Plants — 23,508 Species

prickly-leaved paperbark

Melaleuca nodosa (Gaertn.) Sm.

Melaleuca nodosa is a papery-barked shrub or small tree native to eastern Australia, used in cultivation as a hedging plant.

Broad-leaved paperbark

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake

Melaleuca quinquenervia is an Australian-native myrtle tree used ornamentally and traditionally, invasive in many tropical regions.

Graceful Honeymyrtle

Melaleuca radula Lindl.

Melaleuca radula is a spreading Australian shrub with recorded traditional Noongar medicinal uses

Swamp Paperbark

Melaleuca rhaphiophylla Schauer

Melaleuca rhaphiophylla is an Australian shrub or small tree with papery bark, white to cream flowers, and uses in horticulture.

swamp honey-myrtle

Melaleuca squamea Labill.

Melaleuca squamea is a variable-height Australian shrub grown in horticulture as a screen or background plant.

scented paperbark

Melaleuca squarrosa Donn

Melaleuca squarrosa Donn is a variable Australian woody plant used in horticulture as a dense screen.

Prickly-leaved Paperbark

Melaleuca styphelioides Sm.

Melaleuca styphelioides Sm. is a small to medium Australian tree commonly used as a street tree in Australian cities.

thyme honey-myrtle

Melaleuca thymifolia Sm.

Melaleuca thymifolia Sm. is a low Australian flowering shrub commonly cultivated for its attractive flowers and hardy growth.

broombush

Melaleuca uncinata R.Br.

Melaleuca uncinata R.Br. (broombush) is a multistemmed Australian shrub that is the only known host of the critically endangered underground orchid.

Gold Medallion

Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC.

Melampodium divaricatum, common name gold medallion, is a 1836-described flowering plant species in the genus Melampodium.

blackfoot daisy

Melampodium leucanthum Torr. & A.Gray

Melampodium leucanthum is a short-lived North American flowering plant cultivated as a drought-tolerant ornamental.

Melampodium perfoliatum (Cav.) Kunth

Melampodium perfoliatum (Cav.) Kunth

Field Cow-wheat

Melampyrum arvense L.

Melampyrum arvense L. is a hemiparasitic European flowering plant that is declining across part of its range.

Crested Cow-wheat

Melampyrum cristatum L.

Melampyrum cristatum L. is a hemiparasitic annual herb native to much of Europe and western Asia.

narrowleaf cow wheat

Melampyrum lineare Desr.

Melampyrum lineare, or narrowleaf cow wheat, is a hemiparasitic herbaceous plant native to North America.

Wood Cow-wheat

Melampyrum nemorosum L.

Melampyrum nemorosum, or wood cow-wheat, is an annual herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe.

Common Cow-wheat

Melampyrum pratense L.

Melampyrum pratense, common cow-wheat, is an Orobanchaceae ancient woodland indicator plant with several documented biological and medicinal uses.

Alim

Melanolepis multiglandulosa (Reinw. ex Blume) Rchb. & Zoll.

Melanolepis multiglandulosa is a Euphorbiaceae plant species native to multiple regions of East and Southeast Asia and Oceania, first described in 1826.

Snow Squarestem

Melanthera nivea (L.) Small

Melanthera nivea is an Asteraceae flowering plant native to the Americas, distributed across the US, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Wood's bunchflower

Melanthium woodii (J.W.Robbins ex Alph.Wood) Bodkin

Melanthium woodii, Wood's/Ozark bunchflower, is a native US perennial herb with distinct chocolate brown tepals.

Fairybells

Melasphaerula graminea (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Melasphaerula is a monotypic Iridaceae genus whose sole recognized species is native to Namibia and South Africa's Cape Province.

Malabar Melastome

Melastoma malabathricum L.

Melastoma malabathricum L. is an erect wild shrub with distinct veined leaves, colorful flowers, and berry fruits.

Blood-red Melastoma

Melastoma sanguineum Sims

Melastoma sanguineum Sims is an erect shrub or small tree native to parts of Asia, occasionally cultivated and naturalized in parts of Hawaii.

Chinaberry

Melia azedarach L.

Melia azedarach L., the chinaberry tree, is a short-lived ornamental tree with toxic fruit, timber, and medicinal uses.