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Blackbean
Castanospermum australe
Castanospermum australe, commonly known as Blackbean or Moreton Bay Chestnut, is a slow-growing tropical tree native to the rainforests of eastern Australia. As a houseplant, it is prized for its ornamental seeds and lush dark-green glossy foliage, and is popular as a "lucky bean" plant. WARNING: raw seeds are TOXIC — they contain castanospermine, saponins, and alkaloids; safe only after proper processing.
Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja integra
Castilleja integra (Wholeleaf Indian Paintbrush) is a perennial wildflower native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Its vivid scarlet-to-orange bracts resemble a paintbrush dipped in red paint, while the true flowers hide within. A facultative root hemiparasite, it taps into neighboring plant roots to extract water and nutrients.
Casuarina
Casuarina equisetifolia
Casuarina equisetifolia is a fast-growing tree native to Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands, now widely naturalized in tropical and subtropical coastal regions worldwide. Despite its conifer-like appearance, it is an angiosperm: its thin, jointed, horsetail-like branches replace true leaves (which are reduced to scales) and perform photosynthesis, drastically reducing water loss through evapotranspiration. It can reach 15 to 40 meters in height, with a straight trunk and rough, fissured grayish to brownish bark. Its roots form a symbiosis with Frankia bacteria, fixing atmospheric nitrogen and improving poor soils. It is extremely tolerant of salinity, strong winds, and sandy soils, making it one of the most used species globally for dune stabilization and coastal erosion control.
Water Whorlgrass
Catabrosa aquatica
Water whorlgrass is a low, stoloniferous semi-aquatic grass native to wet meadows, stream margins and pond edges across the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It forms creeping mats of pale green, glossy blades and sends up loose, airy flower panicles in summer. Because it roots readily at the nodes, it spreads steadily along muddy banks and shallow water, making it a useful marginal or bog-garden species rather than a houseplant.
Southern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
Catalpa bignonioides, commonly known as the Southern Catalpa or Indian Bean Tree, is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States, particularly the lower Mississippi Valley region of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida. Celebrated for its dramatic ornamental qualities, it produces enormous heart-shaped leaves up to 30 cm across and spectacular clusters of trumpet-shaped white flowers with yellow and purple markings in late spring to early summer. The tree reaches a mature height of 12–18 metres with a broad, irregular crown spanning 10–12 metres, making it an impressive shade tree for large gardens and parks. Its most distinctive feature — besides the showy flowers — is the production of long, slender seed pods resembling cigars or beans, which hang from the branches well into winter and give rise to several of its common names. Catalpa bignonioides has been widely cultivated across Europe and North America since the 18th century. It thrives in full sun to partial shade and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions, including clay and periodically waterlogged soils. The species is notably drought-tolerant once established and hardy in USDA zones 5–9, making it adaptable to many temperate climates.
Northern Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa
Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) is a large, fast-growing deciduous tree native to the central eastern United States. It is renowned for its showy white bell-shaped flowers with purple and yellow markings in late spring, and its distinctive long cigar-shaped seedpods that persist through winter. Widely planted as a shade and ornamental tree in parks, large gardens, and urban streetscapes, it is valued for its adaptability to a wide range of soil and climate conditions.
Cupid's dart
Catananche caerulea
Catananche caerulea, commonly known as Cupid's dart, is a short-lived perennial ornamental plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. It is native to the western Mediterranean, Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Italy), and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). Its grayish-green, narrow leaves form a basal rosette and are covered with fine, downy hairs. Growing 30–60 cm tall, its branched stems are topped with papery, bluish-purple (rarely white) flower heads with dark centers. These bloom from early summer to late autumn, decorating the garden and attracting butterflies. They remain decorative even when dried, making them a popular choice for dried flower arrangements.
Fern-grass
Catapodium rigidum
Catapodium rigidum, known as fern-grass, is a small and elegant annual grass native to the Mediterranean region and Western Europe. Its stems are stiff and branched, creating a geometric appearance reminiscent of small fern fronds. It is a pioneer plant that thrives in poor soils, rock crevices, and coastal dunes, being extremely resistant to drought and heat.
