#kingdom_Plantae__Plantae__plant_kingdom__plantkingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
supertype: kingdom one of seven biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia
member: plant__flora__plant_life__plantlife a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
member: Thallophyta used only in former classifications: comprising what is now considered a heterogeneous assemblage of flowerless and seedless organisms: algae; bacteria; fungi; lichens
member: division_Tracheophyta__Tracheophyta in former classifications: comprising plants with a vascular system including ferns and fern allies as well as seed plants
member: subdivision_Pteropsida__Pteropsida used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae
member: plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member: division_Bryophyta__Bryophyta a division of nonflowering plants characterized by rhizoids rather than true roots and having little or no organized vascular tissue and showing alternation of generations between gamete-bearing forms and spore-bearing forms; comprises true mosses (Bryopsida) and liverworts (Hepaticopsida) and hornworts (Anthoceropsida)
member: bryophyte__nonvascular_plant__nonvascularplant any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
member: moss_family a family of mosses
member: moss_genus a genus of mosses
member: class_Anthoceropsida__Anthoceropsida hornworts: in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
member: order_Anthocerotales__Anthocerotales hornworts; liverworts having a thalloid gametophyte; in some classification systems included in the class Hepaticopsida
member: hornwort liverworts with slender hornlike 2-valved capsules
member: family_Anthocerotaceae__Anthocerotaceae hornworts
member: genus_Anthoceros__Anthoceros hornworts
member: class_Bryopsida__Bryopsida__Musci__class_Musci true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
member: order_Andreaeales__Andreaeales comprises a single genus: Andreaea
member: genus_Andreaea__Andreaea brown or blackish Alpine mosses having a dehiscent capsule with 4 longitudinal slits
member: order_Bryales__Bryales category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space
member: order_Dicranales__Dicranales widely distributed order of mosses with erect gametophores and sporophytes at the tips of stems
member: family_Dicranaceae__Dicranaceae mosses having costate leaves and long-stalked capsules with cleft peristome
member: genus_Dicranum__Dicranum type genus of Dicranaceae
member: order_Eubryales__Eubryales mosses with perennial erect gametophores and stems with rows of leaves and drooping capsules
member: family_Bryaceae__Bryaceae a family of acrocarpous mosses
member: genus_Bryum__Bryum type genus of the Bryaceae: mosses distinguished by mostly erect and tufted gametophytes and symmetrical short-necked capsules
member: family_Mniaceae__Mniaceae family of erect mosses with club-shaped paraphyses and the hexagonal cells of the upper leaf surface; sometimes treated as a subfamily of Bryaceae
member: genus_Mnium__Mnium mosses similar to those of genus Bryum but larger
member: order_Sphagnales__Sphagnales coextensive with the genus Sphagnum; in some classifications isolated in a separate subclass
member: genus_Sphagnum a large genus constituting the order Sphagnales: atypical mosses of temperate bogs with leaves that can hold much water
member: sphagnum_moss__sphagnum__peat_moss__bog_moss any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
member: class_Hepaticopsida__Hepaticopsida__Hepaticae__class_Hepaticae liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales
member: liverwort any of numerous small green nonvascular plants of the class Hepaticopsida growing in wet places and resembling green seaweeds or leafy mosses
member: order_Jungermanniales__Jungermanniales large order of chiefly tropical liverworts
member: leafy_liverwort__leafyliverwort__scale_moss mosslike liverwort with tiny scalelike leaves; usually epiphytic
member: family_Jungermanniaceae__Jungermanniaceae comprising the leafy members of the order Jungermanniales
member: order_Marchantiales__Marchantiales liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally
member: family_Marchantiaceae__Marchantiaceae liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli
member: genus_Marchantia__Marchantia type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores
member: Marchantia_polymorpha__hepatica a common liverwort
member: order_Sphaerocarpales__Sphaerocarpales small order sometimes included in the order Jungermanniales
member: family_Sphaerocarpaceae__Sphaerocarpaceae liverworts with bilaterally symmetrical gametophytes; sometimes placed in the order Jungermanniales
member: genus_Sphaerocarpus__Sphaerocarpus__Sphaerocarpos__genus_Sphaerocarpos type genus of Sphaerocarpaceae; liverworts with small many-lobed usually orbicular thallus
member: division_Pteridophyta__Pteridophyta containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
member: genus_Pecopteris genus of Carboniferous fossil ferns
member: pecopteris Carboniferous fossil fern characterized by a regular arrangement of the leaflets resembling a comb
member: pteridophyte__nonflowering_plant plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
member: fern_family families of ferns and fern allies
member: fern_genus genera of ferns and fern allies
member: class_Filicopsida__Filicopsida__Filicinae__class_Filicinae ferns
member: fern any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
member: family_Schizaeaceae__Schizaeaceae small family of mainly tropical ferns
member: genus_Schizaea__Schizaea type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern
member: curly_grass_fern__curlygrassfern__curly_grass__curlygras__Schizaea_pusilla rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
member: genus_Anemia__Anemia genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America
member: pine_fern__Anemia_adiantifolia fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
member: genus_Lygodium__Lygodium chiefly tropical climbing ferns
member: climbing_fern any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium
member: genus_Mohria__Mohria African terrestrial ferns
member: scented_fern__scentedfern__mohriacaffrorum sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds
member: family_Marsileaceae__Marsileaceae clover ferns
member: genus_Marsilea__Marsilea clover ferns
member: clover_fern__pepperwort any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
member: water_clover__waterclover__Marsilea_quadrifolia water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
member: genus_Pilularia__Pilularia pillworts
member: pillwort__Pilularia_globulifera European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
member: genus_Regnellidium 1 species of aquatic or semi-aquatic fern
member: regnellidium__Regnellidium_diphyllum small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil
member: family_Salviniaceae__Salviniaceae water ferns
member: genus_Salvinia__Salvinia type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns
member: floating-moss__Salvinia_rotundifolia__Salvinia_auriculata free-floating aquatic ferns
member: genus_Azolla__Azolla a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae
member: mosquito_fern__floating_fern__Carolina_pond_fern__Azolla_caroliniana small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
member: order_Ophioglossales__Ophioglossales coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae
member: family_Ophioglossaceae__Ophioglossaceae a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
member: genus_Ophioglossum__Ophioglossum the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae
member: adder's_tongue_fern__adder's_tongue__adder'stongue ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
member: genus_Botrychium__Botrychium grape fern; moonwort
member: grape_fern__grapefern a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
member: genus_Helminthostachys__Helminthostachys 1 species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia
member: flowering_fern__floweringfern__Helminthostachys_zeylanica Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
member: order_Filicales__Filicales__Polypodiales__order_Polypodiales true (leptosporangiate) ferns
member: family_Hymenophyllaceae__Hymenophyllaceae terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
member: genus_Hymenophyllum__Hymenophyllum type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns
member: filmy_fern__filmyfern__film_fern any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves
member: genus_Trichomanes__Trichomanes bristle ferns; kidney ferns
member: bristle_fern__bristlefern__filmy_fern__filmyfern any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks
member: family_Osmundaceae__Osmundaceae large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
member: genus_Osmunda type genus of the Osmundaceae
member: osmund__flowering_fern__floweringfern any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
member: genus_Leptopteris__Leptopteris including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea
member: crape_fern__crapefern__Prince-of-Wales_fern__Prince-of-Wales_feather__Prince-of-Wales_plume__Leptopteris_superba__Todea_superba New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
member: genus_Todea__Todea a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae
member: crepe_fern__crepefern__king_fern__Todea_barbara fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
member: family_Azollaceae__Azollaceae used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
member: family_Gleicheniaceae__Gleicheniaceae a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
member: genus_Gleichenia__Gleichenia type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand
member: genus_Dicranopteris__Dicranopteris terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical
member: genus_Diplopterygium__Diplopterygium scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific
member: giant_scrambling_fern__Diplopterygium_longissimum large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high; Pacific region and China
member: genus_Sticherus__Sticherus umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
member: umbrella_fern__fan_fern__fanfern__Sticherus_flabellatus__Gleichenia_flabellata large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
member: family_Parkeriaceae__Parkeriaceae coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
member: genus_Ceratopteris__Ceratopteris water ferns
member: floating_fern__water_sprite__watersprite__ceratopterispteridioide aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
member: Ceratopteris_thalictroides__floating_fern pantropical aquatic fern
member: family_Polypodiaceae__Polypodiaceae ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
member: genus_Polypodium__Polypodium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori
member: polypody any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
member: genus_Aglaomorpha__Aglaomorpha epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia
member: bear's-paw_fern__Aglaomorpha_meyeniana epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines
member: genus_Campyloneurum__Campyloneurum epiphytic ferns of tropical America
member: strap_fern__strapfern fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves
member: genus_Drymoglossum__Drymoglossum epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea
member: genus_Drynaria__Drynaria large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia
member: Drynaria_rigidula__basket_fern giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia
member: genus_Lecanopteris epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea
member: lecanopteris any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants
member: genus_Microgramma__Microgramma epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa
member: snake_polypody__snakepolypody__Microgramma-piloselloides epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America
member: genus_Microsorium__Microsorium tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia
member: climbing_bird's_nest_fern__Microsorium_punctatum tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia
member: genus_Phlebodium__Phlebodium chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori
member: golden_polypody__serpent_fern__serpentfern__rabbit's-foot_fern__Phlebodium_aureum__Polypodium_aureum tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
member: genus_Platycerium__Platycerium often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
member: staghorn_fern any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
member: common_staghorn_fern__elkhorn_fern__elkhornfern__platyceriumbifurcatum__Platycerium_alcicorne commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
member: genus_Pyrrosia__Pyrrosia epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
member: felt_fern__tongue_fern__Pyrrosia_lingua__Cyclophorus_lingua east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
member: genus_Solanopteris__Solanopteris tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales
member: Solanopteris_bifrons__potato_fern small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes
member: genus_Cyclophorus__Cyclophorus tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia
member: genus_Ceterach__Ceterach small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus
member: genus_Phyllitis__Phyllitis__genus_Scolopendrium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
member: family_Vittariaceae__Vittariaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
member: genus_Vittaria__Vittaria tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds
member: grass_fern__grassfern__ribbon_fern__Vittaria_lineata epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
member: family_Aspleniaceae__Aspleniaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium; Pleurosorus; Schaffneria
member: genus_Asplenium__Asplenium in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: spleenwort any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
member: bird's_nest_fern__Asplenium_nidus tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches
member: Asplenium_scolopendrium__hart's-tongue__hart's-tongue_fern__Phyllitis_scolopendrium Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
member: scale_fern__scalefern__scaly_fern__scalyfern__Asplenium_ceterach__Ceterach_officinarum small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
member: genus_Camptosorus__Camptosorus classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium
member: genus_Pleurosorus__Pleurosorus small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand
member: genus_Schaffneria__Schaffneria 1 species
member: Schaffneria_nigripes__Asplenium_nigripes__Scolopendrium_nigripes a fern of the genus Schaffneria
member: family_Blechnaceae__Blechnaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum; Doodia; Sadleria; Stenochlaena; Woodwardia
member: genus_Blechnum__Blechnum in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns
member: hard_fern any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum
member: genus_Doodia in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia
member: doodia__rasp_fern any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae
member: genus_Sadleria__Sadleria low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands
member: genus_Stenochlaena__Stenochlaena large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
member: genus_Woodwardia__Woodwardia in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
member: chain_fern__chainfern a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
member: family_Dicksoniaceae__Dicksoniaceae tree ferns: genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; Thyrsopteris
member: genus_Dicksonia__Dicksonia tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae
member: soft_tree_fern__Dicksonia_antarctica of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
member: genus_Cibotium__Cibotium in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds
member: Scythian_lamb__Cibotium_barometz Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic
member: genus_Culcita__Culcita includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands
member: false_bracken__falsebracken__Culcita_dubia resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland Australia
member: genus_Thyrsopteris 1 species
member: thyrsopteris__Thyrsopteris_elegans a terrestrial tree fern of South America
member: family_Oleandraceae__Oleandraceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: genus_Oleandra__Oleandra or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns
member: oleander_fern__Oleandra_neriiformis__Oleandra_mollis tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
member: genus_Arthropteris__Arthropteris tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns
member: genus_Nephrolepis__Nephrolepis small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae
member: sword_fern__swordfern any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
member: family_Pteridaceae__Pteridaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
member: genus_Acrostichum__Acrostichum in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: leather_fern__leatherfern__goldenfern__Acrostichum_aureum stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
member: genus_Actiniopteris__Actiniopteris terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa
member: genus_Adiantum__Adiantum cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: maidenhair_fern__maidenhair any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
member: genus_Anogramma__Anogramma a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae
member: annual_fern__Jersey_fern__Anogramma_leptophylla small short-lived fern of Central and South America
member: genus_Cheilanthes__Cheilanthes small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: lip_fern__lipfern any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions
member: lace_fern__Cheilanthes_gracillima small tufted fern of northwestern America
member: genus_Coniogramme__Coniogramme terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia
member: bamboo_fern__Coniogramme_japonica fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds
member: genus_Cryptogramma__Cryptogramma sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae
member: rock_brake dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns
member: American_rock_brake__American_parsley_fern__Cryptogramma_acrostichoides rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
member: genus_Doryopteris__Doryopteris small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae
member: hand_fern__Doryopteris_pedata tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
member: genus_Jamesonia__Jamesonia xerophytic ferns of South America
member: genus_Onychium__Onychium small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: claw ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
member: genus_Pellaea__Pellaea genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: cliff_brake__cliffbrake__rock_brake any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
member: coffee_fern__Pellaea_andromedifolia evergreen fern of California and Baja California
member: button_fern__Pellaea_rotundifolia fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
member: genus_Pityrogramma__Pityrogramma terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: Pityrogramma_argentea__silver_fern fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
member: silver_fern__Pityrogramma_calomelanos tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
member: golden_fern__Pityrogramma_calomelanos_aureoflava tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
member: gold_fern__Pityrogramma_chrysophylla fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
member: genus_Pteris__Pteris large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: brake.fern any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
member: Pteris_cretica cultivated in many varieties as houseplants
member: spider_brake__spider_fern__Pteris_multifida Asiatic fern introduced in America
member: ribbon_fern__spider_fern__Pteris_serrulata fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
member: family_Adiantaceae__Adiantaceae used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
member: family_Cyatheaceae__Cyatheaceae tropical tree ferns
member: genus_Cyathea__Cyathea type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands
member: silver_tree_fern__sago_fern__black_tree_fern__Cyathea_medullaris showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia area having a crown of much-pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
member: family_Davalliaceae__Davalliaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: genus_Davallia Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae
member: davallia any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes
member: hare's-foot_fern either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft gray hairy rootstock
member: Canary_Island_hare's_foot_fern__Davallia_canariensis fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
member: Australian_hare's_foot__Davallia_pyxidata a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia
member: squirrel's-foot_fern__ball_fern__Davalia_bullata__Davalia_bullata_mariesii__Davallia_Mariesii feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
member: family_Dennstaedtiaceae__Dennstaedtiaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: genus_Dennstaedtia__Dennstaedtia chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: hay-scented_fern__hayscentedfern__hay-scented__hayscented__scented_fern__scentedfern__boulderfern__Dennstaedtia_punctilobula fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
member: genus_Pteridium__Pteridium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
member: pasture_brake__pasturebrake__bracken__brake__Pteridium_aquilinum large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
member: bracken__Pteridium_esculentum fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
member: family_Dryopteridaceae__Dryopteridaceae__Athyriaceae__family_Athyriaceae alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: shield_fern__buckler_fern__bucklerfern any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
member: genus_Dryopteris__Dryopteris large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
member: broad_buckler-fern__broadbucklerfern__Dryopteris_dilatata European shield fern
member: wood_fern__wood-fern any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
member: genus_Athyrium__Athyrium temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
member: lady_fern__Athyrium_filix-femina most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
member: glade_fern__gladefern__silvery_spleenwort__silveryspleenwort__narrow-leaved_spleenwort__Athyrium_pycnocarpon__Diplazium_pycnocarpon North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
member: genus_Cyrtomium__Cyrtomium small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
member: genus_Cystopteris__Cystopteris chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
member: bladder_fern__bladderfern any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
member: genus_Deparia__Deparia classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera
member: silvery_spleenwort__silveryspleenwort__Deparia_acrostichoides__Athyrium_thelypteroides fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores
member: genus_Diacalpa__Diacalpa one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas
member: genus_Gymnocarpium__Gymnocarpium oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris
member: oak_fern__oakfern__Gymnocarpium_dryopteris__Thelypteris_dryopteris bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
member: genus_Lastreopsis__Lastreopsis tropical terrestrial shield ferns
member: genus_Matteuccia__Matteuccia__Pteretis__genus_Pteretis small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
member: ostrich_fern__ostrichfern__shuttlecock_fern__shuttlecockfern__fiddlehead__Matteuccia_struthiopteris__Pteretis_struthiopteris__Onoclea_struthiopteris tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
member: genus_Olfersia__Olfersia genus of fern having only one species
member: genus_Onoclea__Onoclea 1 species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
member: sensitive_fern__sensitivefern__bead_fern__Onoclea_sensibilis beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
member: genus_Polybotrya__Polybotrya__Polybotria__genus_Polybotria tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later
member: genus_Polystichum__Polystichum small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
member: Christmas_fern__canker_brake__dagger_fern__evergreen_wood_fern__Polystichum_acrostichoides North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
member: holly_fern__hollyfern any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
member: soft_shield_fern__Polystichum_setiferum European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
member: genus_Rumohra__Rumohra leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum
member: leatherleaf_fern__leatherleaffern__leather_fern__leatherfern__tendayfern__Rumohra_adiantiformis__Polystichum_adiantiformis widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
member: genus_Tectaria__Tectaria terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests
member: Tectaria_cicutaria__button_fern Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
member: Indian_button_fern__Tectaria_macrodonta fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
member: genus_Woodsia genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
member: woodsia any fern of the genus Woodsia
member: family_Lomariopsidaceae__Lomariopsidaceae small family of usually scandent ferns
member: genus_Bolbitis__Bolbitis terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere
member: genus_Lomogramma__Lomogramma large scandent ferns of southeastern Asia
member: family_Lophosoriaceae__Lophosoriaceae very small family of tree ferns
member: genus_Lophosoria__Lophosoria 1 species: tree fern of Central and South America
member: family_Loxomataceae__Loxomataceae very small family of New Zealand ferns
member: genus_Loxoma__Loxoma 1 species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand
member: order_Marattiales__Marattiales lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
member: family_Marattiaceae__Marattiaceae constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
member: genus_Marattia__Marattia type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
member: potato_fern__Marattia_salicina large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people
member: genus_Angiopteris 1 species: tree fern
member: angiopteris__angiopteri__giant_fern__giantfern__Angiopteris_evecta highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
member: genus_Danaea__Danaea fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America
member: family_Cryptogrammataceae__Cryptogrammataceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: family_Thelypteridaceae__Thelypteridaceae genera Thelypteris; Phegopteris; others
member: genus_Thelypteris__Thelypteris marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae
member: marsh_fern__marshfern__thelypterispalustri__Dryopteris_thelypteris fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
member: genus_Amauropelta__Amauropelta epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia
member: genus_Christella medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of Old World to Americas
member: christella any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds
member: genus_Cyclosorus__Cyclosorus small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere
member: genus_Macrothelypteris__Macrothelypteris medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia; naturalized in Americas
member: genus_Meniscium__Meniscium terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas
member: genus_Oreopteris__Oreopteris 3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris
member: mountain_fern__Oreopteris_limbosperma__Dryopteris_oreopteris common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
member: genus_Parathelypteris__Parathelypteris terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America
member: New_York_fern__Parathelypteris_novae-boracensis__Dryopteris_noveboracensis slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
member: Massachusetts_fern__Parathelypteris_simulata__Thelypteris_simulata delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris
member: genus_Phegopteris__Phegopteris beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris
member: beech_fern__beechfern any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
member: class_Psilopsida__Psilopsida__Psilotatae__class_Psilotatae whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs
member: order_Psilotales__Psilotales lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots
member: family_Psilotaceae__Psilotaceae small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves
member: genus_Psilotum__Psilotum type genus of the Psilotaceae
member: whisk_fern__whiskfern chiefly tropical clump-forming plants of skeletal appearance resembling whisk brooms; lacking roots
member: order_Psilophytales__Psilophytales Paleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of Europe and eastern Canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
member: psilophyte any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant
member: family_Psilophytaceae__Psilophytaceae Paleozoic plants
member: genus_Psilophyton type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia
member: psilophyton any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton
member: family_Rhyniaceae__Rhyniaceae primitive plants of the Paleozoic
member: genus_Rhynia__Rhynia type genus of the Rhyniaceae; small leafless dichotomously branching fossil plants with terminal sporangia and smooth branching rhizomes
member: genus_Horneophyton__Horneophyton Devonian fossil plant considered one of the earliest forms of vascular land plants; similar to genus Rhynia but smaller
member: class_Sphenopsida__Sphenopsida__Equisetatae__class_Equisetatae horsetails and related forms
member: order_Equisetales__Equisetales lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
member: family_Equisetaceae__Equisetaceae__horsetail_family__horsetailfamily sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
member: genus_Equisetum__Equisetum horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae
member: horsetail perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
member: class_Lycopsida__Lycopsida__Lycopodiate__class_Lycopodiate club mosses and related forms: includes Lycopodiales; Isoetales; Selaginellales; and extinct Lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
member: class_Lycopodineae__Lycopodineae alternative designation for the class Lycopsida
member: club_moss__clubmoss__lycopod primitive evergreen mosslike plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles
member: order_Lepidodendrales__Lepidodendrales fossil arborescent plants arising during the Lower Devonian and conspicuous throughout the Carboniferous
member: family_Lepidodendraceae__Lepidodendraceae fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk
member: order_Lycopodiales__Lycopodiales lower vascular plants coextensive with the family Lycopodiaceae; in some classifications includes the Selaginellaceae and Isoetaceae
member: family_Lycopodiaceae__Lycopodiaceae__clubmoss_family a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
member: genus_Lycopodium__Lycopodium type and sole genus of the Lycopodiaceae; erect or creeping evergreen plants often used for Christmas decorations
member: order_Selaginellales__Selaginellales in some classifications included in Lycopodiales
member: family_Selaginellaceae__Selaginellaceae lesser clubmosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses
member: genus_Selaginella__Selaginella type and sole genus of the Selaginellaceae; evergreen mosslike plants: spike moss and little club moss
member: spikemoss__spikemos__spikemos__littleclubmos any of numerous fern allies of the genus Selaginella
member: order_Isoetales__Isoetales aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales
member: family_Isoetaceae__Isoetaceae__quillwort_family__quillwortfamily quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes
member: genus_Isoetes__Isoetes type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales
member: quillwort any of several spore-bearing aquatic or marsh plants having short rhizomes and leaves resembling quills; worldwide except Polynesia
member: division_Spermatophyta__Spermatophyta seed plants; comprises the Angiospermae (or Magnoliophyta) and Gymnospermae (or Gymnospermophyta); in some classification systems Spermatophyta is coordinate with Pteridophyta (spore producing plants having vascular tissue and roots) and Bryophyta (spore producing plants lacking vascular tissue and roots)
member: class_Gymnospermae__Gymnospermae__Gymnospermophyta__division_Gymnospermophyta plants having naked seeds not enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Gymnospermae) and in others a division (Gymnospermophyta); comprises three subdivisions (or classes): Cycadophytina (class Cycadopsida) and Gnetophytina (class Gnetopsida) and Coniferophytina (class Coniferopsida); in some classifications the Coniferophytina are divided into three groups: Pinophytina (class Pinopsida) and Ginkgophytina (class Ginkgopsida) and Taxophytina (class Taxopsida)
member: gymnosperm_family a family of gymnosperms
member: gymnosperm_genus a genus of gymnosperms
member: gymnosperm plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary
member: class_Gnetopsida__Gnetopsida__Gnetophytina__subdivision_Gnetophytina__Gnetophyta gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as as class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
member: order_Gnetales__Gnetales chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
member: family_Gnetaceae__Gnetaceae plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as Gnetum
member: genus_Gnetum type genus of the Gnetaceae; small trees or shrubs usually with climbing jointed stems and terminal spikes of flowers with orange-red seeds clustered in rough cones
member: gnetum__Gnetum_gnemon small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour
member: family_Ephedraceae__Ephedraceae ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
member: genus_Ephedra type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions
member: ephedra__joint_fir__jointfir jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
member: family_Welwitschiaceae__Welwitschiaceae in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
member: genus_Welwitschia__genus_Welwitchia type and sole genus of Welwitschiaceae
member: welwitschia__Welwitschia_mirabilis curious plant of arid regions of southwestern Africa having a yard-high and yard-wide trunk like a turnip with a deep taproot and two large persistent woody straplike leaves growing from the base; living relic of a flora long disappeared; some may be 700-5000 years old
member: class_Cycadopsida__Cycadopsida__Cycadophytina__subdivision_Cycadophytina__Cycadophyta__subdivision_Cycadophyta palmlike gymnosperms: includes the surviving order Cycadales and several extinct orders; possibly not a natural group; in some systems considered a class (Cycadopsida) and in others a subdivision (Cycadophytina or Cycadophyta)
member: order_Cycadales__Cycadales primitive tropical gymnosperms abundant in the Mesozoic, now reduced to a few scattered tropical forms
member: family_Cycadaceae__Cycadaceae__cycad_family__cycadfamily ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids
member: genus_Cycas__Cycas type genus of Cycadaceae: genus of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves
member: false_sago__falsesago__fern_palm__Cycas_circinalis southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage
member: family_Zamiaceae__Zamiaceae__zamia_family__zamiafamily a family of cycads often included in the family Cycadaceae: zamias
member: genus_Zamia genus of small evergreen tropical and subtropical American cycads
member: zamia any of various cycads of the genus Zamia; among the smallest and most verdant cycads
member: genus_Ceratozamia small genus of Mexican cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: ceratozamia a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico
member: genus_Dioon small genus of arborescent cycads of Mexico and Central America; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: dioon any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks
member: genus_Encephalartos genus of arborescent African cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: encephalartos__encephalarto any of numerous cycads of the genus Encephalartos having stout cylindrical trunks and a terminal crown of long often spiny pinnate leaves
member: kaffir_bread__Encephalartos_caffer South African cycad; the farinaceous pith of the fruit used as food
member: genus_Macrozamia genus of large evergreen Australian cycads; sometimes classified in family Cycadaceae
member: macrozamia any treelike cycad of the genus Macrozamia having erect trunks and pinnate leaves and large cones with sometimes edible nuts; Australia
member: Macrozamia_communis__burrawong large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales
member: burrawong__Macrozamia_spiralis large attractive palmlike evergreen cycad of New South Wales
member: order_Bennettitales__Bennettitales fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
member: family_Bennettitaceae__Bennettitaceae a family of fossil gymnospermous plants of the Carboniferous
member: genus_Bennettitis__Bennettitis type of the Bennettitales
member: class_Pteridospermopsida__Pteridospermopsida extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies
member: order_Cycadofilicales__Cycadofilicales__Lyginopteridales__order_Lyginopteridales fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns
member: genus_Lyginopteris__Lyginopteris genus of fossil seed ferns of the Carboniferous
member: class_Coniferopsida__Coniferopsida__Coniferophytina__subdivision_Coniferophytina__Coniferophyta cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)
member: order_Cordaitales__Cordaitales extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic
member: family_Cordaitaceae__Cordaitaceae chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus
member: genus_Cordaites__Cordaites tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers
member: class_Pinopsida__Pinopsida__Pinophytina__subdivision_Pinophytina most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
member: order_Coniferales__Coniferales profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
member: family_Pinaceae__Pinaceae__pine_family a family of Pinaceae
member: genus_Pinus__Pinus type genus of the Pinaceae: large genus of true pines
member: pine_tree__pine__true_pine a coniferous tree
member: pinon__pinyon any of several low-growing pines of western North America
member: pinon_pine__pinonpine__Mexican_nut_pine__Pinus_cembroides small 2- or 3-needled pinon of Mexico and southern Texas
member: genus_Larix__Larix larches
member: larch_tree__larchtree__larch any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
member: genus_Pseudolarix__Pseudolarix one species: golden larch
member: golden_larch__Pseudolarix_amabilis Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves
member: genus_Abies__Abies true firs
member: fir_tree__firtree__fir__true_fir any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
member: genus_Cedrus__Cedrus true cedars
member: true_cedar__cedar__cedar_tree__cedartree any cedar of the genus Cedrus
member: genus_Picea__Picea a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce)
member: spruce any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
member: genus_Tsuga__Tsuga hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce
member: hemlock_tree__hemlocktree an evergreen tree
member: genus_Pseudotsuga__Pseudotsuga douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya
member: douglas_fir tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
member: genus_Cathaya one species; related to Pseudotsuga and Larix
member: Cathaya Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
member: genus_Keteleeria a genus of Keteleeria
member: keteleeria Asiatic conifers resembling firs
member: family_Cupressaceae__Cupressaceae__cypress_family__cypressfamily cypresses and junipers and many cedars
member: cedar_tree__cedartree__cedar any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
member: genus_Cupressus__Cupressus type genus of Cupressaceae
member: cypress_tree__cypresstree__cypress__cypres any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
member: genus_Athrotaxis__Athrotaxis a genus of gymnosperm
member: King_William_pine__Athrotaxis_selaginoides evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves the curve inward
member: genus_Austrocedrus__Austrocedrus one species; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
member: Chilean_cedar__Austrocedrus_chilensis small well-shaped South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage
member: genus_Callitris__Callitris evergreen monoecious coniferous trees or shrubs: cypress pines
member: cypress_pine__cypresspine any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and northern New Caledonia
member: genus_Calocedrus__Calocedrus tall evergreens of western North America and eastern Asia; formerly included in genus Libocedrus
member: Calocedrus_decurrens__incense_cedar__incensecedar__red_cedar__Libocedrus_decurrens tall tree of North American Pacific coast having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
member: genus_Chamaecyparis__Chamaecyparis a genus of Chamaecyparis
member: southern_white_cedar__coast_white_cedar__coastwhitecedar__atlanticwhitecedar__white_cypress__whitecypres__whitecedar__Chamaecyparis_thyoides slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae
member: Oregon_cedar__Port_Orford_cedar__Lawson's_cypress__Lawson's_cedar__Chamaecyparis_lawsoniana large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet
member: yellow_cypress__yellow_cedar__Nootka_cypress__Alaska_cedar__Chamaecyparis_nootkatensis tall evergreen of North American Pacific coast often cultivated for ornament
member: genus_Cryptomeria__Cryptomeria Japanese cedar; sugi
member: Japanese_cedar__Japan_cedar__sugi__Cryptomeria_japonica tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
member: genus_Juniperus__Juniperus junipers
member: juniper coniferous shrub or small tree with berrylike cones
member: pencil_cedar_tree__pencil_cedar any of several junipers with wood suitable for making pencils
member: Bermuda_cedar__Juniperus_bermudiana ornamental densely pyramidal juniper of Bermuda; fairly large for a juniper
member: east_African_cedar__Juniperus_procera tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood
member: genus_Libocedrus__Libocedrus cypresses that resemble cedars
member: incense_cedar__incensecedar any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood
member: kawaka__Libocedrus_plumosa New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress
member: pahautea__Libocedrus_bidwillii__mountain_pine evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka
member: subfamily_Taxodiaceae__Taxodiaceae__redwood_family__redwoodfamily coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some classification systems
member: genus_Metasequoia genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae
member: metasequoia__dawn_redwood__Metasequoia_glyptostrodoides large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China
member: genus_Sequoia redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae
member: California_redwood__coast_redwood__coastredwood__Sequoia_sempervirens lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur
member: sequoia__redwood either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
member: genus_Sequoiadendron__Sequoiadendron giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae
member: giant_sequoia__giantsequoia__big_tree__bigtree__sierraredwood__Sequoiadendron_giganteum__Sequoia_gigantea__Sequoia_Wellingtonia extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
member: genus_Taxodium__Taxodium bald cypress; swamp cypress
member: pond_bald_cypress__bald_cypress__swamp_cypress__southern_cypress__Taxodium_distichum common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base; found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms
member: pond_cypress__bald_cypress__Taxodium_ascendens smaller than and often included in the closely related Taxodium distichum
member: Montezuma_cypress__Mexican_swamp_cypress__Taxodium_mucronatum cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
member: genus_Tetraclinis__Tetraclinis sandarac tree
member: genus_Thuja__Thuja red cedar
member: western_red_cedar__red_cedar__canoe_cedar__canoecedar__Thuja_plicata large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
member: American_arborvitae__northern_white_cedar__white_cedar__Thuja_occidentalis small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
member: Oriental_arborvitae__Thuja_orientalis__Platycladus_orientalis Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus
member: genus_Thujopsis__Thujopsis one species; has close similarity to genus Thuja
member: hiba_arborvitae__Thujopsis_dolobrata slow-growing medium-large Japanese evergreen used as an ornamental
member: family_Araucariaceae__Araucariaceae__araucaria_family__araucariafamily tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae
member: Wollemi_pine newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
member: genus_Araucaria a genus of Araucaria
member: araucaria any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
member: genus_Agathis__Agathis kauri pine
member: kauri_pine__kauripine__dammar_pine any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
member: kaury__kauri__Agathis_australis tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood
member: dundathu_pine__queensland_kauri__smooth_bark_kauri__Agathis_robusta Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer
member: red_kauri__redkauri__Agathis_lanceolata New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark
member: family_Cephalotaxaceae__Cephalotaxaceae__plum-yew_family a family of Cephalotaxaceae
member: genus_Cephalotaxus__Cephalotaxus the genus of Cephalotaxus (see plum-yews)
member: plum-yew any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals
member: genus_Torreya__Torreya nutmeg-yews
member: California_nutmeg__nutmeg-yew__Torreya_californica California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor
member: stinking_cedar__stinking_yew__Torrey_tree__Torreya_taxifolia rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed
member: family_Phyllocladaceae__Phyllocladaceae a family of Phyllocladaceae
member: genus_Phyllocladus__Phyllocladus celery pine
member: celery_pine Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves
member: family_Podocarpaceae__Podocarpaceae__podocarpus_family gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
member: genus_Podocarpus__Podocarpus evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae
member: podocarp any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed
member: yacca_podocarp__yaccapodocarp__yacca__Podocarpus_coriaceus West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
member: brown_pine__brownpine__Rockingham_podocarp__Podocarpus_elatus large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
member: cape_yellowwood__African_yellowwood__Podocarpus_elongatus South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
member: South-African_yellowwood__Podocarpus_latifolius erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark gray bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves
member: alpine_totara__Podocarpus_nivalis low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains
member: Podocarpus_totara__totara valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves
member: genus_Afrocarpus__Afrocarpus dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to southern and southeastern Africa: yellowwood; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus
member: common_yellowwood__bastard_yellowwood__bastardyellowwood__Afrocarpus_falcata medium-sized tree of South Africa
member: genus_Dacrycarpus__Dacrycarpus evergreen coniferous shrubs or trees of New Zealand to Malaysia and Philippines
member: genus_Dacrydium__Dacrydium Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs
member: rimu__imou_pine__red_pine__redpine__Dacrydium_cupressinum tall New Zealand timber tree
member: Dacrydium_colensoi__tarwood New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
member: genus_Falcatifolium__Falcatifolium sickle pines: dioecious evergreen tropical trees and shrubs having sickle-shaped leaves; similar to Dacrycarpus in habit; Malaysia and Philippines to New Guinea and New Caledonia
member: common_sickle_pine__Falcatifolium_falciforme small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
member: yellow-leaf_sickle_pine__Falcatifolium_taxoides a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
member: genus_Halocarpus__Halocarpus dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium
member: tarwood__newzealandmountainpine__Halocarpus_bidwilli__Dacrydium_bidwilli New Zealand shrub
member: genus_Lagarostrobus__Lagarostrobus genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium
member: huon_pine__Lagarostrobus_franklinii__Dacrydium_franklinii Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium
member: genus_Lepidothamnus__Lepidothamnus small usually shrubby conifers
member: Chilean_rimu__Lepidothamnus_fonkii about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile
member: mountain_rimu__Lepidothamnus_laxifolius__Dacridium_laxifolius low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand
member: genus_Microstrobos__Microstrobos 2 species of small evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania
member: Tasman_dwarf_pine__Microstrobos_niphophilus small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches
member: genus_Nageia__Nageia small genus of Asian evergreen trees having columnar crowns and distinguished by leaves lacking a midrib; eastern Asia including India and Philippines and New Guinea
member: Nageia_nagi__nagi medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
member: genus_Parasitaxus__Parasitaxus 1 species: parasite yew
member: parasite_yew__Parasitaxus_ustus rare and endangered monoecious parasitic conifer of New Caledonia; parasitic on Falcatifolium taxoides
member: genus_Prumnopitys__Prumnopitys mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus
member: miro__black_pine__blackpine__Prumnopitys_ferruginea__Podocarpus_ferruginea New Zealand conifer
member: matai__black_pine__blackpine__Prumnopitys_taxifolia__Podocarpus_spicata New Zealand conifer
member: plum-fruited_yew__Prumnopitys_andina__Prumnopitys_elegans South American evergreen tree or shrub
member: genus_Retrophyllum__Retrophyllum small genus of tropical evergreen dioecious shrubs or trees of Oceania and tropical South America
member: genus_Saxe-gothea__Saxe-gothea__Saxegothea__genus_Saxegothea 1 species: Prince Albert's yew
member: Prince_Albert_yew__Prince_Albert's_yew__Saxe-gothea_conspicua small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile
member: genus_Sundacarpus__Sundacarpus 1 species
member: Sundacarpus_amara__Prumnopitys_amara__Podocarpus_amara a large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland
member: family_Sciadopityaceae__Sciadopityaceae family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae
member: genus_Sciadopitys__Sciadopitys type and sole genus of Sciadopityaceae; Japanese umbrella pines
member: Japanese_umbrella_pine__Sciadopitys_verticillata tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs
member: family_Taxaceae__Taxaceae__yew_family__yewfamily sometimes classified as member of order Taxales
member: genus_Taxus__Taxus yews
member: Old_World_yew__English_yew__Taxus_baccata predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world
member: Pacific_yew__California_yew__western_yew__westernyew__Taxus_brevifolia small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
member: Japanese_yew__Taxus_cuspidata shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States
member: Florida_yew__Taxus_floridana small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves
member: yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
member: genus_Austrotaxus__Austrotaxus a gymnosperm genus having one species: New Caledonian yew
member: New_Caledonian_yew__Austrotaxus_spicata large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii
member: genus_Pseudotaxus__Pseudotaxus one species
member: white-berry_yew__whiteberryyew__pseudotaxuschienii yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries
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member: order_Taxales__Taxales coextensive with the family Taxaceae: yews
member: class_Ginkgopsida__Ginkgopsida__Ginkgophytina__subdivision_Ginkgophytina__Ginkgophyta ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class (Ginkgopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Ginkgophytina or Ginkgophyta); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
member: order_Ginkgoales__Ginkgoales coextensive with the family Ginkgoaceae: plants that first appeared in the Permian and now represented by a single surviving species; often included in Coniferales
member: family_Ginkgoaceae__Ginkgoaceae__ginkgo_family constituting the order Ginkgoales; includes the genus Ginkgo and extinct forms
member: genus_Ginkgo sole surviving genus of the Ginkgoaceae
member: gymnospermous_tree__gymnospermoustree any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta
member: class_Angiospermae__Angiospermae__Magnoliophyta__division_Magnoliophyta__Anthophyta__division_Anthophyta comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta)
member: angiosperm__flowering_plant__floweringplant plants having seeds in a closed ovary
member: class_Dicotyledones__Dicotyledones__Dicotyledonae__class_Dicotyledonae__Magnoliopsida__class_Magnoliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
member: monocot_family__monocotfamily__liliopsid_family__liliopsidfamily family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
member: dicot_family__dicotfamily__magnoliopsid_family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
member: dicot_genus__dicotgenu__magnoliopsidgenu genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
member: dicot__dicotyledon flowering plant with two cotyledons
member: subclass_Magnoliidae__Magnoliidae__ranalian_complex a group of families or trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
member: magnoliid_dicot_family__magnoliiddicotfamily family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
member: magnoliid_dicot_genus__magnoliiddicotgenu genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
member: order_Ranales__Ranales__Ranunculales__order_Ranunculales herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
member: family_Annonaceae__Annonaceae__custard-apple_family__custardapplefamily chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
member: genus_Annona__Annona type genus of the Annonaceae; tropical American trees or shrubs
member: custard_apple_tree__custardappletree__custard_apple__custardapple any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
member: genus_Asimina__Asimina pawpaw
member: papaw_tree__papawtree__pawpaw__papaw__Asimina_triloba small tree native to the eastern United States having oblong leaves and fleshy fruit
member: genus_Cananga__Cananga__Canangium__genus_Canangium a genus of Malayan tree
member: ylang-ylang__ilang-ilang__Cananga_odorata evergreen Asian tree with aromatic greenish-yellow flowers yielding a volatile oil; widely grown in the tropics as an ornamental
member: genus_Oxandra__Oxandra genus of tropical trees
member: genus_Xylopia__Xylopia tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African
member: Guinea_pepper__negro_pepper__negropepper__Xylopia_aethiopica tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine
member: family_Berberidaceae__Berberidaceae__barberry_family shrubs or herbs
member: genus_Berberis__Berberis large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
member: barberry any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
member: genus_Caulophyllum__Caulophyllum blue cohosh
member: blue_cohosh__blueberry_root__blueberryroot__papooseroot__papoose_root__papooseroot__squawroot__squawroot__caulophyllumthalictrioide__Caulophyllum_thalictroides tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
member: genus_Epimedium__Epimedium herbaceous perennials of Mediterranean to India and eastern Asia
member: barrenwort__bishop's_hat__Epimedium_grandiflorum slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover
member: genus_Mahonia__Mahonia evergreen shrubs and small trees of North and Central America and Asia
member: genus_Podophyllum__Podophyllum perennial rhizomatous herbs
member: mayapple__May_apple__wild_mandrake__Podophyllum_peltatum North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit
member: family_Calycanthaceae__Calycanthaceae__calycanthus_family__calycanthusfamily__strawberry-shrub_family shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
member: genus_Calycanthus__Calycanthus a magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
member: allspice.shrub deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
member: genus_Chimonanthus__Chimonanthus small genus of Asian deciduous or evergreen shrubs having fragrant flowers: winter sweet
member: Japan_allspice__Japanese_allspice__winter_sweet__Chimonanthus_praecox deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
member: family_Ceratophyllaceae__Ceratophyllaceae coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts
member: genus_Ceratophyllum__Ceratophyllum constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae: hornworts
member: hornwort.aquatic_plant any aquatic plant of the genus Ceratophyllum; forms submerged masses in ponds and slow-flowing streams
member: family_Cercidiphyllaceae__Cercidiphyllaceae 1 genus
member: genus_Cercidiphyllum__Cercidiphyllum 1 species: katsura tree
member: katsura_tree__katsuratree__Cercidiphyllum_japonicum rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn
member: family_Lardizabalaceae__Lardizabalaceae__lardizabala_family__lardizabalafamily thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit
member: genus_Lardizabala__Lardizabala evergreen monoecious climbers of South America having dark mauve-blue edible berries
member: family_Lauraceae__Lauraceae__laurel_family a family of Lauraceae
member: laurel any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
member: genus_Laurus__Laurus small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
member: true_laurel__bay__bay_laurel__baylaurel__bay_tree__baytree__Laurus_nobilis small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
member: genus_Cinnamomum__Cinnamomum Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
member: camphor_tree__camphortree__cinnamomumcamphora large evergreen tree of warm regions whose aromatic wood yields camphor
member: Ceylon_cinnamon_tree__cinnamon__Ceylon_cinnamon__Cinnamomum_zeylanicum tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
member: Cinnamomum_cassia__cassia__cassia-bark_tree Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon
member: Saigon_cinnamon__Cinnamomum_loureirii tropical southeast Asian tree with aromatic bark; yields a bark used medicinally
member: genus_Lindera__Lindera aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America
member: American_spicebush__spicebush__spice_bush__spicebush__Benjamin_bush__Lindera_benzoin__Benzoin_odoriferum deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
member: genus_Benzoin__Benzoin used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera
member: genus_Persea__Persea avocado
member: avocado_tree__avocadotree__Persea_Americana tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
member: laurel-tree__red_bay__redbay__Persea_borbonia small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
member: genus_Sassafras a genus of Sassafras
member: sassafras_tree__sassafrastree__sassafras__sassafra__Sassafras_albidum yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
member: genus_Umbellularia__Umbellularia aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast
member: California_laurel__California_bay_tree__Oregon_myrtle__pepperwood__spice_tree__spicetree__sassafras_laurel__sassafraslaurel__California_olive__mountain_laurel__Umbellularia_californica Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
member: family_Magnoliaceae__Magnoliaceae__magnolia_family subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron; Magnolia; Manglietia
member: genus_Illicium__Illicium anise trees: evergreen trees with aromatic leaves
member: anise_tree__anisetree any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium
member: purple_anise__Illicium_floridanum small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States
member: Illicium_anisatum__star_anise small shrubby tree of Japan and Taiwan; flowers are not fragrant
member: star_anise__Chinese_anise__Illicium_verum small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
member: genus_Magnolia shrubs or trees of North America or Asia having entire evergreen or deciduous leaves; among most ancient of angiosperm genera
member: magnolia any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
member: genus_manglietia__genusmanglietia a genus of flowering tree of the family Magnoliaceae found from Malay to southern China
member: genus_Liriodendron__Liriodendron tulip trees
member: tulip_tree__tuliptree__tulip_poplar__tulippoplar__yellow_poplar__canary_whitewood__Liriodendron_tulipifera tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
member: family_Menispermaceae__Menispermaceae__moonseed_family herbaceous or woody climbers
member: genus_Menispermum__Menispermum climbing herbs
member: common_moonseed__Canada_moonseed__yellow_parilla__Menispermum_canadense a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits
member: moonseed plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit with crescent- or ring-shaped seeds
member: genus_Cocculus__Cocculus climbing plants or shrubs
member: Carolina_moonseed__Cocculus_carolinus woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits
member: family_Myristicaceae__Myristicaceae__nutmeg_family family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
member: genus_Myristica__Myristica type genus of Myristicaceae; tropical Asian evergreen trees with small white or yellow flowers followed by fleshy fruits
member: nutmeg_tree__nutmeg__Myristica_fragrans East Indian tree widely cultivated in the tropics for its aromatic seed; source of two spices: nutmeg and mace
member: family_Nymphaeaceae__Nymphaeaceae__water-lily_family dicot aquatic plants
member: water_lily__waterlily an aquatic plant of the family Nymphaeaceae
member: genus_Nymphaea__Nymphaea the type genus of the family Nymphaeaceae; any of a variety of water lilies
member: fragrant_water_lily__water_nymph__waternymph__pond_lily__Nymphaea_odorata a water lily having large leaves and showy fragrant flowers that float on the water; of temperate and tropical regions
member: European_white_lily__Nymphaea_alba a water lily with white flowers
member: Nymphaea_lotus__lotus__lotu__white_lotus__whitelotu__Egyptian_water_lily__white_lily__whitelily white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
member: genus_Nuphar__Nuphar spatterdocks
member: spatterdock__cow_lily__cowlily__yellow_pond_lily__Nuphar_advena common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water
member: yellow_water_lily__Nuphar_lutea a water lily with yellow flowers
member: subfamily_Nelumbonaceae__Nelumbonaceae in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo
member: genus_Nelumbo__Nelumbo sometimes placed in the family Nymphaeaceae: lotuses
member: American_lotus__water_chinquapin__waterchinquapin__yanquapin__Nelumbo_lutea water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
member: subfamily_Cabombaceae__Cabombaceae__water-shield_family in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
member: genus_Cabomba__Cabomba alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae; a small genus of American aquatic plants
member: fanwort__water-shield__watershield__Cabomba_caroliniana common aquatic plant of eastern North America having floating and submerged leaves and white yellow-spotted flowers
member: genus_Brasenia__Brasenia alternatively, a member of the family Nymphaeaceae
member: water-shield__watershield__Brasenia_schreberi__water-target__watertarget aquatic plant with floating oval leaves and purple flowers; in lakes and slow-moving streams; suitable for aquariums
member: family_Paeoniaceae__Paeoniaceae__peony_family__peonyfamily perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America
member: genus_Paeonia__Paeonia peonies: herbaceous or shrubby plants having showy flowers
member: peony__paeony any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
member: family_Ranunculaceae__Ranunculaceae__buttercup_family__buttercupfamily__crowfoot_family a family of Ranunculaceae
member: genus_Ranunculus__Ranunculus annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
member: buttercup__butterflower__crowfoot__goldcup__kingcup any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
member: water_crowfoot__watercrowfoot__water_buttercup__waterbuttercup__Ranunculus_aquatilis plant of ponds and slow streams having submerged and floating leaves and white flowers; Europe and North America
member: lesser_celandine__pilewort__Ranunculus_ficaria perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles
member: lesser_spearwort__Ranunculus_flammula semi-aquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves; naturalized in New Zealand
member: sagebrush_buttercup__sagebrushbuttercup__Ranunculus_glaberrimus small early-flowering buttercup with shiny yellow flowers of western North America
member: greater_spearwort__greaterspearwort__Ranunculus_lingua semi-aquatic European crowfoot with spear-shaped leaves
member: genus_Aconitum__Aconitum genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
member: aconite any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
member: genus_Actaea__Actaea baneberry
member: cohosh__baneberry__herb_Christopher a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
member: genus_Adonis__Adonis annual or perennial herbs
member: pheasant's-eye__Adonis_annua Eurasian herb cultivated for its dark-centered deep red flowers
member: genus_Anemone perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions
member: anemone__windflower any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
member: genus_Anemonella__Anemonella 1 species: rue anemone
member: rue_anemone__Anemonella_thalictroides woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate
member: genus_Aquilegia columbine
