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Small Stagshorn
Calocera cornea
Calocera cornea is a saprophytic jelly fungus that grows in clusters on decaying hardwood from broadleaf trees. Its fruiting bodies are small, bright yellow or orange, with a cylindrical or horn-like shape that tapers to a point. Unlike other similar fungi, its texture is firm and elastic when hydrated, becoming hard and brittle upon drying. It is a fascinating species for bioactive terrariums that mimic a temperate forest floor.
Beautyleaf / Alexandrian Laurel (genus)
Calophyllum
Calophyllum is a large genus of tropical trees in the family Calophyllaceae, known for their dense foliage, fragrant flowers, and timber value. Many species are used in coastal restoration and agroforestry systems.
Giant Milkweed (genus)
Calotropis
Calotropis is a genus of tropical and subtropical shrubs in the family Apocynaceae, native to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. It includes species such as C. procera (apple of Sodom) and C. gigantea (crown flower). All parts exude a milky latex containing cardiac glycosides, making the plant severely toxic.
Sodom apple
Calotropis procera
A tall, evergreen, drought-tolerant shrub native to North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, prized for its silvery-grey leaves, clusters of waxy white flowers tipped in purple, and inflated seed pods. Every part of the plant exudes a thick, milky latex that is highly toxic and can cause severe skin and eye irritation.
Purple-spored puffball
Calvatia cyathiformis
Calvatia cyathiformis, commonly known as the purple-spored puffball or cup-shaped puffball, is a saprobic fungus characterized by its globose fruiting body that becomes cup-shaped as it matures. Its flesh is white and firm when young, turning into a dark purple spore mass as it ages.
Capirona
Calycophyllum spruceanum
Capirona (Calycophyllum spruceanum) is a majestic Amazonian canopy tree belonging to the Rubiaceae family. Its most remarkable feature is its smooth, highly polished green-yellow bark that naturally sheds once or twice a year, exposing a fresh, gleaming surface underneath. This unique phenomenon protects the tree from lichens, fungi, epiphytes, and climbing vines, making it exceptionally resistant to pests and diseases. The dense, high-quality timber is prized for construction and woodworking, while the bark and leaves have recognized medicinal properties in traditional Amazonian medicine.
straggler daisy
Calyptocarpus vialis
Calyptocarpus vialis, commonly known as straggler daisy or horseherb, is a prostrate, mat-forming perennial native to the Southern United States and Mexico. It features small, opposite, serrated leaves and tiny yellow daisy-like flowers. It is highly valued as a native lawn alternative due to its ability to thrive in deep shade where most grasses fail, and its resilience to light foot traffic.
Bindweed / False Bindweed (genus)
Calystegia
Calystegia is a genus of herbaceous vining perennials in the family Convolvulaceae, closely related to morning glories (Ipomoea). Well-known species include C. sepium (hedge bindweed) and C. soldanella (beach morning glory). They are fast-growing climbers, often weedy or invasive in temperate gardens.
Hedge Bindweed
Calystegia sepium
Calystegia sepium, commonly known as hedge bindweed, is a vigorous perennial climber in the Convolvulaceae family. It grows rapidly by twining around fences, hedges, and other plants, reaching up to 3 meters in length. It produces white to pink trumpet-shaped flowers during the summer, similar to morning glories. It is considered invasive in many temperate regions.
Japanese Camellia
Camellia japonica
Camellia japonica, commonly known as the Japanese camellia or common camellia, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to China, Japan, and Korea. It is celebrated for its stunning, showy flowers in shades of red, pink, and white that bloom from late winter to early spring, brightening gardens when little else is flowering. Its glossy, dark green leathery leaves provide year-round ornamental interest.
