Plants — 23,508 Species

dot-seed plantain

Plantago erecta E.Morris

Plantago erecta is a small annual herb native to western North America that hosts the Edith's checkerspot butterfly.

Saline Plantain

Plantago eriopoda Torr.

Redwool plantain (Plantago eriopoda) is a perennial herb native to central and western North America, growing in moist, sometimes alkaline habitats.

Heller's Plantain

Plantago helleri Small

Plantago helleri is an annual flowering plant in Plantaginaceae, native to parts of the south-central US and northeastern Mexico.

Hare's-foot Plantain

Plantago lagopus L.

Plantago lagopus (hare's foot plantain) is an annual self-supporting herb in Plantaginaceae that grows up to 25 cm tall.

ribwort plantain

Plantago lanceolata L.

Plantago lanceolata is a widespread perennial herb that has herbal uses and specialized ecological interactions.

greater plantain

Plantago major L.

Plantago major L., or common plantain, is a widespread herbaceous perennial with a variety of known uses.

Sea Plantain

Plantago maritima L.

Plantago maritima L. is an edible herbaceous perennial that grows primarily in coastal sandy habitats.

Hoary Plantain

Plantago media L.

Plantago media L. is a hermaphroditic edible plant native to Eurasia that grows on chalk or limestone soils.

Desert Plantain

Plantago ovata Forssk.

Plantago ovata is a plant, native to the Mediterranean, that is the main commercial source of dietary fiber psyllium.

Woolly Plantain

Plantago patagonica Jacq.

Plantago patagonica, or woolly plantain, is a hairy annual plantain native to parts of the Americas, with medicinal and ceremonial uses.

redseed plantain

Plantago rhodosperma Decne.

Plantago rhodosperma is an annual flowering plant in the plantain family, native to the central and southwestern US, used for forage and habitat revegetation.

water mattress

Plantago rigida Kunth

Plantago rigida Kunth is a flowering plantain species native to high-altitude South American páramo.

American plantain

Plantago rugelii Decne.

Plantago rugelii Decne. is a perennial herb recognizable by reddish-purple petiole bases, found in many disturbed and open habitats, whose root extract inhibits nematode hatching.

Tall Coastal Plantain

Plantago subnuda Pilg.

Plantago subnuda, the tall coastal plantain, is a perennial herb native to wet coastal habitats of western North America.

Plantago subulata L.

Plantago subulata L.

dwarf plantain

Plantago virginica L.

Plantago virginica L. is a low-lying annual hairy flowering plant native to the southern and eastern US, found across most of the continental US and into Canada.

north wind bog orchid

Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak

Platanthera aquilonis is a small yellowish-green orchid native to northern North America that is often facultatively self-fertilizing.

Lesser butterfly-orchid

Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich.

Platanthera bifolia, the lesser butterfly-orchid, is a night-scented orchid pollinated by hawk-moths across a range of UK habitats.

White-fringed Orchid

Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl.

Platanthera blephariglottis is a flowering white orchid native to eastern North America that forms hybrid zones with Platanthera ciliaris.

Greater butterfly-orchid

Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Rchb.

Platanthera chlorantha, the greater butterfly-orchid, is a medium herbaceous perennial orchid native mostly to Europe with scattered outlying populations.

orange-fringed orchid

Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl.

Platanthera ciliaris is a native North American perennial orchid pollinated primarily by long-tongued swallowtail butterflies.

small green wood orchid

Platanthera clavellata (Michx.) Luer

Platanthera clavellata is a small North American orchid that self-pollinates, found across eastern U.S. and Canada.

orange crested orchid

Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

Platanthera cristata is a North American native orchid species with bright orange flowers that grows in wet, open habitats across the eastern US.

white bog orchid

Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex L.C.Beck

Platanthera dilatata, or bog candle, is a white-flowered erect perennial that was once used by British Columbian Native Americans for washing.