member: columbine__aquilege a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
member: meeting_house__meetinghouse__honeysuckle__aquilegiacanadensi columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers
member: blue_columbine__Aquilegia_coerulia__Aquilegia_scopulorum_calcarea columbine of Rocky Mts having long-spurred blue flowers
member: granny's_bonnets__Aquilegia_vulgaris common European columbine having variously colored (white or blue to purple or red) short-spurred flowers; naturalized in United States
member: genus_Caltha__Caltha a genus of Caltha
member: marsh_marigold__marshmarigold__kingcup__meadow_bright__May_blob__cowslip__water_dragon__waterdragon__calthapalustri swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
member: genus_Cimicifuga__Cimicifuga small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane
member: bugbane a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects
member: genus_Clematis large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs
member: clematis any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers
member: genus_Coptis__Coptis small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers
member: goldthread__golden_thread__Coptis_groenlandica__Coptis_trifolia_groenlandica low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
member: genus_Consolida__Consolida plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium
member: rocket_larkspur__Consolida_ambigua__Delphinium_ajacis commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
member: genus_Delphinium large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous
member: delphinium any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
member: genus_Eranthis__Eranthis winter aconite
member: winter_aconite__Eranthis_hyemalis small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone
member: genus_Helleborus__Helleborus a genus of Helleborus
member: hellebore any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus
member: genus_Hepatica small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone
member: hepatica__liverleaf any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having 3-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions
member: genus_Hydrastis__Hydrastis small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan
member: goldenseal__golden_seal__yellow_root__turmeric_root__Hydrastis_Canadensis perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves
member: genus_Isopyrum__Isopyrum tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere
member: false_rue_anemone__falserueanemone__false_rue__falserue__Isopyrum_biternatum slender erect perennial of eastern North America having tuberous roots and pink-tinged white flowers; resembles meadow rue
member: genus_Laccopetalum__Laccopetalum 1 species: giant buttercup
member: giant_buttercup__giantbuttercup__Laccopetalum_giganteum spectacular perennial native of wet montane grasslands of Peru; formerly included in genus Ranunculus
member: genus_Nigella erect annual Eurasian herbs
member: nigella any plant of the genus Nigella
member: genus_Pulsatilla__Pulsatilla includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
member: pasqueflower__pasque_flower any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone
member: genus_Thalictrum__Thalictrum widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
member: meadow_rue any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers
member: genus_Trautvetteria__Trautvetteria small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane
member: false_bugbane__falsebugbane__Trautvetteria_carolinensis tall perennial of the eastern United States having large basal leaves and white summer flowers
member: genus_Trollius__Trollius perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers
member: globeflower__globe_flower__globeflower any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers
member: family_Winteraceae__Winteraceae__winter's_bark_family small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae
member: genus_Drimys__Drimys shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage
member: winter's_bark_tree__winter's_bark__Drimys_winteri South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood
member: genus_Pseudowintera__Pseudowintera__Wintera__genus_Wintera evergreen shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand
member: pepper_shrub__Pseudowintera_colorata__Wintera_colorata evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits
member: order_Myricales__Myricales coextensive with the family Myricaceae
member: family_Myricaceae__Myricaceae__wax-myrtle_family constituting the order Myricales
member: genus_Myrica__Myrica deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees
member: sweet_gale__sweetgale__Scotch_gale__Myrica_gale bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
member: wax_myrtle__waxmyrtle any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
member: genus_Comptonia__Comptonia 1 species: sweet fern
member: sweet_fern__sweetfern__Comptonia_peregrina__Comptonia_asplenifolia deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers
member: family_Leitneriaceae__Leitneriaceae__corkwood_family coextensive with the genus Leitneria; commonly isolated in a distinct order
member: genus_Leitneria__Leitneria 1 species: corkwood
member: corkwood_tree__corkwood__Leitneria_floridana very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
member: order_Aristolochiales__Aristolochiales order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary
member: family_Aristolochiaceae__Aristolochiaceae__birthwort_family__birthwortfamily family of birthworts (including wild ginger)
member: genus_Aristolochia__Aristolochia birthworts; dutchman's pipe
member: birthwort__Aristolochia_clematitis creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses; native to Europe; naturalized Great Britain and eastern North America
member: genus_Asarum__Asarum wild ginger
member: wild_ginger low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes
member: heartleaf__Asarum_shuttleworthii wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama
member: family_Rafflesiaceae__Rafflesiaceae a family of parasitic plants of the order Aristolochiales
member: family_Hydnoracea__Hydnoracea a family of flowering plants in Africa and Argentina that are parasitic on the roots of other plants
member: subclass_Caryophyllidae__Caryophyllidae a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or free-central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder
member: caryophylloid_dicot_family__caryophylloiddicotfamily family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
member: caryophylloid_dicot_genus__caryophylloiddicotgenu genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
member: order_Caryophyllales__Caryophyllales__Chenopodiales__order-Chenopodiales corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
member: family_Caryophyllaceae__Caryophyllaceae__carnation_family__carnationfamily__pink_family large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
member: caryophyllaceous_plant a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
member: genus_Agrostemma__Agrostemma a caryophylloid dicot genus including corn cockles
member: corn_cockle__corn_campion__crown-of-the-field__Agrostemma_githago European annual having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America
member: Arenaria__genus_Arenaria sandworts
member: sandwort low-growing chiefly perennial plants usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
member: genus_Cerastium__Cerastium mouse-eared chickweed
member: mouse-ear_chickweed__mouseearchickweed__mouse_eared_chickweed__mouseearedchickweed__mouse_ear__mouseear__clammy_chickweed__chickweed any of various plants related to the common chickweed
member: genus_Dianthus__Dianthus carnations and pinks
member: garden_pink__pink any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
member: genus_Drypis 1 species
member: drypis spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers
member: genus_Gypsophila__Gypsophila Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
member: baby's_breath__babies'-breath__babies'breath__Gypsophila_paniculata tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
member: genus_Hernaria__Hernaria low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves
member: rupturewort__Hernaria_glabra common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover; formerly reputed to cure ruptures
member: genus_Illecebrum__Illecebrum 1 species: coral necklace
member: coral_necklace__coralnecklace__Illecebrum_verticullatum glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
member: genus_Lychnis genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly
member: lychnis__lychni__catchfly mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
member: genus_Minuartia__Minuartia mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts
member: genus_Moehringia__Moehringia low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having 4- rather than 5-petaled flowers
member: Moehringia_lateriflora__sandwort low-growing herb having clusters of small white-flowers 4-petaled flowers
member: Moehringia_mucosa__sandwort loosely matted plant with mosslike foliage studded with tiny starry 4-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
member: genus_Paronychia__Paronychia low-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts
member: whitlowwort any of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves; widespread throughout warm regions of both Old and New Worlds; formerly thought to cure whitlows (suppurative infections around a fingernail)
member: genus_Petrocoptis__Petrocoptis perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
member: genus_Sagina__Sagina small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions
member: pearlwort__pearlweed any of various low-growing plants of the genus Sagina having small spherical flowers resembling pearls
member: genus_Saponaria__Saponaria mostly perennial Old World herbs
member: soapwort__hedge_pink__hedgepink__bouncing_Bet__bouncing_Bess__Saponaria_officinalis plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
member: genus_Scleranthus__Scleranthus small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel
member: knawel__knawe__Scleranthus_annuus widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
member: genus_Silene large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly
member: silene__campion__catchfly any plant of the genus Silene
member: moss_campion__Silene_acaulis tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America
member: wild_pink__Silene_caroliniana perennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clusters
member: red_campion__red_bird's_eye__Silene_dioica__Lychnis_dioica biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
member: white_campion__whitecampion__evening_lychnis__white_cockle__whitecockle__bladdercampion__Silene_latifolia__Lychnis_alba bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx; sometimes placed in genus Lychnis
member: fire_pink__Silene_virginica perennial herb of eastern North America, having red flowers with narrow notched petals
member: genus_Spergula__Spergula small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
member: corn_spurry__corn_spurrey__Spergula_arvensis small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers
member: genus_Spergularia__Spergularia chiefly maritimes Eurasian herbs: sand spurry; sea spurry
member: sand_spurry__sea_spurry__seaspurry__Spergularia_rubra prostrate weedy herb with tiny pink flowers; widespread throughout Europe and Asia on sand dunes and heath and coastal cliffs; naturalized in eastern North America
member: genus_Stellaria__Stellaria common chickweed; stitchwort
member: chickweed any of various plants of the genus Stellaria
member: genus_Vaccaria__Vaccaria cow-cockles
member: cowherb__cow_cockle__cowcockle__Vaccaria_hispanica__Vaccaria_pyramidata__Saponaria_vaccaria European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
member: family_Aizoaceae__Aizoaceae__Tetragoniaceae__family_Tetragoniaceae__carpetweed_family succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds
member: genus_Carpobrotus__Carpobrotus a caryophyllaceous genus of Carpobrotus
member: Hottentot_fig__Hottentot's_fig__sour_fig__Carpobrotus_edulis__Mesembryanthemum_edule low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
member: genus_Dorotheanthus__Dorotheanthus a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus
member: livingstone_daisy__livingstonedaisy__Dorotheanthus_bellidiformis low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
member: genus_Lithops genus of stemless South African succulents
member: lithops__living_stone__stoneface__stoneplant__stone_life_face__flowering_stone any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
member: genus_Mesembryanthemum__Mesembryanthemum South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight
member: fig_marigold__figmarigold__pebbleplant any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
member: genus_Molluga__Molluga carpetweeds
member: carpetweed__Indian_chickweed__Molluga_verticillata annual prostrate mat-forming weed having whorled leaves and small greenish-white flowers; widespread throughout North America
member: genus_Pleiospilos__Pleiospilos perennial succulents of South Africa
member: living_granite__living_rock__stone_mimicry_plant__stonemimicryplant highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with gray-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
member: genus_Tetragonia__Tetragonia New Zealand spinach
member: New_Zealand_spinach__Tetragonia_tetragonioides__Tetragonia_expansa coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves
member: family_Amaranthaceae__Amaranthaceae__amaranth_family cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
member: genus_Amaranthus__Amaranthus large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
member: amaranth any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
member: thorny_amaranth__Amaranthus_spinosus erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
member: genus_Alternanthera__Alternanthera genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera
member: alligator_weed__alligatorweed__alligatorgras__Alternanthera_philoxeroides prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers; clogs waterways with dense floating masses
member: genus_Celosia__Celosia annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa
member: red_fox__Celosia_argentea weedy annual with spikes of silver-white flowers
member: genus_Froelichia__Froelichia genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
member: cottonweed any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
member: genus_Gomphrena__Gomphrena genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia
member: globe_amaranth__globeamaranth__bachelor's_button__Gomphrena_globosa tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
member: genus_Iresine__Iresine genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs
member: bloodleaf any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage
member: genus_Telanthera__Telanthera used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera
member: family_Batidaceae__Batidaceae__saltwort_family family coextensive with genus Batis: saltworts
member: genus_Batis__Batis small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs
member: Batis_maritima__saltwort low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves
member: family_Chenopodiaceae__Chenopodiaceae__goosefoot_family__goosefootfamily includes spinach and beets
member: genus_Chenopodium__Chenopodium goosefoot; pigweed
member: goosefoot any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
member: genus_Atriplex__Atriplex orach; saltbush
member: orach__orache any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes
member: saltbush any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil
member: genus_Bassia__Bassia__Kochia__genus_Kochia summer cypress
member: summer_cypress__burning_bush__burningbush__firebush__belvedere__Bassia_scoparia__Kochia_scoparia densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
member: genus_Cycloloma__Cycloloma a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
member: winged_pigweed__tumbleweed__Cycloloma_atriplicifolium bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
member: genus_Halogeton a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae
member: halogeton__Halogeton_glomeratus a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content
member: Halogeton_souda__barilla Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate
member: genus_Salicornia__Salicornia glassworts
member: samphire__glasswort__Salicornia_europaea fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass
member: genus_Salsola__Salsola chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts
member: genus_Sarcobatus__Sarcobatus 1 species: greasewood
member: black_greasewood__blackgreasewood__greasewood__Sarcobatus_vermiculatus low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America
member: genus_Spinacia__Spinacia spinach
member: prickly-seeded_spinach__spinach__spinachplant__Spinacia_oleracea southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
member: family_Nyctaginaceae__Nyctaginaceae__Allioniaceae__family_Allioniaceae__four-o'clock_family a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
member: genus_Nyctaginia__Nyctaginia a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
member: scarlet_musk_flower__Nyctaginia_capitata viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
member: genus_Abronia__Abronia genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
member: sand_verbena any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena
member: genus_Allionia__Allionia small genus of chiefly American herbs
member: trailing_four_o'clock__trailing_windmills__Allionia_incarnata trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico
member: genus_Bougainvillea__Bougainvillaea__genus_Bougainvillaea ornamental tropical woody vines
member: bougainvillea any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions
member: genus_Mirabilis__Mirabilis four o'clocks
member: umbrellawort a plant of the genus Mirabilis
member: four_o'clock any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon
member: California_four_o'clock__Mirabilis_laevis__Mirabilis_californica California four o'clock with purple-red flowers
member: genus_Pisonia__Pisonia genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America
member: cockspur__Pisonia_aculeata small spiny West Indian tree
member: family_Phytolaccaceae__Phytolaccaceae__pokeweed_family chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca; Agdestis; Ercilla; Rivina; Trichostigma
member: genus_Phytolacca__Phytolacca type genus of Phytolaccaceae: pokeweed
member: pokeweed perennial of the genus Phytolacca
member: genus_Agdestis__Agdestis a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates
member: genus_Ercilla__Ercilla a genus of evergreen climbers
member: genus_Rivina__Rivina small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
member: bloodberry__blood_berry__bloodberry__rougeberry__rouge_plant__rougeplant__Rivina_humilis bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
member: genus_Trichostigma__Trichostigma a genus of erect or climbing shrubs found in tropical South America
member: family_Portulacaceae__Portulacaceae__purslane_family family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in Americas
member: genus_Portulaca genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
member: portulaca a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
member: common_purslane__pussley__pusly__verdolagas__Portulaca_oleracea weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
member: genus_Calandrinia__Calandrinia large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
member: rock_purslane a plant of the genus Calandrinia
member: red_maids__redmaid__redmaid__calandriniaciliata succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers; southwestern United States
member: genus_Claytonia__Claytonia genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
member: Carolina_spring_beauty__Claytonia_caroliniana similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America
member: spring_beauty__Clatonia_lanceolata small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm
member: Virginia_spring_beauty__Claytonia_virginica small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America
member: genus_Lewisia__Lewisia genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
member: siskiyou_lewisia__Lewisia_cotyledon evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California
member: bitterroot__Lewisia_rediviva showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
member: genus_Montia__Montia small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia
member: Indian_lettuce a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves
member: genus_Spraguea__Spraguea small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes
member: pussy-paw__pussypaw__pussy-paws__pussy's-paw__pussy'spaw__Spraguea_umbellatum__Calyptridium_umbellatum pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet; grow in coniferous forests of western North America
member: genus_Talinum__Talinum genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs
member: flame_flower__flameflower__talinumaurantiacum plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
member: narrow-leaved_flame_flower__Talinum_augustissimum similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
member: pigmy_talinum__pigmytalinum__Talinum_brevifolium low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States
member: rock_pink__Talinum_calycinum pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States
member: spiny_talinum__spinytalinum__Talinum_spinescens low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States
member: order_Opuntiales__Opuntiales coextensive with the family Cactaceae: cactuses
member: family_Cactaceae__Cactaceae__cactus_family constituting the order Opuntiales
member: cactus any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World
member: genus_Acanthocereus__Acanthocereus mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region
member: genus_Aporocactus__Aporocactus small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico
member: rattail_cactus__rat's-tail_cactus__Aporocactus_flagelliformis commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
member: genus_Ariocarpus__Ariocarpus slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas
member: living_rock__Ariocarpus_fissuratus usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green fruit; resembles the related mescal; northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States
member: genus_Carnegiea__Carnegiea caryophylloid dicot genus with only one species: saguaro
member: saguaro__sahuaro__Carnegiea_gigantea extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
member: genus_Cereus__Cereus genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white
member: night-blooming_cereus any of several cacti of the genus Cereus
member: genus_Coryphantha mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria
member: coryphantha a cactus of the genus Coryphantha
member: genus_Echinocactus globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil
member: echinocactus__barrel_cactus any cactus of the genus Echinocactus; strongly ribbed and very spiny; southwestern United States to Brazil
member: genus_Echinocereus__Echinocereus large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States
member: hedgehog_cereus cactus of the genus Echinocereus
member: rainbow_cactus a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
member: genus_Epiphyllum small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti
member: epiphyllum__orchid_cactus any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers
member: genus_Ferocactus__Ferocactus genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti
member: barrel_cactus a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits
member: genus_Gymnocalycium__Gymnocalycium large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles
member: genus_Harrisia__Harrisia genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America
member: genus_Hatiora__Hatiora small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
member: Easter_cactus__Hatiora_gaertneri__Schlumbergera_gaertneri spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coral-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera
member: genus_Hylocereus__Hylocereus genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers
member: night-blooming_Hylocereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus any of several cacti of the genus Hylocereus
member: genus_Lemaireocereus__Lemaireocereus tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit
member: Lemaireocereus_chichipe__chichipe tall treelike Mexican cactus with edible red fruit
member: genus_Lophophora__Lophophora two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal
member: mezcal__mescal__peyote__Lophophora_williamsii a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons
member: genus_Mammillaria large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface
member: mammillaria any cactus of the genus Mammillaria
member: genus_Melocactus__Melocactus genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean
member: genus_Myrtillocactus__Myrtillocactus small genus of arborescent cacti of Mexico and Central America
member: garambulla_cactus__garambulla__Myrtillocactus_geometrizans arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit
member: genus_Pediocactus__Pediocactus low-growing cacti of the American Great Plains
member: Knowlton's_cactus__Pediocactus_knowltonii small clustering cactus of southwestern United States; a threatened species
member: genus_Nopalea__Nopalea a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers
member: nopal any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears
member: genus_Opuntia__Opuntia large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears
member: prickly_pear_cactus__prickly_pear__pricklypear cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species; often used as food for stock
member: Opuntia_cholla__cholla arborescent cacti having very spiny cylindrical stem segments; southwestern United States and Mexico
member: genus_Pereskia__Pereskia__Peireskia__genus_Peireskia genus of tropical American shrubby trees and woody climbers having slender branches with broad flat leaves and large panicles of flowers
member: Barbados_gooseberry__Barbados-gooseberry_vine__Pereskia_aculeata West Indian woody scrambler with spiny stems and numerous fragrant white flowers in panicles followed by small yellow to orange fruits
member: genus_Rhipsalis__Rhipsalis large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits
member: mistletoe_cactus a plant of the genus Rhipsalis
member: genus_Schlumbergera__Schlumbergera South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti
member: Christmas_cactus__Schlumbergera_buckleyi__Schlumbergera_baridgesii epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter
member: genus_Selenicereus__Selenicereus mostly epiphytic climbing cacti that bloom at night
member: night-blooming_Selenicereus_cactus__night-blooming_cereus any of several night-blooming cacti of the genus Selenicereus
member: genus_Zygocactus__Zygocactus small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits
member: crab_cactus__Thanksgiving_cactus__Zygocactus_truncatus__Schlumbergera_truncatus South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera
member: subclass_Asteridae__Asteridae a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder
member: asterid_dicot_family__asteriddicotfamily family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
member: asterid_dicot_genus__asteriddicotgenu genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
member: order_Campanulales__Campanulales an order or plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
member: family_Compositae__Compositae__Asteraceae__family_Asteraceae__aster_family__asterfamily plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia
member: composite_plant__compositeplant__composite considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
member: compass_plant__compassplant__compass_flower__compassflower any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
member: everlasting_flower__everlastingflower__everlasting any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
member: genus_Achillea perennial often aromatic and sometimes mat-forming herbs of north temperate regions: yarrow; milfoil
member: achillea any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads
member: genus_Ageratina__Ageratina annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America
member: white_snakeroot__whitesnakeroot__white_sanicle__whitesanicle__Ageratina_altissima__Eupatorium_rugosum American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
member: genus_Ageratum genus of tropical American herbs grown for their flowers
member: ageratum any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers
member: genus_Amberboa__Amberboa herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers
member: Amberboa_moschata__sweet_sultan__sweetsultan__Centaurea_moschata Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea
member: genus_Ambrosia comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae
member: ragweed__ambrosia__bitterweed any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma
member: family_Ambrosiaceae__Ambrosiaceae in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds
member: genus_Ammobium small genus of Australian herbs grown for their flowers
member: ammobium any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage
member: genus_Anacyclus__Anacyclus Spanish pellitory
member: pellitory-of-Spain__pellitory__Anacyclus_pyrethrum small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache
member: genus_Anaphalis__Anaphalis genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting
member: pearly_everlasting__cottonweed__Anaphalis_margaritacea American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
member: genus_Andryala genus of hardy hairy latex-producing perennials of Mediterranean area
member: andryala any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers
member: genus_Antennaria__Antennaria small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles
member: ladies'_tobacco__ladies'tobacco__lady's_tobacco__Antennaria_plantaginifolia North American perennial propagated by means of runners
member: cat's_foot__cat'sfoot__cat's_feet__cat'sfeet__pussytoes__pussytoe__Antennaria_dioica low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers
member: genus_Anthemis__Anthemis dog fennel
member: stinking_mayweed__mayweed__dog_fennel__dogfennel__stinking_chamomile__Anthemis_cotula widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs
member: yellow_chamomile__golden_marguerite__dyers'_chamomile__Anthemis_tinctoria Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North America
member: corn_chamomile__field_chamomile__corn_mayweed__Anthemis_arvensis European white-flowered weed naturalized in North America
member: genus_Antheropeas__Antheropeas small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum
member: woolly_daisy__dwarf_daisy__dwarfdaisy__Antheropeas_wallacei__Eriophyllum_wallacei tiny gray woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum
member: genus_Arctium__Arctium burdock
member: burdock__clotbur any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
member: genus_Arctotis__Arctotis herbs and subshrubs: African daisy
member: African_daisy any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers
member: blue-eyed_African_daisy__Arctotis_stoechadifolia__Arctotis_venusta bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color
member: genus_Argyranthemum__Argyranthemum comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
member: marguerite_daisy__marguerite__Paris_daisy__Chrysanthemum_frutescens__Argyranthemum_frutescens perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
member: genus_Argyroxiphium__Argyroxiphium small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs
member: silversword__Argyroxiphium_sandwicense low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
member: genus_Arnica large genus of herbs of north temperate and arctic regions
member: arnica.herbaceous_plant any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica
member: heartleaf_arnica__heartleafarnica__Arnica_cordifolia wildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads; of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California
member: Arnica_montana herb of pasture and open woodland throughout most of Europe and western Asia having orange-yellow daisylike flower heads that when dried are used as a stimulant and to treat bruises and swellings
member: genus_Arnoseris__Arnoseris lamb succory
member: lamb_succory__dwarf_nipplewort__dwarfnipplewort__Arnoseris_minima small European herb with small yellow flowers
member: genus_Artemisia usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon
member: artemisia any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or grayish foliage
member: mugwort any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia
member: southernwood__Artemisia_abrotanum shrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer
member: common_wormwood__absinthe__old_man__lad's_love__lad'slove__Artemisia_absinthium aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
member: sweet_wormwood__sweetwormwood__Artemisia_annua wormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran
member: California_sagebrush__California_sage__Artemisia_californica low ashy-gray California shrub
member: field_wormwood__fieldwormwood__Artemisia_campestris European wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties
member: sand_sage__silvery_wormwood__silverywormwood__Artemisia_filifolia silver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands
member: wormwood_sage__prairie_sagewort__prairiesagewort__Artemisia_frigida silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
member: Roman_wormwood__Artemis_pontica European wormwood; minor source of absinthe
member: bud_brush__budbrush__bud_sagebrush__budsagebrush__Artemis_spinescens half-shrubby perennial valuable as sheep forage in the United States
member: beach_wormwood__beachwormwood__dusty_miller__dustymiller__oldwoman__Artemisia_stelleriana herb with grayish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant
member: wormwood any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
member: sagebrush__sage_brush any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
member: genus_Aster large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers
member: aster any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
member: genus_Ayapana genus of tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Eupatorium
member: ayapana__Ayapana_triplinervis__Eupatorium_aya-pana low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
member: genus_Baccharis__Baccharis shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control
member: groundsel_tree__groundseltree__groundsel_bush__groundselbush__consumption_weed__consumptionweed__cotton-seed_tree__Baccharis_halimifolia a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts
member: mule_fat__Baccharis_viminea California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer
member: coyote_brush__coyote_bush__chaparral_broom__chaparralbroom__kidney_wort__Baccharis_pilularis widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
member: genus_Balsamorhiza__Balsamorhiza genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam
member: balsamroot a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having white-downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots
member: genus_Bellis__Bellis daisy
member: daisy any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
member: genus_Bidens__Bidens bur marigolds
member: bur_marigold__burmarigold__burr_marigold__beggar-ticks__beggar's-ticks__sticktight any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
member: genus_Boltonia__Boltonia genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters
member: false_chamomile__falsechamomile any of various autumn-flowering perennials having white or pink to purple flowers that resemble asters; wild in moist soils from New Jersey to Florida and Texas
member: genus_Brachycome__Brachycome mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads
member: Swan_River_daisy__Brachycome_Iberidifolia western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays
member: Brickellia__genus_Brickelia genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath
member: genus_Buphthalmum__Buphthalmum oxeye
member: oxeye.wildflower Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers
member: genus_Cacalia__Cacalia genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia
member: Indian_plantain any of various plants of the genus Cacalia having leaves resembling those of plantain
member: genus_Calendula marigold
member: calendula any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes
member: genus_Callistephus__Callistephus 1 species: erect Asiatic herb with large flowers
member: China_aster__Callistephus_chinensis valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors; grown primarily for cutting
member: thistle any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
member: genus_Carduus__Carduus genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles
member: welted_thistle__Carduus_crispus European biennial introduced in North America having flower heads in crowded clusters at ends of spiny-winged branches
member: musk_thistle__nodding_thistle__noddingthistle__Carduus_nutans Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar
member: genus_Carlina__Carlina genus of Mediterranean thistles
member: carline_thistle__carlinethistle a thistle of the genus Carlina
member: genus_Carthamus__Carthamus safflower
member: safflower__false_saffron__falsesaffron__Carthamus_tinctorius thistlelike Eurasian plant widely grown for its red or orange flower heads and seeds that yield a valuable oil
member: genus_Catananche genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart
member: catananche any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers
member: genus_Centaurea__Centaurea knapweed; star thistle
member: centaury any plant of the genus Centaurea
member: bachelor's_button__cornflower__bluebottle__Centaurea_cyanus an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
member: sweet_sultan__sweetsultan__Centaurea_imperialis perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers
member: genus_Chamaemelum__Chamaemelum small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis: chamomile
member: chamomile__camomile__Chamaemelum_nobilis__Anthemis_nobilis Eurasian plant apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis
member: genus_Chaenactis genus of flowering herbs of western United States
member: chaenactis any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers
member: genus_Chrysanthemum in some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Leucanthemum; Tanacetum
member: corn_marigold__field_marigold__fieldmarigold__Chrysanthemum_segetum European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields
member: crown_daisy__crowndaisy__Chrysanthemum_coronarium shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers
member: tong_ho__chop-suey_greens__shun_giku__Chrysanthemum_coronarium_spatiosum grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Oriental cooking
member: chrysanthemum any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum; Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Tanacetum; widely cultivated
member: genus_Chrysopsis__Chrysopsis golden aster
member: golden_aster any of several shrubby herbs or subshrubs of the genus Chrysopsis having bright golden-yellow flower heads that resemble asters; throughout much of United States and into Canada
member: genus_Chrysothamnus__Chrysothamnus genus of low branching shrubs of western North America
member: goldenbush any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America
member: rabbit_brush__rabbit_bush__Chrysothamnus_nauseosus pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by Navajo Indians
member: genus_Cichorium__Cichorium chicory
member: chicory_plant__chicory__Cichorium_intybus perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads
member: endive__witloof__Cichorium_endivia widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched
member: genus_Cirsium__Cirsium plume thistles
member: plume_thistle__plumethistle__plumed_thistle any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads
member: genus_Cnicus__Cnicus 1 species: blessed thistle
member: blessed_thistle__sweet_sultan__sweetsultan__Cnicus_benedictus annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers
member: genus_Conoclinium__Conoclinium mistflower
member: mistflower__ageratum__Conoclinium_coelestinum__Eupatorium_coelestinum rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
member: genus_Conyza__Conyza common American weed or wildflower
member: horseweed__Canadian_fleabane__fleabane__Conyza_canadensis__Erigeron_canadensis common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
member: genus_Coreopsis genus of American plants widely cultivated for their flowers
member: coreopsis__coreopsi__tickseed__tickweed any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America
member: subgenus_Calliopsis used in some classification systems for some plants of genus Coreopsis
member: genus_Cosmos genus of tropical American plants cultivated for their colorful flowers
member: cosmos any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals
member: genus_Cotula__Cotula cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers
member: brass_buttons__Cotula_coronopifolia South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental
member: genus_Craspedia__Craspedia herbs of Australia and New Zealand
member: billy_buttons__billybutton any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
member: genus_Crepis__Crepis hawk's beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere
member: hawk's-beard__hawk's-beards any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
member: genus_Cynara__Cynara artichoke; cardoon
member: artichoke_plant__artichokeplant__artichoke__globe_artichoke__globeartichoke__Cynara_scolymus Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
member: Cynara_cardunculus__cardoon southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots
member: genus_Dahlia genus of perennial tuberous-rooted plants of Mexico and Central America
member: dahlia__Dahlia_pinnata any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
member: genus_Delairea__Delairea 1 species: German ivy
member: German_ivy__Delairea_odorata__Senecio_milkanioides South African succulent evergreen twining climber with yellow flowers grown primarily as a houseplant for its foliage; sometimes placed in genus Senecio
member: genus_Dendranthema__Dendranthema comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
member: genus_Dimorphotheca__Dimorphotheca South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers
member: cape_marigold__sun_marigold__sunmarigold__star_of_the_veldt any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage
member: genus_Doronicum__Doronicum genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane
member: leopard's-bane__leopard'sbane__leopardbane any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads
member: genus_Echinacea__Echinacea small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
member: coneflower any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center
member: genus_Echinops__Echinops genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles
member: globe_thistle__globethistle any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers
member: genus_Elephantopus__Elephantopus perennial American herb
member: elephant's-foot any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America
member: genus_Emilia__Emilia tropical African herbs
member: Emilia_coccinea__tassel_flower__Emilia_javanica__Emilia_flammea__Cacalia_javanica__Cacalia_lutea tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
member: tassel_flower__Emilia_sagitta tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers
member: genus_Encelia__Encelia genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush
member: brittlebush__brittle_bush__brittlebush__incienso__Encelia_farinosa fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
member: genus_Enceliopsis__Enceliopsis small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States
member: sunray__Enceliopsis_nudicaulis herb having a basal cluster of gray-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona
member: genus_Engelmannia one species: North American herbs that resemble sunflowers
member: engelmannia common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers
member: genus_Erechtites coarse herbs with whitish discoid flower heads and silky pappus
member: Erechtites_hieracifolia__fireweed an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers
member: genus_Erigeron__Erigeron cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally
member: fleabane any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
member: genus_Eriophyllum__Eriophyllum genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America
member: woolly_sunflower any plant of the genus Eriophyllum
member: genus_Eupatorium__Eupatorium large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers
member: spotted_Joe-Pye_weed__Joe-Pye_weed__Eupatorium_maculatum North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads
member: boneset__agueweed__thoroughwort__Eupatorium_perfoliatum perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine
member: Joe-Pye_weed__purple_boneset__trumpet_weed__trumpetweed__marsh_milkweed__marshmilkweed__Eupatorium_purpureum North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple
member: genus_Felicia__Felicia genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
member: blue_daisy__blue_marguerite__Felicia_amelloides hairy South African or Australian subshrub with blue-rayed daisylike flowers
member: kingfisher_daisy__Felicia_bergeriana softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays
member: genus_Filago genus of small woolly herbs
member: cotton_rose__cudweed any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
member: genus_Gaillardia genus of western American hairy herbs with showy flowers
member: gaillardia any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy
member: genus_Gazania genus of tomentose tropical African herbs with milky sap
member: gazania any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers
member: genus_Gerbera__Gerbera genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies
member: African_daisy.flower__africandaisy African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers
member: Barberton_daisy__Transvaal_daisy__Gerbera_jamesonii widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays
member: genus_Gerea__Gerea small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers
member: desert_sunflower__Gerea_canescens slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico
member: genus_Gnaphalium__Gnaphalium large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres
member: cudweed any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
member: genus_Grindelia__Grindelia large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America
member: gumweed__gum_plant__gumplant__tarweed__rosinweed any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
member: genus_Gutierrezia__Gutierrezia sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America
member: matchweed__matchbush any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches
member: rabbitweed__snakeweed__broom_snakeweed__broomsnakeweed__broom_snakeroot__broomsnakeroot__turpentine_weed__Gutierrezia_sarothrae low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads
member: broomweed__Gutierrezia_texana annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers
member: genus_Gynura__Gynura genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants
member: purple_velvet_plant__velvet_plant__royal_velvet_plant__Gynura_aurantiaca Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
member: genus_Haastia__Haastia genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep
member: Haastia_pulvinaris__vegetable_sheep__vegetablesheep__sheep_plant__sheepplant cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
member: genus_Haplopappus__Haplopappus genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers; in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia
member: goldenbush.wildflower a plant of the genus Haplopappus
member: camphor_daisy__camphordaisy__Haplopappus_phyllocephalus annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers
member: yellow_spiny_daisy__Haplopappus_spinulosus slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads
member: genus_Hazardia__Hazardia small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature
member: hoary_golden_bush__Hazardia_cana western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple
member: genus_Helenium__Helenium genus of American herbs with yellow-rayed flowers: sneezeweeds
member: sneezeweed any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing
member: genus_Helianthus genus of tall erect or branched American annual or perennial herbs with showy flowers: sunflowers
member: sunflower__helianthus any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays
member: genus_Helichrysum__Helichrysum large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus
member: genus_Heliopsis oxeye
member: heliopsis__heliopsi__oxeye any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
member: genus_Helipterum__Helipterum genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially Pteropogon and Hyalosperma
member: strawflower any of various plants of the genus Helipterum
member: genus_Heterotheca__Heterotheca genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs
member: hairy_golden_aster__prairie_golden_aster__Heterotheca_villosa__Chrysopsis_villosa hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis
member: genus_Hieracium__Hieracium large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella
member: hawkweed any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion
member: king_devil__yellow_hawkweed__Hieracium_praealtum European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds
member: genus_Homogyne__Homogyne small genus of low perennial herbs of montane Europe; in some classifications included in genus Tussilago
member: alpine_coltsfoot__Homogyne_alpina__Tussilago_alpina rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover; sometimes placed in genus Tussilago
member: genus_Hulsea__Hulsea small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs; United States Pacific NW
member: alpine_gold__alpine_hulsea__Hulsea_algida low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States
member: dwarf_hulsea__dwarfhulsea__Hulsea_nana similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea
member: genus_Hyalosperma__Hyalosperma genus of herbs of temperate Australia including some from genus Helipterum
member: genus_Hypochaeris__Hypochaeris__Hypochoeris__genus_Hypochoeris widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds
member: California_dandelion__cat's-ear__cat'sear__capeweed__gosmore__Hypochaeris_radicata European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears
member: genus_Inula genus of Old World herbs or subshrubs: elecampane
member: inula any plant of the genus Inula
member: genus_Iva small genus of American herbs or shrubs; in some classifications placed in a separate family Ambrosiaceae
member: marsh_elder__marshelder__iva any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America
member: genus_Krigia small herbs closely related to chicory: dwarf dandelions
member: krigia any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia
member: genus_Lactuca__Lactuca an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce
member: lettuce.herbaceous_plant any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
member: garden_lettuce__common_lettuce__Lactuca_sativa annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown
member: cos_lettuce__coslettuce__romaine_lettuce__romainelettuce__Lactuca_sativa_longifolia lettuce with long dark-green spoon-shaped leaves
member: head_lettuce__Lactuca_sativa_capitata distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball
member: genus_Lagenophera__Lagenophera small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solitary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus Bellis
member: genus_Lasthenia__Lasthenia small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America
member: goldfields__Lasthenia_chrysostoma small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated
member: genus_Layia__Layia genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers
member: tidytips__tidy_tips__Layia_platyglossa California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
member: genus_Leontodon__Leontodon hawkbit
member: hawkbit any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions
member: genus_Leontopodium__Leontopodium edelweiss
member: edelweiss__edelweis__leontopodiumalpinum alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts
member: genus_Leucanthemum__Leucanthemum comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum
member: ox-eyed_daisy__oxeye_daisy__marguerite__moon_daisy__white_daisy__whitedaisy__Leucanthemum_vulgare__Chrysanthemum_leucanthemum tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
member: oxeye_daisy__Leucanthemum_maximum__Chrysanthemum_maximum similar to oxeye daisy
member: shasta_daisy__Leucanthemum_superbum__Chrysanthemum_maximum_maximum hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies; often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum
member: Pyrenees_daisy__Leucanthemum_lacustre__Chrysanthemum_lacustre perennial of Portugal similar to the oxeye daisy
member: genus_Leucogenes__Leucogenes New Zealand edelweiss
member: genus_Liatris__Liatris genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots
member: blazing_star__blazingstar__buttonsnakeroot__snakeroot any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
member: genus_Ligularia__Ligularia genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants
member: leopard_plant__leopardplant any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage
member: genus_Lindheimera__Lindheimera 1 species: Texas star
member: Texas_star__Lindheimera_texana Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads
member: genus_Lonas__Lonas 1 species: yellow ageratum
member: yellow_ageratum__African_daisy__Lonas_inodora__Lonas_annua shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers
member: genus_Machaeranthera__Machaeranthera wildflowers of western North America
member: tahoka_daisy__tansy_leaf_aster__Machaeranthera_tanacetifolia wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico
member: sticky_aster__Machaeranthera_bigelovii wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona
member: Mojave_aster__Machaeranthera_tortifoloia wild aster having grayish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rayes; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah
member: genus_Madia__Madia genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light
member: tarweed any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America
member: common_madia__common_tarweed__Madia_elegans California annual having red-brown spots near the base of its yellow flower rays
member: genus_Matricaria__Matricaria chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum
member: sweet_false_chamomile__sweetfalsechamomile__wild_chamomile__German_chamomile__Matricaria_recutita__Matricaria_chamomilla annual Eurasian herb similar in fragrance and medicinal uses to chamomile though taste is more bitter and effect is considered inferior
member: pineapple_weed__pineappleweed__rayless_chamomile__raylesschamomile__Matricaria_matricarioides annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States; northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers
member: genus_Melampodium__Melampodium herbs and subshrubs of warm North America
member: blackfoot_daisy__Melampodium_leucanthum bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico
member: genus_Mikania__Mikania large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America
member: wild_climbing_hempweed__climbing_hempweed__climbing_boneset__climbing_hemp-vine__Mikania_scandens herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees
member: genus_Mutisia genus of South American shrubs or lianas having large flower heads with feathery pappuses
member: mutisia any of various plants of the genus Mutisia
member: genus_Nabalus__Nabalus genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes
member: rattlesnake_root__rattlesnakeroot a plant of the genus Nabalus
member: white_lettuce__whitelettuce__cankerweed__Nabalus_alba__Prenanthes_alba herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
member: lion's_foot__gall_of_the_earth__Nabalus_serpentarius__Prenanthes_serpentaria common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
member: genus_Olearia__Olearia large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers
member: daisybush__daisy_bush__daisybush any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays
member: genus_Onopordum__Onopordum__Onopordon__genus_Onopordon a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
member: cotton_thistle__woolly_thistle__Scotch_thistle__Onopordum_acanthium__Onopordon_acanthium biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America
member: genus_Othonna genus of western African herbs or shrubs
member: othonna a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers
member: genus_Ozothamnus__Ozothamnus genus of Australian shrubs and perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Helichrysum
member: cascade_everlasting__cascadeeverlasting__Ozothamnus_secundiflorus__Helichrysum_secundiflorum shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum
member: genus_Packera__Packera genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; sometimes included in genus Senecio
member: butterweed any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packer; often placed in genus Senecio
member: genus_Parthenium__Parthenium small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers
member: guayule__Parthenium_argentatum much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber
member: bastard_feverfew__bastardfeverfew__Parthenium_hysterophorus tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States
member: American_feverfew__wild_quinine__prairie_dock__prairiedock__Parthenium_integrifolium stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba indians to treat burns
member: genus_Pericallis__Pericallis cineraria
member: cineraria__Pericallis_cruenta__Senecio_cruentus herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers
member: florest's_cineraria__florest'scineraria__Pericallis_hybrida herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue; sometimes placed in genus Cineraria
member: genus_Petasites__Petasites genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot
member: butterbur__bog_rhubarb__bogrhubarb__Petasites_hybridus__Petasites_vulgaris small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers; found in moist areas
member: winter_heliotrope__sweet_coltsfoot__sweetcoltsfoot__Petasites_fragrans European herb with vanilla-scented white-pink flowers
member: sweet_coltsfoot__sweetcoltsfoot__Petasites_sagitattus American sweet-scented herb
member: genus_Picris__Picris genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed
member: bristly_oxtongue__bristlyoxtongue__bitterweed__bugloss__Picris_echioides widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
member: genus_Pilosella__Pilosella genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium
member: hawkweed.herbaceous_plant any of various plants of the genus Pilosella
member: orange_hawkweed__Pilosella_aurantiaca__Hieracium_aurantiacum European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium
member: genus_Piqueria__Piqueria small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia
member: stevia any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia
member: genus_Prenanthes__Prenanthes genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus
member: Prenanthes_purpurea__rattlesnake_root__rattlesnakeroot herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets
member: genus_Pteropogon genus of Australian and South African herbs including some from genus Helipterum
member: pteropogon__Pteropogon_humboltianum southern Australian plant having feathery hairs surrounding the fruit
member: genus_Pulicaria__Pulicaria genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane
member: feabane_mullet__feabanemullet__fleabane__Pulicaria_dysenterica hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
member: genus_Pyrethrum__Pyrethrum used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
member: genus_Raoulia__Raoulia genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia
member: sheep_plant__sheepplant__vegetable_sheep__vegetablesheep__Raoulia_lutescens__Raoulia_australis perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
member: genus_Ratibida__Ratibida genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads
member: Mexican_hat__Ratibida_columnaris coneflower with flower heads resembling a Mexican hat with a tall red-brown disk and drooping yellow or yellow and red-brown rays; great plains along base of Rocky Mountains
member: long-head_coneflower__prairie_coneflower__prairieconeflower__Ratibida_columnifera plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexico
member: prairie_coneflower__prairieconeflower__Ratibida_tagetes coneflower of central to southwestern United States
member: genus_Rhodanthe genus of xerophytic herbs and shrubs of South Africa and Australia; sometimes included in genus Helipterum
member: Swan_River_everlasting__rhodanthe__Rhodanthe_manglesii__Helipterum_manglesii Australian annual everlasting having light pink nodding flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Helipterum
member: genus_Rudbeckia__Rudbeckia North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads
member: coneflower.flower any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones
member: black-eyed_Susan__Rudbeckia_hirta__Rudbeckia_serotina the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays
member: cutleaved_coneflower__cutleavedconeflower__Rudbeckia_laciniata tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast
member: golden_glow__double_gold__hortensia__Rudbeckia_laciniata_hortensia very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads
member: genus_Santolina__Santolina genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads
member: lavender_cotton__Santolina_chamaecyparissus branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers
member: genus_Sanvitalia__Sanvitalia small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia
member: creeping_zinnia__Sanvitalia_procumbens low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala
member: genus_Saussurea__Saussurea genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia
member: costusroot__Saussurea_costus__Saussurea_lappa annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs
member: genus_Scolymus__Scolymus small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region
member: golden_thistle any of several spiny Mediterranean herbs of the genus Scolymus having yellow flower heads
member: genus_Senecio__Senecio enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds
member: nodding_groundsel__noddinggroundsel__Senecio_bigelovii plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist regions of southwestern United States
member: Senecio_cineraria__dusty_miller__dustymiller__cinerariamaritima stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves; sometimes placed in genus Cineraria
member: threadleaf_groundsel__Senecio_doublasii bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads; southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock
member: ragwort__butterweed__Senecio_glabellus American ragwort with yellow flowers
member: tansy_ragwort__tansyragwort__ragwort__ragweed__benweed__Senecio_jacobaea widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity
member: groundsel__Senecio_vulgaris Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers
member: genus_Scorzonera genus of narrow-leaved European herbs
member: viper's_grass__viper'sgras__black_salsify__blacksalsify__scorzonera__Scorzonera_hispanica perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black-skinned carrot-shaped edible roots
member: genus_Sericocarpus__Sericocarpus small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters
member: white-topped_aster herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
member: genus_Seriphidium__Seriphidium woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or gray and often aromatic foliage; formerly included in the genus Artemisia
member: silver_sage__silver_sagebrush__gray_sage__Seriphidium_canum__Artemisia_cana low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant
member: sea_wormwood__seawormwood__Seriphidium_maritimum__Artemisia_maritima plants of western and northern European coasts
member: big_sagebrush__bigsagebrush__blue_sage__Seriphidium_tridentatum__Artemisia_tridentata aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves
member: genus_Serratula__Serratula genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves
member: sawwort__Serratula_tinctoria European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye
member: genus_Silphium__Silphium tall North American perennial herbs
member: rosinweed__Silphium_laciniatum North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers
member: genus_Silybum__Silybum small genus of east African herbs
member: milk_thistle__lady's_thistle__Our_Lady's_mild_thistle__holy_thistle__blessed_thistle__Silybum_marianum tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America
member: genus_Solidago__Solidago goldenrod
member: goldenrod any of numerous chiefly summer-blooming and fall-blooming North American plants especially of the genus Solidago
member: genus_Sonchus__Sonchus sow thistles
member: sow_thistle__sowthistle__milk_thistle any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
member: genus_Stenotus__Stenotus genus of western North American low evergreen shrubs growing in dense tufts
member: stemless_golden_weed__Stenotus_acaulis__Haplopappus_acaulis dark green erect herb of northwestern United States and southwestern Canada having stiff leaves in dense tufts and yellow flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Haplopappus
member: genus_Stevia genus of shrubs and herbs of tropical and warm Americas
member: stevia.herbaceous_plant any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America
member: genus_Stokesia__Stokesia 1 species: stokes' aster