Sasanqua Camellia
Camellia sasanqua
Camellia sasanqua is an evergreen ornamental shrub native to Japan, belonging to the Theaceae family. Unlike many flowering shrubs, it blooms in fall through early winter — a season when most garden plants lie dormant — producing fragrant single or semi-double flowers in shades of white, pink, red, and cream. Mature plants reach 6 to 14 feet tall with a spread of 6 to 10 feet, bearing glossy, dark green leaves year-round. Compared to Camellia japonica, the sasanqua is more sun-tolerant, faster-growing, and more adaptable to a variety of landscape uses including hedges, screens, espaliers, foundation plantings, and container gardens. With minimal care once established, it can live for 50 to over 100 years.
Tea Plant
Camellia sinensis
Camellia sinensis is the evergreen shrub whose young leaves and buds are processed into green, black, white and oolong tea. It has glossy, leathery, dark green leaves with finely toothed edges and produces fragrant, nodding white flowers with golden stamens in autumn and winter. Slow-growing and long-lived, it is usually kept as a compact bush in gardens and containers.
Bellflower
Campanula
Bellflower (Campanula) is a genus of approximately 500 flowering plant species in the family Campanulaceae, named for their distinctive bell-shaped blooms. Species range from low-growing ground covers to tall perennials, bearing flowers in shades of blue, purple, violet, white, and pink. Widely cultivated as ornamental plants in gardens and containers worldwide.
Canterbury Bells
Campanula medium
Canterbury Bells is an ornamental biennial native to Southern Europe, in the family Campanulaceae. It forms a low rosette of leaves in its first year, then sends up tall flowering stems in its second year bearing large, bell- or cup-shaped blooms in shades of blue, violet, pink and white from spring into summer.
Dalmatian Bellflower
Campanula muralis
The Dalmatian Bellflower (Campanula portenschlagiana, still widely sold as Campanula muralis) is a vigorous, mat-forming evergreen perennial native to the rocky mountains of Dalmatia, Croatia. It produces a dense carpet of small, heart-shaped leaves smothered in purple-blue, star-shaped bells from late spring through summer. Prized for rock gardens, walls, and container edges, it is remarkably easy-going once established.
Peach-leaved Bellflower
Campanula persicifolia
Campanula persicifolia, the peach-leaved bellflower, is a hardy herbaceous perennial native to the alpine and woodland regions of Europe. It forms low rosettes of narrow, peach-tree-like leaves and sends up slender, upright stems bearing open, bell-shaped flowers in shades of blue-violet or white from early to midsummer. Easy to grow and largely untroubled by pests or disease, it is a cottage-garden classic prized for borders, rock gardens, and cut-flower arrangements.
Dalmatian Bellflower
Campanula portenschlagiana
Campanula portenschlagiana, commonly known as the Dalmatian bellflower or wall bellflower, is a low-growing evergreen perennial native to the Dalmatian mountains of Croatia. It forms dense mats of heart-shaped leaves smothered in starry, funnel-shaped purple-blue bell flowers throughout summer. Extremely vigorous and hardy, it thrives in rock gardens, walls, and as ground cover, earning the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
Serbian Bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana
Campanula poscharskyana, commonly known as the Serbian Bellflower, is a low-growing, spreading perennial native to the Dinaric Alps of Serbia and the western Balkans. It produces masses of star-shaped, lavender-blue to violet flowers from late spring through fall, making it one of the most prolific and reliable flowering ground covers for gardens. It thrives in rocky crevices, walls, and slopes, spreading readily via adventitious roots. Its deer resistance, drought tolerance once established, and adaptability to various light conditions make it a favourite in rock gardens, borders, and hanging baskets.
Harebell
Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula rotundifolia, commonly known as Harebell or Scottish Bluebell, is a delicate perennial wildflower native to Europe and North America. It produces charming nodding bell-shaped flowers in shades of violet-blue, blooming from summer through fall. This hardy plant thrives in rocky gardens, meadows, and grassy slopes with minimal care.
