Archives: Native Plants

Silver Lupine (Lupinus albifrons)

A silver lupine shrub showing its namesake silvery, silky-haired foliage. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Lupinus albifrons, commonly called Silver

Limber Honeysuckle (Lonicera dioica)

Limber honeysuckle’s red-and-yellow flower whorl rising from a disc of fused leaves, Ontario. Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0

Ouachita Blazing Star (Liatris compacta)

Ouachita blazing star in bloom, Lake Catherine State Park, Hot Spring County, Arkansas. Photo: Eric Hunt, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Liatris compacta, the Ouachita

Humboldt Lily (Lilium humboldtii)

Wild Humboldt lily (subsp. ocellatum) in Corral Canyon, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Lilium humboldtii, the

Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii)

A gopher apple colony carpeting the sandy floor of a pine woodland, Palm Harbor, Florida. Photo: Dsandii, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Licania michauxii (also

Pūkiawe (Leptecophylla tameiameiae)

Pūkiawe growing on an open Maui hillside. Photo: Forest and Kim Starr (CC BY 3.0 us) Leptecophylla tameiameiae (syn. Styphelia tameiameiae), known in Hawaiian as

Giant Wildrye (Leymus condensatus)

A mature giant wildrye clump on a shaded California slope. Photo: Daderot, University of California Botanical Garden (Public domain) Leymus condensatus, commonly called giant wildrye,

American Dunegrass (Leymus mollis)

American dunegrass anchoring a foredune at Stone Lagoon on the northern California coast. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz (CC BY 4.0) Leymus mollis (syn. Elymus mollis),

Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)

A wood nettle clump showing its broad, coarsely toothed leaves and loose, branching flower clusters. Photo: Cbaile19 via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Laportea canadensis, commonly called

Texas Lantana (Lantana urticoides)

A Texas lantana flower cluster, with newly opened yellow florets at the center and older orange-red florets around the rim. Photo: Clinton & Charles Robertson

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