Plants — 23,508 Species

Pacific Woodrush

Luzula comosa E.Mey.

Pacific woodrush (Luzula comosa) is a variable rush family perennial native to western North America.

Southern Woodrush

Luzula forsteri (Sm.) DC.

Luzula forsteri (southern wood-rush) is a native Eurasian and North African perennial rush in the Juncaceae family.

White Woodrush

Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott

Luzula luzuloides is a flowering rush species native to Central Europe and introduced to other European regions and parts of North America.

heath wood-rush

Luzula multiflora (Ehrh.) Lej.

Luzula multiflora is a debated-native rush species with distinct hairy leaves, found across northern parts of multiple continents.

Snowy Woodrush

Luzula nivea (Nathh.) DC.

Luzula nivea is an ornamental grass species that may become invasive when it escapes garden cultivation in some climates.

Fen Wood-rush

Luzula pallescens Sw.

Luzula pallescens is a Eurasian plant found from Great Britain to China and beyond.

Small-flower Woodrush

Luzula parviflora (Ehrh.) Desv.

Luzula parviflora is a circumboreal perennial herb that can grow in highly disturbed habitats like post-eruption Mount St. Helens.

Hairy Woodrush

Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd.

Luzula pilosa is a short grass-like perennial herb native to Europe and western Asia, with distinct hairy-fringed leaf margins.

Great Woodrush

Luzula sylvatica (Huds.) Gaudin

Luzula sylvatica, the largest woodrush, is a European-native perennial plant widely used as shade-tolerant garden ground cover.

blue potatobush

Lycianthes rantonnetii (Carrière ex Lesc.) Bitter

Lycianthes rantonnetii is a blue-flowered evergreen shrub widely cultivated for gardens. It has received the RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Anderson Thornbush

Lycium andersonii A.Gray

Lycium andersonii is a spiny flowering shrub in the nightshade family native to arid regions of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

matrimony vine

Lycium barbarum L.

Lycium barbarum L. is a deciduous woody shrub with arching branches and spines, with pollination and fruiting patterns that vary by climate.

Berlandier's wolfberry

Lycium berlandieri Dunal

Lycium berlandieri, or Berlandier's wolfberry, is a desert nightshade shrub native to the southwestern US and Mexico.

Baja desert-thorn

Lycium brevipes Benth.

Lycium brevipes, Baja desert-thorn, is a thorny nightshade shrub native to northwestern Mexico and California, used in southwestern landscaping.

California boxthorn

Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray

Lycium californicum Nutt. ex A.Gray is a thorny shrub with fleshy leaves, spotted white flowers, and small bright red berries.

Christmas berry

Lycium carolinianum Walter

Lycium carolinianum is an edible flowering nightshade with small tomato-like fruits, commonly called Carolina desert-thorn or Christmas berry.

Chinese teaplant

Lycium chinense Mill.

Lycium chinense Mill. is a deciduous wolfberry shrub used in traditional Chinese medicine with no proven health benefits.

Peach Thorn

Lycium cooperi A.Gray

Lycium cooperi, or peach thorn, is a thorny nightshade shrub native to the southwestern United States deserts and mountains.

African boxthorn

Lycium ferocissimum Miers

Lycium ferocissimum (African boxthorn) is a large spiny shrub native to South African coastal areas, naturalized elsewhere and classified as a noxious weed in some regions.

Fremont's desert-thorn

Lycium fremontii A.Gray

Lycium fremontii is a thorny bushy shrub with purple-veined tubular flowers and small red berries.

Southern Boxthorn

Lycium intricatum Boiss.

Pale Wolfberry

Lycium pallidum Miers

Lycium pallidum Miers is a spiny desert shrub from North America, used historically by Native American groups for food and medicine.

Arabian boxthorn

Lycium shawii Roem. & Schult.

Lycium shawii is a desert-adapted thorny shrub with edible berries used in traditional medicine across Arabia and parts of Africa.

foxtail bog clubmoss

Lycopodiella alopecuroides (L.) Cranfill

Lycopodiella alopecuroides, foxtail clubmoss, is a perennial clubmoss with historically used flammable spore powder.