member: stokes'_aster__stokes'aster__cornflower_aster__Stokesia_laevis erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers
member: Tageteste__genus_Tagetes marigolds
member: marigold any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
member: genus_Tanacetum__Tanacetum a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum
member: northern_dune_tansy__Tanacetum_douglasii lightly hairy rhizomatous perennial having aromatic feathery leaves and stems bearing open clusters of small buttonlike yellow flowers; sand dunes of Pacific coast of North America
member: alecost__costmary__bible_leaf__bibleleaf__mint_geranium__balsam_herb__Tanacetum_balsamita__Chrysanthemum_balsamita tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
member: camphor_dune_tansy__Tanacetum_camphoratum densely hairy plant with rayless flowers; San Francisco Bay area
member: painted_daisy__painteddaisy__pyrethrum__Tanacetum_coccineum__Chrysanthemum_coccineum spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
member: Dalmatian_pyrethrum__pyrethrum__Dalmatia_pyrethrum__Tanacetum_cinerariifolium__Chrysanthemum_cinerariifolium white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
member: feverfew__Tanacetum_parthenium__Chrysanthemum_parthenium bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
member: dusty_miller__dustymiller__silverlace__Tanacetum_ptarmiciflorum__Chrysanthemum_ptarmiciflorum shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
member: tansy__golden_buttons__scented_fern__scentedfern__tanacetumvulgare common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
member: genus_Taraxacum__Taraxacum an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
member: dandelion__blowball any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls
member: genus_Tetraneuris__Tetraneuris genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States
member: stemless_hymenoxys__Tetraneuris_acaulis__Hymenoxys_acaulis perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America
member: old_man_of_the_mountain__alpine_sunflower__Tetraneuris_grandiflora__Hymenoxys_grandiflora whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States
member: genus_Tithonia genus of robust herbs of Mexico and Central America: Mexican sunflower
member: Mexican_sunflower__tithonia any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays
member: genus_Townsendia__Townsendia genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy
member: Easter_daisy__stemless_daisy__Townsendia_Exscapa dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona
member: genus_Tragopogon__Tragopogon genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads
member: Tragopogon_porrifolius__salsify__oysterplant__vegetable_oyster__vegetableoyster Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
member: meadow_salsify__goatsbeard__shepherd's_clock__Tragopogon_pratensis weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
member: genus_Trilisa__Trilisa genus of herbs of southern United States
member: wild_vanilla__Trilisa_odoratissima perennial of southeastern United States with leaves having the fragrance of vanilla
member: genus_Tripleurospermum__Tripleurospermum small genus comprising plants often included in genus Matricaria
member: scentless_camomile__scentlesscamomile__scentless_false_camomile__scentlessfalsecamomile__scentless_mayweed__scentless_hayweed__scentlesshayweed__corn_mayweed__Tripleurospermum_inodorum__Matricaria_inodorum ubiquitous European annual weed with white flowers and finely divided leaves naturalized and sometimes cultivated in eastern North America; sometimes included in genus Matricaria
member: Tripleurospermum_oreades_tchihatchewii__turfing_daisy__turfingdaisy__Matricaria_oreades mat-forming perennial herb of Asia Minor; sometimes included in genus Matricaria
member: turfing_daisy__turfingdaisy__Tripleurospermum_tchihatchewii__Matricaria_tchihatchewii low densely tufted perennial herb of Turkey having small white flowers; used as a ground cover in dry places; sometimes included in genus Matricaria
member: genus_Tussilago__Tussilago genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites
member: coltsfoot__Tussilago_farfara perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly
member: genus_Ursinia genus of South African herbs and shrubs cultivated as ornamentals
member: ursinia any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers
member: genus_Verbesina__Verbesina herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris
member: crownbeard__crown_beard__crownbeard any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
member: genus_Actinomeris__Actinomeris used in some classification systems for plants now included in genus Verbesina
member: genus_Vernonia genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers
member: ironweed__vernonia any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue
member: genus_Wyethia coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found especially in the United States
member: mule's_ears__Wyethia_amplexicaulis balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States
member: white-rayed_mule's_ears__Wyethia_helianthoides herb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream rays; northwestern United States
member: wyethia__Wyethia_ovata low tufted white-woolly yellow-flowered herb of California
member: genus_Xanthium__Xanthium coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles
member: cocklebur any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs
member: genus_Xeranthemum genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia
member: xeranthemum any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers
member: immortelle__Xeranthemum_annuum mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere
member: genus_Zinnia genus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowers
member: zinnia__old_maid__oldmaid__old_maid_flower any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
member: family_Campanulaceae__Campanulaceae__bellflower_family family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae
member: genus_Campanula large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers
member: campanula__bellflower any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
member: genus_Lobelia in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae
member: lobelia any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia
member: family_Cucurbitaceae__Cucurbitaceae__gourd_family__gourdfamily a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin)
member: gourd_vine__gourdvine__gourd any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
member: genus_Cucurbita__Cucurbita type genus of the Cucurbitaceae
member: autumn_pumpkin__pumpkin__pumpkin_vine__pumpkinvine__Cucurbita_pepo a coarse vine widely cultivated for its non-keeping large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes
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member: summer_squash_vine__summer_squash__Cucurbita_pepo_melopepo any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden
member: winter_squash_plant__winter_squash any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
member: hubbard_squash.winter_squash_plant__hubbardsquash__Cucurbita_maxima any of several winter squash plants producing large grayish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind
member: Cucurbita_maxima_turbaniformis__turban_squash squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem
member: buttercup_squash.Cucurbita_maxima_turbaniformis__buttercupsquash plant bearing somewhat drum-shaped fruit having dark green rind with grayish markings
member: prairie_gourd_vine__prairiegourdvine__prairie_gourd__prairiegourd__Missouri_gourd__wild_pumpkin__buffalo_gourd__buffalogourd__calabazilla__cucurbitafoetidissima perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
member: genus_Bryonia climbing perennial herbs: bryony
member: bryony__briony a tendril-bearing vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
member: genus_Citrullus__Citrullus a dicot genus of the family cucurbitaceae including watermelons
member: watermelon_vine__watermelon__Citrullus_vulgaris an African melon
member: genus_Cucumis__Cucumis cucumbers; muskmelons
member: sweet_melon_vine__sweetmelonvine__sweet_melon__muskmelon__cucumismelo any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell
member: cucumber_vine__cucumber__Cucumis_sativus a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
member: genus_Ecballium__Ecballium exploding cucumber; squirting cucumber
member: squirting_cucumber__squirtingcucumber__exploding_cucumber__explodingcucumber__touch-me-not__Ecballium_elaterium Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
member: genus_Lagenaria__Lagenaria bottle gourds
member: bottle_gourd__calabash__Lagenaria_siceraria Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits
member: genus_Luffa dishcloth gourds
member: luffa__dishcloth_gourd__dishclothgourd__sponge_gourd__rag_gourd__raggourd__strainer_vine any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge
member: genus_Momordica__Momordica Old World tropical vine
member: balsam_apple__Momordica_balsamina__momordicabalsamina a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit
member: balsam_pear__Momordica_charantia tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit
member: family_Goodeniaceae__Goodeniaceae__Goodenia_family a family of sappy plants that grow in Australasia and southeast China
member: Goodenia a genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia
member: family_Lobeliaceae__Lobeliaceae__lobelia_family__lobeliafamily not recognized in all classification systems; in some classifications lobeliaceous plants are included in family Campanulaceae
member: order_Rubiales__Rubiales an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary
member: family_Rubiaceae__Rubiaceae__madder_family widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
member: madderwort__rubiaceous_plant any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
member: genus_Rubia__Rubia type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots
member: Indian_madder__munjeet__Rubia_cordifolia perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
member: genus_Asperula__Asperula woodruff
member: woodruff any plant of the genus Asperula
member: genus_Calycophyllum__Calycophyllum medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark
member: dagame__lemonwood_tree__lemonwoodtree__Calycophyllum_candidissimum source of a tough elastic wood
member: genus_Chiococca__Chiococca shrubs of tropical and subtropical New World
member: blolly__West_Indian_snowberry__Chiococca_alba evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries
member: genus_Coffea__Coffea coffee trees
member: coffee_tree__coffee any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
member: genus_Cinchona__genus_Chinchona large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark
member: cinchona__chinchona any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
member: Cartagena_bark__Cinchona_cordifolia__Cinchona_lancifolia Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
member: Cinchona_calisaya__calisaya__Cinchona_officinalis__Cinchona_ledgeriana Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
member: cinchona_tree__Cinchona_pubescens small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
member: genus_Galium__Galium annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers
member: bedstraw any of several plants of the genus Galium
member: genus_Gardenia large genus of attractive Old World tropical shrubs and small trees
member: gardenia any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
member: genus_Genipa tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs bearing yellow flowers and succulent edible fruit with a thick rind
member: genipa any tree of the genus Genipa bearing yellow flowers and edible fruit with a thick rind
member: genipap_fruit__genipapfruit__jagua__marmalade_box__marmaladebox__Genipa_Americana tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit
member: genus_Hamelia evergreen tropical American shrubs or small trees
member: hamelia any of several free-flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia
member: genus_Mitchella__Mitchella creeping evergreen herbs of North America
member: partridgeberry__boxberry__twinberry__Mitchella_repens creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries
member: genus_Nauclea__Nauclea small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves
member: opepe__Nauclea_diderrichii__Sarcocephalus_diderrichii large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus
member: genus_Pinckneya__Pinckneya small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America
member: Georgia_bark__fever_tree__fevertree__bitterbark__Pinckneya_pubens ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
member: genus_Psychotria__Psychotria tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees
member: lemonwood_tree__lemonwoodtree__lemonwood__psychotriacapensi South African evergreen having hard tough wood
member: genus_Sarcocephalus__Sarcocephalus genus of tropical African trees and shrubs
member: negro_peach__negropeach__Sarcocephalus_latifolius__Sarcocephalus_esculentus stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa
member: genus_Vangueria__Vangueria tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit
member: wild_medlar_tree__wild_medlar__medlar__Vangueria_infausta small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit
member: Spanish_tamarind__Vangueria_madagascariensis shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit
member: family_Caprifoliaceae__Caprifoliaceae__honeysuckle_family__honeysucklefamily shrubs and small trees and woody vines
member: common_snowberry__snowberry__waxberry__Symphoricarpos_alba deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries
member: genus_Abelia chiefly east Asian shrubs
member: abelia any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico
member: genus_Diervilla__Diervilla small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles
member: Diervilla_lonicera__bush_honeysuckle spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green-yellow flowers
member: Diervilla_sessilifolia__bush_honeysuckle bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers
member: genus_Leycesteria__Leycesteria small species of shrubs of western Himalayas to China
member: Himalaya_honeysuckle__Leycesteria_formosa shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers
member: genus_Linnaea__Linnaea 1 species: twinflower
member: twinflower__Linnaea_borealis creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
member: American_twinflower__Linnaea_borealis_americana similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia
member: genus_Lonicera__Lonicera woodbine
member: honeysuckle shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
member: white_honeysuckle__whitehoneysuckle__Lonicera_albiflora bushy honeysuckle with twining branches and white or yellow-white flowers; southern United States
member: American_fly_honeysuckle__fly_honeysuckle__flyhoneysuckle__Lonicera_canadensis erect deciduous North American shrub with red-tinged yellow-white flowers
member: Italian_honeysuckle__Italian_woodbine__Lonicera_caprifolium deciduous climbing shrub with fragrant yellow-white flowers in axillary whorls
member: Lonicera_dioica__yellow_honeysuckle twining deciduous shrub with clusters of purple-tinged yellow-green flowers; northeastern America
member: yellow_honeysuckle__Lonicera_flava climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow (later orange) flowers in terminal whorls; southeastern United States
member: hairy_honeysuckle__hairyhoneysuckle__Lonicera_hirsuta twining deciduous shrub with hairy leaves and spikes of yellow-orange flowers; northeastern America
member: twinberry__Lonicera_involucrata shrubby honeysuckle with purple flowers; western North America
member: Japanese_honeysuckle__Lonicera_japonica an Asiatic trailing evergreen honeysuckle with half-evergreen leaves and fragrant white flowers turning yellow with age; has become a weed in some areas
member: Hall's_honeysuckle__Lonicera_japonica_halliana a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine; established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States
member: woodbine__Lonicera_periclymenum European twining honeysuckle with fragrant red and yellow-white flowers
member: trumpet_honeysuckle__trumpethoneysuckle__coral_honeysuckle__coralhoneysuckle__trumpet_flower__trumpetflower__trumpet_vine__trumpetvine__Lonicera_sempervirens evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
member: bush_honeysuckle__Tartarian_honeysuckle__Lonicera_tatarica a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia
member: European_fly_honeysuckle__European_honeysuckle__Lonicera_xylosteum cultivated Eurasian shrub with twin yellowish-white flowers and scarlet fruit
member: genus_Symphoricarpos__Symphoricarpos deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China
member: coralberry__Indian_currant__Symphoricarpos_orbiculatus North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits
member: genus_Sambucus__Sambucus elder; elderberry
member: elderberry_bush__elder any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
member: blue_elder__blue_elderberry__Sambucus_caerulea shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
member: dwarf_elder__danewort__Sambucus_ebulus dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
member: genus_Triostium__Triostium genus of Asiatic and North American herbs: feverroot
member: feverroot__horse_gentian__horsegentian__tinker's_root__wild_coffee__Triostium_perfoliatum coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers
member: genus_Viburnum__Viburnum deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree
member: American_cranberry_bush__cranberry_bush__cranberrybush__cranberry_tree__cranberrytree__highbush_cranberry__Viburnum_trilobum deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
member: wayfaring_tree__wayfaringtree__twistwood__Viburnum_lantana vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black
member: guelder_rose__guelderrose__European_cranberrybush__European_cranberry_bush__crampbark__cranberrytree__Viburnum_opulus deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries
member: southern_arrow_wood__arrow_wood__arrowwood__Viburnum_dentatum deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows
member: arrow_wood__arrowwood__Viburnum_recognitum closely related to southern arrow wood; the eastern United States Maine to Ohio and Georgia
member: black_haw__blackhaw__Viburnum_prunifolium upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America
member: genus_Weigela east Asian flowering shrubs
member: weigela__Weigela_florida deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers
member: family_Dipsacaceae__Dipsacaceae chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
member: genus_Dipsacus__Dipsacus type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel
member: teasel__teazel__teasle any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
member: genus_Scabiosa annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; mainly Mediterranean
member: scabious__scabiosa any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
member: family_Valerianaceae__Valerianaceae__valerian_family genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor
member: genus_Valeriana__Valeriana genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs
member: valerian a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or ink flowers
member: genus_Valerianella__Valerianella genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized
member: corn_salad a plant of the genus Valerianella
member: genus_Centranthus__Centranthus genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs
member: red_valerian__redvalerian__French_honeysuckle__Centranthus_ruber European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers
member: order_Polemoniales__Polemoniales Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
member: family_Polemoniaceae__Polemoniaceae__phlox_family__phloxfamily a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers
member: genus_Polemonium type genus of the Polemoniaceae
member: polemonium any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to arctic regions
member: genus_Phlox herbaceous to shrubby evergreen or deciduous annuals or perennials, diffuse (spreading) or caespitose (tufted or matted); from Alaska and western Canada to Mexico
member: phlox any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers
member: chickweed_phlox__chickweedphlox__sand_phlox__Phlox_bifida__Phlox_stellaria low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States
member: genus_Linanthus__Linanthus a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States
member: ground_pink__fringed_pink__fringedpink__mosspink__Linanthus_dianthiflorus low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
member: evening-snow__eveningsnow__linanthusdichotomu small California annual with white flowers
member: family_Acanthaceae__Acanthaceae__acanthus_family widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
member: genus_Acanthus bear's breeches
member: acanthus any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
member: genus_Graptophyllum__Graptophyllum caricature plant
member: caricature_plant__Graptophyllum_pictum tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face
member: genus_Thunbergia__Thunbergia a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae
member: black-eyed_Susan_vine__black-eyed_Susan__Thunbergia_alata tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center
member: family_Bignoniaceae__Bignoniaceae trees or shrubs or woody vines or herbs having fruit resembling gourds or capsules; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
member: bignoniad any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae
member: genus_Bignonia__Bignonia 1 species: cross vine
member: cross_vine__crossvine__trumpet_flower__trumpetflower__quartervine__Bignonia_capreolata woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
member: genus_Catalpa a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods
member: catalpa__Indian_bean tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
member: genus_Chilopsis__Chilopsis one species: desert willow
member: desert_willow__Chilopsis_linearis evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods
member: genus_Crescentia__Crescentia a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches
member: calabash_tree__calabash__Crescentia_cujete tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds
member: family_Boraginaceae__Boraginaceae__borage_family a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
member: genus_Borago__Borago perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
member: tailwort__borage__Borago_officinalis hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
member: genus_Amsinckia__Amsinckia rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks
member: common_amsinckia__Amsinckia_intermedia annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers
member: large-flowered_fiddleneck__Amsinckia_grandiflora annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes; a threatened species
member: genus_Anchusa rough-hairy Old World herbs
member: anchusa any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
member: genus_Cordia__Cordia tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
member: Equador_laurel__Spanish_elm__salmwood__cypre__princewood__Cordia_alliodora large tropical American tree of the genus Cordia grown for its abundant creamy white flowers and valuable wood
member: princewood__Spanish_elm__Cordia_gerascanthus tropical American timber tree
member: genus_Cynoglossum__Cynoglossum a large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae
member: Chinese_forget-me-not__Cynoglossum_amabile biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers
member: Cynoglossum_officinale__hound's-tongue__hound'stongue biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers
member: hound's-tongue__hound'stongue__Cynoglossum_virginaticum perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers
member: genus_Echium__Echium a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
member: blueweed__blue_devil__blue_thistle__viper's_bugloss__viper'sbuglos__Echium_vulgare a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
member: genus_Hackelia__Hackelia__Lappula__genus_Lappula stickweed; beggar's lice
member: beggar's_lice__beggar_lice Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
member: genus_Lithospermum__Lithospermum annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia
member: gromwell__Lithospermum_officinale European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands
member: puccoon__Lithospermum_caroliniense perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
member: hoary_puccoon__hoarypuccoon__paint_Indian__Lithospermum_canescens perennial North American plant with grayish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment
member: genus_Mertensia__Mertensia a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
member: Virginia_bluebell__Virginia_cowslip__Mertensia_virginica smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud
member: genus_Myosotis__Myosotis forget-me-nots; scorpion grass
member: garden_forget-me-not__Myosotis_sylvatica small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers
member: forget-me-not__mouse_ear__mouseear__Myosotis_scorpiodes__myosotisscorpiode small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
member: genus_Onosmodium__Onosmodium a genus of North American perennial herbs of the family Boraginaceae
member: false_gromwell__falsegromwell any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers
member: genus_Symphytum__Symphytum comfrey
member: comfrey perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas
member: family_Convolvulaceae__Convolvulaceae__morning-glory_family__morninggloryfamily morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit
member: genus_Convolvulus genus of mostly climbing or scrambling herbs and shrubs: bindweed
member: convolvulus__convolvulu any of numerous plants of the genus Convolvulus
member: field_bindweed__fieldbindweed__wild_morning-glory__Convolvulus_arvensis weakly climbing European perennial with white or pink flowers; naturalized in North America and an invasive weed
member: bindweed any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit
member: genus_Argyreia__Argyreia woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia
member: silverweed any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers
member: genus_Calystegia__Calystegia climbing or scrambling herbs: bindweed
member: hedge_bindweed__hedgebindweed__wild_morning-glory__Calystegia_sepium__Convolvulus_sepium common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
member: genus_Cuscuta__Cuscuta genus of twining leafless parasitic herbs lacking chlorophyll: dodder
member: dodder a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
member: love_vine__Cuscuta_gronovii leafless parasitic vine with dense clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers on orange-yellow stems that twine around clover or flax
member: genus_Dichondra genus of chiefly tropical prostrate perennial herbs with creeping stems that root at the nodes
member: dichondra__dichondramicrantha a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers; used as a grass substitute in warm regions
member: genus_Ipomoea__Ipomoea morning glory
member: morning_glory__morningglory any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
member: family_Gesneriaceae__Gesneriaceae__gesneria_family large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
member: gesneriad any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia
member: genus_Gesneria large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowers
member: gesneria any plant of the genus Gesneria
member: genus_Achimenes genus of tropical perennial American herbs
member: achimenes__achimene__hot_water_plant__hotwaterplant any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
member: genus_Aeschynanthus large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants
member: aeschynanthus__aeschynanthu a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex
member: genus_Alsobia__Alsobia tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia
member: lace-flower_vine__Alsobia_dianthiflora__Episcia_dianthiflora low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia
member: genus_Columnea genus of tropical American subshrubs and lianas
member: columnea tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage
member: genus_Episcia genus of tropical American herbs having soft hairy foliage
member: episcia any plant of the genus Episcia; usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit; grown for their colorful foliage and flowers
member: genus_Gloxinia small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers
member: Canterbury_bell__Gloxinia_perennis herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers
member: gloxinia any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
member: genus_Kohleria genus of tropical American shrubs
member: kohleria shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers
member: genus_Saintpaulia__Saintpaulia east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated
member: African_violet__Saintpaulia_ionantha tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
member: genus_Sinningia__Sinningia genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America
member: florist's_gloxinia__florist'sgloxinia__Sinningia_speciosa__Gloxinia_spesiosa South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers
member: genus_Streptocarpus large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose
member: streptocarpus__streptocarpu any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses
member: Cape_primrose any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers
member: family_Hydrophyllaceae__Hydrophyllaceae__waterleaf_family__waterleaffamily perennial woodland herbs
member: genus_Hydrophyllum__Hydrophyllum waterleaf
member: waterleaf any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum
member: genus_Emmanthe__Emmanthe 1 species: yellow bells
member: California_yellow_bells__yellow_bells__whispering_bells__Emmanthe_penduliflora viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowers
member: genus_Eriodictyon__Eriodictyon small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico
member: yerba_santa__yerbasanta__Eriodictyon_californicum viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to Deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses
member: genus_Nemophila genus of ornamental chiefly California herbs: baby blue-eyes
member: nemophila any plant of the genus Nemophila
member: baby_blue-eyes__Nemophila_menziesii delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots
member: genus_Phacelia American herbs with usually pinnatifid leaves and blue or purple or white flowers in scorpioid cymes
member: scorpionweed__scorpion_weed__phacelia any plant of the genus Phacelia
member: genus_Pholistoma__Pholistoma straggling herbs of southwestern United States
member: fiesta_flower__Pholistoma_auritum__Nemophila_aurita straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila
member: family_Labiatae__Labiatae__Lamiaceae__family_Lamiaceae__mint_family the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary
member: genus_Acinos__Acinos plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha
member: basil_thyme__basil_balm__basilbalm__mother_of_thyme__Acinos_arvensis__Satureja_acinos fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
member: genus_Agastache__Agastache giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop
member: giant_hyssop__gianthyssop any of a number of aromatic plants of the genus Agastache
member: genus_Ajuga__Ajuga bugle
member: bugleweed__bugle any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
member: genus_Ballota__Ballota perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound
member: black_horehound__blackhorehound__black_archangel__blackarchangel__fetid_horehound__fetidhorehound__stinking_horehound__Ballota_nigra ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
member: genus_Blephilia__Blephilia small genus of North American herbs: wood mints
member: wood_mint American herb of genus Blephilia with more or less hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or bluish flowers
member: hairy_wood_mint__Blephilia_hirsuta a variety of wood mint
member: downy_wood_mint__Blephilia_celiata a variety of wood mint
member: genus_Calamintha__Calamintha calamint
member: calamint perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America
member: genus_Clinopodium__Clinopodium wild basil
member: wild_basil__cushion_calamint__cushioncalamint__Clinopodium_vulgare__Satureja_vulgaris aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia
member: genus_Collinsonia__Collinsonia small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States
member: horse_balm__horsebalm__horseweed__stoneroot__richweed__stone_root__stoneroot__Collinsonia_canadensis erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
member: genus_Coleus genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon
member: coleus__flame_nettle__flamenettle any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
member: genus_Conradina__Conradina small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United States
member: Apalachicola_rosemary__Conradina_glabra small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers; a threatened species
member: genus_Dracocephalum__Dracocephalum genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family: dragonheads
member: dragonhead__dragon's_head__Dracocephalum_parviflorum American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of double-lipped blue to violet flowers
member: genus_Elsholtzia genus of Asiatic and African aromatic herbs
member: elsholtzia any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes
member: genus_Galeopsis__Galeopsis erect annual European herbs
member: hemp_nettle__dead_nettle__Galeopsis_tetrahit coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States
member: genus_Glechoma__Glechoma ground ivy
member: ground_ivy__alehoof__field_balm__fieldbalm__gillovertheground__runaway_robin__runawayrobin__Glechoma_hederaceae__Nepeta_hederaceae trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
member: genus_Hedeoma__Hedeoma small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)
member: American_pennyroyal__pennyroyal__Hedeoma_pulegioides erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
member: genus_Hyssopus__Hyssopus Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs
member: Hyssopus_officinalis__hyssop a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil
member: genus_Lamium__Lamium genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits
member: dead_nettle any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips
member: white_dead_nettle__Lamium_album European dead nettle with white flowers
member: henbit__Lamium_amplexicaule Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers
member: genus_Lavandula__Lavandula lavender
member: lavender any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
member: genus_Leonotis__Leonotis small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa
member: wilde_dagga__dagga__capedagga__red_dagga__reddagga__Leonotis_leonurus relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
member: lion's-ear__Leonotis_nepetaefolia__Leonotis_nepetifolia pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers; naturalized in United States
member: genus_Leonurus__Leonurus genus of stout Old World herbs having cut-lobed leaves and flowers in whorls
member: motherwort__Leonurus_cardiaca bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers
member: genus_Lepechinia__Lepechinia__Sphacele__genus_Sphacele a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae
member: Lepechinia_calycina__pitcher_sage__pitchersage__sphacelecalycina California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers
member: genus_Lycopus__Lycopus small genus of herbs of the mint family
member: Lycopus_virginicus__bugleweed a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States
member: water_horehound__waterhorehound__Lycopus_americanus aromatic perennial herb of United States
member: gipsywort__gypsywort__Lycopus_europaeus hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers
member: genus_Origanum a genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiatae
member: origanum any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings
member: pot_marjoram__potmarjoram__oregano__wild_marjoram__winter_sweet__Origanum_vulgare aromatic Eurasian perennial
member: sweet_marjoram__sweetmarjoram__knotted_marjoram__knottedmarjoram__Origanum_majorana__Majorana_hortensis aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe
member: dittany_of_crete__cretan_dittany__crete_dittany__cretedittany__hop_marjoram__hopmarjoram__winter_sweet__Origanum_dictamnus dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete
member: genus_Majorana__Majorana small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum
member: genus_Marrubium__Marrubium Old World aromatic herbs: horehound
member: horehound.herbaceous_plant any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium
member: genus_Melissa__Melissa a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
member: garden_balm__lemon_balm__lemonbalm__sweet_balm__sweetbalm__bee_balm__beebalm__Melissa_officinalis bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
member: genus_Mentha__Mentha mint plants
member: mint any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
member: genus_Micromeria__Micromeria large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbs
member: yerba_buena__yerbabuena__Micromeria_chamissonis__Micromeria_douglasii__Satureja_douglasii trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally
member: Micromeria_juliana__savory dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions
member: genus_Molucella__Molucella small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated
member: molucca_balm__moluccabalm__bells_of_Ireland__Molucella_laevis aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer- or bell-shaped calyx
member: genus_Monarda wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm
member: monarda__wild_bergamot any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda
member: genus_Monardella__Monardella a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States
member: mustang_mint__mustangmint__Monardella_lanceolata fragrant California annual herb having lanceolate leaves and clusters of rose-purple flowers
member: genus_Nepeta__Nepeta catmint
member: catmint__catnip__Nepeta_cataria hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
member: genus_Ocimum__Ocimum basil
member: basil any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
member: genus_Perilla__Perilla small genus of Asiatic herbs
member: beefsteak_plant__beefsteakplant__Perilla_frutescens_crispa plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage
member: genus_Phlomis large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves
member: phlomis any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage
member: Jerusalem_sage__Phlomis_fruticosa a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers
member: genus_Physostegia genus of North American perennial herbs
member: physostegia any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers
member: genus_Plectranthus large genus of ornamental flowering plants; includes some plants often placed in the genus Coleus
member: plectranthus any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus
member: genus_Pogostemon__Pogostemon genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil
member: Pogostemon_cablin__patchouli__patchouly__pachouli small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes
member: Prunella__genus_Prunella small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers
member: self-heal__heal_all__Prunella_vulgaris decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America
member: genus_Pycnanthemum__Pycnanthemum__Koellia__genus_Koellia American mountain mint
member: mountain_mint any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California
member: genus_Rosmarinus__Rosmarinus rosemary
member: Rosmarinus_officinalis__rosemary widely cultivated for its fragrant gray-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery
member: genus_Salvia large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage
member: salvia__sage any of various plants of the genus Salvia; cosmopolitan
member: genus_Satureja__Satureja__Satureia__genus_Satureia savory
member: savory any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees
member: genus_Scutellaria__Scutellaria skullcap; helmet flower
member: genus_Sideritis__Sideritis genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region
member: genus_Solenostemon__Solenostemon genus of shrubby often succulent herbs of tropical Africa and Asia; includes some plants often placed in genus Coleus
member: genus_Stachys__Stachys large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia
member: hedge_nettle__hedgenettle__dead_nettle__Stachys_sylvatica foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome
member: Stachys_palustris__hedge_nettle__hedgenettle perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere
member: genus_Teucrium__Teucrium large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia
member: germander any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
member: genus_Thymus__Thymus large genus of Old World mints: thyme
member: thyme.herbaceous_plant any of various mints of the genus Thymus
member: genus_Trichostema__Trichostema genus of North American aromatic herbs or subshrubs: blue curls
member: blue_curls any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers
member: black_sage__blacksage__wooly_blue_curls__California_romero__Trichostema_lanatum aromatic wooly-leaved plant of southern California and Mexico
member: family_Lentibulariaceae__Lentibulariaceae__bladderwort_family__bladderwortfamily carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia; Pinguicula; Genlisea
member: genus_Utricularia__Utricularia bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution
member: bladderwort any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
member: genus_Pinguicula__Pinguicula butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica
member: butterwort any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
member: genus_Genlisea small genus of carnivorous plants of tropical African swamps
member: genlisea rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and trap-leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs
member: family_Martyniaceae__Martyniaceae in most classifications not considered a separate family but included in the Pedaliaceae
member: family_Orobanchaceae__Orobanchaceae__broomrape_family__broomrapefamily brown or yellow leafless herbs; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
member: family_Pedaliaceae__Pedaliaceae__sesame_family the family of plants of order Polemoniales
member: genus_Martynia in some classifications includes the unicorn plants
member: martynia__Martynia_annua sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit
member: genus_Sesamum__Sesamum tropical African and Indian herbs
member: sesame__benne__benni__benny__Sesamum_indicum East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil
member: genus_Proboscidea__Proboscidea in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants
member: common_unicorn_plant__devil's_claw__devil'sclaw__common_devil's_claw__elephant-tusk__proboscis_flower__proboscisflower__ram's_horn__ram'shorn__Proboscidea_louisianica annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
member: sand_devil's_claw__Proboscidea_arenaria__Martynia_arenaria alternatively placed in genus Martynia
member: sweet_unicorn_plant__Proboscidea_fragrans__Martynia_fragrans a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea
member: family_Scrophulariaceae__Scrophulariaceae__figwort_family__figwortfamily__foxglove_family a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
member: genus_Scrophularia__Scrophularia type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts
member: figwort any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia
member: genus_Antirrhinum__Antirrhinum a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers
member: snapdragon a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
member: genus_Besseya__Besseya genus of North American spring wildflowers
member: kitten-tails a plant of the genus Besseya having fluffy spikes of flowers
member: genus_Aureolaria__Aureolaria small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
member: Aureolaria_pedicularia__false_foxglove__falsefoxglove__Gerardia_pedicularia multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
member: false_foxglove__falsefoxglove__Aureolaria_virginica__Gerardia_virginica sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
member: genus_Calceolaria large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers
member: calceolaria__slipperwort any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip
member: genus_Castilleja__Castilleja__Castilleia__genus_Castilleia genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses
member: Indian_paintbrush__painted_cup any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
member: genus_Chelone__Chelone herbaceous perennials: shellflower
member: shellflower__turtlehead__snakehead__Chelone_glabra showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
member: genus_Collinsia__Collinsia genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States
member: purple_chinese_houses__innocense__Collinsia_bicolor__Collinsia_heterophylla white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California
member: maiden_blue-eyed_Mary__Collinsia_parviflora small widely branching Western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado
member: blue-eyed_Mary__Collinsia_verna Eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers
member: Culver's_root__Culvers_root__Culver's_physic__Culvers_physic__whorlywort__Veronicastrum_virginicum a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America
member: genus_Digitalis genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers
member: foxglove__digitalis__digitali any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
member: genus_Gerardia genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers; plants often assigned to genera Aureolaria or Agalinis
member: gerardia any plant of the genus Gerardia
member: genus_Agalinis__Agalinis semi-parasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies
member: genus_Linaria__Linaria genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon
member: toadflax__butter-and-eggs__wild_snapdragon__devil's_flax__devil'sflax__Linaria_vulgaris common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
member: genus_Penstemon__Penstemon large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
member: golden-beard_penstemon__Penstemon_barbatus plant of southwestern United States having long open clusters of scarlet flowers with yellow hairs on lower lip
member: scarlet_bugler__scarletbugler__Penstemon_centranthifolius plant with bright red tubular flowers in long narrow clusters near tips of erect stems; coastal ranges from central California southward
member: red_shrubby_penstemon__redshrubbypenstemon__redwood_penstemon__redwoodpenstemon low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California
member: Platte_River_penstemon__Penstemon_cyananthus erect plant with blue-violet flowers in rings near tips of stems; Idaho to Utah and Wyoming
member: Davidson's_penstemon__Penstemon_davidsonii mat-forming plant with blue-lavender flowers clustered on short erect stems; British Columbia to northern California
member: hot-rock_penstemon__Penstemon_deustus stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; Washington State to Wyoming and south to California and Utah
member: Jones'_penstemon__Penstemon_dolius low plant with light blue and violet flowers in short clusters near tips of stems; Nevada to Utah
member: shrubby_penstemon__shrubbypenstemon__lowbush_penstemon__lowbushpenstemon__Penstemon_fruticosus low bushy plant with large showy pale lavender or blue-violet flowers in narrow clusters at ends of stems
member: narrow-leaf_penstemon__Penstemon_linarioides plant having small narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers in long open clusters; Utah and Colorado to New Mexico and Arizona
member: mountain_pride__Penstemon_newberryi mat-forming plant with deep pink flowers on short erect leafy stems; rocky places at high elevations from Oregon to California
member: balloon_flower__balloonflower__scented_penstemon__scentedpenstemon__Penstemon_palmeri fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
member: Parry's_penstemon__Penstemon_parryi erect stems with pinkish-lavender flowers in long interrupted clusters; Arizona
member: rock_penstemon__cliff_penstemon__cliffpenstemon__Penstemon_rupicola one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
member: Rydberg's_penstemon__Penstemon_rydbergii plant with whorls of small dark blue-violet flowers; Washington to Wyoming and south to California and Colorado
member: cascade_penstemon__cascadepenstemon__Penstemon_serrulatus whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon
member: Whipple's_penstemon__Penstemon_whippleanus wine-lavender to black-purple flowers in several clusters on the upper half of leafy stems; Montana south through the Rocky Mountain regions to Arizona and New Mexico
member: genus_Verbascum__Verbascum genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves
member: mullein__flannel_leaf__flannelleaf__velvet_plant any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
member: genus_Veronica widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell
member: veronica__speedwell any plant of the genus Veronica
member: field_speedwell__fieldspeedwell__Veronica_agrestis European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America
member: American_brooklime__brooklime__Veronica_americana plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
member: European_brooklime__brooklime__Veronica_beccabunga European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers often pink-flushed; sparsely naturalized in North America
member: water_speedwell__waterspeedwell__Veronica_michauxii__Veronica_anagallis-aquatica plant of wet places in Eurasia and America
member: family_Solanaceae__Solanaceae__potato_family large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum; Atropa; Brugmansia; Capsicum; Datura; Hyoscyamus; Lycopersicon; Nicotiana; Petunia; Physalis; Solandra
member: genus_Solanum__Solanum type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet
member: nightshade any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
member: potato_tree__Solanum_crispum hardy climbing shrub of Chile grown as an ornamental for its fragrant flowers; not a true potato
member: Uruguay_potato_vine__Uruguay_potato__Solanum_commersonii South American potato vine
member: bittersweet_nightshade__bittersweetnightshade__bittersweet__climbing_nightshade__deadly_nightshade__poisonous_nightshade__poisonousnightshade__woody_nightshade__woodynightshade__Solanum_dulcamara poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
member: wild_potato__Solanum_jamesii erect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream tubers resembling potatoes
member: Solanum_jasmoides__potato_vine copiously branched vine of Brazil having deciduous leaves and white flowers tinged with blue
member: eggplant_bush__eggplant__aubergine__brinjal__gardenegg__mad_apple__Solanum_melongena hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
member: naranjilla__Solanum_quitoense small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges
member: white_potato_vine__potato__white_potato__whitepotato__solanumtuberosum annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
member: potato_vine__giant_potato_creeper__Solanum_wendlandii vine of Costa Rica sparsely armed with hooklike spines and having large lilac-blue flowers
member: Brazilian_potato_tree__potato_tree__Solanum_wrightii__Solanum_macranthum South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato
member: genus_Atropa__Atropa belladonna
member: Atropa_belladonna__belladonna__deadly_nightshade perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
member: genus_Browallia small genus of tropical South American annuals
member: bush_violet__browallia any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers
member: genus_Brunfelsia__Brunfelsia genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits
member: lady-of-the-night__Brunfelsia_americana West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers
member: genus_Brugmansia__Brugmansia includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets
member: maikoa__angel's_trumpet__angel'strumpet__Brugmansia_arborea__Datura_arborea South American plant cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
member: angel's_trumpet__angel'strumpet__Brugmansia_suaveolens__Datura_suaveolens South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
member: genus_Capsicum chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
member: capsicum_pepper_plant__capsicum__pepper any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
member: cone_pepper__Capsicum_annuum_conoides plant bearing erect pungent conical red or yellow or purple fruits; sometimes grown as an ornamental
member: chili_pepper__chilipepper__cayenne__cayenne_pepper__cayennepepper__chilli_pepper__long_pepper__jalapeno__Capsicum_annuum_longum plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
member: sweet_pepper_plant__sweet_pepper__sweetpepper__bell_pepper__pimento__pimiento__paprika__Capsicum_annuum_grossum plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
member: cherry_pepper__Capsicum_annuum_cerasiforme plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits
member: bird_pepper__Capsicum_frutescens_baccatum__Capsicum_baccatum plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits; includes wild forms native to tropical America; thought to be ancestral to the sweet pepper and many hot peppers
member: tabasco_pepper__tabascopepper__hot_pepper__hotpepper__tabasco_plant__tabascoplant__Capsicum_frutescens plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
member: genus_Cestrum__Cestrum genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs
member: day_jessamine__dayjessamine__Cestrum_diurnum West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day
member: night_jasmine__nightjasmine__night_jessamine__nightjessamine__Cestrum_nocturnum West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night
member: genus_Cyphomandra__Cyphomandra tree tomato
member: tree_tomato__tamarillo South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor
member: genus_Datura__Datura thorn apple
member: thorn_apple__thornapple any of several plants of the genus Datura
member: genus_Fabiana__Fabiana genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs
member: pichi__Fabiana_imbricata Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic
member: genus_Hyoscyamus__Hyoscyamus genus of poisonous herbs: henbane
member: black_henbane__blackhenbane__henbane__stinking_nightshade__Hyoscyamus_niger poisonous fetid Old World herb having sticky hairy leaves and yellow-brown flowers; yields hyoscyamine and scopolamine
member: Egyptian_henbane__Hyoscyamus_muticus poisonous herb whose leaves are a source of hyoscyamine
member: genus_Lycium__Lycium deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions
member: matrimony_vine__matrimonyvine__boxthorn any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
member: Christmasberry__Christmas_berry__Lycium_carolinianum spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries
member: genus_Lycopersicon__Lycopersicon__Lycopersicum__genus_Lycopersicum tomatoes
member: Lycopersicon_esculentum_cerasiforme__cherry_tomato plant bearing small red to yellow fruit
member: genus_Mandragora__Mandragora a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae
member: mandrake__devil's_apples__Mandragora_officinarum a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
member: genus_Nicandra__Nicandra sturdy annual of Peru
member: apple_of_Peru__shoo_fly__Nicandra_physaloides coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
member: genus_Nicotiana__Nicotiana American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage
member: tobacco aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
member: genus_Nierembergia genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers
member: cupflower__nierembergia any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers
member: whitecup__Nierembergia_repens__Nierembergia_rivularis prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose
member: tall_cupflower__Nierembergia_frutescens shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental
member: genus_Petunia annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America
member: petunia any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
member: genus_Physalis__Physalis ground cherries
member: ground_cherry__husk_tomato any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
member: cape_gooseberry__purple_ground_cherry__Physalis_peruviana annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
member: genus_Salpichroa__Salpichroa herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs
member: cock's_eggs__Salpichroa_organifolia__Salpichroa_rhomboidea weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit
member: genus_Salpiglossis small genus of herbs of the southern Andes having large showy flowers
member: salpiglossis any plant of the genus Salpiglossis
member: genus_Schizanthus Chilean herbs with orchidlike flowers
member: butterfly_flower__butterflyflower__poor_man's_orchid__schizanthus__schizanthu any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers
member: genus_Scopolia__Scopolia genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids
member: Scopolia_carniolica herb that is a source of scopolamine
member: genus_Solandra__Solandra shrubby climbers of tropical America
member: chalice_vine__chalicevine__trumpet_flower__trumpetflower__cupflower__Solandra_guttata Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
member: genus_Streptosolen__Streptosolen 1 species: marmalade bush
member: marmalade_bush__marmaladebush__firebush__Streptosolen_jamesonii evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant
member: family_Verbenaceae__Verbenaceae__verbena_family__verbenafamily__vervain_family__vervainfamily family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
member: genus_Verbena type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs
member: verbena__vervain any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
member: lantana a flowering shrub
member: genus_Avicennia__Avicennia small genus of tropical shrubs or trees
member: Avicennia_marina__black_mangrove__blackmangrove a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground
member: white_mangrove__whitemangrove__Avicennia_officinalis a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
member: family_Avicenniaceae__Avicenniaceae used in some classifications: coextensive with the genus Avicennia
member: genus_Aegiceras__Aegiceras a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae
member: black_mangrove__blackmangrove__Aegiceras_majus an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida
member: genus_Tectona__Tectona small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak
member: Tectona_grandis__teak tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood
member: order_Primulales__Primulales Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae
member: family_Primulaceae__Primulaceae__primrose_family a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
member: genus_Primula very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers
member: primrose__primula any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads
member: genus_Anagallis__Anagallis chiefly Old World herbs
member: pimpernel any of several plants of the genus Anagallis
member: genus_Centunculus__Centunculus a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae
member: chaffweed__bastard_pimpernel__bastardpimpernel__false_pimpernel__falsepimpernel weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
member: genus_Cyclamen genus of widely cultivated flowering Eurasian herbs with centrally depressed rounded tubers and rounded heart-shaped leaves
member: cyclamen__Cyclamen_purpurascens Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals
member: sowbread__Cyclamen_hederifolium__Cyclamen_neopolitanum common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers
member: genus_Glaux__Glaux sea milkwort
member: sea_milkwort__seamilkwort__sea_trifoly__seatrifoly__black_saltwort__blacksaltwort__Glaux_maritima a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers
member: genus_Hottonia__Hottonia aquatic herbs
member: featherfoil a plant of the genus Hottonia
member: genus_Lysimachia__Lysimachia loosestrife: a cosmopolitan genus found in damp or swampy terrain having usually yellow flowers; inclined to be invasive
member: loosestrife any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia
member: genus_Samolus__Samolus genus of herbs usually growing in salt marshes: water pimpernels
member: water_pimpernel__waterpimpernel a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus
member: family_Myrsinaceae__Myrsinaceae__myrsine_family__myrsinefamily family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs; some in Florida
member: genus_Myrsine__Myrsine evergreen trees and shrubs having aromatic foliage; Africa; Asia: New Zealand
member: genus_Ardisia__Ardisia tropical evergreen subshrubs (some climbers) to trees of Asia and Australasia to Americas
member: spiceberry__coralberry__Ardisia_crenata shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India
member: marlberry__Ardisia_escallonoides__Ardisia_paniculata tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries
member: order_Plumbaginales__Plumbaginales coextensive with the family Plumbaginaceae; usually included in order Primulales
member: family_Plumbaginaceae__Plumbaginaceae__leadwort_family__sea-lavender_family perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in salt-water areas
member: genus_Plumbago shrubs and herbs and woody vines of warm regions: leadwort
member: plumbago any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago
member: leadwort__Plumbago_europaea plant with lead-blue flowers
member: genus_Armeria__Armeria shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials
member: thrift any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
member: genus_Limonium__Limonium sea lavender
member: sea_lavender__sealavender__marsh_rosemary__marshrosemary__statice any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of whit or mauve flowers
member: family_Theophrastaceae__Theophrastaceae family of mainly tropical American trees and shrubs similar to those of the Myrsinaceae; often included in the Myrsinaceae
member: genus_Jacquinia__Jacquinia sometimes placed in family Myrsinaceae
member: bracelet_wood__Jacquinia_armillaris small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets
member: barbasco__joewood__Jacquinia_keyensis West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
member: subclass_Rosidae__Rosidae a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae
member: rosid_dicot_family__rosiddicotfamily a family of dicotyledonous plants
member: rosid_dicot_genus__rosiddicotgenu a genus of dicotyledonous plants
member: order_Umbellales__Umbellales plants having umbels or corymbs of uniovulate flowers; includes the Umbelliferae (chiefly herbs) and Cornaceae (chiefly trees or shrubs)
member: family_Araliaceae__Araliaceae__ivy_family__ivyfamily mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: ginseng; hedera
member: genus_Aralia type genus of Araliaceae; large widely distributed genus of shrubs and trees and vines: spikenard; Hercules'-club
member: aralia any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers
member: American_angelica_tree__devil's_walking_stick__devil'swalkingstick__Hercules'-club__Aralia_spinosa small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
member: wild_sarsaparilla__false_sarsaparilla__falsesarsaparilla__wild_sarsparilla__Aralia_nudicaulis common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
member: American_spikenard__petty_morel__life-of-man__Aralia_racemosa unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
member: bristly_sarsaparilla__bristlysarsaparilla__bristlysarsparilla__dwarf_elder__Aralia_hispida bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
member: Japanese_angelica_tree__Aralia_elata deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States
member: genus_Hedera__Hedera Old World woody vines
member: English_ivy__ivy__common_ivy__Hedera_helix Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits
member: genus_Meryta__Meryta small to medium evergreen dioecious trees of oceanic climates: puka
member: Meryta_sinclairii__puka small round-headed New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers
member: genus_Panax__Panax perennial herbs of eastern North America and Asia having aromatic tuberous roots: ginseng
member: Panax_ginseng__ginseng__nin-sin__ninsin__Panax_schinseng__Panax_pseudoginseng Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers
member: American_ginseng__sang__Panax_quinquefolius North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
member: genus_Schefflera__Schefflera large genus of shrubby and climbing tropical plants having showy digitately compound foliage
member: umbrella_tree__Schefflera_actinophylla__Brassaia_actinophylla erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern Guinea having palmately compound leaves
member: family_Umbelliferae__Umbelliferae__Apiaceae__family_Apiaceae__carrot_family plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
member: umbellifer__umbelliferous_plant__umbelliferousplant any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
member: genus_Aethusa__Aethusa fool's parsley
member: fool's_parsley__lesser_hemlock__Aethusa_cynapium European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
member: genus_Anethum__Anethum dill
member: genus_Anthriscus__Anthriscus chervil: of Europe, North Africa and Asia
member: beaked_parsley__chervil__Anthriscus_cereifolium aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads
member: cow_parsley__cowparsley__wild_chervil__Anthriscus_sylvestris coarse erect biennial Old World herb introduced as a weed in eastern North America
member: genus_Apium__Apium celery
member: wild_celery__Apium_graveolens herb of Europe and temperate Asia
member: genus_Astrantia a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Umbelliferae with aromatic roots and palmate leaves and showy flowers
member: astrantia__masterwort any plant of the genus Astrantia