Catasetum
Catasetum
Catasetum is a genus of roughly 166 species of deciduous, epiphytic orchids native to the tropical forests of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as Argentina. Plants form clusters of ribbed, fleshy pseudobulbs topped with pleated leaves that are shed completely once each year. Catasetum is famous among orchid growers for producing separate male and female flowers, sometimes even on the same inflorescence, and for its explosive pollination mechanism: brushing the antennae-like appendages on a male flower triggers the column to catapult a sticky pollen packet onto a visiting insect.
Madagascar periwinkle
Catharanthus roseus
Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as the Madagascar periwinkle, is a hardy evergreen subshrub. It features glossy, oval-shaped dark green leaves with a pale midrib and produces abundant five-petaled flowers. While native to Madagascar, it has become a staple in tropical and subtropical gardens worldwide due to its heat tolerance and continuous blooming habit.
Corsage Orchid
Cattleya
Cattleya is an iconic genus of approximately 110 epiphytic and lithophytic orchid species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico to Argentina. Known as the "Queen of Orchids," the genus is celebrated for its large, fragrant, and showy flowers in vivid shades of pink, lavender, white, and yellow. In the Bloom database, a legacy entry "Cattleya spp" exists as an older collective reference for the genus. This "Cattleya" entry was created specifically for genus-level matching from Plant.id automated identifications.
Easter Cattleya
Cattleya intermedia
Cattleya intermedia is an epiphytic orchid native to the Atlantic coastal forests of southern Brazil (São Paulo, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul states), as well as Uruguay and Argentina. It grows on rocks and tree branches in humid coastal environments. The species produces large, fragrant, long-lasting flowers in white, lavender, and pale pink with a vibrant magenta lip, blooming in spring and summer.
Crimson Cattleya
Cattleya labiata
Cattleya labiata is an epiphytic orchid native to northeastern Brazil, found in states such as Ceará, Pernambuco, Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, and Paraíba. Known as the "Queen of the Sertão" (Brazilian outback), it is one of Brazil's most emblematic orchids and was officially designated as the flower symbol of Ceará state in 2025. Its club-shaped pseudobulbs can reach 25cm in height, with a single thick, leathery light-green leaf. It produces 2 to 5 flowers per bloom, each measuring 15-20cm, in shades of pink, lilac, purple, and white, with a vibrant lip and a distinctive fragrance that inspired the famous Chanel N°5 perfume.
Mendel's Cattleya
Cattleya mendelii
Cattleya mendelii, commonly known as Mendel's Cattleya, is a stunning epiphytic orchid native to the cloud forests of Colombia. It produces large, showy flowers with white to pale pink petals and sepals, crowned by a magnificent crimson-purple lip with a yellow throat. Celebrated for its intense fragrance and elegant blooms, it is considered one of the most graceful species in the Cattleya genus. It grows as a unifoliate epiphyte, meaning each pseudobulb bears a single leaf, and blooms reliably in late spring.
Cattleya Orchid
Cattleya spp
Cattleya (Cattleya spp) is a genus of epiphytic orchids native to the Atlantic Forest of Brazil and other tropical regions of South and Central America. Known as the Queen of Orchids, it produces large, showy flowers in vibrant shades of purple, pink, white, yellow, and orange. It is among the most cultivated orchids in the world, prized by collectors and orchid enthusiasts alike.
Christmas Orchid
Cattleya trianae
Cattleya trianae, the Christmas Orchid or Winter Cattleya, is the national flower of Colombia. This epiphytic orchid from the Andean cloud forests produces spectacular blooms in shades of purple, white, and pink with a distinctive lip, flowering from late December through early spring.
Wittig's Cattleya
Cattleya wittigiana
Cattleya wittigiana is a mini-miniature epiphytic orchid native to the misty cloud forests of the Mata Atlantica in Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil, where it clings to mossy, rough-barked trees at elevations of 700-2000 m. Formerly classified as Sophronitis wittigiana (and closely related to Cattleya coccinea), it produces tiny globular pseudobulbs, each topped with a single stiff leathery leaf, yet surprises growers with rose-pink to magenta flowers 4-6.5 cm across during the winter months. In habitat it is pollinated by hummingbirds and thrives in cool, bright, windy, humid conditions typical of exposed mountain ridges.
