Plants — 23,508 Species

garlic penny-cress

Mummenhoffia alliacea (L.) Esmailbegi & Al-Shehbaz

Mummenhoffia alliacea, garlic or roadside pennycress, is a Brassicaceae flowering plant native to Europe and Anatolia, introduced to the UK and eastern US.

Cork Bush

Mundulea sericea (Willd.) A.Chev.

Mundulea sericea is a flowering plant with corky toxic bark found across Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka, with two recognized subspecies.

False Buffalograss

Munroa squarrosa (Nutt.) Torr.

Munroa squarrosa is a small annual bunchgrass that forms a tangled mat, with spiky leaves and short inflorescences holding hairy spikelets.

calabur tree

Muntingia calabura L.

Muntingia calabura L. is a fast-growing tropical tree with edible fruits, widely used for wood, medicine, and ecological restoration.

Prickly Purplegorse

Muraltia heisteria (L.) DC.

Muraltia heisteria is a prickly South African shrub introduced to Australia, used locally as an appetite stimulant.

Grass Lily

Murdannia graminea (R.Br.) G.Brückn.

Murdannia graminea, grass lily, is a tufting perennial herb found in wetter Australian woodlands and forests.

marsh dewflower

Murdannia keisak (Hassk.) Hand.-Mazz.

Murdannia keisak, or marsh dewflower, is an annual emergent commelinid native to East Asia, now an introduced aggressive plant in the US.

Murdannia loriformis (Hassk.) R.S.Rao & Kammathy

Murdannia loriformis (Hassk.) R.S.Rao & Kammathy

Curry Leaf

Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.

Murraya koenigii is a small aromatic tree grown commercially, native to South and East Asia and introduced elsewhere.

Orange Jasmine

Murraya paniculata (L.) Jacq.

Murraya paniculata is an Asian-Australasian woody plant cultivated as ornamental, host of the citrus greening disease vector.

Cavendish banana

Musa acuminata Colla

Musa acuminata Colla is an herbaceous perennial that is the wild ancestor of most modern edible dessert banana cultivars.

Flowering Banana

Musa ornata Roxb.

Musa ornata is an ornamental seeded banana species native to Southeast Asia, with edible buds and medicinal uses.

Pink Banana

Musa velutina H.Wendl. & Drude

Musa velutina, the pink hairy wild banana from Assam and eastern Himalayas, grown ornamentally and has edible sweet flesh.

Garden Grape-hyacinth

Muscari armeniacum H.J.Veitch

Muscari armeniacum, the Armenian grape hyacinth, is a widely cultivated bulbous perennial flowering plant native to the Eastern Mediterranean.

common grape hyacinth

Muscari botryoides (L.) Mill.

Muscari botryoides is a bulbous perennial grape hyacinth, sometimes grown ornamentally and listed as invasive in Tennessee.

Tassel Hyacinth

Muscari comosum (L.) Mill.

Muscari comosum, commonly tassel hyacinth, is a bulbous flowering plant that can naturalize invasively, with a known cultivated variant.

Grape hyacinth

Muscari neglectum Guss. ex Ten.

Muscari neglectum is a cultivated bulbous herbaceous grape hyacinth native across much of Europe and western to central Asia.

Taipei mursaenda

Mussaenda parviflora Miq.

Mussaenda parviflora is a climbing flowering shrub native to parts of Japan, Taiwan, and southern China.

queen of Philippines

Mussaenda philippica A.Rich.

Mussaenda philippica is a Rubiaceae shrub/small tree native to the Philippines, grown ornamentally with several colored varieties.

bird's-eye cress

Myagrum perfoliatum L.

Myagrum perfoliatum L. is the only species in the Brassicaceae genus Myagrum, native to Europe and the Middle East, introduced as a weed elsewhere.

Wall Lettuce

Mycelis muralis (L.) Dumort.

Mycelis muralis is a slender herb with yellow flower heads native to Europe, naturalized in parts of North America and Ireland.

Taylor's Flapwort

Mylia taylorii (Hook.) Gray

Mylia taylorii is a calcifugous bryophyte found in high-rainfall mountain regions across the Northern Hemisphere.

Boobialla

Myoporum acuminatum R.Br.

Myoporum acuminatum, commonly called Waterbush, is an eastern Australian forest shrub or small tree used in horticulture.

Boobialla

Myoporum boninense Koidz.

Myoporum boninense is a variable coastal shrub used by Aboriginal people and in horticulture as ground cover.