member: genus_Carum__Carum caraway
member: Carum_carvi__caraway a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed
member: genus_Cicuta__Cicuta small genus of perennial herbs having deadly poisonous tuberous roots: water hemlock
member: water_hemlock__waterhemlock__Cicuta_verosa tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas
member: spotted_cowbane__spotted_hemlock__spotted_water_hemlock__spottedwaterhemlock tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes
member: genus_Conium__Conium small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock
member: poison_hemlock__hemlock__poison_parsley__California_fern__Nebraska_fern__winter_fern__Conium_maculatum large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous
member: genus_Conopodium__Conopodium a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae
member: Conopodium_denudatum__earthnut a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts
member: genus_Cuminum__Cuminum cumin
member: genus_Daucus__Daucus carrot
member: wild_carrot__Queen_Anne's_lace__Daucus_carota a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots
member: cultivated_carrot__carrot__Daucus_carota_sativa perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical deep-orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
member: genus_Eryngium__Eryngium large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution
member: eryngo__eringo any plant of the genus Eryngium
member: sea_holly__seaholly__sea_holm__seaholm__sea_eryngium__seaeryngium__Eryngium_maritimum European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac
member: Eryngium_aquaticum__button_snakeroot coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master
member: rattlesnake_master__rattlesnakemaster__rattlesnake's_master__rattlesnake'smaster__button_snakeroot__Eryngium_yuccifolium coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite
member: genus_Foeniculum__Foeniculum very small genus of aromatic European herbs with pinnately compound leaves and yellow flowers
member: fennel any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems
member: genus_Heracleum__Heracleum widely distributed genus of plants with usually thick rootstocks and large umbels of white flowers
member: cow_parsnip__cowparsnip__hogweed__Heracleum_sphondylium tall coarse plant having thick stems and cluster of white to purple flowers
member: genus_Levisticum__Levisticum genus of aromatic European herbs with yellow flowers
member: Levisticum_officinale__lovage herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds
member: genus_Myrrhis__Myrrhis European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers
member: Myrrhis_odorata__sweet_cicely__sweetcicely European herb with soft ferny leaves and white flowers
member: Oenanthe__genus_Oenanthe poisonous herbs: water dropworts
member: hemlock_water_dropwort__hemlockwaterdropwort__water_dropwort__waterdropwort__Oenanthe_crocata European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous
member: water_fennel__waterfennel__Oenanthe_aquatica European poisonous herb with fibrous roots
member: genus_Petroselinum__Petroselinum parsley
member: Petroselinum_crispum__parsley annual or perennial herb with aromatic finely-cut leaves
member: genus_Pimpinella__Pimpinella anise
member: anise_plant__aniseplant__anise__Pimpinella_anisum native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
member: genus_Sanicula__Sanicula chiefly American herbs: sanicle
member: sanicle__snakeroot a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
member: genus_Seseli__Seseli a rosid dicot genus that includes moon carrots
member: moon_carrot__stone_parsley__stoneparsley any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage
member: genus_Sison__Sison genus including stone parsley
member: stone_parsley__stoneparsley__Sison_amomum slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean having foliage like parsley and white flowers with aromatic seeds
member: genus_Sium__Sium perennial of wet and marshy places in the northern hemisphere: water parsnips
member: water_parsnip__waterparsnip__Sium_suave stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia
member: greater_water_parsnip__greaterwaterparsnip__Sium_latifolium large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe
member: skirret__Sium_sisarum an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root
member: genus_Smyrnium__Smyrnium Alexanders
member: Alexander__Alexanders__black_lovage__blacklovage__horse_parsley__horseparsley__Smyrnium_olusatrum European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
member: family_Cornaceae__Cornaceae__dogwood_family__dogwoodfamily a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba; Cornus; Corokia; Curtisia; Griselinia; Helwingia
member: genus_Aucuba__Aucuba hardy evergreen dioecious shrubs and small trees from Japan
member: genus_Cornus__Cornus a rosid dicot genus of the family Cornaceae including: dogwood; cornel: perennial chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
member: dogwood_tree__dogwoodtree__cornel a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers
member: genus_Corokia__Corokia evergreen shrubs with intricately twisted wiry stems that in summer are smothered in small yellow flowers; grows in New Zealand
member: genus_Curtisia__Curtisia a large evergreen tree of South Africa
member: genus_Griselinia__Griselinia evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America
member: puka__Griselinia_lucida South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers
member: kapuka__Griselinia_littoralis small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental
member: genus_Helwingia__genushelwingia__Helwingia deciduous dioecious shrubs native to woodland thickets in low mountains in Japan
member: order_Myrtales__Myrtales__Thymelaeales__order_Thymelaeales Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
member: family_Combretaceae__Combretaceae__combretum_family__combretumfamily a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales
member: dhawa__dhava an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum
member: genus_Combretum type genus of the Combretaceae: tropical and subtropical small shrubs and trees
member: combretum any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers
member: hiccup_nut__hiccough_nut__Combretum_bracteosum ornamental red-flowering African shrub or climber
member: Combretum_appiculatum__bush_willow small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers
member: bush_willow__Combretum_erythrophyllum small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks
member: genus_Conocarpus__Conocarpus monotypic genus of tropical American trees: button tree
member: genus_Laguncularia__Laguncularia a genus of Laguncularia
member: Laguncularia_racemosa__white_mangrove__whitemangrove shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin
member: family_Elaeagnaceae__Elaeagnaceae__oleaster_family shrubs or small trees often armed
member: genus_Elaeagnus__Elaeagnus oleaster
member: oleaster any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits
member: family_Haloragidaceae__Haloragidaceae__Haloragaceae__family_Haloragaceae__water-milfoil_family__watermilfoilfamily a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Myrtales
member: genus_Myriophyllum__Myriophyllum chiefly monoecious and usually aquatic herbs (as the milfoils)
member: water_milfoil__watermilfoil an aquatic plant of the genus Myriophyllum having feathery underwater leaves and small inconspicuous flowers
member: family_Lecythidaceae__Lecythidaceae large tropical trees bearing large fruits with woody skins
member: genus_Grias__Grias anchovy pear tree
member: anchovy_pear_tree__anchovy_pear__anchovypear__Grias_cauliflora West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango
member: genus_Bertholletia__Bertholletia brazil nut
member: brazil_nut__brazil-nut_tree__Bertholletia_excelsa tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts
member: family_Lythraceae__Lythraceae__loosestrife_family__loosestrifefamily herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers
member: genus_Lythrum__Lythrum loosestrife
member: loosestrife.subshrub any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
member: purple_loosestrife__spiked_loosestrife__Lythrum_salicaria marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States
member: grass_poly__grasspoly__hyssop_loosestrife__Lythrum_hyssopifolia annual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas
member: genus_Lagerstroemia__Lagerstroemia shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers
member: crape_myrtle__crapemyrtle__crepe_myrtle__crepemyrtle__crepe_flower__crepeflower__Lagerstroemia_indica ornamental E. Indian shrub commonly planted in southern United States
member: Queen's_crape_myrtle__pride-of-India__Lagerstroemia_speciosa native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
member: family_Myrtaceae__Myrtaceae__myrtle_family trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
member: myrtaceous_tree trees and shrubs
member: genus_Myrtus__Myrtus type genus of the Myrtaceae
member: common_myrtle__Myrtus_communis European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries
member: genus_Pimenta__Pimenta allspice tree
member: Jamaica_bayberry__bayberry__bay-rum_tree__bayrumtree__wild_cinnamon__Pimenta_acris West Indian tree; source of bay rum
member: allspice_tree__allspice__pimento_tree__pimentotree__pimentadioica aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
member: genus_Eugenia__Eugenia tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood
member: Eugenia_corynantha__sour_cherry Australian tree with sour red fruit
member: Eugenia_dicrana__nakedwood tree of extreme southern Florida and West Indies having thin scaly bark and aromatic fruits and seeds and yielding hard heavy close-grained zebrawood
member: pitanga__Surinam_cherry__Eugenia_uniflora Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
member: rose-apple_tree__rose_apple__jambosa__Eugenia_jambos tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
member: genus_Feijoa small South American shrubs or trees
member: feijoa_bush__feijoa South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit
member: genus_Jambos__Jambos used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos)
member: genus_Myrciaria__Myrciaria__Myrcia a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family
member: jaboticaba_tree__jaboticaba__Myrciaria_cauliflora small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches
member: genus_Psidium__Psidium guavas
member: true_guava__guava__guava_bush__guavabush__Psidium_guajava small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
member: yellow_cattley_guava__guava__strawberry_guava__Psidium_littorale small tropical shrubby tree bearing small yellowish fruit
member: genus_Eucalyptus tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves
member: eucalyptus_tree__eucalyptus__eucalypt a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
member: genus_Syzygium__Syzygium a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere
member: clove_tree__clovetree__clove__Syzygium_aromaticum__Eugenia_aromaticum__Eugenia_caryophyllatum moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves
member: family_Nyssaceae__Nyssaceae__sour-gum_family__tupelo_family a family of dicotyledonous trees of order Myrtales that includes the sour gum trees
member: genus_Nyssa__Nyssa tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds
member: tupelo_tree__tupelo any of several gum trees of swampy areas of North America
member: family_Onagraceae__Onagraceae__evening-primrose_family a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
member: genus_Circaea__Circaea enchanter's nightshade
member: enchanter's_nightshade__enchanter'snightshade any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn; northern hemisphere
member: genus_Epilobium__Epilobium large widely distributed genus of herbs and subshrubs of especially western North America and Arctic areas
member: willowherb a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs
member: fireweed__giant_willowherb__giantwillowherb__rosebay_willowherb__rosebaywillowherb__wickup__Epilobium_angustifolium tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow leaves and spikes of pinkish-purple flowers occurring in great abundance in burned-over areas or recent clearings; an important honey plant
member: California_fuchsia__humming_bird's_trumpet__Epilobium_canum_canum__Zauschneria_californica shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers
member: genus_Fuchsia large genus of decorative tropical shrubs with pendulous tetramerous flowers
member: fuchsia any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti
member: genus_Oenothera__Oenothera chiefly North American herbs with usually nocturnal flowers
member: evening_primrose__eveningprimrose any of several plants of the family Onagraceae
member: family_Punicaceae__Punicaceae 1 species: pomegranates
member: genus_Punica__Punica coextensive with the family Punicaceae
member: pomegranate_tree__pomegranatetree__pomegranate__punicagranatum shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having large red many-seeded fruit
member: family_Rhizophoraceae__Rhizophoraceae__mangrove_family trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
member: genus_Rhizophora__Rhizophora type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs
member: mangrove__Rhizophora_mangle a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building
member: family_Thymelaeaceae__Thymelaeaceae__daphne_family family of tough-barked trees and shrubs and herbs especially of Australia and tropical Africa
member: genus_Daphne usually evergreen Eurasian shrubs
member: daphne any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
member: genus_Dirca__Dirca deciduous shrub of North America: leatherwood
member: leatherwood__moosewood__ropebark__Dirca_palustris deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
member: family_Trapaceae__Trapaceae family comprising solely the genus Trapa; in some classifications treated as a subfamily or tribe of the family Onagraceae
member: genus_Trapa__Trapa small genus of Eurasian aquatic perennial herbs: water chestnut
member: water_chestnut_plant__water_chestnut__waterchestnut__caltrop a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
member: family_Melastomataceae__Melastomataceae__Melastomaceae__family_Melastomaceae__meadow-beauty_family a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
member: genus_Melastoma__Melastoma type genus of Melastomataceae; Asiatic shrubs with leathery leaves and large purple flowers followed by edible fleshy black berries
member: genus_Medinilla__Medinilla tropical Old World ornamental evergreen shrubs having fleshy leaves and large panicles of white pink flowers
member: Medinilla_magnifica a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers; Philippines
member: genus_Rhexia__Rhexia deer grass
member: deer_grass__meadow_beauty any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America
member: order_Rosales__Rosales in some classifications this category does not include Leguminosae
member: family_Connaraceae__Connaraceae__zebrawood_family__zebrawoodfamily mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae
member: genus_Connarus__Connarus large genus of tropical trees and shrubs; type genus of the Connaraceae
member: Connarus_guianensis tropical American and east African tree with strikingly marked hardwood used in cabinetwork
member: family_Leguminosae__Leguminosae__Fabaceae__family_Fabaceae__legume_family__pea_family__peafamily a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
member: leguminous_plant__legume an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
member: genus_Arachis__Arachis a genus of plants with pods that ripen underground (see peanut)
member: peanut_vine__peanut__Arachis_hypogaea widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground
member: genus_Brya__Brya genus of prickly shrubs and small trees of the Caribbean region; source of a durable hardwood
member: genus_Centrolobium__Centrolobium a genus of Centrolobium
member: arariba__Centrolobium_robustum Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood
member: genus_Coumarouna__Coumarouna__Dipteryx__genus_Dipteryx tropical American trees: tonka beans
member: tonka_bean_tree__tonka_bean__tonkabean__Coumarouna_odorata__Dipteryx_odorata tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
member: genus_Hymenaea__Hymenaea genus of tropical American timber trees
member: Hymenaea_courbaril__courbaril West Indian locust tree having pinnate leaves and panicles of large white or purplish flowers; yields very hard tough wood
member: genus_Melilotus Old World herbs: the sweet clovers
member: melilotus__melilotu__melilot__sweet_clover__sweetclover erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
member: genus_Swainsona__Swainsona genus of Australian herbs and subshrubs: darling peas
member: darling_pea__poison_bush either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
member: genus_Trifolium__Trifolium any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
member: clover__trefoil a plant of the genus Trifolium
member: family_Mimosaceae__Mimosaceae family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
member: subfamily_Mimosoideae__Mimosoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
member: genus_Mimosa genus of spiny woody shrubs or trees; named for their apparent imitation of animal sensitivity to light and heat and movement
member: mimosa.shrub any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
member: Mimosa_sensitiva__sensitive_plant__sensitiveplant semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
member: sensitive_plant__sensitiveplant__touch-me-not__shame_plant__shameplant__live-and-die__humble_plant__action_plant__Mimosa_pudica prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft gray-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
member: genus_Acacia large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa
member: acacia any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
member: shittah_tree__shittahtree__shittah source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of Acacia
member: black_wattle__blackwattle__Acacia_auriculiformis Australian tree that yields tanning materials
member: gidgee__stinking_wattle__Acacia_cambegei scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms
member: Acacia_catechu__catechu__Jerusalem_thorn East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by flat pods; source of black catechu
member: silver_wattle__mimosa__Acacia_dealbata evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
member: huisache__cassie__mimosa_bush__sweet_wattle__sweetwattle__sweet_acacia__sweetacacia__scented_wattle__scentedwattle__flame_tree__flametree__Acacia_farnesiana tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
member: lightwood__Acacia_melanoxylon tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
member: golden_wattle__Acacia_pycnantha shrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
member: Acacia_xanthophloea__fever_tree__fevertree African tree supposed to mark healthful regions
member: genus_Adenanthera__Adenanthera small genus of trees of Tropical Asia and Pacific areas
member: coralwood__red_sandalwood__redsandalwood__Barbados_pride__peacock_flower_fence__Adenanthera_pavonina East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
member: genus_Albizia__genus_Albizzia large genus of unarmed trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
member: albizzia__albizia any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia
member: genus_Anadenanthera__Anadenanthera 2 species of tropical American shrubs or trees
member: Anadenanthera_colubrina__Piptadenia_macrocarpa Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia
member: genus_Calliandra genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West Africa
member: calliandra any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers
member: genus_Enterolobium__Enterolobium small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia
member: conacaste__elephant's_ear__Enterolobium_cyclocarpa tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber
member: genus_Inga genus of tropical trees or shrubs
member: inga any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals
member: ice-cream_bean__icecreambean__Inga_edulis ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America
member: guama__Inga_laurina tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations
member: genus_Leucaena__Leucaena small genus of tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having pods like those of the acacia
member: lead_tree__white_popinac__whitepopinac__Leucaena_glauca__Leucaena_leucocephala low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods
member: genus_Lysiloma__Lysiloma small genus of tropical American trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and flat straight pods
member: wild_tamarind__Lysiloma_latisiliqua__Lysiloma_bahamensis a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods
member: Lysiloma_sabicu__sabicu West Indian tree yielding la hard dark born wood resembling mahogany in texture and value
member: genus_Parkia__Parkia genus of tropical Old World trees: nitta trees
member: nitta_tree__nittatree any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp
member: genus_Piptadenia__Piptadenia tropical American trees and shrubs; often placed in other genera
member: genus_Pithecellobium__Pithecellobium__Pithecolobium__genus_Pithecolobium thorny shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical America and Asia
member: manila_tamarind__camachile__huamachil__wild_tamarind__Pithecellobium_dulce common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum
member: cat's-claw__cat'sclaw__catclaw__black_bead__blackbead__Pithecellodium_unguis-cati erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
member: genus_Prosopis__Prosopis genus of tropical or subtropical branching shrubs or trees: mesquite
member: mesquite__mesquit any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods
member: genus_Physostigma__Physostigma African woody vines: calabar beans
member: calabar-bean_vine__Physostigma_venenosum tropical African woody vine yielding calabar beans
member: family_Caesalpiniaceae__Caesalpiniaceae spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
member: subfamily_Caesalpinioideae__Caesalpinioideae alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
member: genus_Caesalpinia__Caesalpinia small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana
member: Caesalpinia_bonduc__bonduc__bonduc_tree__Caesalpinia_bonducella tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries
member: Caesalpinia_coriaria__divi-divi small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin
member: Mysore_thorn__Caesalpinia_decapetala__Caesalpinia_sepiaria spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers
member: peachwood__brazilwood__pernambuco_wood__Caesalpinia_echinata tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry
member: brazilian_ironwood__brazilianironwood__Caesalpinia_ferrea thornless tree yielding heavy wood
member: poinciana__bird_of_paradise__Caesalpinia_gilliesii__Poinciana_gilliesii a tropical flowering shrub having bright orange or red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
member: pride_of_barbados__paradise_flower__flamboyant_tree__Caesalpinia_pulcherrima__Poinciana_pulcherrima tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
member: subgenus_Poinciana__Poinciana small subgenus of ornamental tropical shrubs or trees; not recognized in some classifications
member: genus_Acrocarpus__Acrocarpus small genus of trees of Indonesia and Malaysia
member: shingle_tree__shingletree__Acrocarpus_fraxinifolius East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes
member: genus_Bauhinia__Bauhinia mountain ebony, orchid tree
member: Bauhinia_monandra__butterfly_flower__butterflyflower shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink purple-streaked flowers
member: mountain_ebony__orchid_tree__Bauhinia_variegata small East Indian tree having orchidlike flowers and hard dark wood
member: genus_Brachystegia__Brachystegia small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:
member: msasa__Brachystegia_speciformis small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers
member: genus_Cassia some Cassia species often classified as members of the genus Senna or genus Chamaecrista
member: cassia any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods
member: genus_Ceratonia__Ceratonia carobs
member: carob_bean_tree__carob__carob_tree__carobtree__algarroba__Ceratonia_siliqua evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob
member: genus_Cercidium__Cercidium spiny shrubs or small trees sometimes placed in genus Parkinsonia: paloverde
member: genus_Chamaecrista__Chamaecrista genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods; some species placed in genus Cassia
member: partridge_pea__partridgepea__sensitive_pea__sensitivepea__wild_sensitive_plant__Chamaecrista_fasciculata__Cassia_fasciculata tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
member: genus_Delonix__Delonix evergreen or deciduous trees of tropical Africa and India
member: royal_poinciana__royalpoinciana__flamboyant__flame_tree__flametree__peacock_flower__peacockflower__Delonix_regia__Poinciana_regia showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
member: genus_Gleditsia__Gleditsia deciduous trees: honey locusts
member: water_locust__waterlocust__swamplocust__gleditsiaaquatica honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood
member: honey_locust__honeylocust__gleditsiatriacantho tall usually spiny North American tree having small greenish-white flowers in drooping racemes followed by long twisting seed pods; yields very hard durable reddish-brown wood; introduced to temperate Old World
member: genus_Gymnocladus__Gymnocladus small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods
member: Kentucky_coffee_tree__bonduc__chicot__Gymnocladus_dioica handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
member: genus_Haematoxylum__Haematoxylum__Haematoxylon__genus_Haematoxylon small genus of tropical American spiny bushy shrubs or trees
member: logwood_tree__logwoodtree__logwood__campeachy__bloodwood_tree__bloodwoodtree__Haematoxylum_campechianum spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye
member: genus_Parkinsonia__Parkinsonia small genus of spiny shrubs or small trees
member: Jerusalem_thorn__horsebean__Parkinsonia_aculeata large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States
member: palo_verde__Parkinsonia_florida__Cercidium_floridum densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium
member: genus_Petteria__Petteria 1 species: Dalmatian laburnum
member: Dalmatian_laburnum__Petteria_ramentacea__Cytisus_ramentaceus erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus
member: genus_Senna genus of shrubs and trees and herbs many of which are often classified as members of the genus Cassia
member: senna any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally
member: wild_senna__Senna_marilandica__Cassia_marilandica North American perennial herb; leaves are used medicinally; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
member: sicklepod__Senna_obtusifolia__Cassia_tora cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
member: locust_tree__locust any of various hard-wooded trees of the family Leguminosae
member: genus_Tamarindus__Tamarindus widely cultivated tropical trees originally of Africa
member: tamarind_tree__tamarind__tamarindo__Tamarindus_indica long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp
member: Papilionaceae__family_Papilionacea leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
member: subfamily_Papilionoideae__Papilionoideae alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
member: genus_Amorpha American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides
member: amorpha any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
member: genus_Amphicarpaea__Amphicarpaea__Amphicarpa__genus_Amphicarpa very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut
member: hog_peanut__hogpeanut__wild_peanut__Amphicarpaea_bracteata__Amphicarpa_bracteata vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts
member: genus_Anagyris__Anagyris very small genus of shrubs of southern Europe having backward curving seed pods
member: stinking_bean_trefoil__bean_trefoil__Anagyris_foetida shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed
member: genus_Andira__Andira small genus of evergreen trees of tropical America and western Africa
member: angelim__andelmin any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira
member: cabbage_bark__cabbagebark__cabbage-bark_tree__cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__andirainermi tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
member: genus_Anthyllis__Anthyllis genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs
member: Jupiter's_beard__silverbush__Anthyllis_barba-jovis silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers
member: kidney_vetch__Anthyllis_vulneraria perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders
member: genus_Apios__Apios twining perennial North American plants
member: groundnut_vine__groundnutvine__groundnut__Indian_potato__potato_bean__wild_bean__Apios_americana__Apios_tuberosa a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans
member: genus_Aspalathus__Aspalathus genus of South African heathlike shrubs
member: rooibos__Aspalathus_linearis__Aspalathus_cedcarbergensis South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea
member: genus_Astragalus__Astragalus large genus of annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of north temperate regions; largest genus in the family Leguminosae
member: milk_vetch any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
member: genus_Baphia__Baphia small genus of shrubs and lianas and trees of Africa and Madagascar
member: camwood__African_sandalwood__Baphia_nitida small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
member: genus_Baptisia__Baptisia genus of North American plants with showy pealike flowers and an inflated pod
member: wild_indigo__false_indigo__falseindigo any of several plants of the genus Baptisia
member: genus_Butea__Butea genus of East Indian trees or shrubs: dhak
member: dhak__dak__palas__pala__Butea_frondosa__Butea_monosperma East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
member: genus_Cajanus__Cajanus erect densely branched shrubby perennials of Old World tropics; naturalized in other warm regions
member: pigeon-pea_plant__pigeon_pea__cajan_pea__cajanpea__catjang_pea__catjangpea__red_gram__redgram__dhal__dahl__Cajanus_cajan tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
member: genus_Canavalia__Canavalia herbs or woody vines of mainly American tropics and subtropics
member: jack_bean__wonder_bean__giant_stock_bean__giantstockbean__Canavalia_ensiformis annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
member: sword_bean__swordbean__Canavalia_gladiata twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans; long cultivated in Orient for food
member: genus_Caragana large genus of Asiatic deciduous shrubs or small trees
member: pea_tree__peatree__caragana any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod
member: genus_Castanospermum__Castanospermum a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut
member: Moreton_Bay_chestnut__Australia_chestnut Australian tree having pinnate leaves and orange-yellow flowers followed by large woody pods containing 3 or 4 seeds that resemble chestnuts; yields dark strong wood
member: genus_Centrosema__Centrosema a genus of chiefly tropical American vines of the family Leguminosae having trifoliate leaves and large flowers
member: Centrosema_virginianum__butterfly_pea__butterflypea large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers
member: genus_Cercis__Cercis deciduous shrubs and trees of eastern Asia, southern Europe and the United States
member: Judas_tree__love_tree__Circis_siliquastrum small tree of the eastern Mediterranean having abundant purplish-red flowers growing on old wood directly from stems and appearing before the leaves: widely cultivated in mild regions; wood valuable for veneers
member: genus_Chamaecytisus__Chamaecytisus small late-flowering trees or subshrubs having yellow to red flowers and leathery or woody pods; often especially formerly included in genus Cytisus
member: tagasaste__Chamaecytisus_palmensis__Cytesis_proliferus shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder
member: genus_Chordospartium__Chordospartium 2 species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered
member: weeping_tree_broom small shrubby tree of New Zealand having weeping branches and racemes of white to violet flowers followed by woolly indehiscent 2-seeded pods
member: genus_Chorizema__Chorizema genus of Australian twining vines and small shrubs: flame peas
member: flame_pea__flamepea any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia
member: genus_Cicer__Cicer chick-pea plant; Asiatic herbs
member: genus_Cladrastis__Cladrastis yellowwoods
member: Kentucky_yellowwood__gopherwood__Cladrastis_lutea__Cladrastis_kentukea__yellowwood small handsome round-headed deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
member: genus_Clianthus genus of semi-prostrate Australasian shrubs or vines
member: glory_pea__glorypea__clianthus__clianthu any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pealike red flowers in drooping racemes
member: genus_Clitoria__Clitoria genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers
member: butterfly_pea__butterflypea__Clitoria_mariana large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers
member: genus_Codariocalyx__Codariocalyx used in some classifications for plants usually included in genus Desmodium
member: telegraph_plant__semaphore_plant__semaphoreplant__Codariocalyx_motorius__Desmodium_motorium__Desmodium_gyrans erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
member: genus_Colutea__Colutea small genus of Eurasian shrubs with yellow flowers and bladdery pods
member: bladder_senna__bladdersenna__Colutea_arborescens yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food
member: genus_Coronilla genus of Old World shrubs and herbs
member: coronilla any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long-spiked axillary heads or umbels
member: axseed__crown_vetch__crownvetch__Coronilla_varia European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods
member: genus_Crotalaria large genus of herbs with simple leaves and racemes of yellow flowers; mainly of tropical Africa
member: crotalaria__rattlebox any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops
member: American_rattlebox__Crotalaria_sagitallis tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
member: Indian_rattlebox__Crotalaria_spectabilis erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
member: genus_Cyamopsis__Cyamopsis small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia
member: guar__cluster_bean__clusterbean__Cyamopsis_tetragonolobus__Cyamopsis_psoraloides drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
member: genus_Cytisus__Cytisus large genus of stiff or spiny evergreen or deciduous Old World shrubs: broom
member: white_broom__whitebroom__white_Spanish_broom__Cytisus_albus__Cytisus_multiflorus low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers
member: common_broom__Scotch_broom__green_broom__greenbroom__Cytisus_scoparius deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
member: broom.shrub any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
member: genus_Dalbergia__Dalbergia large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers
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member: Dalbergia_sissoo__sissoo__sissu__sisham East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties
member: kingwood_tree__kingwood__Dalbergia_cearensis Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
member: Brazilian_rosewood__caviuna_wood__caviunawood__Dalbergia_nigra an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
member: cocobolo__Dalbergia_retusa a valuable timber tree of tropical South America
member: genus_Dalea__Dalea indigo bush
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member: genus_Daviesia__Daviesia genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods
member: shrub__bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches
member: genus_Derris genus of Old World tropical shrubs and woody vines
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member: derris_root__tuba_root__Derris_elliptica woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers; the swollen roots contain rotenone
member: genus_Desmanthus__Desmanthus genus of American herbs or shrubs with sensitive pinnate leaves and small whitish flowers
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member: genus_Desmodium__Desmodium beggarweed; tick trefoil
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member: genus_Dipogon__Dipogon 1 species: Australian pea
member: Australian_pea__Dipogon_lignosus__Dolichos_lignosus South African evergreen partly woody vine grown for its clusters of rosy purple flowers followed by edible pods like snap beans; also grown as green manure; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
member: genus_Dolichos__Dolichos genus of chiefly tropical vines often placed in genera Dipogon or Lablab or Macrotyloma
member: genus_Erythrina genus of attractive tropical shrubs or trees with usually red flowers
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member: genus_Galega__Galega small genus of Eurasian herbs: goat's rue
member: goat_rue__goat's_rue__Galega_officinalis tall bushy European perennial grown for its masses of light-textured pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally
member: genus_Gastrolobium genus of Australian evergreen shrubs poisonous to livestock: poison bush
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member: genus_Genista__Genista chiefly deciduous shrubs or small trees of Mediterranean area and western Asia: broom
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member: Spanish_gorse__Spanish_broom__Genista_hispanica erect shrub of southwestern Europe having racemes of golden yellow flowers
member: woodwaxen__dyer's_greenweed__dyer's-broom__dyeweed__greenweed__whin__woadwaxen__Genista_tinctoria small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
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member: chanar__chanal__Geoffroea_decorticans thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries
member: genus_Gliricidia small genus of low-branching profusely flowering trees of tropical America
member: gliricidia any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous
member: genus_Glycine__Glycine genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
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member: genus_Glycyrrhiza__Glycyrrhiza sticky perennial Eurasian herbs
member: Glycyrrhiza_glabra__licorice__liquorice deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots
member: wild_licorice__wild_liquorice__American_licorice__American_liquorice__Glycyrrhiza_lepidota North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
member: genus_Halimodendron__Halimodendron 1 species: salt tree
member: salt_tree__Halimodendron_halodendron__Halimodendron_argenteum spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery-downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms
member: genus_Hardenbergia__Hardenbergia small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia
member: Western_Australia_coral_pea__Hardenbergia_comnptoniana vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
member: genus_Hedysarum__Hedysarum genus of herbs of north temperate regions
member: sweet_vetch__sweetvetch__Hedysarum_boreale perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
member: French_honeysuckle__sulla__Hedysarum_coronarium perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
member: genus_Hippocrepis__Hippocrepis species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch
member: genus_Hovea genus of Australian evergreen shrubs
member: hovea__purple_pea any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
member: genus_Indigofera__Indigofera genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes
member: indigo_plant__indigo__Indigofera_tinctoria deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
member: genus_Jacksonia__Jacksonia genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches
member: genus_Kennedia__Kennedia__Kennedya__genus_Kennedya genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers
member: coral_pea__coralpea any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
member: genus_Lablab__Lablab 1 species: hyacinth bean
member: hyacinth_bean__bonavist__Indian_bean__Egyptian_bean__Lablab_purpureus__Dolichos_lablab perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pealike flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds; grown as an ornamental and as a vegetable on the Indian subcontinent; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
member: genus_Laburnum__Laburnum flowering shrubs or trees having bright yellow flowers; all parts of the plant are poisonous
member: Scotch_laburnum__Alpine_golden_chain__Laburnum_alpinum an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum
member: common_laburnum__golden_chain__golden_rain__Laburnum_anagyroides an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
member: genus_Lathyrus__Lathyrus genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea
member: vetchling any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils
member: everlasting_pea any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus
member: broad-leaved_everlasting_pea__perennial_pea__perennialpea__Lathyrus_latifolius perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers; naturalized in North America
member: beach_pea__beachpea__sea_pea__Lathyrus_maritimus__Lathyrus_japonicus wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder
member: black_pea__blackpea__Lathyrus_niger perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying
member: grass_vetch__grass_vetchling__grassvetchling__Lathyrus_nissolia annual European vetch with red flowers
member: sweet_pea__sweetpea__Lathyrus_odoratus climbing garden plant having fragrant pastel-colored flowers
member: marsh_pea__marshpea__Lathyrus_palustris scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
member: common_vetchling__meadow_pea__yellow_vetchling__Lathyrus_pratensis scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
member: grass_pea__grasspea__Indian_pea__khesari__Lathyrus_sativus European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
member: pride_of_California__Lathyrus_splendens shrubby California perennial having large pink or violet flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
member: narrow-leaved_everlasting_pea__flat_pea__Lathyrus_sylvestris European perennial with mottled purple-pink flowers; sometimes cultivated for fodder or as green manure
member: Tangier_pea__Tangier_peavine__Lalthyrus_tingitanus North African annual resembling the sweet pea having showy but odorless flowers
member: heath_pea__heathpea__earth-nut_pea__earthnutpea__earthnut_pea__tuberous_vetch__Lathyrus_tuberosus European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
member: spring_vetchling__spring_vetch__Lathyrus_vernus bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
member: genus_Lespedeza genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States
member: bush_clover__lespedeza shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
member: bicolor_lespediza__bicolorlespediza__ezo-yama-hagi__Lespedeza_bicolor Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of wild-bird feed
member: japanese_clover__japan_clover__japanclover__jap_clover__japclover__Lespedeza_striata an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States
member: Korean_lespedeza__Lespedeza_stipulacea annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions
member: sericea_lespedeza__sericealespedeza__Lespedeza_sericea__Lespedeza_cuneata perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land
member: genus_Lens__Lens genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
member: genus_Lonchocarpus__Lonchocarpus genus of chiefly tropical American shrubs and trees having pinnate leaves and red or white flowers
member: cube.plant any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
member: genus_Lotus__Lotus annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
member: bird's_foot_clover__bird's_foot_trefoil__babies'_slippers__bacon_and_eggs__Lotus_corniculatus European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
member: genus_Lupinus__Lupinus herbs or shrubs: lupin
member: lupine__lupin any plant of the genus Lupin; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
member: tree_lupine__Lupinus_arboreus evergreen shrub of United States Pacific coast having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia
member: wild_lupine__sundial_lupine__sundiallupine__Indian_beet__old-maid's_bonnet__Lupinus_perennis stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
member: genus_Macrotyloma__Macrotyloma annual or perennial vines of Africa and India and Australia; plants often placed in genus Dolichos
member: horse_gram__horsegram__horse_grain__horsegrain__poor_man's_pulse__Macrotyloma_uniflorum__Dolichos_biflorus twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
member: genus_Millettia genus of trees and shrubs of the Old World tropics
member: millettia any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood
member: genus_Mucuna__Stizolobium__genus_Stizolobium genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters
member: mucuna any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
member: genus_Myroxylon__Myroxylon a genus of tropical American trees having pinnate leaves and white flowers
member: tolu_tree__tolu_balsam_tree__Myroxylon_balsamum__Myroxylon_toluiferum medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork
member: Peruvian_balsam__Myroxylon_pereirae__Myroxylon_balsamum_pereirae tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam
member: genus_Onobrychis__Onobrychis genus of Old World herbs having pinnate leaves and pink or whites racemose flowers followed by flat unjointed pods
member: sainfoin__sanfoin__holy_clover__esparcet__Onobrychis_viciifolia__Onobrychis_viciaefolia Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
member: genus_Ononis__Ononis genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow
member: Ononis_repens__restharrow European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners
member: restharrow__Ononis_spinosa Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots
member: genus_Ormosia__Ormosia genus of tropical shrubs and trees having usually odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and pink to reddish wood
member: necklace_tree a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads
member: bead_tree__jumby_bean__jumbybean__jumby_tree__jumbytree__Ormosia_monosperma small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong slender-pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots
member: jumby_bead__jumbybead__jumbie_bead__Ormosia_coarctata West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
member: genus_Oxytropis__Oxytropis large widely-distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and racemose or spicate flowers each having a pealike corolla with a clawed petal
member: locoweed__crazyweed__crazy_weed__crazyweed any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock
member: genus_Pachyrhizus__Pachyrhizus small genus of tropical vines having tuberous roots
member: Pachyrhizus_erosus__yam_bean__yambean Central American twining plant with edible roots and pods; large tubers are eaten raw or cooked especially when young and young pods must be thoroughly cooked; pods and seeds also yield rotenone and oils
member: yam_bean__yambean__potato_bean__Pachyrhizus_tuberosus twining plant of Amazon basin having large edible roots
member: genus_Parochetus__Parochetus 1 species: shamrock pea
member: shamrock_pea__Parochetus_communis trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers
member: genus_Phaseolus__Phaseolus herbs of warm regions including most American beans
member: common_bean_plant__common_bean__Phaseolus_vulgaris the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
member: frijol__kidney_bean__frijole the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
member: green_bean.common_bean_plant__greenbean a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
member: wax_bean__waxbean a common bean plant grown for its edible golden pod
member: lima_bean_plant__lima_bean__Phaseolus_limensis bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
member: sieva_bean__sievabean__butterbean__butter-bean_plant__lima_bean__Phaseolus_lunatus bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
member: tepary_bean__Phaseolus_acutifolius_latifolius twining plant of southwestern United States and Mexico having roundish white or yellow or brown or black beans
member: genus_Pickeringia__Pickeringia 1 species: chaparral pea
member: chaparral_pea__chaparralpea__stingaree-bush__stingareebush__Pickeringia_montana spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose-purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
member: genus_Piscidia__Piscidia genus of shrubs or small trees having indehiscent pods with black seeds; roots and bark yield fish poisons
member: Jamaica_dogwood__fish_fuddle__Piscidia_piscipula__Piscidia_erythrina small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons
member: genus_Pisum__Pisum small genus of variable annual Eurasian vines: peas
member: pea_plant__peaplant__pea a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
member: garden_pea_plant__garden_pea__common_pea__Pisum_sativum plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
member: genus_Platylobium__Platylobium small genus of Australian evergreen leguminous shrubs or subshrubs
member: flat_pea__Platylobium_formosum evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pealike flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania
member: common_flat_pea__native_holly__Playlobium_obtusangulum low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods
member: genus_Platymiscium__Platymiscium genus of tropical American trees: quira
member: quira any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber
member: genus_Podalyria__Podalyria genus of South African leguminous shrubs often placed in genus Sophora
member: genus_Pongamia__Pongamia 1 species: Indian beech
member: Indian_beech__Pongamia_glabra evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
member: genus_Psophocarpus__Psophocarpus species of tropical Asian and African climbing herbs
member: winged_bean__winged_pea__goa_bean__goabean__goa_bean_vine__Manila_bean__Psophocarpus_tetragonolobus tuberous-rooted twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
member: genus_Psoralea__Psoralea widely distributed genus of herbs or shrubs with glandular compound leaves and spicate or racemose purple or white flowers
member: Indian_breadroot__breadroot__pomme_blanche__pommeblanche__pomme_de_prairie__Psoralea_esculenta densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
member: genus_Pterocarpus__Pterocarpus genus of tropical trees or climbers having usually broadly winged pods
member: bloodwood_tree__bloodwoodtree__kiaat__Pterocarpus_angolensis deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood
member: padauk__padouk__amboyna__Pterocarpus_indicus tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain
member: Burma_padauk__Burmese_rosewood__Pterocarpus_macrocarpus tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany
member: kino__Pterocarpus_marsupium East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
member: red_sandalwood__redsandalwood__red_sanders__red_sanderswood__redsanderswood__red_saunders__Pterocarpus_santalinus tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
member: genus_Pueraria__Pueraria genus of woody Asiatic vines: kudzu
member: kudzu_vine__kudzuvine__kudzu__Pueraria_lobata fast-growing East Asian vine having hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long many-seed hairy pods and tuberous starchy roots; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States
member: genus_Retama__Retama small genus of mediterranean shrubs; often included in genus Genista
member: retem__raetam__juniper_bush__juniperbush__juniper__Retama_raetam__Genista_raetam desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista
member: genus_Robinia__Robinia deciduous flowering trees and shrubs
member: bristly_locust__bristlylocust__rose_acacia__moss_locust__Robinia_hispida large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
member: yellow_locust__black_locust__blacklocust__robiniapseudoacacia large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers; widely naturalized in many varieties in temperate regions
member: clammy_locust__Robinia_viscosa small rough-barked locust of southeastern United States having racemes of pink flowers and glutinous branches and seeds
member: genus_Sabinea__Sabinea small genus of deciduous West Indian trees or shrubs: carib wood
member: carib_wood__caribwood__Sabinea_carinalis small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges
member: genus_Sesbania small genus of tropical and subtropical leguminous herbs or shrubs or trees
member: sesbania any of various plants of the genus Sesbania having pinnate leaves and large showy pealike flowers
member: scarlet_wisteria_tree__vegetable_hummingbird__vegetablehummingbird__Sesbania_grandiflora soft-wooded tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies
member: genus_Sophora__Sophora cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and showy flowers; some species placed in genus Podalyria
member: Japanese_pagoda_tree__Chinese_scholartree__Chinese_scholar_tree__Sophora_japonica__Sophora_sinensis handsome round-headed deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan
member: mescal_bean__coral_bean__coralbean__frijolito__frijolillo__Sophora_secundiflora shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
member: kowhai__Sophora_tetraptera shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood
member: genus_Spartium__Spartium 1 species: Spanish broom
member: Spanish_broom__weaver's_broom__Spartium_junceum tall thornless shrub having pale yellow flowers and flexible rushlike twigs used in basketry; of southwestern Europe and Mediterranean; naturalized in California
member: genus_Strongylodon__Strongylodon genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines
member: jade_vine__emerald_creeper__emeraldcreeper__Strongylodon_macrobotrys vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana; grown for spectacular festoons of green flowers that resemble lobster claws
member: genus_Templetonia__Templetonia genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush
member: coral_bush__coralbush__flame_bush__flamebush__Templetonia_retusa Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
member: genus_Tephrosia__Tephrosia genus of tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs: hoary peas
member: hoary_pea__hoarypea a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
member: genus_Thermopsis__Thermopsis genus of American and Asiatic showy rhizomatous herbs: bush peas
member: bush_pea any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers
member: genus_Tipuana__Tipuana 1 species: South American tree: tipu tree
member: tipu_tree__tipu__yellow_jacaranda__pride_of_Bolivia semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental
member: genus_Trigonella__Trigonella Old World genus of frequently aromatic herbs
member: bird's_foot_trefoil__Trigonella_ornithopodioides Old World herb related to fenugreek
member: fenugreek__Greek_clover__Trigonella_foenumgraecum annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry
member: genus_Ulex__Ulex genus of Eurasian spiny shrubs: gorse
member: Irish_gorse__gorse__furze__whin__Ulex_europaeus very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
member: genus_Vicia__Vicia widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
member: vetch any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants
member: tare.vetch any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
member: broadbean__broad_bean__broadbean__broad-bean_plant__English_bean__European_bean__field_bean__fieldbean__Vicia_faba Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
member: hairy_vetch__hairy_tare__hairytare__Vicia_villosa European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
member: genus_Vigna__Vigna genus of vines or erect herbs having trifoliate leaves and yellowish or purplish flowers; of warm or tropical regions; most species often placed in genus Phaseolus
member: moth_bean__Vigna_aconitifolia__Phaseolus_aconitifolius East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and soil-conditioning; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
member: adzuki_bean__adsuki_bean__Vigna_angularis__Phaseolus_angularis bushy annual widely grown in China and Japan for the flour made from its seeds
member: snailflower__snail_flower__snailflower__snail_bean__snailbean__corkscrew_flower__corkscrewflower__Vigna_caracalla__Phaseolus_caracalla__phaseoluscaracalla perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
member: mung_bean__mung__green_gram__greengram__golden_gram__Vigna_radiata__Phaseolus_aureus erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds; chief source of bean sprouts used in Chinese cookery; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
member: cowpea_plant__cowpea__black-eyed_pea__Vigna_unguiculata__Vigna_sinensis sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
member: asparagus_bean__asparagusbean__yard-long_bean__Vigna_unguiculata_sesquipedalis__Vigna_sesquipedalis South American bean having very long succulent pods
member: genus_Viminaria__Viminaria 1 species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak
member: swamp_oak__swampoak__Viminaria_juncea__Viminaria_denudata Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
member: genus_Virgilia__Virgilia genus of South African trees having pinnate leaves and rose-purple flowers followed by leathery pods
member: Virgilia_capensis__keurboom__Virgilia_oroboides tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers
member: keurboom__Virgilia_divaricata fast-growing round-headed tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental
member: genus_Wisteria Asiatic deciduous woody vine having large drooping racemes of white or bluish or purple or pinkish flowers and velvety pods; widely grown as an ornamental
member: wisteria__wistaria any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria
member: wild_pea any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines
member: bean_plant__bean any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
member: family_Rosaceae__Rosaceae__rose_family a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
member: genus_Rosa__Rosa large genus of erect or climbing prickly shrubs including roses
member: rose any of many plants of the genus Rosa
member: genus_Agrimonia genus of herbs found chiefly in north temperate regions having pinnate leaves and yellow flowers followed by bristly fruit
member: agrimonia__agrimony a plant of the genus Agrimony having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers
member: genus_Amelanchier__Amelanchier North American deciduous trees or shrubs
member: Juneberry__serviceberry__service_tree__servicetree__shadbush__shadblow any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
member: genus_Chaenomeles__Chaenomeles flowering quince
member: flowering_quince__floweringquince Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
member: genus_Chrysobalanus__Chrysobalanus coco plums
member: coco_plum_tree__coco_plum__cocoa_plum__cocoaplum__icaco__Chrysobalanus_icaco small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit
member: genus_Cotoneaster genus of deciduous or evergreen Old World shrubs widely cultivated
member: cotoneaster any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits
member: genus_Crataegus__Crataegus thorny shrubs and small trees: hawthorn; thorn; thorn apple
member: hawthorn__haw a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
member: parsley_haw__parsley-leaved_thorn__Crataegus_apiifolia__Crataegus_marshallii southern United States hawthorn with pinnately lobed leaves
member: scarlet_haw__scarlethaw__Crataegus_biltmoreana common shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having few thorns and white flowers in corymbs followed by bright orange-red berries
member: pear_haw__blackthorn__pear_hawthorn__Crataegus_calpodendron__Crataegus_tomentosa erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries
member: cockspur_thorn__cockspur_hawthorn__Crataegus_crus-galli eastern United States hawthorn with long straight thorns
member: mayhaw__summer_haw__Crataegus_aestivalis hawthorn of southern United States bearing juicy acid scarlet fruit often used in jellies or preserves
member: whitethorn__English_hawthorn__may__crataeguslaevigata__Crataegus_oxycantha thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
member: English_hawthorn__Crataegus_monogyna European hawthorn having deeply cleft leaves and bright red fruits; widely cultivated in many varieties and often grown as impenetrable hedges; established as an escape in eastern North America
member: downy_haw__downyhaw__red_haw__Crataegus_mollis__Crataegus_coccinea_mollis American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
member: genus_Cydonia__Cydonia quince
member: quince_bush__quince__Cydonia_oblonga small Asian tree with pinkish flowers and pear-shaped fruit; widely cultivated
member: genus_Dryas__Dryas mountain avens
member: mountain_avens__Dryas_octopetala creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
member: genus_Eriobotrya__Eriobotrya Asiatic evergreen fruit trees
member: loquat_tree__loquat__Japanese_medlar__Japanese_plum__Eriobotrya_japonica evergreen tree of warm regions having fuzzy yellow olive-sized fruit with a large free stone; native to China and Japan
member: genus_Fragaria__Fragaria strawberries
member: strawberry any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry
member: garden_strawberry__cultivated_strawberry__Fragaria_ananassa widely cultivated
member: wild_strawberry__wood_strawberry__Fragaria_vesca Europe
member: beach_strawberry__beachstrawberry__Chilean_strawberry__Fragaria_chiloensis wild strawberry of western United States and South America; source of many varieties of cultivated strawberries
member: Virginia_strawberry__scarlet_strawberry__scarletstrawberry__Fragaria_virginiana North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries
member: genus_Geum__Geum avens
member: avens__aven any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
member: genus_Heteromeles__Heteromeles 1 species: toyon; in some classifications included in genus Photinia
member: toyon__tollon__Christmasberry__Christmas_berry__Heteromeles_arbutifolia__Photinia_arbutifolia ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of United States Pacific coast having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia
member: genus_Malus__Malus apple trees; found throughout temperate zones of the northern hemisphere
member: apple_tree__appletree any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
member: orchard_apple_tree__orchardappletree__apple__Malus_pumila native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
member: Siberian_crab_apple__Siberian_crab__cherry_apple__cherry_crab__Malus_baccata Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
member: wild_crab__Malus_sylvestris wild crab apple native to Europe; a chief ancestor of cultivated apples
member: American_crab_apple__garland_crab__garlandcrab__maluscoronaria medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
member: genus_Mespilus__Mespilus medlars
member: medlar_tree__medlar__Mespilus_germanica small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
member: genus_Photinia__Photinia genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles
member: genus_Potentilla__Potentilla chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoil
member: five-finger__cinquefoil any of a numerous plants grown for their 5-petal flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
member: genus_Poterium__Poterium a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae
member: burnet_bloodwort__salad_burnet__saladburnet__Poterium_sanguisorba European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
member: genus_Prunus__Prunus a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
member: plum_tree__plum any of several trees producing edible oval smooth-skinned fruit with a single hard stone
member: plumcot_tree__plumcottree__plumcot hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
member: apricot_tree__apricottree__apricot Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
member: common_apricot__Prunus_armeniaca temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits
member: purple_apricot__black_apricot__blackapricot__Prunus_dasycarpa small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit
member: cherry_tree__cherry any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
member: Western_sand_cherry__Rocky_Mountains_cherry__Prunus_besseyi dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
member: mock_orange__mockorange__cherry_laurel__laurel_cherry__wild_orange__wildorange__Prunus_caroliniana small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
member: almond_tree any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts
member: cherry_laurel__laurel_cherry__Prunus_laurocerasus frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
member: hagberry_tree__European_bird_cherry__common_bird_cherry__Prunus_padus small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
member: peach_tree__peachtree__peach__Prunus_persica cultivated in temperate regions
member: nectarine_tree__nectarinetree__nectarine__Prunus_persica_nectarina variety or mutation of the peach bearing smooth-skinned fruit with usually yellow flesh
member: sand_cherry__Prunus_pumila__Prunus_pumilla_susquehanae__Prunus_susquehanae__Prunus_cuneata small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit
member: blackthorn__sloe__Prunus_spinosa a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
member: chokecherry_tree__chokecherrytree__chokecherry__Prunus_virginiana a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
member: family_Amygdalaceae__Amygdalaceae used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
member: genus_Amygdalus__Amygdalus used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus
member: genus_Pyracantha Eurasian evergreen thorny shrubs bearing red or orange-red berries
member: Pyracantha__pyracanth__fire_thorn any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries
member: genus_Pyrus__Pyrus fruit trees native to the Old World: pears
