Plants — 23,508 Species

Weeping Mapou

Myrsine divaricata A.Cunn.

Myrsine divaricata is an endemic New Zealand dioecious evergreen shrub or small tree with a broad range across the country.

Brush Muttonwood

Myrsine howittiana F.Muell. ex Mez

Myrsine howittiana is a shrub or small tree endemic to eastern Australia, growing at the interface of rainforest and moist open forest.

kōlea lau nui

Myrsine lessertiana A.DC.

Myrsine lessertiana (kōlea lau nui) is a colicwood tree endemic to Hawaii, with traditional and modern uses for its wood and bark.

Cape beech

Myrsine melanophloeos (L.) R.Br.

Myrsine melanophloeos is a hardy evergreen tree cultivated ornamentally, with strong usable wood, native to Africa from Cape Town north to Nigeria and Ethiopia.

Toro

Myrsine salicina Heward

Myrsine salicina, commonly called toro, is a small New Zealand forest tree that produces pale flowers and reddy-orange fruits.

Variable Muttonwood

Myrsine variabilis R.Br.

Myrsine variabilis R.Br. is a small Australian tree notable for dense dark foliage and attractive blue fruit.

Blue Myrtle-cactus

Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Console

Myrtillocactus geometrizans, the bilberry cactus, is a large edible-fruited cactus popular in cultivation with several named cultivars.

myrtle

Myrtus communis L.

Myrtus communis (common myrtle) is a cultivated evergreen shrub, valued for its uses and garden merit.

white rattlesnake root

Nabalus albus (L.) Hook.

Nabalus albus, white rattlesnake-root, is an Asteraceae plant native to Canada and eastern North America, once used by the Iroquois for rattlesnake bites.

tall rattlesnake root

Nabalus altissima (L.) Hook.

Nabalus altissima is an Asteraceae perennial wildflower native to eastern North America, reclassified from Prenanthes in 2010.

rough rattlesnake root

Nabalus asper (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray

Nabalus asper is a perennial Asteraceae plant found in the eastern United States, with only one known historical collection from Louisiana.

nodding rattlesnake root

Nabalus crepidineus (Michx.) DC.

Nabalus crepidineus is an infrequent perennial North American flowering plant now placed in its own separate genus.

purple rattlesnake root

Nabalus racemosus (Michx.) Hook.

Nabalus racemosus is a perennial herb native to northern North America that grows in wet, nutrient-rich habitats.

lion's foot rattlesnake root

Nabalus serpentarius (Pursh) Hook.

Nabalus serpentarius is a flowering plant native to eastern US forests that blooms from August to October.

three-leaved rattlesnake root

Nabalus trifoliolatus Cass.

Nabalus trifoliolatus is a perennial flowering plant in Asteraceae native to eastern North America.

Asian bayberry

Nageia nagi (Thunb.) Kuntze

Nageia nagi is a dioecious Podocarpaceae tree threatened by habitat loss, with multiple uses for its wood, seeds, leaves, bark and stems.

holly-leaved water nymph

Najas marina L.

Najas marina L. is a dioecious annual aquatic plant with a nearly global distribution, and grows in mesoeutrophic water over deep peat or mud.

Brittle Naiad

Najas minor All.

Najas minor All. is an aquatic plant with distinct morphology, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.

purple mat

Nama demissa A.Gray

Nama demissa (purple mat) is a low-growing flowering plant that blooms February–May in southwestern US and northern Mexico deserts.

rough nama

Nama hispida A.Gray

woolly nama

Nama lobbii A.Gray

Nama lobbii A.Gray is a mat-forming rhizomatous perennial herb recommended as groundcover for native mountain range revegetation.

Heavenly bamboo

Nandina domestica Thunb.

Nandina domestica Thunb. is an evergreen shrub with toxic parts, long cultivated in East Asia and widely grown as a landscape plant.

Glade Mallow

Napaea dioica L.

Napaea dioica L. is a tall dioecious herbaceous plant that prefers moist, damp growing habitats across central North America.

rush-leaf jonquil

Narcissus assoanus Dufour ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Narcissus assoanus, the rush-leaf jonquil, is a small yellow-flowered perennial bulbous plant native to Spain and France.