Plants — 23,508 Species

Little Cotton-rose

Logfia minima (Sm.) Dumort.

tall fescue

Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.

Lolium arundinaceum, or tall fescue, is a perennial European grass widely used for forage, turf and soil conservation.

Giant Fescue

Lolium giganteum (L.) Darbysh.

Lolium giganteum, or giant fescue, is a loosely tufted perennial grass that grows best in moist, shaded areas on heavy soils.

Italian Ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum Lam.

Lolium multiflorum is a European grass cultivated for forage that can become a herbicide-resistant invasive weed.

Perennial Ryegrass

Lolium perenne L.

Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) is a common grass widely used for pasture, turf, and lawns, native to Eurasia and North Africa.

meadow fescue

Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.

Lolium pratense, or meadow fescue, is a perennial bunchgrass found in damp grasslands across an expanded range from historic agricultural planting.

Mediterranean Rye-grass

Lolium rigidum Gaudin

Lolium rigidum Gaudin is an annual grass native to the Mediterranean, grown as forage in Australia but often a damaging invasive weed.

clumped matrush

Lomandra confertifolia (F.M.Bailey) Fahn

Lomandra confertifolia is a grass-like perennial herb native to Queensland, Australia, in the Asparagaceae family.

Scented Mat-rush

Lomandra effusa (Lindl.) Ewart

Lomandra effusa is a tough Australian native perennial tussock herb found in multiple southern Australian states, adapted to varied well-drained habitats.

wattle mat-rush

Lomandra filiformis (Thunb.) Britten

Lomandra filiformis, or wattle mat-rush, is a sparsely tufted tussock-forming perennial herb native to Australia.

Broadleaved matrush

Lomandra laxa (R.Br.) A.T.Lee

Lomandra laxa is a perennial rhizomatous herb native to eastern Australia, first described in 1810 and reclassified to its current genus in 1962.

Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Lomandra longifolia Labill.

Lomandra longifolia is a perennial Australian herb widely used in landscaping, with edible parts traditionally used by Indigenous Australians.

Many Flowered Matrush

Lomandra multiflora (R.Br.) Britten

Lomandra multiflora is an Australian-native dioecious perennial herb with two subspecies, used in cultivation and traditional weaving.

Fish Bones

Lomandra obliqua (Thunb.) J.F.Macbr.

Lomandra obliqua is a small wiry ground-covering flowering plant widespread in eastern Australia.

Crown Fern

Lomaria discolor (G.Forst.) Willd.

Lomaria discolor, or crown fern (piupiu), is an endemic New Zealand fern in Blechnaceae that dominates some forest understoreys.

Lomaria nuda (Labill.) Willd.

Lomaria nuda (Labill.) Willd.

Lomaria nuda, the fishbone waterfern, is a common ornamental Australian fern abundant in eastern Australian wet forests.

Tall Fern

Lomariocycas magellanica (Desv.) Gasper & A.R.Sm.

Lomariocycas magellanica is a medium-sized native fern found in Chile and adjacent western Argentina, growing from sea level to 2200 m.

Leathery Hard Fern

Lomariocycas tabularis (Thunb.) Gasper & A.R.Sm.

Lomariocycas tabularis is a distinctive southern to central African fern popular in gardens, now declining due to illegal collection.

tree lomatia

Lomatia fraseri R.Br.

Lomatia fraseri is a variable Australian tree or shrub that has been naturalised in New Zealand, used in horticulture and historically for timber.

Radal

Lomatia hirsuta (Lam.) Diels

Lomatia hirsuta is an evergreen tree with distinct foliage, flowers, fruit, and limited cultivated planting distribution.

River Lomatia

Lomatia myricoides (C.F.Gaertn.) Domin

Lomatia myricoides is a woody shrub or small tree native to southeastern Australia, that regenerates after fire and tolerates Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Crinkle Bush

Lomatia silaifolia (Sm.) R.Br.

Lomatia silaifolia is an eastern Australian shrub that may be toxic and has been used in horticulture.

Guitar plant

Lomatia tinctoria (Labill.) R.Br.

Lomatia tinctoria, the guitar plant, is a Tasmanian woody shrub that can be grown in gardens.

Wyeth Biscuitroot

Lomatium ambiguum (Nutt.) J.M.Coult. & Rose

Lomatium ambiguum, Wyeth biscuitroot, is a North American perennial Apiaceae herb historically used by Native Americans.