member: pear_tree__pear__Pyrus_communis Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
member: genus_Rubus__Rubus large genus of brambles bearing berries
member: bramble_bush__bramblebush any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits
member: dewberry_bush__dewberry__running_blackberry__runningblackberry any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
member: genus_Sorbus__Sorbus a genus of shrubs or trees of the family Rosaceae having feathery leaves
member: mountain_ash any of various trees of the genus Sorbus
member: genus_Spiraea__Spiraea a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rosaceae
member: spirea__spiraea any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers
member: family_Cephalotaceae__Cephalotaceae a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus
member: genus_Cephalotus__Cephalotus one species: Australian pitcher plant
member: Australian_pitcher_plant__Cephalotus_follicularis carnivorous perennial herb having a red-brown-marked green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia
member: family_Crassulaceae__Crassulaceae__stonecrop_family__stonecropfamily succulent shrubs and herbs
member: genus_Crassula__Crassula type genus of Crassulaceae; herbs and small shrubs having woody stems and succulent aerial parts
member: genus_Sedum large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves
member: sedum any of various plants of the genus Sedum
member: stonecrop any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
member: wall_pepper__Sedum_acre mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely introduced as a ground cover
member: rose-root__midsummer-men__midsummermen__Sedum_rosea Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers
member: orpine__orpin__livelong__live-forever__Sedum_telephium perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
member: genus_Aeonium__Aeonium a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae
member: pinwheel__Aeonium_haworthii perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
member: family_Cunoniaceae__Cunoniaceae__cunonia_family__cunoniafamily trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere
member: genus_Ceratopetalum__Ceratopetalum a dicotyledonous genus of the family Cunoniaceae
member: Christmas_bush__Christmas_tree__Ceratopetalum_gummiferum Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration
member: family_Hydrangeaceae__Hydrangeaceae__hydrangea_family__hydrangeafamily sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
member: genus_Hydrangea type genus of Hydrangeaceae; large genus of shrubs and some trees and vines with white or pink or blue flower clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
member: hydrangea any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea
member: Hydrangea_anomala__climbing_hydrangea deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads
member: wild_hydrangea__Hydrangea_arborescens deciduous shrub with creamy white flower clusters; eastern United States
member: hortensia__Hydrangea_macrophylla_hortensis deciduous shrub bearing round-headed flower clusters opening green and aging to pink or blue
member: fall-blooming_hydrangea__Hydrangea_paniculata deciduous shrub or small tree with pyramidal flower clusters
member: Hydrangea_petiolaris__climbing_hydrangea deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads
member: genus_Carpenteria 1 species; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
member: carpenteria__Carpenteria_californica California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers
member: genus_Decumaria__Decumaria small genus of woody climbers with adhesive aerial roots; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
member: decumary__Decumaria_barbata__Decumaria_barbara woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters
member: genus_Deutzia genus of ornamental mostly deciduous shrubs native to Asia and Central America; widespread in cultivation; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
member: deutzia any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
member: subfamily_Philadelphaceae__Philadelphaceae 1 genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae
member: genus_Philadelphus mock orange: type and sole genus of the subfamily Philadelphaceae; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
member: philadelphus any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions
member: syringa__mock_orange__mockorange__Philadelphus_coronarius large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
member: genus_Schizophragma__Schizophragma small genus of deciduous climbing and creeping shrubs with white flowers in flat clusters; sometimes placed in family Saxifragaceae
member: climbing_hydrangea__Schizophragma_hydrangeoides climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes; Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan
member: family_Saxifragaceae__Saxifragaceae__saxifrage_family__saxifragefamily a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
member: genus_Saxifraga__Saxifraga type genus of the Saxifragaceae; large genus of usually perennial herbs of arctic and cool regions of northern hemisphere: saxifrage
member: saxifrage__breakstone__rockfoil any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga
member: yellow_mountain_saxifrage__Saxifraga_aizoides tufted evergreen perennial having ciliate leaves and yellow corymbose flowers often spotted orange
member: meadow_saxifrage__fair-maids-of-France__Saxifraga_granulata rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
member: mossy_saxifrage__mossysaxifrage__Saxifraga_hypnoides tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe; cultivated for its white flowers
member: western_saxifrage__westernsaxifrage__Saxifraga_occidentalis saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America
member: purple_saxifrage__Saxifraga_oppositifolia plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
member: star_saxifrage__starry_saxifrage__Saxifraga_stellaris small often mat-forming alpine plant having small starlike white flowers; Europe
member: strawberry_geranium__strawberry_saxifrage__mother-of-thousands__Saxifraga_stolonifera__Saxifraga_sarmentosam eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons
member: genus_Astilbe chiefly Asiatic perennials: spirea
member: astilbe any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers
member: genus_Bergenia genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern Asia
member: bergenia any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms
member: genus_Boykinia__Boykinia genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan
member: coast_boykinia__coastboykinia__Boykinia_elata__Boykinia_occidentalis plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America
member: genus_Chrysosplenium__Chrysosplenium genus of widely distributed semiaquatic herbs with minute greenish-yellow apetalous flowers
member: golden_saxifrage__golden_spleen any of various low aquatic herbs of the genus Chrysosplenium
member: water_carpet__watercarpet__water_mat__watermat__Chrysosplenium_americanum aquatic herb with yellowish flowers; central and western United States
member: genus_Darmera__Darmera__Peltiphyllum__genus_Peltiphyllum 1 species
member: umbrella_plant__Indian_rhubarb__Darmera_peltata__Peltiphyllum_peltatum rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the California Sierra Nevada
member: genus_Francoa__Francoa perennial evergreen herbs with white or pink flowers; Chile
member: bridal_wreath__Francoa_ramosa Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers
member: genus_Heuchera__Heuchera genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers
member: alumroot__alumbloom any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera
member: poker_alumroot__pokeralumroot__poker_heuchera__pokerheuchera__Heuchera_cylindrica plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America
member: coralbells__Heuchera_sanguinea perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental
member: genus_Leptarrhena__Leptarrhena 1 species: leatherleaf saxifrage
member: leatherleaf_saxifrage__leatherleafsaxifrage__Leptarrhena_pyrolifolia plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
member: genus_Lithophragma__Lithophragma small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America
member: woodland_star__Lithophragma_affine__Lithophragma_affinis__Tellima_affinis California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima
member: prairie_star__prairiestar__Lithophragma_parviflorum plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta
member: genus_Mitella__Mitella genus of low slender herbs of North America and northeastern Asia having flowers with trifid or pinnatifid petals
member: miterwort__mitrewort__bishop's_cap any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter
member: fairy_cup__fairycup__Mitella_diphylla miterwort of northeastern North America usually with two opposite leaves on erect flowering stems that terminate in erect racemes of white flowers
member: five-point_bishop's_cap__Mitella_pentandra small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado
member: genus_Parnassia genus of bog herbs of arctic and northern temperate regions
member: parnassia__grass-of-Parnassus any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
member: bog_star__bogstar__parnassiapalustri plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
member: fringed_grass_of_Parnassus__Parnassia_fimbriata bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico
member: genus_Suksdorfia small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America
member: suksdorfia any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles
member: violet_suksdorfia__Suksdorfia_violaceae slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana
member: genus_Tellima__Tellima genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America
member: false_alumroot__falsealumroot__fringecup__Tellima_grandiflora plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho
member: genus_Tiarella__Tiarella small genus of North American herbs having mostly basal leaves and slender racemes of delicate white flowers
member: foamflower__coolwart__false_miterwort__falsemiterwort__false_mitrewort__falsemitrewort__Tiarella_cordifolia stoloniferous white-flowered spring-blooming woodland plant
member: false_miterwort__falsemiterwort__false_mitrewort__falsemitrewort__Tiarella_unifoliata plant with tiny white flowers hanging in loose clusters on leafy stems; moist woods from Alaska to central California and east to Montana
member: genus_Tolmiea__Tolmiea 1 species: pickaback plant
member: pickaback_plant__pickabackplant__piggyback_plant__piggybackplant__youth-on-age__Tolmiea_menziesii vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
member: family_Grossulariaceae__Grossulariaceae__gooseberry_family in some classifications considered a part of the family Saxifragaceae: plants whose fruit is a berry
member: genus_Ribes__Ribes a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere
member: currant_bush__currantbush__currant any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
member: garden_current__red_currant__Ribes_rubrum cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
member: European_black_currant__black_currant__blackcurrant__Ribes_nigrum widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries
member: white_currant__whitecurrant__Ribes_sativum garden currant bearing small white berries
member: winter_currant__Ribes_sanguineum a flowering shrub
member: gooseberry_bush__gooseberry__Ribes_uva-crispa__Ribes_grossularia spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
member: family_Platanaceae__Platanaceae__plane-tree_family coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
member: genus_Platanus__Platanus genus of large monoecious mostly deciduous trees: London plane; sycamore
member: plane_tree__planetree__sycamore__platan any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
member: London_plane__Platanus_acerifolia very large fast-growing tree much planted as a street tree
member: American_sycamore__American_plane__buttonwood__Platanus_occidentalis very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
member: oriental_plane__Platanus_orientalis large tree of southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
member: California_sycamore__Platanus_racemosa tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers
member: Arizona_sycamore__Platanus_wrightii medium-sized tree of Arizona and adjacent regions having deeply lobed leaves and collective fruits in groups of 3 to 5
member: order_Geraniales__Geraniales an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae
member: family_Balsaminaceae__Balsaminaceae__balsam_family distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
member: genus_Impatiens annual or perennial herbs with stems more or less succulent; cosmopolitan except for South America, Australia, and New Zealand
member: jewelweed__lady's_earrings__orange_balsam__celandine__touchmenot__Impatiens_capensis North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
member: family_Geraniaceae__Geraniaceae__geranium_family chiefly herbaceous plants
member: geranium any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae
member: genus_Geranium genus of mostly North American geraniums: cranesbills
member: cranesbill__crane's_bill__crane'sbill any of numerous geraniums of the genus Geranium
member: genus_Pelargonium__Pelargonium geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated
member: rose_geranium__sweet-scented_geranium__sweetscentedgeranium__Pelargonium_graveolens any of several southern African geraniums having fragrant 3- to 5-lobed leaves and pink flowers
member: fish_geranium__bedding_geranium__beddinggeranium__zonal_pelargonium__zonalpelargonium__Pelargonium_hortorum an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers
member: ivy_geranium__ivygeranium__ivy-leaved_geranium__hanging_geranium__hanginggeranium__Pelargonium_peltatum a commonly cultivated trailing South American plant with peltate leaves and rosy flowers
member: apple_geranium__applegeranium__nutmet_geranium__Pelargonium_odoratissimum geranium with round fragrant leaves and small white flowers
member: lemon_geranium__lemongeranium__Pelargonium_limoneum a common garden geranium with lemon-scented foliage
member: genus_Erodium__Erodium geraniums of Europe and South America and Australia especially mountainous regions
member: storksbill__heron's_bill__heron'sbill any of various plants of the genus Erodium
member: family_Erythroxylaceae__Erythroxylaceae a family of plants of order Geraniales; have drupaceous fruit
member: family_Burseraceae__Burseraceae__torchwood_family__torchwoodfamily resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
member: incense_tree__incensetree any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense
member: genus_Bursera__Bursera type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi
member: elephant_tree__Bursera_microphylla small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers
member: gumbo-limbo__gumbolimbo__Bursera_simaruba tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
member: genus_Boswellia__Boswellia genus of incense-yielding trees of North Africa and India
member: Boswellia_carteri tree yielding an aromatic gum resin burned as incense
member: salai__Boswellia_serrata East Indian tree yielding a resin used medicinally and burned as incense
member: genus_Commiphora__Commiphora genus of East Indian and African trees yielding balsamic products
member: balm_of_gilead__Commiphora_meccanensis small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised
member: myrrh_tree__myrrhtree__Commiphora_myrrha tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh
member: genus_Protium__Protium genus of chiefly tropical American trees having fragrant wood and yielding gum elemi
member: Protium_heptaphyllum tropical American tree
member: Protium_guianense tropical American tree
member: family_Callitrichaceae__Callitrichaceae dicot aquatic herbs
member: genus_Callitriche__Callitriche water starworts
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member: family_Malpighiaceae__Malpighiaceae tropical shrubs or trees
member: genus_Malpighia__Malpighia type genus of the Malpighiaceae
member: jiqui__malpighiaobovata cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture
member: family_Meliaceae__Meliaceae__mahogany_family tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
member: mahogany_tree__mahogany any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
member: genus_Melia__Melia type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash
member: chinaberry_tree__chinaberry__China_tree__Persian_lilac__pride-of-India__azederach__azedarach__Melia_azederach__Melia_azedarach tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree
member: genus_Azadirachta__Azadirachta genus of large important East Indian trees: neem trees
member: neem_tree__neem__nim_tree__nimtree__margosa__arishth__Azadirachta_indica__Melia_Azadirachta large semi-evergreen tree of East India; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia
member: genus_Cedrela__Cedrela tropical American trees
member: Spanish_cedar_tree__Spanish_cedar__Cedrela_odorata tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes
member: genus_Chloroxylon__Chloroxylon deciduous trees of India and Sri Lanka
member: satinwood_tree__satinwoodtree__satinwood__chloroxylonswietenia East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;
member: genus_Entandrophragma__Entandrophragma cedar mahogany trees
member: African_scented_mahogany__cedar_mahogany__cedarmahogany__sapele_mahogany__Entandrophragma_cylindricum African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
member: genus_Flindersia__Flindersia small genus of Australian timber trees
member: silver_ash any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia
member: genus_Khaya__Khaya African mahogany trees
member: African_mahogany African tree having hard heavy odorless wood
member: genus_Lansium a dicotyledonous genus of the family Meliaceae
member: lanseh_tree__langsat__langset__Lansium_domesticum East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry
member: genus_Lovoa__Lovoa genus of African timber trees
member: African_walnut__Lovoa_klaineana tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany
member: genus_Swietinia__Swietinia tropical American mahogany trees
member: true_mahogany__Cuban_mahogany__Dominican_mahogany__Swietinia_mahogani mahogany tree of West Indies
member: genus_Toona__Toona formerly included in genus Cedrela
member: Philippine_cedar__Philippine_mahogany__kalantas__Toona_calantas__Cedrela_calantas Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
member: genus_Turreae genus of trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia and Australia
member: turreae any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers
member: family_Lepidobotryaceae__Lepidobotryaceae family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
member: genus_Lepidobotrys a genus of dicotyledonous trees belonging to the family Lepidobotryaceae
member: lepidobotrys African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds
member: genus_Ruptiliocarpon__Ruptiliocarpon new (1993) genus of trees of Central America now recognized as similar to those of genus Lepidobotrys
member: Ruptiliocarpon_caracolito__caracolito large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families
member: family_Oxalidaceae__Oxalidaceae__wood-sorrel_family a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
member: genus_Oxalis type genus of the Oxalidaceae; large genus of plants having leaves that resemble clover and variously colored flowers usually clustered in umbels
member: oxalis__sorrel__wood_sorrel any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis
member: genus_Averrhoa__Averrhoa trees native to East Indies having pinnate leaves: carambolas
member: family_Polygalaceae__Polygalaceae__milkwort_family trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
member: genus_Polygala__Polygala type genus of the Polygalaceae: milkwort; seneca; snakeroot
member: milkwort any of various plants of the genus Polygala
member: family_Rutaceae__Rutaceae__rue_family__ruefamily a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
member: genus_Ruta__Ruta type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs
member: herb_of_grace__rue__rutagraveolen European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
member: genus_Citrus orange; lemon; lime; etc.
member: citrus_tree__citrus any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds
member: orange_tree__orange any citrus tree bearing oranges
member: pomelo_tree__pomelo__pummelo__Citrus_maxima__Citrus_grandis__Citrus_decumana southeastern Asian tree producing large fruits resembling grapefruits
member: Citrus_paradisi__grapefruit citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp
member: mandarin_orange_tree__mandarin__mandarin_orange__Citrus_reticulata shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia
member: Citrus_tangelo__tangelo__tangelotree__ugli_fruit hybrid between grapefruit and mandarin orange; cultivated especially in Florida
member: rangpur_lime__rangpurlime__rangpur__lemanderin__Citrus_limonia hybrid between mandarin orange and lemon having very acid fruit with orange peel
member: lemon_tree__lemontree__lemon__Citrus_limon a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
member: lime_tree__lime__Citrus_aurantifolia any of various related trees bearing limes
member: genus_Citroncirus__Citroncirus a cross between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata
member: citrange_tree__citrange__Citroncirus_webberi more aromatic and acidic than oranges
member: genus_Dictamnus__Dictamnus a dicotyledonous genus of the family Rutaceae
member: genus_Fortunella__Fortunella small genus of shrubs native to south China producing small ovoid fruits resembling oranges: includes kumquats
member: kumquat_tree__kumquattree__kumquat__cumquat any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Fortunella bearing small orange-colored edible fruits with thick sweet-flavored skin and sour pulp
member: marumi_kumquat__marumi__round_kumquat__roundkumquat__Fortunella_japonica shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats
member: genus_Phellodendron__Phellodendron small genus of aromatic deciduous trees of east Asia often having thick corky bark
member: cork_tree__Phellodendron_amurense deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark
member: genus_Poncirus__Poncirus 1 species: trifoliate orange
member: trifoliate_orange__trifoliata__wild_orange__wildorange__Poncirus_trifoliata small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges
member: genus_Zanthoxylum__Zanthoxylum deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs: prickly ash
member: prickly_ash__pricklyash any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches
member: toothache_tree__toothachetree__sea_ash__seaash__Zanthoxylum_americanum__Zanthoxylum_fraxineum small deciduous aromatic shrub (or tree) having spiny branches and yellowish flowers; eastern North America
member: Hercules'-club__Hercules'-clubs__Hercules-club__Zanthoxylum_clava-herculis densely spiny ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies
member: family_Simaroubaceae__Simaroubaceae__quassia_family__quassiafamily chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
member: bitterwood_tree any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste
member: genus_Simarouba__Simarouba type genus of Simaroubaceae; tropical American trees and shrubs having a pale soft wood and bitter bark
member: marupa__Simarouba_amara tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack
member: paradise_tree__bitterwood__Simarouba_glauca medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits
member: genus_Ailanthus small genus of east Asian and Chinese trees with odd-pinnate leaves and long twisted samaras
member: ailanthus__ailanthu any of several deciduous Asian trees of the genus Ailanthus
member: tree_of_heaven__tree_of_the_gods__Ailanthus_altissima deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution
member: genus_Irvingia__Irvingia wild mango
member: wild_mango_tree__wild_mango__dika__Irvingia_gabonensis African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos; valued for its oil-rich seed and hardy green termite-resistant wood
member: genus_Kirkia__Kirkia small genus of tropical South African trees and shrubs
member: Kirkia_wilmsii__pepper_tree small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs
member: genus_Picrasma__Picrasma small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia
member: Picrasma_excelsa__Jamaica_quassia__bitterwood__Picrasma_excelsum West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia
member: genus_Quassia tropical trees and shrubs with pinnate leaves and large scarlet flowers; bark is medicinal
member: bitterwood__quassia__Quassia_amara handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood; yields the bitter drug quassia from its wood and bark
member: family_Tropaeolaceae__Tropaeolaceae__naturtium_family__naturtiumfamily coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
member: genus_Tropaeolum__Tropaeolum a tropical American genus of dicotyledonous climbing or diffuse pungent herbs constituting the family Tropaeolaceae
member: nasturtium any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers
member: family_Zygophyllaceae__Zygophyllaceae__bean-caper_family small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum; Tribulus; Guaiacum: Larrea
member: genus_Zygophyllum__Zygophyllum usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers
member: Syrian_bean_caper__bean_caper__Zygophyllum_fabago perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
member: genus_Bulnesia__Bulnesia palo santo
member: palo_santo__Bulnesia_sarmienti South American tree of dry interior regions of Argentina and Paraguay having resinous heartwood used for incense
member: genus_Guaiacum__Guaiacum small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America
member: Guaiacum_officinale__lignum_vitae small evergreen tree of Caribbean and southern Central America to northern South America; a source of lignum vitae wood, hardest of commercial timbers, and a medicinal resin
member: bastard_lignum_vitae__Guaiacum_sanctum small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood
member: genus_Larrea__Larrea xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States
member: creosote_bush__coville__hediondilla__Larrea_tridentata desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
member: genus_Tribulus__Tribulus annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions
member: caltrop__devil's_weed__devil'sweed__Tribulus_terestris tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed
member: family_Euphorbiaceae__Euphorbiaceae__spurge_family a family of plants of order Geraniales
member: genus_Euphorbia__Euphorbia type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice
member: spurge any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
member: caper_spurge__caperspurge__myrtle_spurge__mole_plant__Euphorbia_lathyris poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
member: sun_spurge__sunspurge__wartweed__wartwort__devil's_milk__devil'smilk__euphorbiahelioscopia not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun
member: petty_spurge__pettyspurge__devil's_milk__devil'smilk__euphorbiapeplu an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States
member: medusa's_head__Euphorbia_medusae__Euphorbia_caput-medusae African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
member: wild_spurge__flowering_spurge__floweringspurge__tramp's_spurge__tramp'sspurge__Euphorbia_corollata common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
member: snow-on-the-mountain__snow-in-summer__ghost_weed__ghostweed__Euphorbia_marginata annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
member: cypress_spurge__cypressspurge__Euphorbia_cyparissias Old World perennial having foliage resembling cypress; naturalized as a weed in the United States
member: leafy_spurge__leafyspurge__wolf's_milk__Euphorbia_esula tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
member: hairy_spurge__hairyspurge__Euphorbia_hirsuta much-branched hirsute weed native to northeastern North America
member: poinsettia__Christmas_star__Christmas_flower__lobster_plant__lobsterplant__Mexican_flameleaf__painted_leaf__paintedleaf__Euphorbia_pulcherrima tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
member: Japanese_poinsettia__mole_plant__paint_leaf__paintleaf__Euphorbia_heterophylla showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
member: fire-on-the-mountain__painted_leaf__paintedleaf__Mexican_fire_plant__Euphorbia_cyathophora poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
member: wood_spurge__Euphorbia_amygdaloides European perennial herb with greenish yellow terminal flower clusters
member: Euphorbia_antisyphilitica__candelilla wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States
member: dwarf_spurge__dwarfspurge__Euphorbia_exigua European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States
member: scarlet_plume__scarletplume__Euphorbia_fulgens Mexican shrub often cultivated for its scarlet-bracted flowers
member: naboom__cactus_euphorbia__Euphorbia_ingens small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra
member: Christ_thorn__crown_of_thorns__Christ_plant__Euphorbia_milii somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
member: toothed_spurge__toothedspurge__Euphorbia_dentata an annual weed of northeastern North America with dentate leaves
member: genus_Acalypha__Acalypha a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: three-seeded_mercury__Acalypha_virginica weedy herb of eastern North America
member: genus_Croton tropical shrubs and herbs; source of croton oil
member: Croton_tiglium__croton tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil
member: cascarilla__Croton_eluteria West Indian shrub with aromatic bark
member: genus_Codiaeum__Codiaeum evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with thick and colorful leathery leaves; Malaya and Pacific islands
member: croton__Codiaeum_variegatum grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant
member: genus_Mercurialis__Mercurialis a genus of slender herbs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: herb_mercury__herbs_mercury__herbsmercury__boys-and-girls__Mercurialis_annua Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed; formerly dried for use as a purgative, diuretic or antisyphilitic
member: dog's_mercury__dog'smercury__dog_mercury__dogmercury__Mercurialis_perennis European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers
member: genus_Ricinus__Ricinus a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant
member: castor-oil_plant__castor_bean_plant__palma_christi__palmachristi__palma_christ__palmachrist__ricinuscommuni large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
member: genus_Cnidoscolus__Cnidoscolus a genus of perennial plant with bristles; belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: spurge_nettle__tread-softly__treadsoftly__devil_nettle__devilnettle__pica-pica__Cnidoscolus_urens__Jatropha_urens__Jatropha_stimulosus a stinging herb of tropical America
member: genus_Jatropha__Jatropha a mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
member: physic_nut__Jatropha_curcus small tropical American tree yielding purple dye and a tanning extract and bearing physic nuts containing a purgative oil that is poisonous in large quantities
member: genus_Hevea__Hevea small genus of South American trees yielding latex
member: genus_Manihot__Manihot genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
member: casava__cassava any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
member: genus_Aleurites__Aleurites candlenut
member: varnish_tree__varnishtree__Aleurites_moluccana large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
member: tung_tree__tung__tung-oil_tree__Aleurites_fordii Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
member: genus_Pedilanthus__Pedilanthus tropical American succulent shrubs
member: slipper_spurge__slipperspurge__slipper_plant__slipperplant any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
member: genus_Sebastiana__Sebastiana Mexican spurges
member: order_Proteales__Proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae
member: family_Proteaceae__Proteaceae__protea_family large family of Australian and South African shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and clustered mostly tetramerous flowers; constitutes the order Proteales
member: Bartle_Frere__genus_Bartle-Frere__green_dinosaur__greendinosaur a living fossil or so-called "green dinosaur": genus or subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in 1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet officially named
member: genus_Protea type genus of Proteaceae; tropical African shrubs
member: protea any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones
member: honeypot__king_protea__Protea_cynaroides South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup- or goblet-shaped resembling globe artichokes
member: Protea_mellifera__honeyflower Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
member: genus_Banksia important genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or trees with alternate leathery leaves and yellowish flowers
member: banksia any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds
member: genus_Conospermum__Conospermum Australian shrubs (some trees) with flowers in dense spikes: smoke bush
member: smoke_bush__smokebush any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers
member: genus_Embothrium__Embothrium small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters
member: Chilean_firebush__Chilean_flameflower__Embothrium_coccineum grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers; Andes
member: genus_Guevina__Guevina 1 species: Chilean nut
member: Chilean_nut__Chile_nut__Chile_hazel__Chilean_hazelnut__Guevina_heterophylla__Guevina_avellana Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut
member: genus_Grevillea large genus of Australian shrubs and trees having usually showy orange or red flowers
member: grevillea any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea
member: silk_oak any of several Australian timber trees having usually fernlike foliage and mottled wood used in cabinetry and veneering
member: silver_oak__Grevillela_parallela small slender tree with usually entire gray-green pendulous leaves and white or cream flowers; northern Australia
member: silky_oak__silkyoak__Grevillea_robusta medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern Australia
member: genus_Hakea__Hakea Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
member: cushion_flower__cushionflower__pincushion_hakea__Hakea_laurina tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
member: needlewood__needle_wood__Hakea_leucoptera large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia
member: needlebush__needle_bush__Hakea_lissosperma shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia
member: genus_Knightia__Knightia small genus of trees or shrubs of New Zealand and New Caledonia
member: rewa-rewa__New-Zealand_honeysuckle slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber
member: genus_Lambertia__Lambertia small genus of Australian shrubs
member: honeyflower__mountain_devil__Lambertia_formosa erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
member: genus_Leucadendron__Leucadendron large genus of evergreen trees and shrubs having silvery white leaves and solitary terminal flowers with conspicuous silvery bracts
member: silver_tree__Leucadendron_argenteum small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage
member: genus_Lomatia small genus of low-growing evergreens of Chile and Australia; some yield dyes
member: lomatia any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers
member: genus_Macadamia trees or shrubs; madagascar to Australia
member: macadamia_tree__macadamiatree__macadamia any tree of the genus Macadamia
member: Macadamia_integrifolia medium-sized tree of eastern Australia having creamy-white flowers
member: macadamia_nut_tree__macadamianuttree__macadamia_nut__macadamianut__Macadamia_ternifolia small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers; widely cultivated (especially in Hawaii) for its sweet edible nuts
member: Queensland_nut__Macadamia_tetraphylla bushy tree with pink to purple flowers
member: genus_Orites__Orites small genus of Australian shrubs or trees
member: Orites_excelsa__prickly_ash__pricklyash Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers
member: genus_Persoonia__Persoonia Australian undershrubs to small trees: geebungs
member: geebung any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits
member: genus_Stenocarpus__Stenocarpus small genus of timber trees; Australia to Malaysia
member: wheel_tree__wheeltree__firewheel_tree__firewheeltree__Stenocarpus_sinuatus eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers
member: scrub_beefwood__scrubbeefwood__beefwood__Stenocarpus_salignus tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood
member: genus_Telopea__Telopea Australian evergreen shrubs: waratahs
member: Telopea_Oreades__waratah tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes
member: waratah__Telopea_speciosissima straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes
member: genus_Xylomelum__Xylomelum small species of Australian trees or shrubs; grown for their fruit and flowers
member: native_pear__woody_pear__woodypear__Xylomelum_pyriforme tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp
member: order_Casuarinales__Casuarinales order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae
member: family_Casuarinaceae__Casuarinaceae 1 genus: Casuarina
member: genus_Casuarina genus of trees and shrubs widely naturalized in southern United States and West Indies; coextensive with the family Casuarinaceae and order Casuarinales
member: casuarina any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
member: she-oak__sheoak any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina
member: beefwood any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork
member: Australian_pine__Casuarina_equisetfolia common Australian tree widely grown as an ornamental in tropical regions; yields heavy hard red wood
member: order_Diapensiales__Diapensiales used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae
member: order_Gentianales__Gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
member: family_Apocynaceae__Apocynaceae__dogbane_family__dogbanefamily chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
member: genus_Apocynum__Apocynum perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
member: dogbane any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root
member: genus_Acocanthera__Acocanthera__Acokanthera__genus_Acokanthera small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa
member: poison_arrow_plant__winter_sweet__Acocanthera_oblongifolia__Acocanthera_spectabilis medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
member: bushman's_poison__bushman'spoison__ordeal_tree__Acocanthera_oppositifolia__Acocanthera_venenata evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa
member: genus_Adenium__Adenium 1 species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia
member: impala_lily__mock_azalia__desert_rose__kudu_lily__Adenium_obesum__Adenium_multiflorum South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics
member: genus_Allamanda genus of tropical American woody vines
member: allamanda a plant of the genus Allamanda having large showy funnel-shaped flowers in terminal cymes
member: genus_Alstonia__Alstonia genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia
member: dita_bark__dita__devil_tree__deviltree__Alstonia_scholaris evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
member: genus_Amsonia__Amsonia genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America
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member: genus_Beaumontia__Beaumontia small genus of evergreen woody vines; East India and Asia
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member: genus_Carissa Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs
member: carissa a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits
member: genus_Catharanthus__Catharanthus small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca
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member: genus_Holarrhena__Holarrhena genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia
member: ivory_tree__ivorytree__conessi__kurchi__kurchee__Holarrhena_pubescens__Holarrhena_antidysenterica tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
member: genus_Mandevilla__Mandevilla__Dipladenia__genus_Dipladenia genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap
member: white_dipladenia__whitedipladenia__Mandevilla_boliviensis__Dipladenia_boliviensis shrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throats
member: Chilean_jasmine__Mandevilla_laxa woody vine of Argentina grown as an ornamental for its glossy leaves and racemes of large fragrant funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers
member: genus_Nerium__Nerium 1 species: oleander
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member: genus_Plumeria__Plumeria__Plumiera deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers
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member: genus_Rauwolfia__genus_Rauvolfia pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees
member: rauvolfia__rauwolfia any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives
member: genus_Strophanthus genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees
member: strophanthus any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and few-flowered corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds
member: genus_Tabernaemontana__Tabernaemontana evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap
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member: genus_Thevetia__Thevetia genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
member: yellow_oleander__Thevetia_peruviana__Thevetia_neriifolia tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous
member: genus_Trachelospermum__Trachelospermum genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems
member: star_jasmine__confederate_jasmine__confederatejasmine__Trachelospermum_jasminoides evergreen Chinese woody climber with shiny dark green leaves and intensely fragrant white flowers
member: genus_Vinca__Vinca periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials
member: periwinkle chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
member: family_Gentianaceae__Gentianaceae__gentian_family__gentianfamily chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals
member: genus_Centaurium__Centaurium genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers
member: centaury.flower any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
member: genus_Eustoma__Eustoma small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America
member: prairie_gentian__prairiegentian__tulip_gentian__tulipgentian__bluebell__Eustoma_grandiflorum one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
member: genus_Exacum__Exacum genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets
member: Persian_violet__Exacum_affine perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
member: genus_Frasera__Frasera genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia
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member: genus_Gentiana__Gentiana type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella
member: great_yellow_gentian__Gentiana_lutea robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
member: marsh_gentian__marshgentian__calathian_violet__calathianviolet__Gentiana_pneumonanthe perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths
member: gentian any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
member: genus_Gentianella__Gentianella genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana
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member: genus_Gentianopsis__Gentianopsis genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana
member: fringed_gentian__fringedgentian any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana
member: Gentianopsid_procera__Gentiana_procera small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America
member: genus_Halenia__Halenia genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians
member: spurred_gentian any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes
member: genus_Sabbatia genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowers
member: sabbatia any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
member: genus_Swertia__Swertia genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa
member: marsh_felwort__marshfelwort__Swertia_perennia perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers
member: family_Salvadoraceae__Salvadoraceae__Salvadora_family a family of Old World shrubs and trees of order Gentianales; related to Oleaceae but having four stamens and four petals
member: genus_Salvadora__Salvadora genus of evergreen trees or shrubs; fruit is a drupe; grows in Africa through Arabia to India and China
member: toothbrush_tree__mustard_tree__mustardtree__Salvadora_persica glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora; twigs are fibrous and in some parts of the world are bound together in clusters and used as a toothbrush; shoots are used as camel fodder; plant ash provides salt
member: family_Oleaceae__Oleaceae__olive_family__olivefamily trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac
member: genus_Olea__Olea evergreen trees and shrubs having oily one-seeded fruits
member: olive_tree__olivetree a tree of the genus Olea cultivated for its fruit
member: European_olive_tree__olive__Olea_europaea evergreen tree cultivated in the Mediterranean region since antiquity and now elsewhere; has edible shiny black fruits
member: black_maire__blackmaire__Olea_cunninghamii northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood
member: white_maire__whitemaire__Olea_lanceolata small New Zealand tree having red pulpy one-seeded fruit
member: genus_Chionanthus__Chionanthus deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree
member: fringe_tree any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus
member: genus_Forestiera genus of often spiny American shrubs and trees
member: forestiera any plant of the genus Forestiera
member: genus_Forsythia forsythia
member: forsythia any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers
member: genus_Fraxinus__Fraxinus ash
member: ash_tree__ashtree__ash any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
member: genus_Jasminum__Jasminum shrubs and woody climbers mostly of tropical and temperate Old World: jasmine; jessamine
member: jasmine any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
member: genus_Ligustrum__Ligustrum genus of Old World shrubs: privet
member: privet any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
member: genus_Osmanthus__Osmanthus widely distributed genus of evergreen shrubs or trees of southern United States and Middle East and China and Japan
member: devilwood__American_olive__Osmanthus_americanus small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
member: genus_Phillyrea__Phillyrea small genus of evergreen shrubs of the Mediterranean region
member: mock_privet evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits
member: genus_Syringa__Syringa genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant flowers in showy panicles: lilacs
member: lilac any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
member: family_Menyanthaceae__Menyanthaceae__buckbean_family a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales
member: genus_Menyanthes__Menyanthes the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans
member: water_shamrock__watershamrock__buckbean__bogbean__bog_myrtle__bogmyrtle__marsh_trefoil__marshtrefoil__Menyanthes_trifoliata perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
member: family_Loganiaceae__Loganiaceae a dicotyledonous family of plants of order Gentianales
member: genus_Logania__Logania type genus of the Loganiaceae; Australian and New Zealand shrubs sometimes cultivated for their flowers
member: genus_Buddleia shrubs or trees of warm regions
member: butterfly_bush__butterflybush__buddleia tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers
member: genus_Gelsemium__genusgelsemium__Gelsemium evergreen twining shrubs of Americas and southeastern Asia
member: yellow_jasmine__jellow_jessamine__Carolina_jasmine__evening_trumpet_flower__eveningtrumpetflower__Gelsemium_sempervirens poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers
member: family_Asclepiadaceae__Asclepiadaceae__milkweed_family widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice
member: asclepiad any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae
member: genus_Asclepias__Asclepias genus of chiefly North American perennial herbs: silkweed; milkweed
member: milkweed__silkweed any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
member: genus_Araujia__Araujia small genus of South American evergreen vines
member: cruel_plant__Araujia_sericofera robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn
member: genus_Cynancum genus of perennial tropical African lianas
member: cynancum any of various mostly giant tropical lianas of Africa and Madagascar having greenish or purple flowers and long smooth pods; roots formerly used as an emetic
member: genus_Hoya large genus of climbing shrubs of Australia and Asia and Polynesia
member: hoya any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
member: genus_Periploca__Periploca genus of woody vines of warm regions of the Old World
member: silk_vine__Periploca_graeca deciduous climber for arches and fences having ill-scented but interesting flowers and poisonous yellow fruits; cultivated for its dark shining foliage; southeastern Europe to Asia Minor
member: genus_Sarcostemma__Sarcostemma succulent subshrubs or vines; tropical and subtropical India and Africa and Malaysia
member: soma__haoma__Sarcostemma_acidum leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
member: genus_Stapelia genus of evil-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India
member: stapelia__carrion_flower__carrionflower__starfish_flower any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large evil-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
member: Stapelias_asterias stapelia of Cape Province Africa having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas
member: genus_Stephanotis genus of Old World tropical woody vines
member: stephanotis__stephanoti any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers
member: Madagascar_jasmine__waxflower__Stephanotis_floribunda twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions
member: genus_Vincetoxicum__Vincetoxicum genus of chiefly tropical American vines having cordate leaves and large purple or greenish cymose flowers; supposedly having powers as an antidote
member: negro_vine__negrovine__Vincetoxicum_hirsutum__Vincetoxicum_negrum twining vine with hairy foliage and dark purplish-brown flowers
member: order_Oleales__Oleales coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales
member: subclass_Hamamelidae__Hamamelidae a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder
member: hamamelid_dicot_family__hamameliddicotfamily family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
member: hamamelid_dicot_genus__hamameliddicotgenu genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
member: order_Fagales__Fagales an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
member: family_Fagaceae__Fagaceae__beech_family__beechfamily chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea; Castanopsis; Chrysolepis; Fagus; Lithocarpus; Nothofagus; Quercus
member: genus_Fagus__Fagus beeches
member: beech_tree__beechtree__beech any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth gray bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
member: common_beech__European_beech__Fagus_sylvatica large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
member: copper_beech__purple_beech__Fagus_sylvatica_atropunicea__Fagus_purpurea__Fagus_sylvatica_purpurea variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
member: American_beech__white_beech__red_beech__redbeech__Fagus_grandifolia__Fagus_americana North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
member: weeping_beech__weepingbeech__Fagus_pendula__Fagus_sylvatica_pendula variety of European beech with pendulous limbs
member: Japanese_beech a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood
member: genus_Castanea__Castanea chestnuts; chinkapins
member: chestnut_tree__chestnut any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
member: American_chestnut__American_sweet_chestnut__Castanea_dentata large tree found from Maine to Alabama
member: Chinese_chestnut__Castanea_mollissima a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
member: Japanese_chestnut__Castanea_crenata a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk
member: Allegheny_chinkapin__eastern_chinquapin__easternchinquapin__chinquapin__dwarf_chestnut__dwarfchestnut__Castanea_pumila shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
member: Ozark_chinkapin__Ozark_chinquapin__chinquapin__Castanea_ozarkensis shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwest United States
member: genus_Castanopsis__Castanopsis evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
member: oak_chestnut__oakchestnut a tree of the genus Castanopsis
member: genus_Chrysolepis__Chrysolepis two species: golden chinkapins
member: giant_chinkapin__giantchinkapin__golden_chinkapin__Chrysolepis_chrysophylla__Castanea_chrysophylla__Castanopsis_chrysophylla small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts
member: dwarf_golden_chinkapin__Chrysolepis_sempervirens evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California
member: genus_Lithocarpus__Lithocarpus tanbark oaks
member: tanbark_oak__tanbarkoak__Lithocarpus_densiflorus evergreen oak of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark
member: genus_Nothofagus__Nothofagus beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech
member: southern_beech__evergreen_beech__evergreenbeech any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves
member: Coigue__Nothofagus_dombeyi Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching
member: New-Zealand_beech any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
member: silver_beech__Nothofagus_menziesii New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark
member: roble_beech__roblebeech__Nothofagus_obliqua tall deciduous South American tree
member: rauli_beech__raulibeech__Nothofagus_procera large Chilean timber tree yielding coarse lumber
member: black_beech__blackbeech__Nothofagus_solanderi New Zealand forest tree
member: hard_beech__Nothofagus_truncata tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood
member: genus_Quercus__Quercus oaks
member: oak_tree__oaktree__oak a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"
member: Japanese_oak__Quercus_mongolica__Quercus_grosseserrata oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan
member: huckleberry_oak__huckleberryoak__Quercus_vaccinifolia a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry
member: family_Betulaceae__Betulaceae__birch_family__birchfamily monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
member: genus_Betula__Betula a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
member: birch_tree__birchtree__birch any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
member: yellow_birch__Betula_alleghaniensis__Betula_leutea tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or gray bark
member: American_white_birch__paper_birch__paperbirch__canoe_birch__canoebirch__Betula_cordifolia__Betula_papyrifera small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
member: American_gray_birch__gray_birch__Betula_populifolia medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale gray bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
member: silver_birch__common_birch__European_white_birch__Betula_pendula European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
member: downy_birch__downybirch__white_birch__whitebirch__Betula_pubescens European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
member: black_birch__river_birch__red_birch__redbirch__Betula_nigra birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
member: sweet_birch__cherry_birch__black_birch__Betula_lenta common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
member: Yukon_white_birch__Betula_neoalaskana Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
member: swamp_birch__water_birch__mountain_birch__Western_paper_birch__Western_birch__Betula_fontinalis birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
member: Newfoundland_dwarf_birch__American_dwarf_birch__Betula_glandulosa small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
member: genus_Alnus__Alnus alders
member: alder_tree__aldertree__alder north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the rot-resistant wood
member: common_alder__European_black_alder__Alnus_glutinosa__Alnus_vulgaris medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
member: gray_alder__Alnus_incana native to Europe but introduced in America
member: seaside_alder__seasidealder__Alnus_maritima shrub or small tree of southeastern United States having soft light brown wood
member: white_alder__whitealder__mountain_alder__Alnus_rhombifolia tree of western United States
member: red_alder__redalder__Oregon_alder__Alnus_rubra large tree of Pacific coast of North America having hard red wood much used for furniture
member: speckled_alder__Alnus_rugosa common shrub of Canada and northeastern United States having shoots scattered with rust-colored down
member: smooth_alder__hazel_alder__hazelalder__Alnus_serrulata common shrub of the eastern United States with smooth bark
member: Alnus_veridis__green_alder__greenalder shrub of mountainous areas of Europe
member: green_alder__greenalder__Alnus_veridis_crispa__Alnus_crispa North American shrub with light green leaves and winged nuts
member: subfamily_Carpinaceae__Carpinaceae__family_Carpinaceae used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis
member: genus_Carpinus__Carpinus mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
member: hornbeam any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
member: European_hornbeam__Carpinus_betulus medium-sized Old World tree with smooth gray bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn
member: American_hornbeam__Carpinus_caroliniana tree or large shrub with gray bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn
member: genus_Ostrya__Ostrya deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
member: hop_hornbeam__hophornbeam any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
member: Old_World_hop_hornbeam__Ostrya_carpinifolia medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
member: Eastern_hop_hornbeam__ironwood__ironwood_tree__Ostrya_virginiana medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
member: genus_Ostryopsis__Ostryopsis deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
member: subfamily_Corylaceae__Corylaceae__family_Corylaceae used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus
member: genus_Corylus__Corylus deciduous monoecious nut-bearing shrubs of small trees: hazel; sometimes placed in the subfamily or family Corylaceae
member: hazelnut_tree__hazelnut__hazel any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
member: group_Amentiferae__Amentiferae used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins
member: genus_Hamamelidanthum__Hamamelidanthum genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region
member: genus_Hamamelidoxylon__Hamamelidoxylon genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel
member: genus_Hamamelites__Hamamelites genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel
member: family_Hamamelidaceae__Hamamelidaceae__witch-hazel_family__witchhazelfamily comprises genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; other small genera
member: genus_Hamamelis__Hamamelis deciduous shrubs or small trees: witch hazel
member: wych_hazel__witch_hazel any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion
member: genus_Corylopsis__Corylopsis small genus of deciduous shrubs of temperate regions of Asia
member: winter_hazel__flowering_hazel__floweringhazel any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
member: genus_Fothergilla small genus of deciduous shrubs of the southeastern United States
member: fothergilla__witch_alder__witchalder any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains
member: genus_Liquidambar sweet gum
member: liquidambar any tree of the genus Liquidambar
member: American_sweet_gum__sweet_gum__sweetgum__sweet_gum_tree__sweetgumtree__bilsted__red_gum__redgum__Liquidambar_styraciflua a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
member: genus_Parrotia__Parrotia 1 species: irontree
member: irontree__ironwood__ironwood_tree a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
member: genus_Parrotiopsis__Parrotiopsis 1 species: deciduous tree of the Himalaya Mountains
member: order_Juglandales__Juglandales coextensive with the family Juglandaceae
member: family_Juglandaceae__Juglandaceae__walnut_family trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts; walnuts; hickories; pecans
member: genus_Juglans__Juglans type genus of the Juglandaceae
member: walnut_tree__walnut any of various trees of the genus Juglans
member: California_black_walnut__Juglans_californica medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves and edible nuts
member: butternut_tree__butternuttree__butternut__white_walnut__whitewalnut__juglanscinerea North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
member: black_walnut_tree__black_walnut__blackwalnut__black_hickory__blackhickory__Juglans_nigra North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut
member: English_walnut_tree__English_walnut__Circassian_walnut__Persian_walnut__Juglans_regia Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated
member: English_walnut nut with a wrinkled two-lobed seed and hard but relatively thin shell; widely used in cooking
member: genus_Carya__Carya genus of large deciduous nut-bearing trees; United States and China
member: hickory_tree__hickorytree__hickory American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
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member: pignut_hickory__pignut__brown_hickory__brownhickory__black_hickory__blackhickory__Carya_glabra an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
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member: pecan_tree__pecantree__pecan__Carya_illinoensis__Carya_illinoinsis tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts
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member: nutmeg_hickory__Carya_myristicaeformis__Carya_myristiciformis hickory of southern United States and Mexico having hard nutmeg-shaped nuts
member: shagbark_hickory__shagbark__shellbark__shellbark_hickory__shellbarkhickory__Carya_ovata North American hickory having loose gray shaggy bark and edible nuts
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member: genus_Pterocarya__Pterocarya Asiatic nut trees: wingnuts
member: wingnut any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia
member: subclass_Dilleniidae__Dilleniidae a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder
member: dilleniid_dicot_family__dilleniiddicotfamily family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
member: dilleniid_dicot_genus__dilleniiddicotgenu genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
member: order_Rhoeadales__Rhoeadales__Papaverales__order_Papaverales an order of dicotyledonous plants
member: family_Capparidaceae__Capparidaceae__caper_family__caperfamily a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis; Cleome; Crateva; Polanisia
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member: caper any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
member: genus_Cleome tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs
member: spiderflower__cleome any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers
member: genus_Crateva__Crateva tropical genus of small trees or shrubs
member: genus_Polanisia__Polanisia widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length
member: clammyweed__Polanisia_graveolens__Polanisia_dodecandra strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs
member: family_Cruciferae__Cruciferae__Brassicaceae__family_Brassicaceae__mustard_family__mustardfamily plants with four-petaled flowers
member: crucifer__cruciferous_plant__cruciferousplant any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
member: cress_plant__cress any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leaves
member: watercress any of several water-loving cresses
member: genus_Aethionema__Aethionema Old World genus of the family Cruciferae
member: stonecress__stone_cress__stonecres any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats
member: genus_Alliaria__Alliaria a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and whit flowers and long siliques
member: garlic_mustard__hedge_garlic__hedgegarlic__sauce-alone__saucealone__jack-by-the-hedge__Alliaria_officinalis European herb that smells like garlic
member: genus_Alyssum__Alyssum a genus of the family Cruciferae
member: alyssum__madwort any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers
member: genus_Arabidopsis__Arabidopsis a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis
member: genus_Arabis__Arabis annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress
member: rock_cress__rockcress__rockcres any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
member: Arabis_Canadensis__sicklepod North American rock cress having very long curved pods
member: Arabis_turrita__tower_cress__tower_mustard__towermustard European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis
member: genus_Armoracia__Armoracia horseradish
member: horse_radish__horseradish__red_cole__redcole__Armoracia_rusticana coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
member: genus_Barbarea__Barbarea biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress
member: St._Barbara's_herb__winter_cress__scurvy_grass any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
member: genus_Berteroa__Berteroa hoary alyssum
member: hoary_alison__hoaryalison__hoary_alyssum__hoaryalyssum__Berteroa_incana tall European annual with downy gray-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed
member: genus_Biscutella__Biscutella genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard
member: buckler_mustard__bucklermustard__Biscutalla_laevigata plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers
member: genus_Brassica__Brassica mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc.
