, historically used by the Navajo for multiple purposes.

two-rowed stickseed

Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

Lappula squarrosa is a borage family flowering plant native to Eurasia, widely known as a noxious introduced weed.

nipplewort

Lapsana communis L.

Lapsana communis, commonly nipplewort, is an herb with edible young leaves and recorded historical medicinal uses.

European larch

Larix decidua Mill.

Larix decidua (European larch) is a cold-tolerant deciduous conifer widely cultivated for ornamental, timber, and reforestation uses.

Dahurian larch

Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Kuzen.

Larix gmelinii, the world’s northernmost and most cold-hardy deciduous conifer, grows in eastern Siberian taiga.

tamarack

Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch

Larix laricina (tamarack) is a cold-tolerant boreal deciduous conifer with many documented traditional and commercial uses.