Tall Bellflower
Campanulastrum americanum
Campanulastrum americanum, commonly called tall bellflower or American bellflower, is an erect annual or biennial wildflower native to moist, partly shaded woodlands, meadows, streambanks, and ditches across eastern and central North America. It grows on a single unbranched, light-green stem that can reach 3-6 ft (90-180 cm), lined with rough-textured, toothed, lance-to-egg-shaped leaves. From June through August it produces open, star-shaped, five-lobed flowers about 1 in. across in light-to-dark violet-blue with a white throat ring, borne solitary or clustered in the leaf axils. The flowers have a distinctive curved style that helps ensure cross-pollination by long-tongued bees, bumblebees, and hummingbirds. It self-seeds readily, and depending on when seedlings germinate it behaves as an annual or as a biennial that overwinters as a basal rosette.
Guabiroba
Campomanesia pubescens
Guabiroba (Campomanesia pubescens) is a native shrub of the Brazilian Cerrado savanna, belonging to the Myrtaceae family. It features twisted branches, simple leathery leaves, and fragrant white flowers that bloom in spring. Its small yellow fruits, resembling miniature guavas, are treasured by local wildlife and harvested for fresh eating and artisanal preparations.
Trumpet Vine
Campsis × tagliabuana
Campsis × tagliabuana is a vigorous, deciduous flowering vine born from a cross between Campsis radicans and Campsis grandiflora, first bred in Italy by the Tagliabue brothers. It climbs by aerial rootlets and produces large clusters of trumpet-shaped, salmon-to-orange-red flowers from midsummer through late summer, making it a favorite for covering pergolas, fences, and walls while attracting hummingbirds and pollinators.
Trumpet Creeper
Campsis radicans
Campsis radicans, commonly known as trumpet creeper or trumpet vine, is a vigorous deciduous woody climber native to the southeastern United States. Valued for its clusters of tubular orange-to-red (occasionally yellow) flowers that bloom from early summer through fall, it is a magnet for hummingbirds and pollinators. The vine climbs by aerial rootlets and can quickly cover walls, fences, and arbors, reaching 6-12 meters in length. Because it spreads aggressively via underground runners and self-seeding, it is considered invasive in some regions outside its native range and requires regular management. Handle with care when pruning: the sap can cause mild skin irritation (contact dermatitis) in sensitive individuals.
Pale Brittlestem
Candolleomyces candolleanus
Candolleomyces candolleanus, commonly known as the Pale Brittlestem, is a saprobic fungus frequently found in lawns, gardens, and woodlands. It features a fragile, honey-colored to white cap that flattens with age, often with veil remnants at the margin. As a mushroom, it plays a vital role in breaking down organic matter like wood chips and dead roots.
Billberg's Nidularium
Canistropsis billbergioides
Canistropsis billbergioides is a bromeliad endemic to Brazil's Atlantic Forest, celebrated for its long-lasting, colorful inflorescences that remain vibrant for 3–4 months. It forms a compact basket-shaped rosette with dark green, serrated leaves and occurs in at least 9 distinct color forms including yellow, orange, pink, red, and purple.
Canna Lily
Canna
Canna is a genus of fast-growing tropical perennials celebrated for their bold, exotic flowers in shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, and white. Native to tropical and subtropical Americas, cannas are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens and parks, delivering spectacular blooms throughout summer and fall. Their broad, lush foliage adds a dramatic tropical accent to any outdoor space.
Canna lily
Canna × hybrida
Canna × hybrida, commonly known as the Canna lily, is a spectacular perennial ornamental plant with a tropical feel, popular for its large, paddle-shaped leaves reminiscent of banana plants and its vibrant, exotic flowers. This hybrid group is extremely diverse: flowers can be red, orange, yellow, pink, or white, often with spotted or bicolor patterns, while the foliage ranges from green and burgundy to variegated stripes. A rhizomatous, fast-spreading plant, it grows 240–240 cm (2–8 feet) tall and blooms from summer to fall. It requires a sunny, warm location and nutrient-rich, well-draining soil; its cold hardiness is limited (down to USDA zones 7–10), so in colder climates, the rhizomes must be lifted for winter.