Inland Jersey Tea
Ceanothus herbaceus
Inland Jersey Tea (Ceanothus herbaceus) is a compact, deciduous shrub native to prairies, rocky glades, and sandy hills across central and eastern North America. Growing 2–3 feet tall, it produces dense clusters of small white flowers in spring and early summer, attracting butterflies and native pollinators. Exceptionally drought-tolerant once established, it thrives in poor, well-drained soils and requires minimal care, making it ideal for native plant gardens and low-maintenance landscapes.
Blueblossom
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, known as blueblossom, is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to the coastal ranges of California and Oregon. Valued for its dense clusters of powder-blue to deep-blue flowers that bloom in spring, it belongs to the buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae) and thrives in Mediterranean-climate gardens.
Glaziou's Cecropia
Cecropia glaziovii
Cecropia glaziovii, commonly known as Glaziou's Cecropia or Red Embauba, is a fast-growing pioneer tree native to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. It is characterized by large lobed leaves that are green on top and silvery-white below, and reddish new growth that gives it its Portuguese common name. It can reach up to 16 meters in height within a decade, making it one of the fastest-growing trees in the Atlantic Forest.
Trumpet Tree
Cecropia pachystachya
The trumpet tree (Cecropia pachystachya) is a fast-growing pioneer tree native to South America, belonging to the Urticaceae family. Known for its umbrella-shaped canopy, it reaches 6 to 15 meters in height. Its large, deeply lobed leaves are dark green above and silvery below, giving the tree a distinctive two-toned look. The hollow, jointed stem is inhabited by Azteca ants in a classic mutualistic relationship: the tree provides shelter and Mullerian food bodies, while the ants defend it against herbivores and smothering vines. It rapidly colonizes forest gaps, edges, and disturbed land, making it a key species in ecological restoration, and its leaves have a long history of use in traditional herbal medicine.
Spanish Cedar
Cedrela odorata
Spanish Cedar (Cedrela odorata) is a majestic tropical tree in the Meliaceae family, native to the Neotropics from Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Argentina. Its aromatic heartwood is naturally termite- and rot-resistant, making it one of the most prized timbers in Latin America. The tree is also valued for reforestation, agroforestry, and traditional medicine.
Atlas cedar
Cedrus atlantica
The Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) is a large, evergreen coniferous tree belonging to the pine family (Pinaceae), native to the Atlas Mountains of North Africa and the Rif Mountains, as well as the Tell Atlas region of Algeria. In its youth, it develops a regular conical crown, but as it matures, it flattens out with spreading, horizontal, or drooping branches. Its grayish-green, short needles sit in clusters on short shoots and are scattered on long shoots, while its upright, barrel-shaped cones turn from greenish-blue to a shiny brown over 2-3 years. In its native habitat, it can grow up to 30-40 meters tall, making it one of the largest coniferous species.
Deodar Cedar
Cedrus deodara
The deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara) is a large evergreen conifer native to the western Himalayas, from Afghanistan to India and Nepal, where it grows at elevations of 1,500-3,200 m. A true cedar in the Pinaceae family, it forms a broad, pyramidal crown with graceful, drooping branch tips and soft, blue-green to silvery needles arranged in dense whorls. Mature landscape trees typically reach 12-15 m tall with a wide spread, and can live for centuries. Revered in the Himalayas as "Devadaru" - Sanskrit for "wood of the gods" - it is prized both as a stately ornamental tree and, historically, for its rot-resistant, fragrant timber.
Kapok Tree
Ceiba pentandra
The Kapok Tree (Ceiba pentandra) is one of the tallest trees in the Amazon rainforest, capable of exceeding 60 meters in height and living for more than 300 years. Known for its thorny trunk in youth and the massive buttress roots that anchor its umbrella-shaped crown above the forest canopy, it is revered as the "Queen of the Forest" and holds a central place in the cosmology of many Amazonian peoples, as well as in Maya mythology, where it was regarded as the sacred World Tree (Yax Che) connecting the underworld, earth, and sky. Its cream-to-pink flowers open at night when the tree is leafless, attracting bat pollinators, and its seed pods release the soft, buoyant fiber known as kapok, historically used to stuff mattresses, pillows, and life jackets.
Silk Floss Tree
Ceiba speciosa
The Silk Floss Tree (Ceiba speciosa) is a majestic deciduous tree native to South America, celebrated for its bottle-shaped green trunk covered in conical spines, stunning pink flowers, and seed pods filled with silky kapok fiber. Widely planted as an ornamental in parks, avenues, and public gardens across Brazil, Argentina, and beyond.
