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Coffee Fern
Pteridaceae

Coffee Fern

Pellaea andromedifolia (Kaulf.) Fée

Pellaea andromedifolia is a drought-tolerant fern found in rocky, dry California habitats with variable leaf color and reproduction.

purple-stem cliffbrake
Pteridaceae

purple-stem cliffbrake

Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link

Pellaea atropurpurea is a purple-stalked fern that grows in rocky crevices, listed as endangered in three US states.

Brewer's cliffbrake
Pteridaceae

Brewer's cliffbrake

Pellaea breweri D.C.Eaton

Pellaea breweri is a fern with a scaled branching rhizome, variably shaped leaflets with rolled edges holding sporangia underneath.

Bridges' cliffbrake
Pteridaceae

Bridges' cliffbrake

Pellaea bridgesii Hook.

Pellaea bridgesii, or Bridges' cliffbrake, is a fern native to rocky areas of the western United States.

Hard Fern
Pteridaceae

Hard Fern

Pellaea calomelanos (Sw.) Link

Pellaea calomelanos is a fern found in Africa and nearby islands, with disjunct populations elsewhere, used by two southern African peoples to calm frightened children.

Sickle Fern
Pteridaceae

Sickle Fern

Pellaea falcata (R.Br.) Fée

Pellaea falcata, the sickle fern, is a common eastern Australian fern grown as an ornamental garden plant.

smooth cliffbrake
Pteridaceae

smooth cliffbrake

Pellaea glabella Mett.

Pellaea glabella is a North American epipetric fern distinguishable from Pellaea atropurpurea by its smooth stipe and rachis.

bird's foot cliffbrake
Pteridaceae

bird's foot cliffbrake

Pellaea mucronata (D.C.Eaton) D.C.Eaton

Pellaea mucronata, bird's foot cliffbrake, is a California-region native fern that grows in rocky habitats.

Button Fern
Pteridaceae

Button Fern

Pellaea rotundifolia (G.Forst.) Hook.

Pellaea rotundifolia, the button fern, is a New Zealand endemic fern grown as a popular cultivated garden and house plant.

spiny cliff-brake
Pteridaceae

spiny cliff-brake

Pellaea truncata Goodd.

Pellaea truncata Goodd. is a fern with distinct fertile and sterile leaves that bears sporangia under rolled fertile segment edges.

common pellia
Pelliaceae

common pellia

Pellia epiphylla (L.) Corda

Pellia epiphylla is a fairly large thallose liverwort that is monoicous with a detailed wet-dependent reproductive cycle.

Green Arrow Arum
Araceae

Green Arrow Arum

Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott

Peltandra virginica is an emergent perennial wetland herb native to eastern North America, that contains calcium oxalate crystals and is pollinated by chloropid flies.

Weeping wattle
Fabaceae

Weeping wattle

Peltophorum africanum Sond.

Peltophorum africanum (weeping wattle) is a 15m deciduous African flowering tree known for its spring weeping effect caused by spittlebugs.

Yellow Poinciana
Fabaceae

Yellow Poinciana

Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.

Peltophorum dubium is a large deciduous Fabaceae tree native to subtropical and temperate South America.

Yellow Flame Tree
Fabaceae

Yellow Flame Tree

Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne

Peltophorum pterocarpum is a deciduous legume tree native to tropical Asia and Australasia, grown ornamentally and for multiple useful products.

bantigue
Lythraceae

bantigue

Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Pemphis acidula, a stocky coastal shrub, has valued durable wood used for tools and bonsai, and is threatened in the Philippines.

Gregg's Nightblooming Cereus
Cactaceae

Gregg's Nightblooming Cereus

Peniocereus greggii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Peniocereus greggii is a night-blooming Sonoran Desert cactus with a massive edible underground tuber.

Dahlia-Root Cereus
Cactaceae

Dahlia-Root Cereus

Peniocereus striatus (K.Brandegee) Buxb.

Peniocereus striatus is a night-blooming Sonoran Desert cactus that usually grows beneath other nurse plants.

Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Pennantiaceae

Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Pennantia corymbosa, Kaikōmako, is an endemic New Zealand tree with distinct heteroblastic growth stages, traditionally used by Māori for fire-making.

White-flower Beardtongue
Plantaginaceae

White-flower Beardtongue

Penstemon albidus Nutt.

Penstemon albidus, or white penstemon, is a long-lived prairie herb with white flowers, native to the North American Great Plains.

gilia beardtongue
Plantaginaceae

gilia beardtongue

Penstemon ambiguus Torr.

Penstemon ambiguus Torr. is a suffrutescent perennial bushy beardtongue native to western North America, valued in cultivation for hot dry gardens.

Broadbeard Beardtongue
Plantaginaceae

Broadbeard Beardtongue

Penstemon angustifolius Nutt. ex Pursh

Penstemon angustifolius is a flowering herb native to west-central US, grown for cultivation and with traditional human uses.

Azure Penstemon
Plantaginaceae

Azure Penstemon

Penstemon azureus Benth.

Penstemon azureus Benth. is a blue-flowered perennial subshrub native to California and southern Oregon, with two distinct varieties.

Beardlip Penstemon
Plantaginaceae

Beardlip Penstemon

Penstemon barbatus (Cav.) Roth

Penstemon barbatus is a flowering plant native to the southwestern US and much of Mexico with documented traditional use by the Zuni people.

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