221 plants Encyclopedia

• Common name : Bitter Nightshade, Violet Bloom • Scientific name : Solanumdulcamara • Family : Solanaceae • Native land : Europe and Asia Bitter nightshade is a perennial climbing or trailing vine. It reproduces by seeds and rooting at the nodes of the prostrate stems. The plant has two leaf forms that, along with […]

• Common name : Nasturtium, Monks Cress • Scientific name : Tropaeolummajus • Family : Tropaeolaceae • Native land : South America Nasturtium is an annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plant. This variety includes climbing, dwarf, and bushy types. The stems and leafstalks are pale green in colour, hairless and somewhat fleshy. The green or

• Common name : Mustard Green • Scientific name : Brassica juncea • Family : Brassicaceae • Native land : Russia to Central Asia Mustard green is an annual, cruciferous vegetable. Mustard green has pale green foliage, with some hair on the first leaves. The lower leaves are deeply lobed, while the upper leaves are

• Common name : Great Mullein • Scientific name : Verbascumthapsus • Family : Scrophulariaceae • Native land : Europe and in temperate Asia, and North America Mullein is a hairy biennial plant. It is a common weedy plant that spreads by prolifically producing seeds. Its small yellow flowers are densely grouped on a tall

• Common name : Mother-of-millions, Chandelier Plant • Scientific name : Bryophyllumdelagoense • Family : Crassulaceae • Native land : Africa and Madagascar Mother-of-millions is a succulent perennial plant. It reproduces rapidly, producing hundreds of tiny plantlets which quickly form new colonies. It is adapted to dry conditions and can survive long periods of drought.

• Common name : Morning Glory, Japanese Morning Glory • Scientific name : Ipomoea nil • Family : Convolvulacea • Native land : California Morning glory is a climbing annual flowering herb or vine. Its leaves are broadly ovate or nearly circular, base heart-shaped, margin entire or 3-lobed. Its stem is clothed by long hair.

• Common name : Red Beebalm • Scientific name : Monardadidyma • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : North America Beebalm is a herbaceous perennial flower. The species with purple-green rosette buds show colour early in spring and grow into large red tubular flowers. Other varieties come in white and shades of pink, purple

• Common name : Mistletoe • Scientific name : Viscum album • Family : Santalaceae • Native land : Europe and Western and Southern Asia It is a hemi-parasitic shrub, that grows on the stems of other trees. This partially parasitic species is well known for its waxy white berries and in Europe is strongly

• Common name : Miracle Leaf, Air Plant • Scientific name : Bryophyllumpinnatum • Family : Crassulaceae • Native land : Madagascar Miracle leaf is a succulent perennial herb, growing widely and used in folklore medicine in tropical Africa, tropical America, India, China and Australia. Its stem is hollow, four-angled and usually branched. The leaves

• Common name : Mint • Scientific name : Menthalongifolia • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Europe, Asia, and Australia It is a very variable herbaceous perennial plant. It has square stems, opposite, aromatic leaves, and small flowers usually of a pale purple, pink, or white colour arranged in clusters, either forming separate

• Common name : Sacred Lotus • Scientific name : Nelumbonucifera • Family : Nelumbonaceae • Native land : Asia (Iran to Japan), Northern Australia Sacred lotus is an aquatic, herbaceous perennial plant. It is a large-flowered lotus. It grows up to 3-6 feet tall in shallow water and spreads by thickened rhizomes rooted in

• Common name : Lettuce • Scientific name : Lactucasativa • Family : Asteraceae • Native land : Mediterranean Regions to Siberia Lettuce is an annual glabrous herb with a thin taproot and an erect stem 30-100 cm tall, branched in the upper part. The leaves are spirally arranged, forming a dense rosette. It grows

• Common name : Lemon Verbena, Lemon Beebrush • Scientific name : Aloysiacitriodora • Family : Verbenaceae • Native land : Argentina, Chile Lemon verbena is a herbaceous perennial woody shrub. It produces shiny lanceolate green leaves that have a strong aroma (without crushing) and taste of lemon. The plants grow up to 10-15 feet

• Common name : Lemon Balm, Balm Mint • Scientific name : Melissa officinalis • Family : Lamiaceae • Native land : Southern Europe, Eastern, Mid-Western and Pacific North-West states Lemon balm is a bushy herbaceous perennial of the mint family. The leaves are wrinkled, ovate, medium and green. Tiny, two-lipped, white flowers appear in

• Common name : Wild Leek • Scientific name : Allium ampeloprasum • Family : Alliaceae • Native land : Eastern Mediterranean lands and the Middle East Leek is a hardy, vigorous, biennial plant. Leek has been known and used for centuries for its medicinal properties, although nowadays it is used mainly as food or