member: wild_cabbage__Brassica_oleracea wild original of cultivated cabbages; common in western coastal Europe
member: cultivated_cabbage__cabbage__Brassica_oleracea any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
member: Brassica_oleracea_italica__broccoli plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
member: borecole__kale__kail__cole__colewort__Brassica_oleracea_acephala a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
member: kohlrabi__Brassica_oleracea_gongylodes plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem
member: Brassica_rapa__turnip__white_turnip__whiteturnip widely cultivated plant having a large fleshy edible white or yellow root
member: rutabaga_plant__rutabaga__turnip_cabbage__swede__Swedish_turnip__Brassica_napus_napobrassica a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
member: Brassica_rapa_ruvo__broccoli_raab__broccoli_rabe plant grown for its pungent edible leafy shoots
member: mustard any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
member: chinese_mustard__chinesemustard__indian_mustard__leaf_mustard__gai_choi__gaichoi__Brassica_juncea Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
member: Chinese_cabbage__celery_cabbage__napa__pe-tsai__Brassica_rapa_pekinensis plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery; used as a vegetable in east Asia
member: pakchoi__bok_choy__bokchoy__bok_choi__bokchoi__Chinese_white_cabbage__Brassica_rapa_chinensis Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves
member: tendergreen__spinach_mustard__spinachmustard__Brassica_perviridis__Brassica_rapa_perviridis Asiatic plant cultivated for its swollen root crown and edible foliage
member: black_mustard__blackmustard__Brassica_nigra widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds; a principal source of table mustard
member: colza__rape__Brassica_napus Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
member: genus_Cakile__Cakile small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe
member: sea-rocket__searocket__Cakile_maritima salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy gray-green foliage
member: genus_Camelina__Camelina annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia
member: gold_of_pleasure__Camelina_sativa annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
member: genus_Capsella__Capsella shepherd's purse
member: shepherd's_purse__shepherd's_pouch__Capsella_bursa-pastoris white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed
member: genus_Cardamine__Cardamine bittercress, bitter cress
member: bittercress__bittercres__bittercres any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
member: genus_Dentaria__Dentaria usually included in genus Cardamine; in some classifications considered a separate genus
member: genus_Cheiranthus__Cheiranthus Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers
member: Cheiranthus_cheiri__wallflower__Erysimum_cheiri perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum
member: prairie_rocket__prairierocket any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers
member: genus_Cochlearia__Cochlearia a genus of the family Cruciferae
member: common_scurvy_grass__scurvy_grass__Cochlearia_officinalis a widely distributed arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
member: genus_Crambe__Crambe annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages
member: sea_kale__seakale__sea_cole__seacole__Crambe_maritima perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs
member: genus_Descurainia__Descurainia includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems
member: tansy_mustard__Descurainia_pinnata North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy
member: genus_Diplotaxis__Diplotaxis wall rocket
member: wall_rocket__Diplotaxis_muralis__Diplotaxis_tenuifolia yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America
member: white_rocket__whiterocket__Diplotaxis_erucoides from Mediterranean region; a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe
member: genus_Draba large genus of low tufted herbs of temperate and arctic regions
member: draba any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique
member: genus_Eruca__Eruca annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
member: garden_rocket__rocket__roquette__rocket_salad__arugula__erucasativa__erucavesicariasativa erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
member: genus_Erysimum__Erysimum large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America
member: wallflower any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
member: prairie_rocket.flower__prairierocket any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers
member: Siberian_wall_flower__Erysimum_allionii__Cheiranthus_allionii showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
member: western_wall_flower__Erysimum_asperum__Cheiranthus_asperus__Erysimum_arkansanum biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
member: wormseed_mustard__Erysimum_cheiranthoides slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic
member: genus_Heliophila genus of South African flowering herbs and subshrubs
member: heliophila any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes
member: genus_Hesperis__Hesperis biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers
member: damask_violet__Dame's_violet__sweet_rocket__sweetrocket__Hesperis_matronalis long-cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
member: genus_Iberis__Iberis Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft
member: candytuft any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region
member: genus_Isatis__Isatis Old World genus of annual to perennial herbs: woad
member: woad any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
member: dyer's_woad__Isatis_tinctoria European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves
member: genus_Lepidium__Lepidium cosmopolitan genus of annual and biennial and perennial herbs: cress
member: common_garden_cress__garden_pepper_cress__pepper_grass__pepperwort__Lepidium_sativum annual herb used as salad green and garnish
member: genus_Lesquerella__Lesquerella genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods
member: bladderpod any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods
member: genus_Lobularia__Lobularia sweet alyssum
member: sweet_alyssum__sweetalyssum__sweet_alison__sweetalison__Lobularia_maritima perennial European plant having clusters of small fragrant usually white flowers; widely grown in gardens
member: genus_Lunaria__Lunaria small genus of European herbs: honesty
member: honesty__silverdollar__money_plant__moneyplant__satin_flower__satinflower__satinpod__Lunaria_annua southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
member: genus_Malcolmia__Malcolmia genus of plants usually found in coastal habitats; Mediterranean to Afghanistan
member: Malcolm_stock__stock any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
member: genus_Matthiola__Matthiola genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals
member: gillyflower any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
member: brompton_stock__Matthiola_incana European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental
member: genus_Nasturtium__Nasturtium aquatic herbs
member: common_watercress__Rorippa_nasturtium-aquaticum__Nasturtium_officinale perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere
member: genus_Physaria__Physaria small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods
member: Physaria_bladderpod__bladderpod any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods
member: genus_Pritzelago__Pritzelago chamois cress
member: Raphanus__genus_raphanus radish
member: radish_plant a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root
member: jointed_charlock__jointedcharlock__wild_radish__wild_rape__runch__Raphanus_raphanistrum Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
member: Raphanus_sativus__radish Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its edible pungent root usually eaten raw
member: genus_Rorippa__Rorippa annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica
member: marsh_cress__marshcres__yellow_watercress__Rorippa_islandica annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities
member: great_yellowcress__greatyellowcres__Rorippa_amphibia__Nasturtium_amphibium perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium
member: genus_Schizopetalon small genus of South American herbs grown for its flowers
member: schizopetalon__Schizopetalon_walkeri a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers
member: genus_Sinapis__Sinapis small genus of Old World herbs usually included in genus Brassica
member: genus_Sisymbrium genus of Old World annual or biennial or perennial herbs with racemose flowers; many are considered to be weeds
member: hedge_mustard__hedgemustard__Sisymbrium_officinale stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally
member: genus_Stanleya__Stanleya prince's plume
member: desert_plume__prince's-plume__Stanleya_pinnata__Cleome_pinnata perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
member: genus_Stephanomeria__Stephanomeria malheur wire lettuce
member: malheur_wire_lettuce__Stephanomeria_malheurensis a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard; a threatened species
member: genus_Subularia__Subularia small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa
member: awlwort__Subularia_aquatica small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal
member: genus_Thlaspi__Thlaspi herbs of temperate regions: pennycress
member: pennycress any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi
member: field_pennycress__French_weed__fanweed__pennygras__mithridate_mustard__Thlaspi_arvense foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America
member: genus_Thysanocarpus__Thysanocarpus small genus of herbs of upland regions of North American Pacific coast
member: fringepod__lacepod annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles
member: genus_Turritis__Turritis closely related to and often included in genus Arabis
member: tower_mustard__towermustard__tower_cress__Turritis_glabra__Arabis_glabra or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe
member: genus_Vesicaria__Vesicaria small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods
member: bladderpod.herbaceous_plant annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella
member: family_Papaveraceae__Papaveraceae__poppy_family__poppyfamily herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits
member: poppy annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
member: genus_Papaver__Papaver type genus of the Papaveraceae; chiefly bristly hairy herbs with usually showy flowers
member: Papaver_alpinum__Iceland_poppy Old World alpine poppy with white or yellow to orange flowers
member: western_poppy__westernpoppy__Papaver_californicum showy annual of California with red flowers
member: Papaver_argemone__prickly_poppy__pricklypoppy annual Old World poppy with orange-red flowers and bristly fruit
member: Iceland_poppy__arctic_poppy__Papaver_nudicaule subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers
member: oriental_poppy__Papaver_orientale commonly cultivated Asiatic perennial poppy having stiff heavily haired leaves and bright scarlet or pink to orange flowers
member: corn_poppy__field_poppy__Flanders_poppy__Papaver_rhoeas annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated
member: opium_poppy__Papaver_somniferum southwestern Asian herb with grayish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium
member: genus_Argemone prickly poppies
member: prickly_poppy__pricklypoppy__argemone__white_thistle__whitethistle__devil's_fig__devil'sfig any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
member: genus_Bocconia tropical American trees or shrubs closely related to genus Macleaya
member: bocconia__tree_celandine__Bocconia_frutescens small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers
member: genus_Chelidonium__Chelidonium 1 species: greater celandine
member: greater_celandine__greatercelandine__celandine__swallow_wort__swallowwort__chelidoniummaju perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
member: genus_Corydalis__Corydalis annual or perennial herbs of Himalayan China and South Africa
member: corydalis__corydali a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers
member: climbing_corydalis__Corydalis_claviculata__Fumaria_claviculata annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers
member: genus_Dendromecon__Dendromecon 1 species: bush poppy
member: bush_poppy__tree_poppy evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers
member: genus_Eschscholtzia__Eschscholtzia showy herbs of western North America
member: California_poppy__Eschscholtzia_californica of Pacific coast of North America; widely cultivated for its yellow to red flowers
member: genus_Glaucium__Glaucium herbs of Europe and North Africa and Asia: horned poppy
member: horn_poppy__horned_poppy__yellow_horned_poppy__sea_poppy__seapoppy__Glaucium_flavum yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America
member: Hunnemannia__genus_Hunnemania 1 species: golden cup
member: golden_cup__Mexican_tulip_poppy__Hunnemania_fumariifolia native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-gray finely dissected foliage
member: genus_Macleaya__Macleaya East Asian perennial herbs: plume poppy
member: plume_poppy__plumepoppy__bocconia__Macleaya_cordata herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers
member: genus_Meconopsis__Meconopsis herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic
member: blue_poppy__Meconopsis_betonicifolia Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes
member: Welsh_poppy__Meconopsis_cambrica widely cultivated west European plant with showy pale yellow flowers
member: genus_Platystemon__Platystemon 1 species: creamcups
member: creamcups__creamcup__Platystemon_californicus California plant with small pale yellow flowers
member: genus_Romneya__Romneya 1 species: matilija poppy
member: matilija_poppy__California_tree_poppy__Romneya_coulteri tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers
member: genus_Sanguinaria__Sanguinaria 1 species: bloodroot
member: bloodroot__puccoon__redroot__tetterwort__Sanguinaria_canadensis perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leave and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant
member: genus_Stylomecon__Stylomecon 1 species: wind poppy
member: genus_Stylophorum__Stylophorum wood poppies
member: celandine_poppy__wood_poppy__Stylophorum_diphyllum perennial here native to woodland of the eastern United States having yellow flowers
member: family_Fumariaceae__Fumariaceae__fumitory_family erect or climbing herbs of the northern hemisphere and southern Africa: bleeding heart; Dutchman's breeches; fumitory; squirrel corn
member: genus_Fumaria__Fumaria annual herbs whose flowers have only one petal spurred at the base
member: fumitory__fumewort__fumeroot__Fumaria_officinalis delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally
member: genus_Adlumia__Adlumia 1 species: climbing fumitory
member: genus_Dicentra__Dicentra North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and irregular flowers
member: bleeding_heart__lyreflower__Dicentra_spectabilis garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
member: Dutchman's_breeches__Dicentra_cucullaria delicate spring-flowering plant of the eastern United States having double-spurred white flowers
member: order_Malvales__Malvales Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
member: family_Malvaceae__Malvaceae__mallow_family herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra
member: genus_Malva__Malva herbs and subshrubs: mallows
member: musk_mallow__mus_rose__musrose__Malva_moschata erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers; adventive in United States
member: common_mallow__Malva_neglecta annual Old World plant with clusters of pink or white flowers; naturalized in United States
member: tall_mallow__high_mallow__cheese__cheeseflower__Malva_sylvestris erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States
member: mallow any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
member: genus_Abelmoschus__Abelmoschus genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers
member: okra_plant__okra__gumbo__lady's-finger__Abelmoschus_esculentus__Hibiscus_esculentus tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
member: abelmosk__musk_mallow__Abelmoschus_moschatus__Hibiscus_moschatus bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
member: genus_Abutilon__Abutilon herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; parlor maple; indian mallow
member: genus_Alcea__Alcea genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with Althea
member: hollyhock any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers
member: rose_mallow__Alcea_rosea__Althea_rosea plant with terminal racemes of showy white to pink or purple flowers; the English cottage garden hollyhock
member: genus_Althaea hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with Alcea
member: althea__althaea__hollyhock any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
member: marsh_mallow__marshmallow__white_mallow__whitemallow__Althea_officinalis European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers
member: genus_Callirhoe__Callirhoe small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers
member: poppy_mallow__poppymallow a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer
member: genus_Gossypium__Gossypium herbs and shrubs and small trees: cotton
member: cotton_plant__cotton erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
member: genus_Hibiscus large genus of tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees often grown as ornamentals for their profusion of large flowers in a variety of colors
member: hibiscus any plant of the genus Hibiscus
member: genus_Hoheria__Hoheria small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks
member: lacebark__ribbonwood__houhere__Hoheria_populnea small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage
member: genus_Iliamna__Iliamna small genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs; some often placed in other genera
member: wild_hollyhock__Iliamna_remota__Sphaeralcea_remota a rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
member: mountain_hollyhock__Iliamna_ruvularis__Iliamna_acerifolia perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers
member: genus_Kosteletzya__Kosteletzya small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa
member: seashore_mallow any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus
member: genus_Lavatera__Lavatera widespread genus or herbs or soft-wooded arborescent shrubs cultivated for their showy flowers
member: tree_mallow__velvetleaf__Lavatera_arborea arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States
member: genus_Malacothamnus__Malacothamnus genus of shrubs or small trees: chaparral mallow
member: chaparral_mallow__chaparralmallow__Malacothamnus_fasciculatus__Sphaeralcea_fasciculata shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
member: genus_Malope small genus of chiefly European herbs
member: malope__Malope_trifida western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts
member: genus_Malvastrum__Malvastrum genus of mallows characterized by red and yellow flowers often placed in other genera
member: genus_Malvaviscus__Malvaviscus small genus of shrubs of Central and South America: wax mallows
member: waxmallow__wax_mallow__waxmallow__sleeping_hibiscus any of various plants of the genus Malvaviscus having brilliant bell-shaped drooping flowers like incompletely opened hibiscus flowers
member: genus_Napaea__Napaea 1 species: glade mallow
member: glade_mallow__glademallow__Napaea_dioica tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States
member: genus_Pavonia genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and subtropics especially South America
member: pavonia any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers
member: genus_Plagianthus__Plagianthus small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand
member: ribbon_tree__ribbonwood__Plagianthus_regius__Plagianthus_betulinus deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton
member: genus_Radyera__Radyera very small species of shrubs of southern hemisphere: bush hibiscus
member: bush_hibiscus__Radyera_farragei__Hibiscus_farragei southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
member: genus_Sida__Sida large genus of tropical subshrubs or herbs some of which yield fibers of mucilaginous substances
member: Virginia_mallow__Sida_hermaphrodita tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers
member: Queensland_hemp__jellyleaf__Sida_rhombifolia herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed
member: Indian_mallow__Sida_spinosa tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States
member: genus_Sidalcea__Sidalcea genus of showy plants of western North America having palmate leaves and variously colored racemose flowers
member: checkerbloom__wild_hollyhock__Sidalcea_malviflora perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
member: genus_Sphaeralcea__Sphaeralcea large genus of chiefly tropical herbs with showy flowers and mostly globose fruits: globe mallows
member: globe_mallow__globemallow__falsemallow genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
member: genus_Thespesia__Thespesia small genus of tropical trees: Portia tree
member: portia_tree__bendy_tree__bendytree__seaside_mahoe__seasidemahoe__Thespesia_populnea pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
member: family_Bombacaceae__Bombacaceae tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds
member: genus_Bombax__Bombax trees of chiefly South America
member: red_silk-cotton_tree__simal__Bombax_ceiba__Bombax_malabarica East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok
member: genus_Adansonia__Adansonia baobab; cream-of-tartar tree
member: cream-of-tartar_tree__sour_gourd__Adansonia_gregorii Australian tree having an agreeably acid fruit that resembles a gourd
member: baobab__monkey-bread_tree__Adansonia_digitata African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread
member: genus_Ceiba__Ceiba tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers
member: genus_Durio__Durio a genus of tall Asian trees of the family Bombacaceae
member: durian_tree__durian__durion__Durio_zibethinus tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
member: genus_Montezuma 1 species: medium-sized evergreen tree of Puerto Rico or Mexico
member: Montezuma evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae
member: genus_Ochroma__Ochroma 1 species: balsa
member: balsa__Ochroma_lagopus forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
member: genus_Pseudobombax__Pseudobombax tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees
member: shaving-brush_tree__shavingbrushtree__Pseudobombax_ellipticum tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear
member: family_Elaeocarpaceae__Elaeocarpaceae__elaeocarpus_family__elaeocarpusfamily genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber; in some classifications included in the family Santalaceae
member: genus_Elaeocarpus__Elaeocarpus type genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae
member: silver_quandong_tree__quandong__quandong_tree__Brisbane_quandong__blue_fig__Elaeocarpus_grandis Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
member: genus_Aristotelia__Aristotelia small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and western South America
member: makomako__New_Zealand_wine_berry__wineberry__Aristotelia_serrata__Aristotelia_racemosa graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
member: genus_Muntingia__Muntingia 1 species: Jamaican cherry; sometimes placed in family Flacourtiaceae
member: Jamaican_cherry__calabur_tree__calaburtree__silkwood__Muntingia_calabura a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
member: genus_Sloanea__Sloanea genus of tropical hardwood timber trees
member: breakax__breakaxe__Sloanea_jamaicensis West Indian timber tree having very hard wood
member: family_Sterculiaceae__Sterculiaceae__sterculia_family__sterculiafamily a large family of plants of order Malvales
member: genus_Sterculia type genus of the Sterculiaceae: deciduous or evergreen trees of Old and New World tropics and subtropics
member: sterculia any tree of the genus Sterculia
member: genus_Brachychiton__Brachychiton Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)
member: bottletree an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton
member: genus_Cola__Cola large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts
member: kola_nut_tree__kola__kola_nut__goora_nut__gooranut__Cola_acuminata tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
member: genus_Dombeya genus of African shrubs or small trees
member: dombeya any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves
member: genus_Firmiana__Firmiana small genus of Asian trees or shrubs
member: Chinese_parasol_tree__Chinese_parasol__Japanese_varnish_tree__phoenix_tree__phoenixtree__firmianasimplex deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods
member: genus_Fremontodendron__Fremontodendron__Fremontia__genus_Fremontia flannelbush
member: flannelbush__flannel_bush__flannelbush__California_beauty any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers
member: genus_Helicteres__Helicteres genus of shrubs and small trees of tropical America and Asia having cylindrical fruits spirally twisted around one another
member: screw_tree__screwtree a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres
member: genus_Heritiera__Heritiera__Terrietia__genus_Terrietia small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses
member: genus_Hermannia__Hermannia genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers
member: honey_bell__honeybell__honeybells__Hermannia_verticillata__Mahernia_verticillata African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
member: genus_Pterospermum__Pterospermum genus of tropical Asian trees and shrubs
member: mayeng__maple-leaved_bayur__Pterospermum_acerifolium Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree
member: genus_Tarrietia__Tarrietia small genus of east Asian and Australian timber trees
member: Tarrietia_argyrodendron__silver_tree Australian timber tree
member: genus_Theobroma__Theobroma cacao plants
member: Theobroma_cacao__theobromacacao__cacao__cacao_tree__cacaotree__chocolate_tree__chocolatetree tropical American tree producing cacao beans
member: genus_Triplochiton__Triplochiton small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves
member: obechi__obeche__arere__samba__Triplochiton_scleroxcylon large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
member: family_Tiliaceae__Tiliaceae__linden_family chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia; Corchorus; Entelea; Grewia; Sparmannia
member: genus_Tilia__Tilia deciduous trees with smooth usually silver-gray bark of North America and Europe and Asia: lime trees; lindens; basswood
member: linden_tree__linden__basswood__lime__lime_tree any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
member: genus_Entelea__Entelea a genus of evergreen shrub that grows in New Zealand
member: genus_Corchorus__Corchorus widely distributed genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs; especially Asia
member: corchorus__corchoru any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute
member: genus_Grewia__Grewia a genus of tropical and subtropical Old World climbers or shrubs or trees
member: phalsa__Grewia_asiatica drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets
member: genus_Sparmannia__Sparmannia small genus of tropical African shrubs
member: African_hemp__Sparmannia_africana large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers
member: order_Ericales__Ericales Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
member: family_Clethraceae__Clethraceae__white-alder_family__whitealderfamily coextensive with the genus Clethra
member: genus_Clethra__Clethra type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet
member: family_Diapensiaceae__Diapensiaceae__diapensia_family__diapensiafamily north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales
member: genus_Diapensia type genus of Diapensiaceae
member: diapensia any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia
member: genus_Galax evergreen herbs of southeastern United States
member: galax__galaxy__cold's_foot__wandflower__beetleweed__Galax_urceolata tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
member: genus_Pyxidanthera__Pyxidanthera 1 species: pyxie; the eastern United States
member: pyxie__pixie__pixy__Pyxidanthera_barbulata creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
member: genus_Shortia evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells
member: shortia any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers
member: family_Epacridaceae__Epacridaceae__epacris_family__epacrisfamily Australasian shrubs or small trees
member: Australian_heath any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region
member: genus_Epacris type genus of the Epacridaceae: Australian heath
member: epacris__epacri any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers
member: genus_Astroloma__Astroloma evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania
member: native_cranberry__groundberry__cranberryheath__Astroloma_humifusum__Styphelia_humifusum small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes place in genus Styphelia
member: genus_Richea__Richea evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania
member: Richea_dracophylla__Australian_grass_tree stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers
member: tree_heath__grass_tree__grasstree__Richea_pandanifolia gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
member: genus_Styphelia__Styphelia Australian heathlike shrubs
member: pink_fivecorner__Styphelia_triflora heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit
member: family_Lennoaceae__Lennoaceae family of fleshy parasitic herbs lacking green foliage and having heads of small flowers; California and Mexico
member: family_Pyrolaceae__Pyrolaceae__wintergreen_family__wintergreenfamily evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola; Chimaphila; Moneses; Orthilia
member: genus_Pyrola short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions: wintergreen; shinleaf
member: wintergreen__pyrola any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
member: genus_Orthilia__Orthilia a shrubby perennial rhizomatous evergreen herb; grows in damp coniferous woodlands in northern temperate regions
member: genus_Chimaphila__Chimaphila small genus of evergreen herbs with long creeping rootstocks and shining leaves; North America; Europe; east Asia
member: pipsissewa__prince's_pine any of several plants of the genus Chimaphila
member: genus_Moneses__Moneses 1 species: one-flowered wintergreen; sometimes included in genus Pyrola
member: one-flowered_wintergreen__one-flowered_pyrola__Moneses_uniflora__Pyrola_uniflora delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola
member: family_Monotropaceae__Monotropaceae used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
member: genus_Monotropa__Monotropa leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae
member: Indian_pipe__waxflower__Monotropa_uniflora small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
member: pinesap__false_beachdrops__Monotropa_hypopithys fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
member: genus_Hypopitys__Hypopitys term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa
member: genus_Sarcodes__Sarcodes snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae
member: snow_plant__Sarcodes_sanguinea a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground
member: order_Parietales__Parietales__Hypericales__order_Hypericales a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
member: family_Loasaceae__Loasaceae__loasa_family__loasafamily family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia
member: genus_Loasa genus of tropical American prickly herbs or subshrubs
member: loasa any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers
member: genus_Mentzelia__Mentzelia genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs
member: Mentzelia_livicaulis__blazing_star__blazingstar__mentzelialaevicauli biennial of southwestern United States having lustrous-white stems and toothed leaves grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning
member: bartonia__Mentzelia_lindleyi annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers
member: family_Begoniaceae__Begoniaceae__begonia_family__begoniafamily monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America
member: genus_Begonia large genus of tropical succulent plants widely cultivated
member: begonia any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes
member: family_Dilleniaceae__Dilleniaceae chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia; Hibbertia
member: genus_Dillenia East Indian and Australian shrubs and trees having panicles of large white or yellow flowers
member: dillenia any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves
member: genus_Hibbertia__Hibbertia evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia
member: guinea_gold_vine__guinea_flower any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers
member: family_Guttiferae__Guttiferae__Clusiaceae__family_Clusiaceae__St_John's_wort_family widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
member: genus_Calophyllum__Calophyllum genus of tropical evergreen trees
member: poon any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood
member: Calophyllum_calaba__calaba__Santa_Maria_tree West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice
member: Maria__Calophyllum_longifolium valuable timber tree of Panama
member: laurelwood__lancewood_tree__lancewoodtree__calophyllumcandidissimum tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
member: Alexandrian_laurel__Calophyllum_inophyllum East Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers; coastal areas southern India to Malaysia
member: genus_Clusia tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs; often epiphytic; some stranglers
member: clusia an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers
member: wild_fig__Clusia_flava a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit
member: waxflower__Clusia_insignis epiphytic clusia of British Guiana
member: pitch_apple__strangler_fig__stranglerfig__Clusia_rosea__Clusia_major a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
member: genus_Garcinia__Garcinia evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteens
member: mangosteen_tree__mangosteen__Garcinia_mangostana East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit
member: gamboge_tree__gambogetree__Garcinia_hanburyi__Garcinia_cambogia__Garcinia_gummi-gutta low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered
member: genus_Hypericum__Hypericum large almost cosmopolitan genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs and herbs with often showy yellow flowers; cosmopolitan except tropical lowlands and arctic or high altitudes and desert regions
member: St_John's_wort any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil
member: genus_Mammea__Mammea American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit
member: mammee_tree__mammee_apple__mammee__mamey__mammeaamericana tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind
member: genus_Mesua__Mesua genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
member: rose_chestnut__ironwood__ironwood_tree__Mesua_ferrea handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
member: family_Hypericaceae__Hypericaceae used in some classification systems for plants usually included among the Guttiferae
member: family_Actinidiaceae__Actinidiaceae tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines
member: genus_Actinidia__Actinidia small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit
member: bower_actinidia__boweractinidia__tara_vine__Actinidia_arguta high-climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit
member: Chinese_gooseberry__kiwi__kiwi_vine__Actinidia_chinensis__Actinidia_deliciosa climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
member: silvervine__silver_vine__Actinidia_polygama ornamental vine of eastern Asia having yellow edible fruit and leaves with silver-white markings
member: family_Canellaceae__Canellaceae__canella_family__canellafamily 1 genus: aromatic tropical trees of eastern Africa and Florida to West Indies
member: genus_Canella 1 species
member: wild_cinnamon__white_cinnamon_tree__Canella_winterana__Canella-alba large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes
member: family_Caricaceae__Caricaceae__papaya_family trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves
member: genus_Carica__Carica type genus of the Caricaceae; tropical American trees: papayas
member: Carica_papaya__papaya__papaia__pawpaw__papaya_tree__melon_tree__melontree tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
member: family_Caryocaraceae__Caryocaraceae small genus of tropical South American trees
member: genus_Caryocar__Caryocar type genus of the Caryocaraceae; South American trees yielding strong fine-grained wood and edible nuts
member: souari_tree__souari__souari_nut__Caryocar_nuciferum large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
member: family_Cistaceae__Cistaceae__rockrose_family shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean
member: genus_Cistus__Cistus small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africa
member: rockrose__rock_rose small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage
member: genus_Helianthemum widely distributed evergreen or semi-evergreen shrublets; America; Europe and North Africa to Asia Minor and central Asia
member: helianthemum__sunrose__sunrose any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
member: genus_Hudsonia__Hudsonia small evergreen subshrubs of North America
member: false_heather__falseheather__golden_heather__Hudsonia_ericoides North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
member: beach_heather__beachheather__poverty_grass__povertygras__Hudsonia_tomentosa small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America
member: family_Dipterocarpaceae__Dipterocarpaceae chiefly tropical Asian trees with two-winged fruits; yield valuable woods and aromatic oils and resins
member: dipterocarp tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae
member: genus_Shorea__Shorea genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin
member: red_lauan_tree__redlauantree__red_lauan__redlauan__Shorea_teysmanniana valuable Philippine timber tree
member: family_Flacourtiaceae__Flacourtiaceae__flacourtia_family chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
member: genus_Flacourtia__Flacourtia often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
member: governor's_plum__governor_plum__Madagascar_plum__ramontchi__batokopalm__Flacourtia_indica small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums
member: genus_Dovyalis__Dovyalis small genus of sometimes spiny shrubs or small trees; Africa; India; Sri Lanka
member: kei_apple_bush__keiapplebush__kei_apple__keiapple__Dovyalis_caffra vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
member: ketembilla_tree__ketembilla__kitembilla__kitambilla__Ceylon_gooseberry__Dovyalis_hebecarpa small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasking like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India
member: genus_Hydnocarpus__Hydnocarpus__Taraktagenos__genus_Taraktagenos__Taraktogenos__genus_Taraktogenos medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees
member: chaulmoogra_tree__chaulmoogratree__chaulmoogra__chaulmugra__Hydnocarpus_kurzii__Taraktagenos_kurzii__Taraktogenos_kurzii East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy
member: Hydnocarpus_laurifolia__Hydnocarpus_wightiana leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely-hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil
member: genus_Idesia 1 species
member: idesia__Idesia_polycarpa deciduous round-headed Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries
member: genus_Kiggelaria__Kiggelaria small genus of South African shrubs or small trees
member: wild_peach__Kiggelaria_africana large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage
member: genus_Xylosma genus of tropical American and Asiatic spiny evergreen trees and shrubs
member: xylosma__Xylosma_congestum shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China
member: family_Fouquieriaceae__Fouquieriaceae small family of spiny shrubs or trees of southwestern United States
member: genus_Fouquieria__Fouquieria resinous succulent trees or shrubs of desert and semi-desert regions of southwestern United States that are leafless most of the year
member: ocotillo__coachwhip__Jacob's_staff__vine_cactus__Fouquieria_splendens desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers
member: boojum_tree__cirio__Fouquieria_columnaris__Idria_columnaris candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
member: family_Ochnaceae__Ochnaceae__ochna_family__ochnafamily family of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs with thick shining parallel-veined leaves
member: genus_Ochna__Ochna type genus of Ochnaceae; evergreen trees and shrubs of Old World tropics
member: bird's-eye_bush__Ochna_serrulata shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals
member: family_Passifloraceae__Passifloraceae__passionflower_family__passionflowerfamily tropical woody tendril-climbing vines
member: genus_Passiflora__Passiflora type genus of the Passifloraceae
member: passionflower_vine__passionflowervine__passionflower any of various chiefly tropical American vines some bearing edible fruit
member: family_Resedaceae__Resedaceae__mignonette_family mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette
member: genus_Reseda Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket
member: reseda any plant of the genus Reseda
member: mignonette__sweet_reseda__sweetreseda__Reseda_odorata Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance
member: dyer's_rocket__dyer's_mignonette__weld__Reseda_luteola European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
member: family_Tamaricaceae__Tamaricaceae__tamarisk_family family of desert shrubs and trees (mostly halophytes and xerophytes)
member: genus_Tamarix__Tamarix genus of deciduous shrubs or small trees of eastern Mediterranean regions and tropical Asia
member: tamarisk any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
member: genus_Myricaria__Myricaria small genus of deciduous shrubs or subshrubs of southern Europe to Siberia and China; tolerant of chalky soil
member: false_tamarisk__falsetamarisk__German_tamarisk__Myricaria_germanica Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk
member: family_Violaceae__Violaceae__violet_family a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola; Hybanthus; Hymenanthera; Melicytus
member: genus_Viola__Viola large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions
member: viola any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
member: genus_Hybanthus__Hybanthus a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions
member: genus_Hymenanthera__Hymenanthera a genus of slender evergreen shrubs; grow in Australia and New Zealand
member: genus_Melicytus__Melicytus a genus of deciduous shrubs or trees; fruit is a berry; grow in New Zealand and Fiji and Solomon Islands
member: family_Theaceae__Theaceae__tea_family__teafamily a family of trees and shrubs of the order Parietales
member: genus_Camellia tropical Asiatic evergreen shrubs or small trees
member: camellia__camelia any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
member: Camellia_sinensis__tea a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers"
member: order_Guttiferales__Guttiferales used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales
member: order_Santalales__Santalales order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots
member: family_Santalaceae__Santalaceae__sandalwood_family chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit
member: genus_Santalum__Santalum parasitic trees of Indonesia and Malaysia
member: sandalwood_tree__true_sandalwood__Santalum_album parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect-repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests
member: genus_Buckleya small genus of Asiatic and American parasitic shrubs
member: buckleya__Buckleya_distichophylla parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull-green olivelike fruits
member: genus_Comandra__Comandra small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants
member: bastard_toadflax__bastardtoadflax__Comandra_pallida woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery-looking leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers
member: genus_Eucarya__Eucarya__Fusanus__genus_Fusanus quandong trees
member: quandong_tree__quandong__quandang__Eucarya_acuminata__Fusanus_acuminatus Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed
member: genus_Pyrularia__Pyrularia small genus of chiefly Asiatic parasitic shrubs
member: rabbitwood__buffalo_nut__Pyrularia_pubera shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes
member: family_Loranthaceae__Loranthaceae__mistletoe_family__mistletoefamily in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions; attach to hosts by haustoria
member: genus_Loranthus__Loranthus type genus of the Loranthaceae: 1 species
member: mistletoe__Loranthus_europaeus shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
member: genus_Arceuthobium__Arceuthobium genus of chiefly American plants parasitic on conifers
member: Arceuthobium_pusillum__American_mistletoe small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees
member: genus_Nuytsia__Nuytsia one species
member: flame_tree__flametree__fire_tree__Christmas_tree__Nuytsia_floribunda a terrestrial evergreen shrub or small tree of western Australia having brilliant yellow-orange flowers; parasitic on roots of grasses
member: family_Viscaceae__Viscaceae__mistletoe_family__mistletoefamily in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae
member: genus_Viscum__Viscum type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods
member: Old_World_mistletoe__mistletoe__Viscum_album Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
member: genus_Phoradendron__Phoradendron any of various American parasitic plants similar to Old World mistletoe: false mistletoe
member: false_mistletoe__falsemistletoe__mistletoe American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
member: order_Urticales__Urticales an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae
member: family_Urticaceae__Urticaceae__nettle_family a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs
member: genus_Urtica__Urtica a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax
member: stinging_nettle__Urtica_dioica perennial Eurasian nettle established in North America having broad coarsely toothed leaves with copious stinging hairs
member: Roman_nettle__Urtica_pipulifera annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers
member: genus_Boehmeria__Boehmeria false nettle
member: false_nettle__falsenettle__bog_hemp__boghemp any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs
member: ramie__ramee__Chinese_silk_plant__China_grass__Boehmeria_nivea tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
member: genus_Helxine__Helxine__Soleirolia__genus_Soleirolia 1 species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb
member: baby's_tears__baby_tears__Helxine_soleirolia__Soleirolia_soleirolii prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with mosslike small round short-stemmed leaves
member: genus_Laportea__Laportea mostly tropical stinging herbs or trees: nettle
member: wood_nettle__Laportea_canadensis American perennial herb found in rich woods and provided with stinging hairs; provides fibers used for textiles
member: Australian_nettle_tree__Australian_nettle any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea
member: genus_Parietaria__Parietaria small genus of stingless herbs
member: pellitory-of-the-wall__wall_pellitory__pellitory__Parietaria_difussa herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
member: genus_Pilea__Pilea low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage
member: richweed__clearweed__dead_nettle__Pilea_pumilla a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves
member: artillery_plant__artilleryplant__Pilea_microphylla tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively
member: friendship_plant__panamica__panamiga__Pilea_involucrata low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers
member: genus_Pipturus__Pipturus an Australian genus of woody plants of the family Urticaceae
member: Queensland_grass-cloth_plant__Pipturus_argenteus Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth
member: Pipturus_albidus Hawaiian tree of genus Pipturus having a bark (tapa) from which tapa cloth is made
member: family_Cannabidaceae__Cannabidaceae__hemp_family 2 genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs: genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae
member: genus_Cannabis hemp: genus of coarse annuals native to central Asia and widely naturalized in north temperate regions; in some classifications included in the family Moraceae
member: cannabis__hemp any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
member: genus_Humulus__Humulus hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae
member: hops twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes
member: family_Moraceae__Moraceae__mulberry_family trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis
member: genus_Morus__Morus type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries
member: mulberry_tree__mulberry any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
member: genus_Maclura__Maclura yellowwood trees or shrubs
member: genus_Artocarpus__Artocarpus evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit
member: breadfruit_tree__breadfruit__Artocarpus_communis__Artocarpus_altilis native to Pacific Islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread
member: jackfruit_tree__jackfruittree__jackfruit__Artocarpus_heterophyllus East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
member: marang_tree__marang__Artocarpus_odoratissima Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit
member: genus_Ficus__Ficus large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
member: fig_tree__figtree any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
member: golden_fig__Florida_strangler_fig__strangler_fig__stranglerfig__wild_fig__Ficus_aurea a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
member: sycamore_fig__sycamore__mulberry_fig__Ficus_sycomorus thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the Biblical sycamore
member: genus_Broussonetia__Broussonetia paper mulberry
member: paper_mulberry__papermulberry__Broussonetia_papyrifera shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles cloth; grown as a shade tree in Europe and America; male flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped followed by small orange-red aggregate berries
member: family_Cecropiaceae__Cecropiaceae in some classifications included in family Moraceae
member: genus_Cecropia__Cecropia large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc
member: trumpetwood__trumpettree__snakewood__Cecropia_peltata tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
member: family_Ulmaceae__Ulmaceae__elm_family__elmfamily a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus; Celtis; Planera; Trema
member: genus_Ulmus__Ulmus type genus of family Ulmaceae; deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves; widely distributed in temperate regions
member: elm_tree__elmtree__elm any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
member: winged_elm__wing_elm__Ulmus_alata North American elm having twigs and young branches with prominent corky projections
member: American_elm__white_elm__whiteelm__water_elm__waterelm__rock_elm__Ulmus_americana large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
member: smooth-leaved_elm__European_field_elm__Ulmus_carpinifolia European elm with lustrous smooth leaves used as an ornamental
member: cedar_elm__cedarelm__Ulmus_crassifolia elm of southern United States and Mexico having spreading pendulous corky branches
member: witch_elm__witchelm__wych_elm__Ulmus_glabra Eurasian elm often planted as a shade tree
member: Dutch_elm__Ulmus_hollandica any of various hybrid ornamental European shade trees ranging from dwarf to tall
member: Huntingdon_elm__Ulmus_hollandica_vegetata erect vigorous hybrid ornamental
member: water_elm__waterelm__Ulmus_laevis Eurasian elm closely resembling the American elm; thrives in a moist environment
member: Chinese_elm__Ulmus_parvifolia small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges
member: English_elm__European_elm__Ulmus_procera broad spreading rough-leaved elm common throughout Europe and planted elsewhere
member: Siberian_elm__Chinewse_elm__dwarf_elm__dwarfelm__Ulmus_pumila fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament
member: slippery_elm__red_elm__redelm__Ulmus_rubra North American elm having rough leaves that are red when opening; yields a hard wood
member: Jersey_elm__guernsey_elm__wheately_elm__Ulmus_sarniensis__Ulmus_campestris_sarniensis__Ulmus_campestris_wheatleyi a variety of the English elm with erect branches and broader leaves
member: September_elm__red_elm__redelm__Ulmus_serotina autumn-flowering elm of southeastern United States
member: rock_elm__Ulmus_thomasii tall widely distributed elm of eastern North America
member: genus_Celtis__Celtis large genus of trees and shrubs with berrylike fruit
member: nettle_tree__hackberry any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits
member: European_hackberry__Mediterranean_hackberry__Celtis_australis bright green deciduous shade tree of southern Europe
member: American_hackberry__Celtis_occidentalis large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries
member: Celtis_laevigata__sugarberry deciduous shade tree with small black berries; southern United States; yields soft yellowish wood
member: genus_Planera__Planera a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States
member: genus_Trema__Trema an evergreen tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in tropical America and Africa and Asia
member: order_Plantaginales__Plantaginales coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae
member: family_Plantaginaceae__Plantaginaceae__plantain_family cosmopolitan family of small herbs and a few shrubs; most are troublesome weeds
member: genus_Plantago__Plantago type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs
member: plantain any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
member: order_Polygonales__Polygonales coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,
member: family_Polygonaceae__Polygonaceae__buckwheat_family__buckwheatfamily a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone; includes the buckwheats
member: genus_Polygonum__Polygonum diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
member: silver_lace_vine__China_fleece_vine__Russian_vine__Polygonum_aubertii twining perennial vine having racemes of fragrant greenish flowers; western China to Russia
member: Polygonum_fagopyrum__buckwheat__Fagopyrum_esculentum or member of genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour
member: prince's-feather__princess_feather__kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate__prince's-plume__Polygonum_orientale annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
member: genus_Fagopyrum__Fagopyrum buckwheat; in some classifications included in the genus Polygonum
member: genus_Eriogonum North American herbs of the buckwheat family
member: eriogonum any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
member: genus_Rheum__Rheum rhubarb
member: rhubarb_plant__rhubarbplant__rhubarb plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
