The common name of physianthus albens is white bladder flower. The flower is white with a tinge of red.…
The common names of phytolacca decandra are Virginian poke weed, pigeon-berry and red-ink plant. The…
Pictured is a potato leaf that has been attacked by phytophthora infestans. Phytophthora infestans is…
The common names of picea excelsa are burgundy pitch tree and Norway spruce fir. The leaves are scattered…
Pilocereus brunnowii is a type of cactus. The stem is erect and cylindrical. There are about thirteen…
The pilocereus dautwitzii cactus as a bright green, oblong stem. Tufts of small white spines spread…
The common name of pimelea is rice flower. The ligustrina hypericina variety has white flowers in round…
The common names of pinguicula vulgaris are bog violet and butter root. The flowers are violet and bloom…
Pine beauty moth is the common name of trachea piniperda. This moth is a heavy bodied insect with variegated…
Swiss stone pine is the common name of pinus cembra. The leaves are marked with silver lines and are…
The leaves of pinus contorta are bright green and small, from one to two inches long. The branches are…
The common name of pinus pinaster is cluster pine. The leaves are dark green, stiff, broad, and stout.…
The order marattiaceae, and the maratiia family, consists of stately tropical ferns with thickened,…
The hymenophyllaceae order consists of very delicate ferns. The cyatheaceae order usually consists of…
Cycadaceae is an order with more or less woody plants. The stems are thick, unbranched, columnar, or…
The common name of abutilon is flowering maple. Abutilon is also sometimes called Chinese bellflower.…
The leaves of abutilon thompsonii are variegated with yellow. It is a variety of abutilon striatum.
Pictured are leaves of various varieties of acacia. These varieties include (1) longifolia, (2) pravissima,…
Silver wattle is the common name of acacia decurrens variation dealbata. The tree is fifty or more feet…
Red-Hot Cat-Tail is the common name of acalypha hispida. This shrub is cultivated for its long red spikes…
Acalypha wilkesiana variation macafeana has red leaves marked with crimson and bronze. It is said to…
Acanthopanax ricinifolium variation maximowiczii has leaves that are deeply 5-7 lobed. The lobes are…
The trunk of the acanthophoenix crinita tree is fifty to sixty feet tall. The leaves are seven to thirteen…
Pictured is an acanthus decoration of an architectural column. Supposedly the acanthus leaves afforded…
Acanthus spinosissimus leaves are dark green. The leaves are arranged on a common stalk.
Acer miyabei is a variety of maple. The tree grows up to forty feet tall and the branches are corky.…
Pictured is an upright tip shoot of Norway maple. Norway maple is the common name of Acer platanoides.…
The leaves of acer japonicum are 7-11 lobed and 3-6 inches across. The leaves are light green with silky…
Acer ginnala grows twenty feet tall. The leaves are three lobes. The flowers are yellowish and fragrant.
The common names of acer saccharinum are white or silver maple. The tree is large, about one hundred…
Common sugar maple and rock maple are the common names of acer saccharum. The leaves are 3-5 lobed and…
Black sugar maple is the common name of acer nigrum. The leaves are generally three lobed and five to…
Achimenes longiflora flowers are violet-blue and whitish beneath. The flowers grow alone on each stem.…
The flowers of Achimenes grandiflora are very large and distinctly red tinged. The leaves are mostly…
The flowers of Acidanthera bicolor are creamy white and blotched chocolate-brown within. The flowers…
The flowers of Acineta barkeri are yellow striped with red-brown. The pseudobulbs has a cone shape,…
The common name of Aconite uncinatum is wild monkshood. The flowers are blue and the leaves are thick,…
The common name of Aconite autumnal is autumn aconite. The stem is three to five feet tall. The leaves…
Actinide argot is a high climbing shrub. There are three or more white flowers. The fruit is greenish…
The leaves of Actinoepis coronary are opoosite, except for the upper ones. The flowers are some of the…
The leaves of adiantum farleyense often reach between fifteen and twenty four inches in length. The…
The leaves of Adiantum continuum are twelve to eighteen inches long and grow on stout, black stalks.…
The leaves of Adiantum capillus-veneris are six to twenty inches long and three to each inches wide.…
Aechmea miniata variety discolor has purple leaves or leaves that are violet-brown on the back.
The leaves of Aerides odoratum are six to eight inches long and up to two inches broad. The flowers…
Common horse chestnut is the common name of Aesculus hippocastanum. The tree is large, between sixty…
The common names of agapanthus umbellatus are African Lily and Lily-of-the-Nile. The flowers are blue…
The Agates orientalist tree grows one hundred feet tall. The leaves are opposite or alternate. The cones…
The leaves of Agave franzosinii are lance shaped, roughish, and white. The leaves are also have a large,…
The leaves of Agave americana are smooth, gray, and lance shaped. The plant has moderately large gray…
Pictured is the cross section of a leaf of Agave attenuate. The leaves are spreading with recurved tips.…
Agave angustissima is a closely allied form with agave schidigera. The leaves are often narrow and reddened.…
The leaves of Ageratum houstonianum are heart shaped at the base. The flowers are blue.
Aglaonema costatum is very dwarf and compact. The leaves are thick, heart shaped, and three inches wide.…
Ajuga reptans variety variegate has leaves splashed and edged with creamy yellow.
Allamanda cathartica variety hendersonii is tall, vigorous, and free flowering. The leaves are large,…
The common name of Allium fistulosum is welsh onion. It has no distinct bulb, but only an enlarged base…
The flowers of Allium moly are numerous and appear in early spring. The leaves are flat and broad.