Water canna
Canna glauca
Water canna is a perennial herb in the family Cannaceae, native to wetlands of tropical and subtropical America, from the southeastern United States through Mexico, Central America, South America and the West Indies. It is easily recognized by its narrow, blue-green (glaucous) leaves and its large, pale-to-bright yellow flowers, produced from spring through fall. Unlike most cannas, it grows naturally as a marginal aquatic or bog plant, rooting in wet soil or in up to about 15 cm (6 in) of still or slow-moving water around lakes, marshes and pond edges.
Indian Shot
Canna indica
Canna indica, commonly known as Indian Shot, is a tropical rhizomatous plant native to the Americas. It produces spectacular blooms in shades of red, orange, yellow and pink atop upright stems reaching up to 2.4 meters tall. Its large paddle-shaped leaves range from deep green to green-purple, creating a bold tropical statement in gardens.
Wild Canna
Canna limbata
Wild Canna (Canna limbata) is a perennial rhizomatous herbaceous plant native to Brazil, belonging to the family Cannaceae. With broad ornamental leaves and vibrant flowers in shades of red, yellow, and orange, it is widely used in tropical gardens, borders, and landscaping. It grows upright and clumping, reaching up to 2 meters in height under ideal conditions.
Canna Lily
Canna x generalis
Canna Lily (Canna x generalis) is a hybrid herbaceous perennial widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical gardens worldwide. Resulting from crosses of various Canna species, it is renowned for its spectacular flowers in shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, and white, as well as its broad, ornamental leaves. It is one of the most popular ornamental plants in landscaping, especially in borders, poolside plantings, and tropical garden designs.
Indica Cannabis
Cannabis indica
Cannabis indica is a broad-leaf annual subspecies native to the Hindu Kush mountain range of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is distinguished by its compact stature, wide dark-green leaflets, and dense resin production. Adapted to cold, dry high-altitude climates, it completes its flowering cycle faster than Cannabis sativa. It has been used for millennia in South Asian cultural and medicinal traditions. Cultivation, possession, and use are regulated in most jurisdictions worldwide and illegal in many countries — laws vary significantly by location. This entry is strictly a botanical reference, not a cultivation guide.
Ruderalis Cannabis
Cannabis ruderalis
Cannabis ruderalis is a wild subspecies of Cannabis native to Central Asia, Russia, and Siberia. It is distinguished by its compact stature (rarely exceeding 60 cm) and its unique auto-flowering trait: it flowers based on plant maturity rather than light cycle (photoperiod). It has high CBD and low THC content, making it the subject of significant medicinal research. IMPORTANT: cultivation and possession of Cannabis ruderalis are REGULATED in most jurisdictions and laws vary significantly by country. This is a botanical reference, not a cultivation guide.
Hemp
Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa is a fast-growing annual plant in the family Cannabaceae, native to Central and South Asia. It is one of humanity's oldest cultivated plants, grown for thousands of years for fiber, food, oil, and medicine. The plant features palmate leaves with serrated leaflets, hollow stems, and produces small greenish-yellow flowers. It is dioecious, meaning male and female flowers occur on separate plants. Cannabis sativa grows vigorously in warm, sunny conditions and can reach up to 2.5 meters in height within a single growing season.
Caper Bush
Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa, the Caper Bush, is a drought-tolerant Mediterranean shrub prized for its edible flower buds — capers — widely used in European and Mediterranean cuisine. It produces striking white flowers with pink to purple stamens, blooming in spring and summer. The plant thrives in poor, rocky, well-drained soils and requires very little maintenance once established.
Shepherd's Purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris, commonly known as Shepherd's Purse, is a fast-growing annual weed in the mustard family (Brassicaceae), native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor but now naturalized worldwide. It is easily recognized by its distinctive heart-shaped (triangular) seed pods that resemble the pouches historically carried by shepherds. The plant produces a basal rosette of lobed leaves and erect stems bearing clusters of tiny white flowers. It thrives in disturbed ground, roadsides, gardens, and agricultural fields.
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