member: Himalayan_rhubarb__Indian_rhubarb__red-veined_pie_plant__Rheum_australe__Rheum_emodi Asian herb (Himalayas)
member: genus_Rumex__Rumex docks: coarse herbs and shrubs mainly native to north temperate regions
member: sour_grass__dock__sorrel any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
member: order_Salicales__Salicales coextensive with the family Salicaceae
member: family_Salicaceae__Salicaceae__willow_family two genera of trees or shrubs having hairy catkins: Salix; Populus
member: genus_Salix__Salix a large and widespread genus varying in size from small shrubs to large trees: willows
member: willow_tree__willow any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
member: osier any of various willows having pliable twigs used in basketry and furniture
member: white_willow__whitewillow__huntingdonwillow__Salix_alba large willow tree of Eurasia and North Africa having grayish canescent leaves and gray bark
member: silver_willow__silky_willow__silkywillow__salixalbasericea__Salix_sericea North American willow with grayish silky pubescent leaves that usually blacken in drying
member: golden_willow__Salix_alba_vitellina__Salix_vitellina European willow having grayish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry
member: cricket-bat_willow__cricketbatwillow__Salix_alba_caerulea Eurasian willow tree having grayish leaves and ascending branches
member: arctic_willow__Salix_arctica low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
member: Babylonian_weeping_willow__weeping_willow__weepingwillow__Salix_babylonica willow with long drooping branches and slender leaves native to China; widely cultivated as an ornamental
member: Wisconsin_weeping_willow__Salix_pendulina__Salix_blanda__Salix_pendulina_blanda hybrid willow usually not strongly weeping in habit
member: pussy_willow__pussywillow__Salix_discolor small willow of eastern North America having grayish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leaves
member: sallow any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal
member: goat_willow__florist's_willow__florist'swillow__pussy_willow__pussywillow__Salix_caprea much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
member: peachleaf_willow__peachleafwillow__peach-leaved_willow__almond-leaves_willow__Salix_amygdaloides willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
member: almond_willow__black_Hollander__Salix_triandra__Salix_amygdalina Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry
member: hoary_willow__hoarywillow__sage_willow__Salix_candida North American shrub with whitish canescent leaves
member: crack_willow__crackwillow__brittle_willow__brittlewillow__snap_willow__Salix_fragilis large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken
member: prairie_willow__prairiewillow__Salix_humilis slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
member: dwarf_willow__dwarfwillow__Salix_herbacea widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves
member: gray_willow__Salix_cinerea Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
member: arroyo_willow__Salix_lasiolepis shrubby willow of the western United States
member: shining_willow__shiningwillow__Salix_lucida common North American shrub with shiny lanceolate leaves
member: swamp_willow__swampwillow__black_willow__blackwillow__Salix_nigra North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes
member: bay_willow__baywillow__laurel_willow__Salix_pentandra European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
member: purple_willow__red_willow__redwillow__red_osier__redosier__basket_willow__purple_osier__Salix_purpurea Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
member: balsam_willow__Salix_pyrifolia small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed
member: creeping_willow__Salix_repens small trailing bush of Europe and Asia having straggling branches with silky green leaves of which several varieties are cultivated
member: Sitka_willow__silky_willow__silkywillow__salixsitchensi small shrubby tree of western North America (Alaska to Oregon)
member: dwarf_gray_willow__sage_willow__Salix_tristis willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath
member: bearberry_willow__bearberrywillow__Salix_uva-ursi dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base
member: common_osier__hemp_willow__velvet_osier__Salix_viminalis willow with long flexible twigs used in basketry
member: genus_Populus__Populus a genus of trees of the family Salicaceae that is found in the northern hemisphere; poplars
member: poplar_tree__poplar any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins
member: order_Sapindales__Sapindales an order od dicotyledonous plants
member: family_Sapindaceae__Sapindaceae__soapberry_family__soapberryfamily chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
member: genus_Sapindus__Sapindus type genus of the Sapindaceae
member: soapberry_tree__soapberrytree__soapberry a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin
member: wild_China_tree__Sapindus_drumondii__Sapindus_marginatus deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponin
member: China_tree__false_dogwood__falsedogwood__jaboncillo__chinaberry__Sapindus_saponaria evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by native Americans
member: genus_Blighia__Blighia small genus of western African evergreen trees and shrubs bearing fleshy capsular three-seeded fruits edible when neither unripe nor overripe
member: akee_tree__akee__Blighia_sapida widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by Captain Bligh of HMS Bounty
member: genus_Cardiospermum__Cardiospermum tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot
member: soapberry_vine__soapberryvine tendril-climbing vine
member: genus_Dimocarpus__Dimocarpus longan
member: Dimocarpus_longan__longan__lungen__longanberry__euphorialitchi__Nephelium_longana tree of southeastern Asia to Australia grown primarily for its sweet edible fruit resembling litchi nuts; sometimes placed in genera Euphoria or Nephelium
member: genus_Harpullia genus of tropical Asiatic and African trees
member: harpullia any of various tree of the genus Harpullia
member: genus_Litchi Chinese trees
member: Nephelium_litchi__litchi__lichee__litchi_tree__Litchi_chinensis Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium
member: genus_Melicoccus__Melicoccus__Melicocca__genus_Melicocca tropical American trees and shrubs bearing berries
member: Spanish_lime_tree__Spanish_lime__honey_berry__honeyberry__mamoncillo__genip__ginep__Melicocca_bijuga__Melicocca_bijugatus tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
member: genus_Nephelium__Nephelium a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia
member: rambutan_tree__rambutan__rambotan__Nephelium_lappaceum Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit
member: pulasan_tree__pulasantree__pulasan__pulassan__Nephelium_mutabile East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan
member: family_Buxaceae__Buxaceae__box_family__boxfamily widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees
member: genus_Buxus__Buxus type genus of the Buxaceae
member: boxwood__box evergreen shrubs or small trees
member: genus_Pachysandra evergreen perennial procumbent subshrubs or herbs
member: pachysandra any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover
member: family_Celastraceae__Celastraceae__spindle-tree_family__staff-tree_family trees and shrubs and woody vines usually having bright-colored fruits
member: genus_Celastrus__Celastrus type genus of the Celastraceae: bittersweet and shrubby bittersweet; woody vines and shrubs native chiefly to Asia and Australia
member: staff_tree__stafftree any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus
member: American_bittersweet__bittersweet__climbing_bittersweet__false_bittersweet__falsebittersweet__staff_vine__staffvine__waxwork__Celastrus_scandens twining shrub of North America having three-valved yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
member: Japanese_bittersweet__Japan_bittersweet__oriental_bittersweet__Celastrus_orbiculatus__Celastric_articulatus ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
member: genus_Euonymus__Euonymus widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines
member: spindle_tree__spindletree__spindleberry__spindleberry_tree any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
member: wahoo__burning_bush__burningbush__Euonymus_atropurpureus deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
member: strawberry_bush__wahoo__Euonymus_americanus upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
member: evergreen_bittersweet__evergreenbittersweet__Euonymus_fortunei_radicans__Euonymus_radicans_vegetus broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties
member: family_Cyrilliaceae__Cyrilliaceae__cyrilla_family__cyrillafamily__titi_family shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia
member: genus_Cyrilla 1 species: trees and shrubs having flowers with acute or twisted petals and wingless fruit
member: cyrilla__leatherwood__white_titi__whitetiti__Cyrilla_racemiflora shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange-crimson foliage
member: genus_Cliftonia__Cliftonia 1 species: titi
member: titi__buckwheat_tree__buckwheattree__Cliftonia_monophylla tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers
member: family_Empetraceae__Empetraceae__crowberry_family__crowberryfamily heathlike shrubs
member: genus_Empetrum__Empetrum crowberries
member: crowberry a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit
member: family_Aceraceae__Aceraceae__maple_family__maplefamily a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples
member: genus_Acer__Acer type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
member: maple any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
member: genus_Dipteronia__Dipteronia small genus of large deciduous shrubs having large clusters of winged seeds that turn red as they mature; central and southern China
member: family_Aquifoliaceae__Aquifoliaceae__holly_family__hollyfamily widely distributed shrubs and trees
member: genus_Ilex__Ilex a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
member: holly any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
member: Chinese_holly__Ilex_cornuta dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental
member: family_Anacardiaceae__Anacardiaceae__sumac_family__sumacfamily the cashew family; trees and shrubs and vines having resinous (sometimes poisonous) juice; includes cashew and mango and pistachio and poison ivy and sumac
member: genus_Anacardium__Anacardium type genus of the Anacardiaceae: cashew
member: cashew_tree__cashew__Anacardium_occidentale tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
member: genus_Astronium__Astronium a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Anacardiaceae
member: goncalo_alves__goncaloalve__Astronium_fraxinifolium tall tropical American timber tree especially abundant in eastern Brazil; yields hard strong durable zebrawood with straight grain and dark strips on a pinkish to yellowish ground; widely used for veneer and furniture and heavy construction
member: genus_Cotinus__Cotinus smoke trees
member: smoke_tree__smoketree__smoke_bush__smokebush any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus
member: genus_Malosma__Malosma one species; often included in the genus Rhus
member: laurel_sumac__Malosma_laurina__Rhus_laurina small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus
member: genus_Mangifera__Mangifera tropical tree native to Asia bearing fleshy fruit
member: mango_tree__mangotree__mango__Mangifera_indica large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval smooth-skinned fruit
member: genus_Pistacia__Pistacia a dicotyledonous genus of trees of the family Anacardiaceae having drupaceous fruit
member: pistachio_tree__pistachiotree__pistachio__Pistacia_vera small tree of southern Europe and Asia Minor bearing small hard-shelled nuts
member: terebinth__Pistacia_terebinthus a Mediterranean tree yielding Chian turpentine
member: genus_Rhodosphaera__Rhodosphaera 1 species; an Australian evergreen sumac
member: Australian_sumac__Rhodosphaera_rhodanthema__Rhus_rhodanthema evergreen of Australia yielding a dark yellow wood
member: genus_Rhus__Rhus deciduous or evergreen shrubs and shrubby trees of temperate and subtropical North America, South Africa, eastern Asia and northeastern Australia; usually limited to nonpoisonous sumacs (see genus Toxicodendron)
member: sumach__sumac__shumac a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
member: genus_Schinus__Schinus genus of evergreen shrubs and trees of tropical and subtropical regions of South and Central America and Canary Islands and China
member: aroeira_blanca__aroeirablanca__Schinus_chichita small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil
member: pepper_tree__molle__Peruvian_mastic_tree__Schinus_molle small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits
member: Brazilian_pepper_tree__Schinus_terebinthifolius small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen
member: genus_Spondias__Spondias tropical trees having one-seeded fruit
member: yellow_mombin_tree__hog_plum__hogplum__yellow_mombin__Spondias_mombin tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
member: mombin_tree__mombin__jocote__Spondias_purpurea common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
member: genus_Toxicodendron__Toxicodendron in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America
member: poison_ash__poison_dogwood__poison_sumac__Toxicodendron_vernix__Rhus_vernix smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil
member: markweed__poison_ivy__poison_mercury__poison_oak__Toxicodendron_radicans__Rhus_radicans climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact
member: western_poison_oak__Toxicodendron_diversilobum__Rhus_diversiloba poisonous shrub of the North American Pacific coast causing a rash on contact
member: eastern_poison_oak__Toxicodendron_quercifolium__Rhus_quercifolia__Rhus_toxicodenedron poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact
member: Japanese_varnish_tree__varnish_tree__varnishtree__lacquertree__Chinese_lacquer_tree__Japanese_lacquer_tree__Japanese_sumac__Toxicodendron_vernicifluum__Rhus_verniciflua small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
member: family_Hippocastanaceae__Hippocastanaceae__horse-chestnut_family trees having showy flowers and inedible nutlike seeds in a leathery capsule
member: genus_Aesculus__Aesculus deciduous trees or some shrubs of North America; southeastern Europe; eastern Asia
member: Aesculus_hippocastanum__horse_chestnut__horsechestnut__buckeye tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
member: family_Staphylaceae__Staphylaceae__bladdernut_family a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone
member: genus_Staphylea__Staphylea a genus of small trees or shrubs of the family Staphylaceae
member: order_Ebenales__Ebenales trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae
member: family_Ebenaceae__Ebenaceae__ebony_family__ebonyfamily fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon
member: genus_Diospyros__Diospyros a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable wood
member: Diospyros_ebenum__ebony tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
member: Andaman_marble__marblewood__Diospyros_kurzii large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood
member: persimmon_tree__persimmontree__persimmon any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
member: Japanese_persimmon__kaki__Diospyros_kaki small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit
member: American_persimmon__possumwood__Diospyros_virginiana medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe
member: family_Sapotaceae__Sapotaceae__sapodilla_family__sapodillafamily tropical trees or shrubs with milky juice and often edible fleshy fruit
member: genus_Achras__Achras tropical trees having papery leaves and large fruit
member: genus_Bumelia__Bumelia deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex
member: buckthorn any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
member: genus_Calocarpum__Calocarpum a genus of tropical American trees of the family Sapotaceae
member: genus_Chrysophyllum__Chrysophyllum tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs
member: star_apple__caimito__Chrysophyllum_cainito evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides
member: genus_Manilkara__Manilkara genus of large evergreen trees with milky latex; pantropical
member: genus_Palaquium__Palaquium large genus of Malaysian trees with milky juice and leathery leaves
member: Palaquium_gutta__gutta-percha_tree East Indian tree yielding gutta-percha
member: genus_Payena__Payena genus of medium to large Malaysian trees yielding gutta-percha
member: gutta-percha_tree East Indian tree yielding gutta-percha
member: genus_Pouteria__Pouteria tropical American timber tree with edible fruit (canistel)
member: canistel_tree__canistel__Pouteria_campechiana_nervosa tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit
member: marmalade_tree__marmaladetree__mammee__sapote__Pouteria_zapota__Calocarpum_zapota tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum
member: family_Symplocaceae__Symplocaceae__sweetleaf_family__sweetleaffamily a dicotyledonous family of order Ebenales
member: genus_Symplocus__Symplocus type and sole genus of Symplocaceae including sweetleaf
member: sweetleaf__Symplocus_tinctoria small yellowwood tree of southern United States having small fragrant white flowers; leaves and bark yield a yellow dye
member: family_Styracaceae__Styracaceae__storax_family__styrax_family a widely distributed family of shrubs and trees of order Ebenales
member: genus_Styrax deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees
member: styrax any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage
member: genus_Halesia__Halesia deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America
member: silver_bell any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell-shaped flowers
member: order_Sarraceniales__Sarraceniales plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae
member: family_Sarraceniaceae__Sarraceniaceae__pitcher-plant_family__pitcherplantfamily insectivorous plants
member: genus_Sarracenia__Sarracenia pitcher plants
member: common_pitcher_plant__huntsman's_cup__huntsman's_cups__Sarracenia_purpurea perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
member: hooded_pitcher_plant__Sarracenia_minor yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
member: huntsman's_horn__huntsman's_horns__yellow_trumpet__yellow_pitcher_plant__trumpets__Sarracenia_flava pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect wide-mouth yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with erect lids
member: genus_Darlingtonia__Darlingtonia one species: California pitcher plant
member: California_pitcher_plant__Darlingtonia_californica marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below
member: genus_Heliamphora__Heliamphora genus of pitcher plants of Guiana Highlands of South America
member: sun_pitcher__sunpitcher any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers; trap and digest insects in pitcher-shaped leaves with spoon-shaped caps
member: pitcher_plant__pitcherplant any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales
member: family_Nepenthaceae__Nepenthaceae coextensive with the genus Nepenthes
member: genus_Nepenthes__Nepenthes pitcher plants
member: tropical_pitcher_plant any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes
member: family_Droseraceae__Droseraceae__sundew_family a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs
member: genus_Drosera__Drosera the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants
member: sundew_plant__sundew__daily_dew__dailydew any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
member: genus_Dionaea__Dionaea a genus of the family Droseraceae
member: Venus's_flytrap__Venus's_flytraps__Dionaea_muscipula carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects
member: genus_Aldrovanda__Aldrovanda one species: waterwheel plant
member: waterwheel_plant__Aldrovanda_vesiculosa floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas
member: genus_Drosophyllum__Drosophyllum 1 species
member: Drosophyllum_lusitanicum perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco
member: family_Roridulaceae__Roridulaceae in some classifications included in the family Droseraceae
member: genus_Roridula insectivorous undershrubs of South Africa; in some classifications placed in the family Droseraceae
member: roridula either of 2 species of the genus Roridula; South African viscid perennial low-growing woody shrubs
member: order_Scrophulariales__Scrophulariales used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales
member: order_Rhamnales__Rhamnales an order of dicotyledonous plants
member: family_Rhamnaceae__Rhamnaceae__buckthorn_family__buckthornfamily trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value
member: genus_Rhamnus__Rhamnus type genus of the Rhamnaceae: buckthorns
member: buckthorn.shrub a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
member: genus_Colubrina__Colubrina mostly tropical American shrubs or small trees with small yellowish flowers and yellow or red fruits
member: nakedwood any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood
member: genus_Ziziphus__Ziziphus spiny chiefly tropical American and Asiatic shrubs: jujubes
member: jujube_bush__jujube__Christ's-thorn__Jerusalem_thorn__Ziziphus_jujuba spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
member: lotus_tree__lotustree__Ziziphus_lotus shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
member: genus_Paliurus__Paliurus thorny Eurasian shrubs
member: Christ's-thorn__Jerusalem_thorn__Paliurus_spina-christi thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit
member: genus_Pomaderris__Pomaderris a genus of Australasian shrubs and trees
member: hazel_tree__hazeltree__hazel__Pomaderris_apetala Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
member: family_Vitaceae__Vitaceae__Vitidaceae__grapevine_family__grapevinefamily a family of vines belonging to order Rhamnales
member: genus_Vitis__Vitis the type genus of the family Vitaceae; woody vines with simple leaves and small flowers; includes a wide variety of grapes
member: grapevine__grape any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
member: fox_grape__foxgrape__Vitis_labrusca native grape of northeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties e.g. Concord grapes
member: muscadine__Vitis_rotundifolia native grape of southeastern United States; origin of many cultivated varieties
member: Vitis_vinifera__vinifera__vinifera_grape__common_grape_vine common European grape cultivated in many varieties; chief source of Old World wine and table grapes
member: genus_Parthenocissus__Parthenocissus woody vines having disklike tips on the tendrils
member: Boston_ivy__Japanese_ivy__Parthenocissus_tricuspidata Asiatic vine with three-lobed leaves and purple berries
member: Virginia_creeper__American_ivy__woodbine__Parthenocissus_quinquefolia common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
member: order_Piperales__Piperales Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae
member: family_Piperaceae__Piperaceae__pepper_family tropical woody vines and herbaceous plants having aromatic herbage and minute flowers in spikelets
member: genus_Piper__Piper type genus of the Piperaceae: large genus of chiefly climbing tropical shrubs
member: true_pepper__pepper_vine any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
member: Madagascar_pepper__pepper__common_pepper__black_pepper__blackpepper__white_pepper__whitepepper__Piper_nigrum climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in North Burma and Assam
member: Piper_longum__long_pepper slender tropical climber of the eastern Himalayas
member: betel_pepper__betelpepper__betel__Piper_betel Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
member: cubeb_vine__cubebvine__cubeb__Java_pepper__Piper_cubeba tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
member: genus_Peperomia large genus of small tropical usually succulent herbs: radiator plants
member: peperomia any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage
member: family_Chloranthaceae__Chloranthaceae small family of tropical herbs and shrubs and trees
member: genus_Chloranthus__Chloranthus type genus of the Chloranthaceae
member: family_Saururaceae__Saururaceae__lizard's-tail_family family of perennial aromatic herbs: genera Saururus; Anemopsis; Houttuynia
member: genus_Saururus__Saururus type genus of the Saururaceae: lizard's-tails
member: lizard's-tail__swamp_lily__swamplily__water_dragon__waterdragon__saururuscernuu North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
member: genus_Anemopsis__Anemopsis 1 species: yerba mansa
member: yerba_mansa__yerbamansa__Anemopsis_californica stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone
member: genus_Houttuynia__Houttuynia 1 species; east Asian low-growing plant of wet places
member: class_Monocotyledones__Monocotyledones__Monocotyledonae__class_Monocotyledonae__Liliopsida__class_Liliopsida comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
member: monocot_genus__monocotgenu__liliopsid_genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
member: monocot__liliopsid a monocotyledonous flowering plant
member: subclass_Alismatidae__Alismatidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 500 species in 14 families of aquatic and semi-aquatic herbs
member: subclass_Arecidae__Arecidae one of four subclasses or superorder of Monocotyledones; comprises about 6400 species in 5 families of trees and shrubs and terrestrial herbs and a few free-floating aquatics including: Palmae; Araceae; Pandanaceae: and Lemnaceae
member: order_Arales__Arales Araceae; Lemnaceae
member: family_Araceae__Araceae__arum_family anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron
member: aroid__arum any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
member: genus_Arum type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves
member: cuckoopint__lords-and-ladies__jack-in-the-pulpit__Arum_maculatum common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
member: black_calla__Arum_palaestinum ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe
member: genus_Acorus__Acorus sweet flags; sometimes placed in subfamily Acoraceae
member: sweet_flag__sweetflag__calamus__sweet_calamus__sweetcalamu__myrtle_flag__flagroot__Acorus_calamus perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
member: subfamily_Acoraceae__Acoraceae used in some classifications for the genus Acorus which is usually assigned to Araceae
member: genus_Aglaonema__Aglaonema climbing herbs of southeastern Asia having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen
member: Chinese_evergreen__Japanese_leaf__Aglaonema_modestum erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves
member: genus_Alocasia tropical Asiatic herbs similar to Colocasia but distinguished by a large sterile spadix
member: alocasia__elephant's_ear__elephant_ear any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
member: genus_Amorphophallus genus of large tropical east Asian cormous aroids: devil's tongue; snake palm
member: amorphophallus any plant of the genus Amorphophallus
member: pungapung__telingo_potato__telingopotato__elephant_yam__Amorphophallus_paeonifolius__Amorphophallus_campanulatus putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber
member: devil's_tongue__devil'stongue__snake_palm__snakepalm__umbrella_arum__Amorphophallus_rivieri foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix
member: krubi__titan_arum__titanarum__Amorphophallus_titanum malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
member: genus_Anthurium large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants
member: anthurium__tailflower any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers
member: genus_Arisaema__Arisaema tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
member: jack-in-the-pulpit__Indian_turnip__wake-robin__Arisaema_triphyllum__Arisaema_atrorubens common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
member: green_dragon__greendragon__Arisaema_dracontium early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix
member: genus_Arisarum__Arisarum tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area
member: friar's-cowl__friar'scowl__arisarumvulgare tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores
member: genus_Caladium small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves
member: caladium any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red
member: genus_Calla__Calla water arum
member: wild_calla__water_arum__waterarum__Calla_palustris plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
member: genus_Colocasia__Colocasia small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
member: taro_plant__taro__dalo__dasheen__Colocasia_esculenta herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
member: genus_Cryptocoryne water trumpet; aquatic herbs having broad leaves and long slender spathes; often used as aquarium plants
member: cryptocoryne__water_trumpet__watertrumpet any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia
member: genus_Dieffenbachia__Dieffenbachia evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants
member: dumb_cane__mother-in-law_plant__mother-in-law's_tongue__Dieffenbachia_sequine a evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
member: genus_Dracontium small genus of tropical American cormous herbs
member: dracontium any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves
member: Dracunculus__genus_Dracunculus tuberous herbaceous perennials: dragon arum
member: dragon_arum__green_dragon__greendragon__Dracunculus_vulgaris European arum resembling the cuckoopint
member: genus_Epipremnum__Epipremnum small genus of evergreen lianas of southeastern Asia to western Pacific areas
member: golden_pothos__pothos__ivy_arum__ivyarum__Epipremnum_aureum__Scindapsus_aureus evergreen liana widely cultivated for its variegated foliage
member: genus_Lysichiton__Lysichiton__Lysichitum__genus_Lysichitum skunk cabbage
member: genus_Monstera tropical American climbing plant with deeply incised leaves
member: monstera any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants
member: genus_Nephthytis small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs
member: nephthytis any plant of the genus Nephthytis
member: genus_Orontium__Orontium 1 species of aquatic plant: golden club
member: golden_club__Orontium_aquaticum aquatic plant of the southeastern United States having blue-green leaves and and a spadix resembling a club covered with tiny yellow flowers
member: genus_Peltandra__Peltandra small genus of North American marsh or aquatic herbs
member: arrow_arum__arrowarum an aquatic plant of the genus Peltandra; North America
member: genus_Philodendron any of several tropical American climbing plants with smooth shiny evergreen leaves
member: philodendron often grown as a houseplant
member: genus_Pistia 1 species: water lettuce
member: pistia__water_lettuce__waterlettuce__water_cabbage__watercabbage__Pistia_stratiotes__Pistia_stratoites pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
member: genus_Scindapsus__Scindapsus__genus_Pothos evergreen climbers with adhesive adventitious roots; southeastern Asia and Brazil
member: pothos any of various tropical lianas of the genus Scindapsus
member: genus_Spathiphyllum evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia
member: spathiphyllum__peace_lily__peacelily__spathe_flower any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spite of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental
member: genus_Symplocarpus__Symplocarpus one species: skunk cabbage
member: skunk_cabbage__skunkcabbage__polecat_weed__polecatweed__foetidpotho__symplocarpusfoetidu deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
member: genus_Syngonium__Syngonium epiphytic or terrestrial climbing shrubs of Central and South America; used as ornamental houseplants for their velvety foliage
member: genus_Xanthosoma__Xanthosoma tropical American tuberous perennials
member: yautia__tannia__spoonflower__malanga__Xanthosoma_sagittifolium__Xanthosoma_atrovirens tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes
member: genus_Zantedeschia__Zantedeschia calla lily
member: calla_lily__callalily__calla__arum_lily__Zantedeschia_aethiopica South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
member: family_Lemnaceae__Lemnaceae__duckweed_family family of small free-floating thalloid plants
member: duckweed any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds
member: genus_Lemna__Lemna minute aquatic herbs floating on or below the water surface of still water consisting of a leaflike frond or plant body and single root
member: common_duckweed__lesser_duckweed__Lemna_minor of temperate regions except eastern Asia and Australia
member: star-duckweed__Lemna_trisulca cosmopolitan in temperate regions except North America
member: genus_Spirodela__Spirodela minute aquatic herbs floating on the water surface consisting of a shiny leaflike frond and 2-21 roots
member: great_duckweed__greatduckweed__water_flaxseed__waterflaxseed__Spirodela_polyrrhiza cosmopolitan except South America and New Zealand and some oceanic islands
member: genus_Wolffia__Wolffia minute rootless aquatic herbs having globular fronds floating on or near the water surface and bearing one flower per frond
member: watermeal any of various aquatic plants of the genus Wolffia; throughout warmer regions of the world
member: genus_Wolffiella__Wolffiella minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa
member: mud_midget__mudmidget__bogmat__Wolffiella_gladiata having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America
member: order_Pandanales__Pandanales families Typhaceae; Sparganiaceae; Pandanaceae
member: family_Pandanaceae__Pandanaceae__screw-pine_family family of woody plants of the order Pandanales including pandanus
member: genus_Pandanus type genus of the Pandanaceae (as screw pines)
member: screw_pine__screwpine__pandanus any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves
member: family_Typhaceae__Typhaceae__cattail_family__cattailfamily perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves
member: genus_Typha__Typha reed maces; cattails
member: cattail tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
member: family_Sparganiaceae__Sparganiaceae__bur-reed_family coextensive with the genus Sparganium
member: genus_Sparganium__Sparganium type and sole genus of Sparganiaceae; marsh or aquatic herbs of temperate regions
member: bur_reed__burreed marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit
member: order_Palmales__Palmales coextensive with the family Palmae: palms
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member: genus_Acrocomia__Acrocomia Central and South American feather palms
member: coyol_palm__coyolpalm__coyol__Acrocomia_vinifera tropical American palm having edible nuts and yielding a useful fiber
member: genus_Areca a monocotyledonous genus of palm trees
member: areca any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts
member: genus_Arenga__Arenga a genus of tropical Asian and Malaysian palm trees
member: sugar_palm__sugarpalm__gomuti__gomuti_palm__Arenga_pinnata Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago
member: genus_Attalea__Attalea unarmed feather palms of central and northern South America
member: piassava_palm__pissaba_palm__pissabapalm__Bahia_piassava__bahia_coquilla__bahiacoquilla__Attalea_funifera Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes
member: genus_Borassus__Borassus palmyra
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member: genus_Caryota__Caryota fishtail palms
member: fishtail_palm attractive East Indian palm having distinctive bipinnate foliage
member: Ceroxylon__genus_ceroxylon__genusceroxylon wax palms
member: wax_palm__waxpalm__ceroxylonandicola__Ceroxylon_alpinum palm of the Andes yielding a resinous wax which is mixed with tallow to make candles
member: genus_Cocos__Cocos coconut palms
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member: genus_Corozo a monocotyledonous genus of tropical American palm trees
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member: genus_Corypha__Corypha large fan palms of tropical Asia to Australia
member: gebang_palm__Corypha_utan__Corypha_gebanga large-leaved palm of Malay to Philippines and northern Australia; leaves used for thatching or plaiting into containers
member: talipot_palm__talipotpalm__talipot__Corypha_umbraculifera tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper
member: genus_Elaeis__Elaeis oil palms
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member: genus_Euterpe__Euterpe a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
member: Euterpe_oleracea__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
member: genus_Livistona__Livistona fan palms of Asia and Australia and Malaysia
member: cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cabbagepalm__livistonaaustrali Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
member: genus_Metroxylon__Metroxylon a genus of Malayan pinnate-leaved palm trees that flower and fruit once and then die
member: genus_Nipa__Nipa__Nypa__genus_Nypa monotypic genus of palms of Australasia
member: nipa_palm__Nipa_fruticans any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
member: genus_Orbignya__Orbignya palms of southern Mexico to northern South America: babassu palm
member: babassu_palm__babassupalm__babassu__coco_de_macao__Orbignya_phalerata__Orbignya_spesiosa__Orbignya_martiana tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
member: cohune_palm__Orbignya_cohune__cohune tropical American feather palm whose large nuts yield valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
member: genus_Phoenicophorium__Phoenicophorium latanier palm
member: latanier_palm__latanier fan palms of the southern United States and the Caribbean region
member: genus_Phoenix__Phoenix a large monocotyledonous genus of pinnate-leaved palms found in Asia and Africa
member: genus_Phytelephas__Phytelephas small genus of South American feather palms
member: ivory_palm__ivorypalm__ivory-nut_palm__ivorynutpalm__ivory_plant__ivoryplant__Phytelephas_macrocarpa a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
member: genus_Raffia__Raffia__Raphia__genus_Raphia feather palm of tropical Africa and Madagascar and Central and South America widely grown for commercial purposes
member: raffia_palm__Raffia_farinifera__Raffia_ruffia a large feather palm of Africa and Madagascar having very long pinnatisect fronds yielding a strong commercially important fiber from its leafstalks
member: genus_Rhapis__Rhapis genus of small clump-forming fan palms of China and Japan
member: lady_palm any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
member: genus_Roystonea__Roystonea a monocotyledonous genus of West Indian feather palms
member: royal_palm__royalpalm__Roystonea_regia tall feather palm of southern Florida and Cuba
member: cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__roystoneaoleracea West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
member: genus_Sabal__Sabal American dwarf fan palms
member: cabbage_palmetto__cabbagepalmetto__cabbage_palm__cabbagepalm__sabalpalmetto low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
member: genus_Serenoa__Serenoa one species: saw palmetto
member: saw_palmetto__sawpalmetto__scrub_palmetto__scrubpalmetto__Serenoa_repens small hardy clump-forming spiny palm of southern United States
member: genus_Thrinax__Thrinax small to medium-sized fan palms
member: thatch_palm__thatch_tree__silver_thatch__broom_palm__broompalm__thrinaxparviflora small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto
member: key_palm__keypalm__silvertoppalmetto__silver_thatch__Thrinax_microcarpa__Thrinax_morrisii__Thrinax_keyensis small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
member: subclass_Commelinidae__Commelinidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises about 19,000 species in 25 families of mostly terrestrial herbs especially of moist places including: Cyperaceae; Gramineae; Bromeliaceae; and Zingiberaceae
member: order_Graminales__Graminales grasses; sedges; rushes
member: family_Gramineae__Gramineae__Graminaceae__family_Graminaceae__Poaceae__family_Poaceae__grass_family__grassfamily the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane
member: gramineous_plant__graminaceous_plant cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and narrow long-bladed leaves
member: millet any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
member: genus_Aegilops__Aegilops goat grass
member: goat_grass__Aegilops_triuncalis European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
member: genus_Agropyron__Agropyron perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass
member: wheatgrass a grass of the genus Agropyron
member: genus_Agrostis__Agrostis annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)
member: bent_grass__bent__bentgrass__bentgras grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
member: genus_Alopecurus__Alopecurus annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious agricultural weeds
member: meadow_foxtail__Alopecurus_pratensis stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
member: genus_Andropogon__Andropogon tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions
member: broom_grass__broomgras any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon; used in broom making
member: genus_Arrhenatherum__Arrhenatherum oat grass
member: tall_oat_grass__tall_meadow_grass__evergreen_grass__evergreengras__false_oat__falseoat__French_rye__Arrhenatherum_elatius coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
member: genus_Arundo__Arundo any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds
member: giant_reed__giantreed__Arundo_donax large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large gray-white feathery panicles
member: genus_Avena__Avena oats
member: oat annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
member: genus_Bromus__Bromus a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae
member: brome__bromegrass any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
member: genus_Bouteloua__Bouteloua forage grasses
member: grama_grass__gramagras__grama__gramma__gramma_grass pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
member: genus_Buchloe__Buchloe buffalo grass
member: buffalo_grass__buffalogras__Buchloe_dactyloides short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)
member: genus_Cenchrus__Cenchrus a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs
member: burgrass__bur_grass__burgras a grass of the genus Cenchrus
member: field_sandbur__fieldsandbur__sandbur__Cenchrus_tribuloides grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having spikelets enclosed in prickly burs
member: genus_Chloris__Chloris tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass
member: genus_Cortaderia__Cortaderia tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
member: pampas_grass__Cortaderia_selloana tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps
member: genus_Cynodon__Cynodon creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa
member: Bermuda_grass__devil_grass__Bahama_grass__kweek__scutch_grass__star_grass__Cynodon_dactylon trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
member: giant_star_grass__Cynodon_plectostachyum perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay
member: genus_Dactylis__Dactylis a monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species)
member: genus_Dactyloctenium__Dactyloctenium a monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae
member: genus_Digitaria__Digitaria crab grass; finger grass
member: crabgrass__crabgras__crabgras__fingergras grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
member: genus_Echinochloa__Echinochloa annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions
member: barnyard_grass__barn_grass__barn_millet__Echinochloa_crusgalli a coarse annual panic grass; a cosmopolitan weed; occasionally used for hay or grazing
member: Japanese_millet__billion-dollar_grass__Japanese_barnyard_millet__sanwa_millet__sanwamillet__Echinochloa_frumentacea coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
member: genus_Eleusine__Eleusine annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands
member: yardgrass__yardgras__yardgras__wiregras__goosegras__Eleusine_indica coarse annual grass having fingerlike spikes of flowers; native to Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere
member: finger_millet__ragi__ragee__African_millet__coracan__corakan__kurakkan__Eleusine_coracana East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
member: genus_Elymus__Elymus tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye)
member: lyme_grass a grass of the genus Elymus
member: wild_rye any of several grasses of the genus Elymus
member: genus_Eragrostis__Eragrostis annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics
member: love_grass__bay_grass__baygras any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; useful especially for forage and prevention of erosion
member: genus_Erianthus__Erianthus genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky hairs
member: plume_grass__plumegras a reedlike grass of the genus Erianthus having large plumes
member: Ravenna_grass__wool_grass__Erianthus_ravennae grass often cultivated for its long white-ribbed leaves and large plumes resembling those of pampas grass
member: genus_Festuca__Festuca a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
member: meadow_fescue__fescue__fescue_grass__Festuca_elatior grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
member: sheep_fescue__sheepfescue__sheep's_fescue__sheep'sfescue__Festuca_ovina cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
member: silver_grass of Australia and New Zealand
member: genus_Glyceria__Glyceria manna grass
member: manna_grass__mannagras__sweet_grass__sweetgras any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor
member: genus_Holcus__Holcus a genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America
member: genus_Hordeum__Hordeum annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
member: barley cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
member: genus_Leymus__Leymus genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus
member: genus_Lolium__Lolium darnel; ryegrass
member: rye_grass__ryegras__ryegrass any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
member: genus_Muhlenbergia__Muhlenbergia a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia
member: nimblewill__nimble_Will__Muhlenbergia_schreberi slender branching American grass of some value for grazing in central United States
member: genus_Oryza__Oryza rice
member: rice.cereal_grass annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
member: genus_Oryzopsis__Oryzopsis rice grass
member: ricegrass__ricegras__ricegras any grass of the genus Oryzopsis
member: genus_Panicum__Panicum panic grass
member: panic_grass__panicgras any grass of the genus Panicum; grown for grain and fodder
member: genus_Paspalum a genus of perennial grasses of warm regions
member: dallisgrass__dallisgras__dallisgras__Paspalum_dilatatum tall tufted perennial tropical American grass naturalized as pasture and forage grass in southern United States
member: Bahia_grass__Paspalum_notatum perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of Gulf states
member: knotgrass__knotgras__paspalumdistichum low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
member: genus_Pennisetum__Pennisetum a genus of Old World grasses
member: pearl_millet__pearlmillet__bulrush_millet__bulrushmillet__cattail_millet__cattailmillet__Pennisetum_glaucum__Pennisetum_Americanum tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
member: fountain_grass__Pennisetum_ruppelii__Pennisetum_setaceum tall perennial ornamental grass with long nodding flower plumes of tropical Africa and Asia
member: feathertop_grass__feathertop__Pennistum_villosum northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles
member: genus_Phalaris__Phalaris a genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers
member: reed_canary_grass__gardener's_garters__lady's_laces__ribbon_grass__Phalaris_arundinacea perennial grass of marshy meadows and ditches having broad leaves; Europe and North America
member: canary_grass__birdseed_grass__Phalaris_canariensis Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds
member: hardinggrass__Harding_grass__toowomba_canary_grass__Phalaris_aquatica__Phalaris_tuberosa perennial grass of Australia and South Africa; introduced in North America as forage grass
member: genus_Phleum__Phleum grasses native to temperate regions
member: herd's_grass__timothy__Phleum_pratense grass with long cylindrical spikes frown in northern United States and Europe for hay
member: genus_Phragmites__Phragmites reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions
member: ditch_reed__ditchreed__common_reed__carrizo__Phragmites_communis tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts
member: genus_Poa__Poa chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
member: blue_grass__bluegrass__bluegras any of various grasses of the genus Poa
member: Kentucky_bluegrass__Kentucky_blue__Kentucy_blue_grass__June_grass__Poa_pratensis valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
member: wood_meadowgrass__Poa_nemoralis__Agrostis_alba slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia
member: meadowgrass__meadow_grass any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
member: genus_Saccharum__Saccharum tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane
member: Saccharum_officinarum__sugarcane__sugar_cane__sugarcane tall tropical southeast Asian grass having stout fibrous jointed stalks; sap is a chief source of sugar
member: munj__munja__Saccharum_bengalense__Saccharum_munja tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets
member: genus_Schizachyrium__Schizachyrium overlaps the genus Andropogon
member: genus_Secale__Secale cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
member: Secale_cereale__rye hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
member: genus_Setaria__Setaria annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses
member: bristlegrass__bristle_grass__bristlegras grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet
member: foxtail_millet__foxtailmillet__Italian_millet__Hungarian_grass__Setaria_italica coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States
member: genus_Sorghum annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum
member: sorghum economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
member: genus_Spartina__Spartina grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic islands
member: cordgrass__cordgras__cordgras any of several perennial grasses of the genus Spartina; some important as coastal soil binders
member: genus_Sporobolus__Sporobolus cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rushgrass)
member: dropseed a grass of the genus Sporobolus
member: smut_grass__blackseed__carpet_grass__Sporobolus_poiretii grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus
member: rushgrass__rushgras grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles
member: genus_Stenotaphrum__Stenotaphrum lawn grasses
member: St._Augustine_grass__Stenotaphrum_secundatum__buffalo_grass__buffalogras low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass
member: genus_Triticum__Triticum annual cereal grasses from Mediterranean area; widely cultivated in temperate regions
member: wheat__corn annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
member: genus_Zea__Zea corn
member: Indian_corn__corn__maize__Zea_mays tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
member: genus_Zizania__Zizania wild rice
member: wild_rice__Zizania_aquatica perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
member: genus_Zoysia__Zoisia__genus_Zoisia lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions
member: zoysia any of several creeping grasses of the genus Zoysia
member: tribe_Bambuseae__Bambuseae bamboos
member: bamboo woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture
member: genus_Bambusa__Bambusa tall tender clumping bamboos
member: common_bamboo__Bambusa_vulgaris extremely vigorous bamboo having thin-walled culms striped green and yellow; so widely cultivated that native area is uncertain
member: genus_Arundinaria__Arundinaria North American bamboo
member: giant_cane__giantcane__cane_reed__Arundinaria_gigantea tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
member: small_cane__smallcane__switch_cane__Arundinaria_tecta small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States
member: genus_Dendrocalamus__Dendrocalamus giant clump-forming bamboos
member: giant_bamboo__giantbamboo__kyo-chiku__kyochiku__Dendrocalamus_giganteus immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
member: genus_Phyllostachys__Phyllostachys medium and large bamboos
member: fishpole_bamboo__gosan-chiku__gosanchiku__hotei-chiku__hoteichiku__Phyllostachys_aurea small bamboo of southeastern China having slender culms flexuous when young
member: black_bamboo__blackbamboo__kuri-chiku__Phyllostachys_nigra small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black
member: giant_timber_bamboo__madake__ku-chiku__Phyllostachys_bambusoides large bamboo having thick-walled culms; native of China and perhaps Japan; widely brown elsewhere
member: family_Cyperaceae__Cyperaceae__sedge_family__sedgefamily bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
member: sedge grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
member: genus_Carex__Carex large genus of plants found in damp woodlands and bogs and ditches or at water margins: sedges
member: sand_sedge__sand_reed__Carex_arenaria European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
member: cypress_sedge__cypresssedge__Carex_pseudocyperus tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
member: genus_Eriophorum__Eriophorum cotton grass
member: cotton_grass__cotton_rush any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
member: genus_Scirpus__Scirpus rhizomatous perennial grasslike herbs
member: hardstem_bulrush__hardstemmed_bulrush__hardstemmedbulrush__Scirpus_acutus widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
member: wool_grass__Scirpus_cyperinus sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
member: genus_Eleocharis__Eleocharis sedges having dense spikes of flowers and leaves reduced to basal sheaths
member: spike_rush__spikerush a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
member: order_Musales__Musales tropical plants
member: family_Cannaceae__Cannaceae coextensive with the genus Canna
member: genus_Canna type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lilylike herbs of New World tropics
member: canna any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
member: family_Marantaceae__Marantaceae__arrowroot_family__arrowrootfamily tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes
member: genus_Maranta herbs of tropical America
member: maranta any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves
member: family_Musaceae__Musaceae__banana_family treelike tropical Asian herbs
member: genus_Musa__Musa type genus of the Musaceae: bananas
member: banana_tree__banana any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits
member: genus_Ensete__Ensete Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
member: Abyssinian_banana__Ethiopian_banana__Ensete_ventricosum__Musa_ensete large evergreen arborescent herb having huge paddle-shaped leaves and bearing inedible fruit that resemble bananas but edible young flower shoots; sometimes placed in genus Musa
member: family_Strelitziaceae__Strelitziaceae__strelitzia_family woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae
member: genus_Strelitzia__Strelitzia small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
member: Strelitzia_reginae__bird_of_paradise ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
member: genus_Ravenala woody tropical plants with tall trunks; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