Oriental Bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
Celastrus orbiculatus, commonly known as Oriental bittersweet or Asian bittersweet, is a deciduous woody vine native to East Asia. It grows vigorously, reaching up to 60 feet in length, twining around and girdling native trees with its spiraling stems. Its ornamental yellow-orange capsules with bright red seeds are highly attractive in autumn but are toxic to humans, dogs, and cats. It is considered a highly invasive species in North America and other regions outside its native range.
Cockscomb
Celosia
Celosia is a genus of tropical annual and perennial plants in the Amaranthaceae family, renowned for their striking inflorescences shaped like cockscomb crests, feathery plumes, or wheat-like spikes. Native to tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas, it is widely grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, borders, and containers.
Cockscomb
Celosia argentea
Cockscomb (Celosia argentea) is a tropical ornamental plant native to tropical Africa and Asia, celebrated for its striking inflorescences in shades of red, orange, gold, pink, purple, and cream. Belonging to the Amaranthaceae family, it comes in three main forms: cristata (sculptural crested), plumosa (velvety feathery plumes), and spicata (elegant conical spikes). It is grown as an annual in temperate climates and as a short-lived perennial in tropical regions. Beyond its ornamental value, its young leaves are edible with a flavor similar to spinach.
Celosia
Celosia argentea var. cristata
Celosia argentea var. cristata (cockscomb) is an annual or short-lived perennial ornamental plant belonging to the Amaranthaceae family, believed to originate from India, tropical Asia, and Africa. Its distinctive, velvety, wavy inflorescence, resembling a rooster's comb or a brain, can bloom in shades of red, yellow, orange, pink, and burgundy. In traditional gardens of India, Burma, and China, it was cultivated as a sacred plant near temples, which contributed to its survival. The plant grows 30-60 cm tall, develops quickly, and its flowers retain their shape and color for a long time, even when dried.
Plumed Cockscomb
Celosia argentea var. plumosa
Celosia argentea var. plumosa, commonly known as Plumed Celosia, is a vibrant annual plant distinguished by its plume- or flame-shaped inflorescences. Its intense colors and velvety texture make it a favorite for summer gardens and borders. Although primarily treated as an ornamental, it is a hardy plant that blooms abundantly in full sun.
Crested Cockscomb
Celosia cristata
Celosia cristata, commonly known as Crested Cockscomb, is a tropical annual ornamental plant celebrated for its unique velvety, brain-like crested flower heads. Available in vivid shades of red, pink, orange, yellow, and purple, it brings bold color to gardens, borders, and containers.
Wheat Celosia
Celosia spicata
Celosia spicata, commonly known as Wheat Celosia, is a tropical annual native to Asia and Africa. Its slender, wheat-like flower spikes in shades of pink, purple, and red — often developing a beautiful metallic silver sheen — make it one of the most distinctive ornamental flowers for gardens and cut flower arrangements.
European Nettle Tree
Celtis australis
The European nettle tree (Celtis australis) is a large, long-lived deciduous shade tree native to southern Europe, North Africa, and western Asia. Prized for its elegant vase-shaped canopy, rough gray bark, and serrated dark-green leaves, it thrives in Mediterranean climates and tolerates heat, drought, wind, and urban pollution once established. Small greenish flowers appear in spring, followed by pea-sized drupes that ripen from orange to dark purple-black in autumn and are edible, with a sweet date-like flavor. The species is a classic street and park tree across southern Europe.
Common hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Celtis occidentalis is a tough, medium-to-large deciduous tree native to central and eastern North America, reaching 12-18 m. It is prized as a resilient urban and shade tree, with distinctive warty, corky gray bark, arching branches and small edible purple drupes relished by birds.
Chinese Hackberry
Celtis sinensis
Celtis sinensis is a fast-growing deciduous tree in the hemp family, native to East Asia (China, Japan and Korea). It usually reaches 12 to 20 m in height with a similar spread, forming a broad rounded crown with glossy, toothed leaves that turn yellow-brown in autumn. Tiny greenish flowers appear in the leaf axils in spring, followed by small orange-to-red-brown drupes that are edible and loved by birds. It tolerates drought, wind, urban conditions and poor soils, and is widely planted as a shade tree, in parks and as bonsai. It also serves as a larval host plant for hackberry butterflies.
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