Plants — 23,508 Species

western yellow pond-lily

Nuphar polysepala Engelm.

Nuphar polysepala is a native North American aquatic herb with edible seeds and traditional medicinal uses.

Variegated Yellow Pond-Lily

Nuphar variegata Engelm. ex Durand

Nuphar variegata Engelm. ex Durand is a perennial rhizomatous aquatic herb that grows in slow to moving fresh water up to 2 m deep.

Canada toadflax

Nuttallanthus canadensis (L.) D.A.Sutton

Nuttallanthus canadensis is an annual/biennial ornamental plant naturalized in parts of North America, Europe and Russia that supports local pollinators and lepidoptera.

Florida toadflax

Nuttallanthus floridanus (Chapm.) D.A.Sutton

Texas toadflax

Nuttallanthus texanus (Scheele) D.A.Sutton

Nuttallanthus texanus (Texas toadflax) is an annual to biennial Plantaginaceae plant found across much of the western United States.

Brittlewood

Nuxia congesta R.Br.

Nuxia congesta, the brittle-wood, is an Afrotropical tree in the Stilbaceae family found across much of Africa and southern Arabia.

Forest Elder

Nuxia floribunda Benth.

Nuxia floribunda Benth. is a flowering tree native to Afromontane forests of southern and eastern Africa.

Western Australian Christmas Tree

Nuytsia floribunda (Labill.) R.Br.

Nuytsia floribunda is a hemiparasitic Australian tree with extensive roots and spectacular yellow-orange summer flowers.

devil's bouquet

Nyctaginia capitata Choisy

Nyctaginia capitata, devil's bouquet, is the only species in the monotypic genus Nyctaginia of the Nyctaginaceae family, native from southern central USA to northeastern Mexico.

Blunt-leaved Bristle Moss

Nyholmiella obtusifolia (Brid.) Holmen & E.Warncke

Nyholmiella obtusifolia is a widespread northern epiphytic moss in Orthotrichaceae found in Eurasia and North America.

Chinese Lantern

Nymania capensis (Thunb.) Lindb.

Nymania capensis is the only species in the Nymania genus, a South African shrub named for its distinctive lantern-shaped fruit.

European White Waterlily

Nymphaea alba L.

Nymphaea alba L., the white water lily, is an aquatic flowering plant with edible and medicinal uses native to Eurasia and North Africa.

Dotleaf Waterlily

Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC.

Nymphaea ampla is a perennial aquatic waterlily with diurnal fragrant flowers that grows in still or slow open freshwater habitats.

white water lily

Nymphaea candida C.Presl

Nymphaea candida is an aquatic perennial herb from Eurasia grown as an ornamental water garden plant.

Day Waterlily

Nymphaea nouchali Burm.fil.

Nymphaea nouchali is an aquatic water lily used for decoration, medicine, and food across parts of Asia, Australia, and Africa.

American white waterlily

Nymphaea odorata Sol. ex Aiton

Nymphaea odorata, fragrant water-lily, has floating leaves and fragrant flowers, with edible and medicinal parts.

Red water lily

Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andr.

Nymphaea rubra is an aquatic waterlily with edible parts suitable for aquarium cultivation, found in still and moving freshwater bodies.

Rudge's Waterlily

Nymphaea rudgeana G.Mey.

Nymphaea rudgeana G.Mey. is a water lily species with dentate-margined floating leaves, used for food and medicine by local peoples.

little floatingheart

Nymphoides cordata (Elliott) Fernald

Nymphoides cordata, or little floatingheart, is an aquatic plant with heart-shaped floating leaves and white five-petaled flowers native to eastern North America.

Water Snowflake

Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze

Nymphoides indica is a rhizome-spreading aquatic plant that forms 1 cm white flower clusters that may have five or more petals.

water fringe

Nymphoides peltata (S.G.Gmel.) Kuntze

Nymphoides peltata, or fringed water-lily, is an edible aquatic perennial plant with conservation status in multiple regions.

Mangrove Palm

Nypa fruticans Wurmb

Nypa fruticans Wurmb, or nipa palm, is an unusual underground-trunk palm native to Indo-Pacific coastal brackish habitats with many human uses.

Water Tupelo

Nyssa aquatica L.

Nyssa aquatica, or water tupelo, is a large long-lived Southeastern US swamp tree with commercial and wildlife value.

Swamp tupelo

Nyssa biflora Walter

Nyssa biflora (swamp tupelo) is a flood-tolerant North American tree that grows in wet coastal plain and Mississippi Valley habitats.