Plants — 23,508 Species

Heart-podded Hoary Cress

Lepidium draba L.

Lepidium draba L. (whitetop/hoary cress) is an invasive Eurasian perennial herb with traditional medicinal uses.

yellow peppercress

Lepidium flavum Torr.

Lepidium flavum Torr. is a mostly prostrate annual herb that produces small yellow flowers and flattened, winged fruit capsules.

desert pepperweed

Lepidium fremontii S.Watson

Lepidium fremontii S.Watson is a robust perennial herb that grows to ~1m tall, with white small flowers and small flattened capsules.

Hairypod Pepperweed

Lepidium lasiocarpum Nutt.

broadleaved pepperweed

Lepidium latifolium L.

Lepidium latifolium L. is an edible mustard relative, native to Eurasia, introduced to Australia and North America, with edible parts and decorative uses.

Shining Pepperweed

Lepidium nitidum Nutt.

Lepidium nitidum Nutt. is an erect annual herb with small white flowers and shiny two-chambered flattened fruits.

clasping pepperweed

Lepidium perfoliatum L.

Lepidium perfoliatum is a mustard-family herb native to Europe and Asia, introduced elsewhere, with small yellow flowers and distinctive stem-clasping leaves.

Narrow-leaved Pepperwort

Lepidium ruderale L.

Lepidium ruderale L. is a flowering Brassicaceae species native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, with several common pepper-related names.

Virginia pepperweed

Lepidium virginicum L.

Lepidium virginicum is an edible herbaceous annual or biennial with a peppery taste, grown for edible leaves and seedpods.

Scale Shedder

Lepidobolus drapetocoleus F.Muell.

Lepidobolus drapetocoleus is a plant species native to South Australia and Victoria, Australia.

California Broomsage

Lepidospartum squamatum (A.Gray) A.Gray

Lepidospartum squamatum (scale broom) is a drought-adapted southwestern North American shrub important to summer pollinators.

Coast Sword-sedge

Lepidosperma gladiatum Labill.

Lepidosperma gladiatum is a clump-forming perennial coastal Australian sedge whose seeds are eaten by red-eared firetails.

variable sword-sedge

Lepidosperma laterale R.Br.

Lepidosperma laterale (variable swordsedge) is a sedge found in Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.

yellow silver-pine

Lepidothamnus intermedius (Kirk) Quinn

Lepidothamnus intermedius, the yellow silver pine, is an endemic New Zealand conifer in Podocarpaceae.

Creeping Fingerwort

Lepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.

Lepidozia reptans is a cosmopolitan liverwort species in the plant family Lepidoziaceae.

grey sedge

Lepironia articulata (Retz.) Domin

Lepironia articulata, the only species in the genus Lepironia, is the grey sedge found across parts of Asia, Oceania, and Australia.

Lepismium cruciforme (Vell.) Miq.

Lepismium cruciforme (Vell.) Miq.

Lepismium cruciforme is a Cactaceae species found in South America, threatened by habitat loss.

Lepisorus microphyllus (C.Presl)

Lepisorus microphyllus (C.Presl)

Lepisorus microphyllus is a semi-succulent fern in Polypodiaceae native to parts of eastern Asia.

Weeping Fern

Lepisorus thunbergianus (Kaulf.) Ching

Lepisorus thunbergianus is an epiphytic fern found across temperate Asia and Hawaii, with uses in Korean folk medicine and mercury pollution monitoring.

Hare Orchid

Leporella fimbriata (Lindl.) A.S.George

Leporella fimbriata is a terrestrial Australian orchid pollinated by male bull ants via pseudocopulation.

leatherleaf saxifrage

Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (D.Don) R.Br. ex Ser.

Leptarrhena pyrolifolia is the only species in the Saxifragaceae genus Leptarrhena, a perennial rhizomatous geophyte native to northwestern North America.

Prickly mingimingi

Leptecophylla juniperina (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) C.M.Weiller

Leptecophylla juniperina is a flowering shrub rarely growing as a tree, native to New Zealand and southeastern Australia.

Mountain Pinkberry

Leptecophylla parvifolia (R.Br.) Jarman

Leptecophylla parvifolia is a small-leaved shrub with white bell flowers and edible small pink-red berries.

Pūkiawe

Leptecophylla tameiameiae (Cham. & Schltdl.) C.M.Weiller

Leptecophylla tameiameiae (pūkiawe) is a variable native Hawaiian flowering shrub/tree with cultural and traditional medicinal uses.