member: traveler's_tree__traveller's_tree__traveller'stree__ravenala__Ravenala_madagascariensis giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers
member: family_Zingiberaceae__Zingiberaceae__ginger_family a family of tropical monocotyledonous plants of order Musales
member: genus_Zingiber__Zingiber tropical Asiatic and Polynesian perennial plants: ginger
member: ginger perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
member: genus_Curcuma__Curcuma tropical Asiatic perennial herbs
member: Curcuma_longa__turmeric__Curcuma_domestica widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye
member: genus_Alpinia__Alpinia__genus_Zerumbet__genus_Languas perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes
member: galangal__Alpinia_galanga southeastern Asian perennial with aromatic roots
member: lesser_galangal__Alpinia_officinarum__Alpinia_officinalis Chinese perennial with pyramidal racemes of rose-veined white flowers and pungent aromatic roots used medicinally and as flavoring
member: red_ginger__redginger__Alpinia_purpurata an ornamental ginger native to Pacific islands
member: shell_ginger__shellginger__shellflower__Alpinia_Zerumbet__Alpinia_speciosa__Languas_speciosa cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with shell-pink shading and crinkled yellow lip with variegated magenta stripes
member: genus_Aframomum__Aframomum an African genus of plants of the family Zingiberaceae
member: grains_of_paradise__Guinea_grains__Guinea_pepper__melagueta_pepper__melaguetapepper__Aframomum_melegueta West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
member: genus_Elettaria__Elettaria cardamom
member: cardamom__cardamon__Elettaria_cardamomum rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning
member: order_Xyridales__Xyridales__Commelinales__order_Commelinales an order of monocotyledonous herbs
member: family_Xyridaceae__Xyridaceae__yellow-eyed_grass_family plants of tropical to temperate regions; usually in wet places
member: genus_Xyris__Xyris chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
member: yellow-eyed_grass any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States
member: family_Commelinaceae__Commelinaceae__spiderwort_family large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts
member: genus_Commelina type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears
member: commelina any plant of the genus Commelina
member: spiderwort__dayflower any plant of the family Commelinaceae
member: genus_Tradescantia__Tradescantia spiderworts
member: family_Bromeliaceae__Bromeliaceae__pineapple_family__pineapplefamily a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
member: genus_Ananas__Ananas a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
member: pineapple_plant__pineappleplant__pineapple__Ananas_comosus a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
member: Bromelia the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx
member: genus_Tillandsia__Tillandsia large genus of epiphytic or terrestrial sparse-rooting tropical plants usually forming dense clumps or pendant masses
member: Spanish_moss__old_man's_beard__black_moss__long_moss__Tillandsia_usneoides dense festoons of greenish-gray hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America
member: family_Mayacaceae__Mayacaceae a monocotyledonous family of bog plants of order Xyridales
member: genus_Mayaca__Mayaca small genus of delicate mossy bog plants having white or violet flowers
member: family_Rapateaceae__Rapateaceae South American herbs somewhat resembling members of the Juncaceae
member: family_Eriocaulaceae__Eriocaulaceae__pipewort_family chiefly tropical aquatic or bog herbs: pipeworts
member: genus_Eriocaulon__Eriocaulon type genus of the Eriocaulaceae: rushlike aquatic or marginal perennials usually found in shallow waters of acid lakes and pools and bogs
member: pipewort__Eriocaulon_aquaticum aquatic perennial of North America and Ireland and Hebrides having translucent green leaves in a basal spiral and dense buttonlike racemes of minute white flowers
member: family_Pontederiaceae__Pontederiaceae__pickerelweed_family aquatic or bog plants
member: genus_Pontederia__Pontederia pickerelweed
member: pickerelweed__pickerel_weed__wampee__Pontederia_cordata American plant having spikes of blue flowers and growing in shallow water of streams and ponds
member: genus_Eichhornia__Eichhornia water hyacinth; water orchid
member: water_hyacinth__waterhyacinth__water_orchid__waterorchid__Eichhornia_crassipes__Eichhornia_spesiosa a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States
member: genus_Heteranthera__Heteranthera mud plantains
member: water_star_grass__mud_plantain__mudplantain__Heteranthera_dubia grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms
member: subclass_Liliidae__Liliidae one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae
member: liliid_monocot_family family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
member: liliid_monocot_genus genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
member: order_Orchidales__Orchidales order of plants with irregular flowers having minute seeds: Orchidaceae; Burmanniaceae
member: family_Orchidaceae__Orchidaceae__orchid_family enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
member: orchid__orchidaceous_plant any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
member: genus_Orchis type genus of the orchid family; hardy terrestrial orchids of the temperate the northern hemisphere
member: orchis any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
member: genus_Aerides epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia having stiff 2-ranked leaves and fragrant white flowers in arching racemes
member: aerides__aeride any orchid of the genus Aerides
member: genus_Angrecum__Angraecum__genus_Angraecum genus of tropical Old World epiphytic orchids with showy flowers sometimes grotesque
member: angrecum any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having 2-ranked dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers
member: genus_Anoectochilus__Anoectochilus genus of delicate Asiatic orchids
member: jewel_orchid__jewelorchid any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining
member: genus_Aplectrum__Aplectrum a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
member: puttyroot__adam-and-eve__Aplectrum_hyemale North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
member: genus_Arethusa genus of bog orchids of North America and Japan
member: arethusa any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers
member: bog_rose__bogrose__wild_pink__dragon's_mouth__Arethusa_bulbosa a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide-gaping corolla; Canada
member: genus_Bletia genus of tropical American terrestrial orchids with large purple or pink flowers
member: bletia any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudo-bulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers
member: genus_Bletilla__Bletilla small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia
member: Bletilla_striata__Bletia_striata Japanese orchid with white-striped leaves and slender erect racemes of rose to magenta flowers; often cultivated; sometimes placed in genus Bletia
member: genus_Brassavola genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic rhizomatous orchids
member: brassavola any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7
member: genus_Brassia__Brassia genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids having striking axillary racemes of yellow to green spiderlike flowers with long slender sepals and warty lips: spider orchids
member: Brassia_lawrenceana__spider_orchid South American orchid with spiderlike pale-yellow to pale-green flowers
member: Brassia_verrucosa__spider_orchid Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts
member: genus_Caladenia terrestrial orchids of Australia to New Caledonia
member: caladenia any of various orchids of the genus Caladenia
member: zebra_orchid__zebraorchid__Caladenia_cairnsiana orchid with red-tinged linear leaves and panicle of purple-marked pale-yellow flowers with deep red or purple lip; southwestern Australia
member: genus_Calanthe large and widely distributed genus of terrestrial orchids
member: calanthe any of various showy orchids of the genus Calanthe having white or yellow or rose-colored flowers and broad leaves folded lengthwise
member: genus_Calopogon__Calopogon terrestrial orchids of North America
member: grass_pink__grasspink__calopogonpulchellum__Calopogon_tuberosum an orchid
member: genus_Calypso 1 species found throughout much of northern North America and Eurasia
member: genus_Catasetum__Catasetum genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
member: jumping_orchid__jumpingorchid__Catasetum_macrocarpum orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
member: genus_Cattleya large and highly valued genus of beautiful tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids; the typical orchids; known in many varieties
member: cattleya any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
member: genus_Cephalanthera__Cephalanthera small genus of temperate Old World terrestrial orchids
member: helleborine any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
member: red_helleborine__redhelleborine__Cephalanthera_rubra orchid of Mediterranean and Asia having a lax spike of bright rose-pink flowers
member: genus_Cleistes__Cleistes terrestrial orchids of North and South America having slender fibrous roots; allied to genus Pogonia
member: spreading_pogonia__spreadingpogonia__funnel-crest_rosebud_orchid__Cleistes_divaricata__Pogonia_divaricata orchid of northeastern United States with magenta-pink flowers having funnel-shaped lip; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
member: rosebud_orchid__rosebudorchid__Cleistes_rosea__Pogonia_rosea orchid of central and northern South America having 1- to 3-blossomed racemes of large showy rose-colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Pogonia
member: genus_Coeloglossum__Coeloglossum terrestrial orchids of cooler parts of North America and Europe: satyr orchid
member: satyr_orchid__satyrorchid__Coeloglossum_bracteatum orchid with broad ovate leaves and long-bracted green very irregular flowers
member: Coeloglossum_viride__frog_orchid orchid having hooded long-bracted green to yellow-green flowers suffused with purple
member: genus_Coelogyne large diverse genus of tropical Asiatic epiphytic orchids
member: coelogyne any of various orchids of the genus Coelogyne with: clusters of fragrant lacy snow-white flowers; sinister salmon-pink solitary flowers; chainlike racemes of topaz and chocolate brown flowers; spikes of delicate white spice-scented flowers; emerald green flowers marked with blue-black
member: genus_Corallorhiza__Corallorhiza genus of leafless root-parasitic orchids having small purplish or yellowish racemose flowers with lobed lips; widely distributed in temperate regions
member: coral_root__coralroot a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
member: genus_Coryanthes__Coryanthes small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
member: helmetflower__helmet_orchid any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
member: genus_Cycnoches__Cycnoches genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids
member: swan_orchid__swanflower__swanneck any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
member: genus_Cymbidium genus of tropical epiphytic or terrestrial Old World orchids; one of the most popular orchid genera
member: cymbid__cymbidium any of various plants of the genus Cymbidium having narrow leaves and a long drooping cluster of numerous showy and variously colored boat-shaped flowers; extensively hybridized and cultivated as houseplants and important florists' flowers
member: genus_Cypripedium__Cypripedium genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum
member: lady's_slipper__lady-slipper__ladies'_slipper__ladies'slipper__slipper_orchid__slipperorchid any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
member: cypripedia a plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
member: genus_Dactylorhiza__Dactylorhiza genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Asia and North Africa
member: marsh_orchid__marshorchid any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region
member: common_spotted_orchid__Dactylorhiza_fuchsii__Dactylorhiza_maculata_fuchsii European orchid having lanceolate leaves spotted purple and pink to white or mauve flowers spotted or lined deep red or purple
member: genus_Dendrobium large genus and variable genus of chiefly epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Asia and Australasia
member: dendrobium a plant of the genus Dendrobium having stems like cane and usually showy racemose flowers
member: genus_Disa genus of showy tropical African terrestrial orchids
member: disa any orchid of the genus Disa; beautiful orchids with dark green leaves and usually hooded flowers; much prized as emblematic flowers in their native regions
member: genus_Dracula__Dracula comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
member: genus_Dryadella__Dryadella comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
member: genus_Eburophyton__Eburophyton a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
member: phantom_orchid__phantomorchid__snow_orchid__Eburophyton_austinae waxy white nearly leafless plant with stems in clusters and racemes of white flowers; northwestern United States to northern California and east to Idaho
member: genus_Encyclia__Encyclia large genus of epiphytic and lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas and West Indies; formerly included in genus Epidendrum
member: tulip_orchid__tuliporchid__Encyclia_citrina__Cattleya_citrina Mexican epiphytic orchid with glaucous gray-green leaves and lemon- to golden-yellow flowers appearing only partially opened; sometimes placed in genus Cattleya
member: Encyclia_tampensis__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid__epidendrumtampense orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum
member: butterfly_orchis__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid__epidendrumvenosum__Encyclia_venosa Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip
member: genus_Epidendrum__Epidendrum large and variable genus of terrestrial or epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical and subtropical Americas; some native to United States
member: epidendron any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum
member: genus_Epipactis__Epipactis genus of hardy orchids with leafy-bracted racemes of greenish or purplish irregular flowers
member: helleborine.orchid any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
member: Epipactis_helleborine European orchid with spikes of green and pinkish or purplish flowers
member: stream_orchid__chatterbox__giant_helleborine__gianthelleborine__Epipactis_gigantea orchid growing along streams or ponds of western North America having leafy stems and 1 greenish-brown and pinkish flower in the axil of each upper leaf
member: genus_Glossodia__Glossodia small genus of Australian orchids
member: tongueflower orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue- or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
member: genus_Goodyera__Goodyera genus of small orchids of the northern hemisphere with creeping rhizomes and stalked ovate leaves and small flowers
member: rattlesnake_plantain__rattlesnakeplantain__helleborine any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-white flowers in a twisted raceme
member: genus_Grammatophyllum__Grammatophyllum small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long
member: genus_Gymnadenia__Gymnadenia small genus of terrestrial orchids of North America and temperate Eurasia
member: fragrant_orchid__Gymnadenia_conopsea European orchid having dense spikes of fragrant pink or lilac or red flowers with conspicuous spurs
member: short-spurred_fragrant_orchid__Gymnadenia_odoratissima similar to Gymnadenia conopsea but with smaller flowers on shorter stems and having much shorter spurs
member: genus_Gymnadeniopsis__Gymnadeniopsis genus of North American terrestrial orchids usually included in genus Habenaria
member: genus_Habenaria__Habenaria chiefly terrestrial orchids with tubers or fleshy roots often having long slender spurs and petals and lip lobes; includes species formerly placed in genus Gymnadeniopsis
member: fringed_orchis__fringed_orchid__fringedorchid any of several summer-flowering American orchids distinguished by a fringed or lacerated lip
member: frog_orchid any of several green orchids of the genus Habenaria
member: rein_orchid__rein_orchis any of several American wildflowers with a kidney-shaped lip
member: genus_Hexalectris__Hexalectris a monocotyledonous genus of the family Orchidaceae
member: crested_coral_root__crestedcoralroot__Hexalectris_spicata orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
member: Texas_purple_spike__Hexalectris_warnockii orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
member: genus_Himantoglossum__Himantoglossum small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region
member: lizard_orchid__Himantoglossum_hircinum an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
member: genus_Laelia large genus of mostly epiphytic or lithophytic Central and South American orchids of various sizes
member: laelia any of various spectacular plants of the genus Laelia having showy flowers in many colors
member: genus_Liparis genus of terrestrial and epiphytic orchids; pantropical to temperate
member: liparis__lipari an orchid of the genus Liparis having few leaves and usually fairly small yellow-green or dull purple flowers in terminal racemes
member: twayblade an orchid of the genus Liparis having a pair of leaves
member: fen_orchid__fenorchid__fen_orchis__Liparis_loeselii small terrestrial orchid of eastern North America and Europe having two nearly basal leaves and dull yellow-green racemose flowers
member: genus_Listera__Listera__listera genus of terrestrial orchids having usually a single pair of broad shining leaves near the middle of the stem; found in temperate Asia and North America and Europe
member: broad-leaved_twayblade__Listera_convallarioides small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers; western North America
member: lesser_twayblade__Listera_cordata orchid having two triangular leaves and a short lax raceme of green to rust-colored flowers with the lip flushed mauve; Europe and Asia and North America and Greenland
member: Listera_ovata__twayblade orchid having a pair of ovate leaves and a long slender raceme of green flowers sometimes tinged red-brown; Europe to central Asia
member: genus_Malaxis__Malaxis large genus of largely terrestrial orchids with one or a few plicate leaves and slender spikes or tiny mostly green flowers; cosmopolitan
member: green_adder's_mouth__greenadder'smouth__Malaxis-unifolia__Malaxis_ophioglossoides North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
member: genus_Masdevallia large genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids whose flowers have sepals fused at the base forming a tube; includes orchids sometimes placed in genera Dracula and Dryadella and Scaphosepalum
member: masdevallia any of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia; tufted evergreen often diminutive plants whose flowers in a remarkable range of colors usually resemble a tricorn with sepals fused at the base to form a tube
member: genus_Maxillaria large genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with persistent leathery leaves and single-flowered scapes
member: maxillaria any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers
member: genus_Miltonia__Miltonia genus of tropical American orchids
member: pansy_orchid__pansyorchid any of various orchids of the genus Miltonia having solitary or loosely racemose showy broadly spreading flowers
member: genus_Odontoglossum large and important genus of tropical American mostly epiphytic orchids; some of the most widely grown species are often placed in other genera
member: odontoglossum any of numerous and diverse orchids of the genus Odontoglossum having racemes of few to many showy usually large flowers in many colors
member: genus_Oncidium large genus of showy epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical and subtropical America
member: oncidium__dancing_lady_orchid__butterfly_plant__butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
member: genus_Ophrys__Ophrys a hardy genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and northern Africa and western Asia
member: spider_orchid any of several European orchids of the genus Ophrys
member: genus_Paphiopedilum__Paphiopedilum horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium
member: Venus'_slipper__Venus's_slipper__Venus's_shoe any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips
member: genus_Phaius genus of Asiatic ans Australian terrestrial orchids
member: phaius an orchid of the genus Phaius having large plicate leaves and racemes of showy flowers
member: genus_Phalaenopsis__Phalaenopsis genus of ornamental epiphytic orchids of Asia and Australia
member: moth_orchid__moth_plant any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled gray and silver
member: butterfly_plant__Phalaenopsis_amabilis orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
member: genus_Pholidota__Pholidota genus of mostly epiphytic orchids of Indonesia and the western Pacific
member: rattlesnake_orchid__rattlesnakeorchid any of various orchids of the genus Pholidota having numerous white to brown flowers in spiraling racemes clothed in slightly inflated bracts and resembling a rattlesnake's tail
member: genus_Phragmipedium__Phragmipedium genus of tropical American orchid species often included in genus Cypripedium or Paphiopedilum and Selenipedium: lady slippers
member: genus_Platanthera__Platanthera herbaceous terrestrial orchids of temperate northern and southern hemispheres
member: lesser_butterfly_orchid__Platanthera_bifolia__Habenaria_bifolia south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
member: greater_butterfly_orchid__greaterbutterflyorchid__Platanthera_chlorantha__Habenaria_chlorantha south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria
member: genus_Plectorrhiza__Plectorrhiza small genus of Australian orchids
member: tangle_orchid an orchid of the genus Plectorrhiza having tangled roots and long wiry stems bearing lax racemes of small fragrant green flowers
member: genus_Pleione__Pleione small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan
member: Indian_crocus any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing 1 or 2 solitary slender-stalked white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers
member: genus_Pleurothallis large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic orchids of tropical America
member: pleurothallis__pleurothalli any of numerous small tufted orchids of the genus Pleurothallis having leathery to fleshy leaves and racemes of 1 to many small flowers
member: genus_Pogonia small but widely distributed genus of orchids closely related to genus Cleistes;: of damp or boggy areas of north temperate zone
member: pogonia any hardy bog orchid of the genus Pogonia: terrestrial orchids having slender rootstocks and erect stems bearing one or a few leaves and a solitary terminal flower
member: genus_Psychopsis__Psychopsis epiphytic orchids of Central and South America formerly included in genus Oncidium
member: butterfly_orchid__butterflyorchid any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids
member: genus_Pterostylis__Pterostylis genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific
member: helmet_orchid__greenhood any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood
member: genus_Rhyncostylis__Rhyncostylis genus of epiphytic orchids of tropical Asia
member: foxtail_orchid__foxtailorchid any of various orchids of the genus Rhyncostylis having pink- to purple-marked white flowers in a dense cylindrical raceme
member: genus_Sarcochilus__Sarcochilus diminutive epiphytic or lithophytic orchids with clumped short-stemmed foliage and arching racemes of colorful flowers; Australia and Polynesia to southeastern Asia
member: orange-blossom_orchid__Sarcochilus_falcatus diminutive Australian orchid with loose racemes of fragrant white flowers with purple and orange markings on the lip
member: genus_Scaphosepalum__Scaphosepalum comprises some tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants with small flowers carried on one scape
member: genus_Schomburgkia__Schomburgkia genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids with showy racemose flowers
member: genus_Selenipedium__Selenipedium genus of tall reedlike tropical American orchids; includes species with pods used locally as a substitute for vanilla
member: genus_Sobralia genus of tropical American orchids
member: sobralia any of various showy orchids of the genus Sobralia having leafy stems and bright-colored solitary or racemose flowers similar to those of genus Cattleya
member: genus_Spiranthes__Spiranthes large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids
member: ladies'_tresses__ladies'tresse__lady's_tresses an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
member: screw_augur__screwaugur__Spiranthes_cernua an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America
member: hooded_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_romanzoffiana orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America
member: western_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_porrifolia similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana;States
member: European_ladies'_tresses__Spiranthes_spiralis European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers
member: genus_Stanhopea genus of tropical American epiphytic orchids
member: stanhopea any of various orchids of the genus Stanhopea having a single large leaf and loose racemes of large fragrant flowers of various colors; Mexico to Brazil
member: genus_Stelis genus of small caespitose orchids of tropical America
member: stelis any of various small tropical American orchids of the genus Stelis having long slender racemes of numerous small to minute flowers
member: genus_Trichoceros__Trichoceros small genus of small epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of tropical South America
member: fly_orchid__flyorchid any of several dwarf creeping orchids with small bizarre insectlike hairy flowers on slender stalks
member: genus_Vanda genus of showy epiphytic orchids of Himalayas to Malaysia
member: vanda any of numerous showy orchids of the genus Vanda having many large flowers in loose racemes
member: blue_orchid__Vanda_coerulea famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
member: genus_Vanilla large genus of tropical climbing orchids; Old and New Worlds
member: vanilla.orchid any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers
member: vanilla_orchid__vanillaorchid__Vanilla_planifolia climbing non-ornamental orchid bearing a podlike fruit yielding vanilla beans; widely cultivated from Florida southward throughout tropical America
member: family_Burmanniaceae__Burmanniaceae family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers
member: genus_Burmannia__Burmannia type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth
member: order_Liliales__Liliales an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
member: family_Juncaceae__Juncaceae__rush_family tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
member: rush grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
member: genus_Juncus__Juncus type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
member: bulrush__bullrush__common_rush__soft_rush__Juncus_effusus tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
member: family_Dioscoreaceae__Dioscoreaceae__yam_family__yamfamily yams
member: genus_Dioscorea__Dioscorea yams
member: yam_plant__yamplant__yam any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
member: tortoise_plant__elephant's-foot__Hottentot_bread_vine__Hottentot's_bread_vine__Dioscorea_elephantipes South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
member: wild_yam__Dioscorea_paniculata having a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disorders
member: genus_Tamus__Tamus a genus of tuberous-rooted vines of the family Dioscoreaceae; has twining stems and heart-shaped leaves and axillary racemes
member: black_bryony__blackbryony__black_bindweed__blackbindweed__Tamus_communis common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries
member: family_Haemodoraceae__Haemodoraceae__bloodwort_family__bloodwortfamily some genera placed in family Liliaceae
member: bloodwort any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter
member: genus_Haemodorum__Haemodorum type genus of family Haemodoraceae
member: genus_Anigozanthus__Anigozanthus genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and cat's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
member: kangaroo_paw__kangaroo's-foot__kangaroo-foot_plant__Australian_sword_lily__Anigozanthus_manglesii sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
member: family_Iridaceae__Iridaceae__iris_family large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs
member: iridaceous_plant any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
member: genus_Belamcanda__Belamcanda a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
member: blackberry-lily__leopard_lily__leopardlily__Belamcanda_chinensis garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
member: genus_Crocus a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
member: crocus any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
member: genus_Freesia cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa
member: freesia any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers
member: genus_Gladiolus gladiolas
member: gladiolus__gladiolu__gladiola__sword_lily__swordlily any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
member: genus_Ixia__Ixia a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
member: corn_lily any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated
member: genus_Sisyrinchium__Sisyrinchium chiefly North American grasslike herbs
member: blue-eyed_grass plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
member: genus_Sparaxis__Sparaxis deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa
member: wandflower__Sparaxis_tricolor a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers
member: family_Amaryllidaceae__Amaryllidaceae__amaryllis_family__amaryllisfamily snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
member: amaryllis__amarylli bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
member: genus_Amaryllis type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa
member: belladonna_lily__naked_lady__nakedlady__Amaryllis_belladonna amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers
member: genus_Bomarea__Bomarea large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae
member: salsilla__Bomarea_edulis tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America
member: Bomarea_salsilla__salsilla tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia
member: genus_Haemanthus__Haemanthus genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies
member: blood_lily__bloodlily any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia
member: Cape_tulip__Haemanthus_coccineus spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africa
member: genus_Hippeastrum bulbous flowering plants of tropical America
member: hippeastrum__Hippeastrum_puniceum amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers
member: genus_Narcissus Old World perennial bulbous herbs
member: narcissus__narcissu bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
member: genus_Strekelia__Strekelia a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family
member: Jacobean_lily__Aztec_lily__Strekelia_formosissima Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower
member: family_Hypoxidaceae__Hypoxidaceae in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
member: genus_Hypoxis__Hypoxis small plants that resemble Amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass
member: star_grass any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America
member: family_Liliaceae__Liliaceae__lily_family includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae
member: liliaceous_plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
member: genus_Lilium__Lilium type genus of Liliaceae
member: lily any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
member: mountain_lily__Lilium_auratum golden-rayed lily of Japan
member: genus_Agapanthus small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae
member: agapanthus__lily_of_the_Nile any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers
member: blue_African_lily__African_lily__African_tulip__Agapanthus_africanus African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
member: genus_Albuca genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
member: albuca any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa
member: genus_Aletris__Aletris small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: colicroot__colic_root__colicroot__crow_corn__star_grass__unicorn_root__unicornroot any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
member: ague_root__ague_grass__Aletris_farinosa colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers; southeastern United States
member: yellow_colicroot__Aletris_aurea colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States
member: family_Alliaceae__Alliaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes especially genus Allium
member: genus_Allium__Allium large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus
member: alliaceous_plant bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
member: wild_onion any of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wild
member: Hooker's_onion__Allium_acuminatum a common North American wild onion with a strong onion odor and an umbel of pink flowers atop a leafless stalk; British Columbia to California and Arizona and east to Wyoming and Colorado
member: family_Aloeaceae__Aloeaceae__aloe_family one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: genus_Aloe large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae
member: aloe succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
member: genus_Kniphofia genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae
member: kniphofia__tritoma__flameflower a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
member: family_Alstroemeriaceae__Alstroemeriaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae
member: genus_Alstroemeria genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae
member: alstroemeria any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers
member: Peruvian_lily__lily_of_the_Incas__Alstroemeria_pelegrina an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lilylike flowers
member: genus_Amianthum__Amianthum 1 species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: fly_poison__flypoison__Amianthum_muscaetoxicum__Amianthum_muscitoxicum all parts of plant are highly toxic; bulb pounded and used as a fly poison; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
member: genus_Anthericum__Anthericum genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
member: Saint-Bernard's-lily__Anthericum_liliago southern European plant commonly cultivated for its spikes of small starry greenish-white flowers
member: amber_lily__amberlily__Anthericum_torreyi plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America
member: family_Aphyllanthaceae__Aphyllanthaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Aphyllanthes
member: genus_Aphyllanthes__Aphyllanthes 1 species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae
member: family_Asparagaceae__Asparagaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae: includes genera Asparagus and sometimes Ruscus
member: genus_Asparagus large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
member: edible_asparagus__asparagus__asparagu__Asparagus_officinales plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
member: asparagus_fern__asparagusfern__Asparagus_setaceous__Asparagus_plumosus a fernlike plant native to South Africa
member: smilax__Asparagus_asparagoides fragile twining plant of South Africa with bright green flattened stems and glossy foliage popular as a floral decoration
member: family_Asphodelaceae__Asphodelaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
member: asphodel any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
member: genus_Asphodeline__Asphodeline genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
member: Jacob's_rod asphodel having erect smooth unbranched stem either flexuous or straight
member: king's_spear__yellow_asphodel__Asphodeline_lutea asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
member: genus_Asphodelus__Asphodelus small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae
member: genus_Aspidistra genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae
member: aspidistra__cast-iron_plant__bar-room_plant__Aspidistra_elatio evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
member: genus_Bessera__Bessera small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
member: coral_drops__coraldrop__Bessera_elegans half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
member: genus_Blandfordia__Blandfordia small species of tuberous-rooted Australian perennial herbs
member: Christmas_bells any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers
member: genus_Bloomeria__Bloomeria small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
member: golden_star__golden_stars__Bloomeria_crocea California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
member: genus_Bowiea__Bowiea small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: climbing_onion__Bowiea_volubilis much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large above-ground bulbs
member: genus_Brodiaea genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae
member: brodiaea any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
member: elegant_brodiaea__elegantbrodiaea__Brodiaea_elegans brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California
member: genus_Calochortus__Calochortus large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
member: mariposa_tulip__mariposa__mariposa_lily any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
member: globe_lily__globelily__fairy_lantern__fairylantern any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
member: cat's-ear__cat'sear any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears
member: white_globe_lily__whiteglobelily__white_fairy_lantern__whitefairylantern__Calochortus_albus globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
member: yellow_globe_lily__golden_fairy_lantern__Calochortus_amabilis globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
member: rose_globe_lily__Calochortus_amoenus globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
member: star_tulip__elegant_cat's_ears__Calochortus_elegans small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
member: desert_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_kennedyi mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
member: yellow_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_luteus mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
member: sagebrush_mariposa_tulip__Calochortus_macrocarpus mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
member: genus_Camassia__Camassia__Quamassia__genus_Quamassia genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs
member: camas__cama__camass__quamash__camash any of several plants of the genus Camassia; North and South America
member: common_camas__Camassia_quamash plant having a large edible bulb and linear basal leaves and racemes of light to deep violet-blue star-shaped flowers on tall green scapes; western North America
member: Leichtlin's_camas__Camassia_leichtlinii west of Cascade Mountains
member: indigo_squill__wild_hyacinth__Camassia_scilloides eastern camas; eastern and central North America
member: genus_Erythronium__Erythronium perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily
member: dogtooth_violet__dogtooth__dog's-tooth_violet__dog'stoothviolet perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
member: avalanche_lily__avalanchelily__Erythronium_montanum perennial herb having large white orange-marked flowers; found near snow line in northwestern United States
member: genus_Fritillaria__Fritillaria fritillary
member: checkered_lily__checkeredlily__fritillary any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
member: genus_Tulipa__Tulipa Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
member: tulip any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower
member: family_Colchicaceae__Colchicaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa
member: genus_Colchicum__Colchicum chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae
member: autumn_crocus__meadow_saffron__naked_lady__nakedlady__Colchicum_autumnale bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
member: genus_Gloriosa sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily
member: gloriosa__glory_lily__glorylily__climbing_lily__creeping_lily__Gloriosa_superba any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous
member: family_Hemerocallidaceae__Hemerocallidaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hemerocallis
member: genus_Hemerocallis__Hemerocallis east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae
member: day_lily__daylily any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lilylike flowers that bloom for only a day
member: lemon_lily__lemonlily__Hemerocallis_lilio-asphodelus__Hemerocallis_flava a day lily with yellow flowers
member: family_Hostaceae__Hostaceae__Funkaceae__family_Funkaceae one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; includes genus Hosta
member: genus_Hosta__Hosta__Funka__genus_Funka robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae
member: plantain_lily__day_lily__daylily any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover
member: family_Hyacinthaceae__Hyacinthaceae one of many families or subfamilies in which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: genus_Hyacinthus sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus
member: hyacinth any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs
member: genus_Hyacinthoides__Hyacinthoides small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: wild_hyacinth__wood_hyacinth__bluebell__harebell__Hyacinthoides_nonscripta__Scilla_nonscripta sometimes placed in genus Scilla
member: genus_Ornithogalum__Ornithogalum sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: star-of-Bethlehem__starofbethlehem any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers
member: genus_Muscari__Muscari sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: grape_hyacinth__grapehyacinth any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes
member: genus_Scilla sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae
member: scilla__squill an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers
member: genus_Tofieldia__Tofieldia genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: false_asphodel__falseasphodel a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers
member: Scotch_asphodel__Tofieldia_pusilla false asphodel having spikes of white or white-green flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe
member: genus_Urginea__Urginea Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
member: sea_squill__seasquill__sea_onion__seaonion__squill__Urginea_maritima having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties
member: genus_Ruscus__Ruscus a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae
member: butcher's_broom__Ruscus_aculeatus shrub with stiff-pointed flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
member: family_Melanthiaceae__Melanthiaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: includes Aletris; Narthecium; Veratrum
member: genus_Narthecium__Narthecium bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: bog_asphodel__bogasphodel either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions
member: genus_Veratrum__Veratrum a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae
member: false_hellebore__falsehellebore__hellebore perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes
member: family_Ruscaceae__Ruscaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: family_Tecophilaeacea__Tecophilaeacea one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: genus_Xerophyllum__Xerophyllum small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: squaw_grass__squawgras__bear_grass__Xerophyllum_tenax plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
member: family_Xanthorrhoeaceae__Xanthorrhoeaceae__grass_tree_family one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: genus_Xanthorroea__Xanthorroea grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae
member: Australian_grass_tree__grass_tree__grasstree any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
member: genus_Zigadenus__Zigadenus genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
member: death_camas__zigadene any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
member: alkali_grass__Zigadenus_elegans plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers
member: white_camas__Zigadenus_glaucus plant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purple; poisonous especially to grazing animals
member: poison_camas__Zigadenus_nuttalli a common perennial death camas; Tennessee to Kansas to Texas
member: grassy_death_camas__Zigadenus_venenosus__Zigadenus_venenosus_gramineus plant of western North America to Mexico; poisonous especially to grazing animals
member: genus_Paris__Paris sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae
member: herb_Paris__Paris_quadrifolia European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous
member: subfamily_Smilacaceae__Smilacaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: genus_Smilax__Smilax sometimes placed in Smilacaceae
member: sarsaparilla.vine any of various prickly climbing plants of the tropical American genus Smilax having aromatic roots and heart-shaped leaves
member: bullbrier__greenbrier__catbrier__horsebrier__brier__briar__Smilax_rotundifolia a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
member: family_Convallariaceae__Convallariaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted
member: genus_Convallaria__Convallaria sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley
member: lily_of_the_valley__lilies_of_the_valley__May_lily__Convallaria_majalis low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries
member: genus_Clintonia sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae
member: clintonia__Clinton's_lily any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries
member: red_Clintonia__Andrew's_clintonia__Clintonia_andrewsiana plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by an umbellike cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
member: yellow_clintonia__heal_all__Clintonia_borealis common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
member: queen's_cup__queen'scup__bride's_bonnet__bride'sbonnet__Clintonia_uniflora plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana
member: genus_Liriope__Liriope sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf
member: lilyturf__lily_turf__Liriope_muscari Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover
member: genus_Maianthemum__Maianthemum sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley
member: Maianthemum_canadense__false_lily_of_the_valley small two-leaved herb of the northern United States and parts of Canada having racemes of small fragrant white flowers
member: false_lily_of_the_valley__Maianthemum_bifolium small white-flowered plant of western Europe to Japan
member: genus_Polygonatum__Polygonatum sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae
member: Solomon's-seal any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal
member: subfamily_Uvulariaceae__Uvulariaceae one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae
member: genus_Uvularia__Uvularia genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States
member: bellwort__merry_bells__merrybell__wild_oats any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
member: cornflower__strawflower__Uvularia_grandiflora plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried
member: family_Trilliaceae__Trilliaceae__trillium_family small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
member: genus_Trillium deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae
member: trillium__wood_lily__wake-robin any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
member: family_Taccaceae__Taccaceae small family of tropical herbs
member: genus_Tacca__Tacca genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers
member: pia__indianarrowroot__Tacca_leontopetaloides__Tacca_pinnatifida perennial herb of East India to Polynesia and Australia cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch
member: family_Agavaceae__Agavaceae__agave_family__agavefamily__sisal_family__sisalfamily chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae
member: agave__century_plant__centuryplant__American_aloe tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
member: genus_Agave type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
member: American_agave__Agave_americana widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
member: sisal__Agave_sisalana Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
member: maguey__cantala__agavecantala Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
member: Agave_atrovirens__maguey Mexican plant used especially for making pulque the source of the colorless Mexican liquor mescal
member: Agave_tequilana Mexican plant used especially for making tequila
member: genus_Cordyline__Cordyline Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants
member: ti__Cordyline_terminalis shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
member: grass_tree__grasstree__cabbage_tree__cabbagetree__cordylineaustrali elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
member: subfamily_Dracenaceae__Dracenaceae__Dracaenaceae__subfamily_Dracaenaceae one of two subfamilies to which some classification systems assign some members of the Agavaceae
member: genus_Dracaena Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
member: dracaena often cultivated for the decorative foliage
member: genus_Nolina__Nolina perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
member: Nolina_microcarpa__bear_grass stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
member: genus_Polianthes__Polianthes genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lilylike flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
member: tuberose__Polianthes_tuberosa a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lilylike waxy white flowers
member: genus_Sansevieria Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae
member: sansevieria__bowstring_hemp__bowstringhemp grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber
member: genus_Yucca tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae
member: yucca any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
member: order_Naiadales__Naiadales__Alismales__order_Alismales an order of aquatic monocotyledonous herbaceous plants
member: family_Naiadaceae__Naiadaceae__Najadaceae__family_Najadaceae__naiad_family__naiadfamily monotypic family of aquatic plants having narrow leaves and small flowers
member: genus_Naias__Naias__Najas__genus_Najas sole genus of the family Naiadaceae
member: naiad.aquatic_plant__water_nymph__waternymph submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
member: family_Alismataceae__Alismataceae__water-plantain_family perennial or annual aquatic or marsh plants
member: genus_Alisma__Alisma small genus of aquatic or semiaquatic plants
member: water_plantain__waterplantain__Alisma_plantago-aquatica marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves
member: genus_Sagittaria__Sagittaria genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
member: family_Hydrocharitaceae__Hydrocharitaceae__Hydrocharidaceae__family_Hydrocharidaceae__frogbit_family__frogbitfamily__frog's-bit_family simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed
member: genus_Hydrocharis__Hydrocharis frogbit
member: frogbit__frog's-bit__Hydrocharis_morsus-ranae European floating plant with roundish heart-shaped leaves and white flowers
member: genus_Hydrilla 1 species
member: hydrilla__Hydrilla_verticillata submersed plant with whorled lanceolate leaves and solitary axillary flowers; Old World plant naturalized in southern United States and clogging Florida's waterways
member: genus_Limnobium__Limnobium American frogbit
member: American_frogbit__Limnodium_spongia American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches
member: genus_Elodea__Elodea__pondweed__ditchmoss__ditchmos submerged freshwater perennials
member: waterweed a weedy aquatic plant of genus Elodea
member: genus_Egeria__Egeria small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plants
member: genus_Vallisneria__Vallisneria eelgrass; eel grass
member: tape_grass__eelgrass__wild_celery__Vallisneria_spiralis submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves; Old World and Australia
member: family_Potamogetonaceae__Potamogetonaceae__pondweed_family plants that grow in ponds and slow streams; sometimes includes family Zosteraceae
member: pondweed any of several submerged or floating freshwater perennial aquatic weeds belonging to the family Potamogetonaceae
member: genus_Potamogeton__Potamogeton a large genus of aquatic herbs found in quiet waters in temperate regions; leaves usually float on the water
member: curleyleaf_pondweed__curled_pondweed__Potamogeton_crispus European herb naturalized in the eastern United States and California
member: variously-leaved_pondweed__Potamogeton_gramineous of Europe (except the Mediterranean area) and the northern United States
member: loddon_pondweed__Potamogeton_nodosus__Potamogeton_americanus pondweed with floating leaves; of northern United States and Europe
member: genus_Groenlandia__Groenlandia a monocotyledonous genus of the family Potamogetonaceae
member: frog's_lettuce very similar to Potamogeton; of western Africa, Asia, and Europe
member: genus_Zostera__Zostera (or in some classifications family Zosteraceae) small genus of widely distributed marine plants
member: eelgrass__grass_wrack__sea_wrack__seawrack__Zostera_marina submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
member: family_Scheuchzeriaceae__Scheuchzeriaceae__Juncaginaceae__family_Juncaginaceae__arrow-grass_family__arrowgrassfamily a family of monocotyledonous bog herbs of order Naiadales
member: genus_Triglochin__Triglochin perennial or annual bog or marsh plants; includes arrow grass
member: arrow_grass__arrowgras__Triglochin_maritima tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock
member: family_Zannichelliaceae__Zannichelliaceae alternative classification for some genera included in Potamogetonaceae; one species
member: genus_Zannichellia__Zannichellia horned pondweed: completely submerged herbs; in some classifications included in Potamogetonaceae
member: family_Zosteraceae__Zosteraceae__eelgrass_family used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae
member: angiospermous_tree__angiospermoustree__flowering_tree__floweringtree any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
member: flowering_shrub__floweringshrub shrub noted primarily for its flowers
member: Phanerogamae in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all seed-bearing plants; superseded by the division Spermatophyta
member: Cryptogamia in former classification systems: one of two major plant divisions, including all plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi
member: plant_family__plantfamily a family of plants
member: plant_genus__plantgenu a genus of plants
member: Lycophyta used in some classifications for the class Lycopsida: club mosses
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