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Doubleclaw
Martyniaceae

Doubleclaw

Proboscidea parviflora (Wooton) Wooton & Standl.

Proboscidea parviflora is a flowering annual plant native to southwestern US and northern Mexico, used historically by Native Americans for food and basketry.

Hooker's fairybells
Liliaceae

Hooker's fairybells

Prosartes hookeri Torr.

Prosartes hookeri Torr. is a perennial herb native to North America that grows in shady damp forest habitats and bears red berries.

yellow fairybells
Liliaceae

yellow fairybells

Prosartes lanuginosa (Michx.) D.Don

Prosartes lanuginosa (yellow mandarin/yellow fairybells) is a North American lily-family plant native mainly to the Appalachian region.

largeflower fairybells
Liliaceae

largeflower fairybells

Prosartes smithii (Hook.) Utech, Shinwari & Kawano

Prosartes smithii, commonly largeflower fairybells, is a perennial flowering herb native to western North America.

rough-fruited fairybells
Liliaceae

rough-fruited fairybells

Prosartes trachycarpa S.Watson

Prosartes trachycarpa S.Watson is an edible herbaceous perennial with bland fuzzy berries, common in northern Saskatchewan.

marsh mermaidweed
Haloragaceae

marsh mermaidweed

Proserpinaca palustris L.

Proserpinaca palustris L. is a heterophyllous aquatic plant native to the Americas, used commercially for aquarium decoration.

Prosopis affinis Spreng.
Fabaceae

Prosopis affinis Spreng.

Prosopis affinis Spreng.

Neltuma affinis (formerly Prosopis affinis) is a threatened flowering fabaceae tree native to parts of South America.

White Carob Tree
Fabaceae

White Carob Tree

Prosopis alba Griseb.

Neltuma alba (formerly Prosopis alba) is a medium-sized South American drought-tolerant tree with many uses.

calden
Fabaceae

calden

Prosopis caldenia Burkart

Neltuma caldenia (formerly Prosopis caldenia), the caldén, is a drought-resistant endemic Argentine flowering Fabaceae tree.

Syrian Mesquite
Fabaceae

Syrian Mesquite

Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J.F.Macbr.

Prosopis farcta, Syrian mesquite, is a Middle Eastern Prosopis species with folk medicinal uses and rare mild seed toxicity.

western honey mesquite
Fabaceae

western honey mesquite

Prosopis glandulosa Torr.

Neltuma glandulosa, or honey mesquite, is a North American native tree with diverse ecological and human uses.

velvet mesquite
Fabaceae

velvet mesquite

Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.

This is a description of Prosopis juliflora, covering its growth, reproduction, distribution, toxicity, and human uses.

Smooth Mesquite
Fabaceae

Smooth Mesquite

Prosopis laevigata (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) M.C.Johnst.

Smooth mesquite (Neltuma laevigata, formerly Prosopis laevigata) is a flowering Fabaceae tree native to Mexico and Texas.

Prosopis nigra (Griseb.) Hieron.
Fabaceae

Prosopis nigra (Griseb.) Hieron.

Prosopis nigra (Griseb.) Hieron.

Neltuma nigra (formerly Prosopis nigra) is a South American leguminous tree native to the Gran Chaco ecoregion of Argentina and Paraguay.

kiawe
Fabaceae

kiawe

Prosopis pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth

Prosopis pallida, or kiawe, is a thorny invasive dry-adapted tree with multiple human uses including firewood, food products, and honey production.

screwbean
Fabaceae

screwbean

Prosopis pubescens Benth.

Prosopis pubescens Benth., or screwbean mesquite, is a desert mesquite with edible seedpods and a traditional role as Native American food.

velvet mesquite
Fabaceae

velvet mesquite

Prosopis velutina Wooton

Prosopis velutina (velvet mesquite) is a deep-rooted desert tree with various ecological roles, traditional uses, and modern cultivation.

Autumn Squill
Asparagaceae

Autumn Squill

Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta

Prospero autumnale, the autumn-flowering autumn squill, is a cryptic species complex distributed across parts of Europe, North Africa and West Asia.

Christmas Bush
Lamiaceae

Christmas Bush

Prostanthera lasianthos Labill.

Prostanthera lasianthos is a variable Australian mint bush widely grown in cultivation.

Coast Mint Bush
Lamiaceae

Coast Mint Bush

Prostanthera scutellarioides (R.Br.) Druce

Prostanthera scutellarioides is a faintly aromatic shrub that grows in woodlands and forests of northern New South Wales.

Clamshell Orchid
Orchidaceae

Clamshell Orchid

Prosthechea cochleata (L.) W.E.Higgins

Prosthechea cochleata is an epiphytic New World orchid, Belize's national flower, popular in cultivation with a unique flower shape.

Common Ground Sugarbush
Proteaceae

Common Ground Sugarbush

Protea acaulos (L.) Reichard

Protea acaulos is a long-lived fire-adapted endemic fynbos shrub native to South Africa's Western Cape.

Roughleaf Sugarbush
Proteaceae

Roughleaf Sugarbush

Protea aspera E.Phillips

Protea aspera is a vulnerable endemic flowering shrub from South Africa in the Protea genus.

Shuttlecock Sugarbush
Proteaceae

Shuttlecock Sugarbush

Protea aurea (Burm.fil.) Rourke

Protea aurea, the long-bud sugarbush, is an endemic South African fynbos shrub or small tree with two recognised subspecies.

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