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Flapjack Plant
Kalanchoe luciae
Kalanchoe luciae, commonly known as the Flapjack Plant or Paddle Plant, is a striking succulent native to Southern Africa. It produces large, flat, round leaves arranged in a rosette pattern — like a stack of pancakes. The leaves are pale silvery-green but develop vivid red or pink margins when exposed to bright sunlight or cool winter temperatures, making it a highly ornamental specimen.
Chandelier Plant
Kalanchoe manginii
Kalanchoe manginii, commonly known as the Chandelier Plant or Beach Bells, is a trailing succulent native to Madagascar. It produces charming pendant tubular flowers in shades of orange-red during winter and spring, making it an excellent choice for hanging baskets and elevated planters. It belongs to the Crassulaceae family and is prized as an ornamental houseplant.
Penwiper Plant
Kalanchoe marmorata
The Penwiper Plant (Kalanchoe marmorata) is an easy-care succulent from Madagascar and East Africa, prized for its broad, scalloped, blue-green leaves marked with irregular purple-brown blotches that resemble a marble pattern. In late winter to early spring it sends up tall stems topped with clusters of white or pinkish tubular flowers.
Millot Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe millotii
Shrubby succulent native to Madagascar with scalloped, grey-green leaves covered in soft felt-like hairs. Reaches about 30 cm and bears yellow-green flowers in loose clusters.
Copper Spoons
Kalanchoe orgyalis
Kalanchoe orgyalis, commonly known as Copper Spoons, is a striking succulent shrub native to Madagascar. Its thick, spoon-shaped leaves are covered in fine hairs and shift from silvery-green to a rich coppery-bronze as they mature and receive more sun. Left to grow, it forms a woody, multi-stemmed shrub up to 1.8 m (6 ft) tall, topped with clusters of small yellow flowers in spring.
Cathedral Bells
Kalanchoe pinnata
Kalanchoe pinnata, also known as Cathedral Bells, Air Plant, or Miracle Leaf, is a succulent perennial native to Madagascar and naturalized throughout the tropics worldwide. Its botanical synonym is Bryophyllum pinnatum. The plant is celebrated for its remarkable ability to produce tiny plantlets along the serrated edges of its leaves — a phenomenon known as vivipary. Pendant red-orange flowers appear in late winter and spring. Kalanchoe pinnata has a long history of use in traditional medicine across tropical cultures, most notably for the treatment of kidney stones.
Pearl Bells
Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx
Kalanchoe porphyrocalyx, commonly called Pearl Bells or the pendent kalanchoe, is a succulent species in the family Crassulaceae native to the rainforests of central and north-eastern Madagascar, where it often grows epiphytically. It forms slender, upright stems bearing blue-grey, rectangular leaves with gently serrated edges. In late winter through spring it produces pendent, bell-shaped flowers with a tube in shades of red, rose-pink or pale yellow topped by yellow-green to orange petals, all held within a distinctive purple calyx -- the source of its species name porphyrocalyx ("purple calyx").
Common Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe rotundifolia
Kalanchoe rotundifolia is an evergreen succulent from southern Africa with rounded, grey-green fleshy leaves on branching stems. It can reach about 1.2 m in height. In autumn and early winter it carries clusters of orange-red tubular flowers with yellowish-green bases on tall stalks. It is very drought tolerant and thrives in sun and well-drained soil.
Paddle Plant
Kalanchoe thyrsiflora
Kalanchoe thyrsiflora is a striking succulent native to South Africa, prized for its large, flat, paddle-shaped leaves that form a neat basal rosette. The fleshy grey-green leaves develop vivid red margins when exposed to full sun and cool temperatures. A monocarpic species, it produces a tall flowering stalk with sweetly scented yellow-white tubular flowers in late winter to spring, after which the main rosette dies but produces offsets.
Panda Plant
Kalanchoe tomentosa
The Panda Plant (Kalanchoe tomentosa) is an ornamental succulent native to Madagascar, celebrated for its oval leaves densely covered in soft silver-white felt with distinctive brown or reddish tips — giving it an unmistakable panda-like appearance. Belonging to the Crassulaceae family, it grows slowly and compactly, reaching up to 45 cm in height. The tiny hairs (trichomes) coating its leaves are not merely decorative: they act as thermal insulation and dramatically reduce water loss, making this plant exceptionally drought-tolerant and resilient.
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia
Kalmia is a small genus of broadleaf evergreen shrubs native to eastern North America, best known through Kalmia latifolia, the showy mountain laurel of Appalachian woodlands. Clusters of saucer-shaped white-to-pink-to-purple flowers with intricate spring-loaded anthers open in late spring, set against glossy, leathery leaves. Every part of the plant contains grayanotoxins and is dangerously toxic if ingested.
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain laurel is a dense, rounded evergreen shrub native to the eastern United States, prized for its striking clusters of cup-shaped flowers that bloom in late spring. Its glossy, leathery leaves provide year-round structure, while the saucer-shaped pink, white, or purple-marked blooms attract pollinators. Despite its beauty, every part of the plant is highly toxic, so it is best admired at a safe distance from pets and children.
Japanese Kerria
Kerria japonica
Japanese Kerria (Kerria japonica) is a deciduous shrub native to the mountainous regions of China and Japan. It is celebrated for its brilliant golden-yellow flowers that bloom profusely in spring, covering its arching, bright green stems. A highly adaptable and low-maintenance plant, it thrives in shaded gardens and tolerates cold winters down to USDA Zone 4.
Sausage tree
Kigelia africana
The Sausage tree (Kigelia africana) is an impressive tropical tree from the Bignoniaceae family, native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it grows along riverbanks, in savannas, and open woodlands. It earned its common name from its striking, woody fruits that resemble hanging sausages in both shape and size—reaching lengths of over 50 cm and weighing up to 10 kg. In the wild, it grows to a height of 10 to 18 meters with a wide, spreading canopy. Its nocturnal, deep red to purple flowers have an unpleasant scent to attract bats, which are its primary pollinators. While raw fruits are toxic to humans, they are traditionally used in folk medicine and beverage preparation after fermentation, roasting, or drying. In temperate climates, Kigelia is grown exclusively as an indoor or greenhouse plant in its youth, as it does not tolerate frost.
Yellow Wax Bells
Kirengeshoma palmata
Yellow Wax Bells (Kirengeshoma palmata) is a clump-forming, deciduous perennial in the hydrangea family (Hydrangeaceae), native to woodland environments in Japan and eastern China. It forms 24–48 inch high, shrub-like mounds with dark burgundy stems and large, maple-like, palmate leaves. In late summer and early autumn, it bears clusters of nodding, waxy, bell-shaped flowers in a soft yellow hue, later followed by characteristic three-pronged seed capsules.
Kleinia
Kleinia
Kleinia is a genus of perennial succulents in the Asteraceae family, closely allied to Senecio. Native to the Canary Islands, North Africa, and parts of Asia, the genus comprises around 56 species featuring fleshy stems, silvery-blue foliage, and ornamental summer flowers. It is a low-maintenance plant ideal for rock gardens, dry borders, and container growing.
Succulent Bush Senecio
Kleinia barbertonica
Kleinia barbertonica, commonly known as Succulent Bush Senecio or Barberton Groundsel, is a fast-growing, shrubby succulent native to South Africa and Eswatini. It forms a dense, rounded bush of upright, blue-green cylindrical stems that resemble narrow fingers, topped with clusters of bright yellow-orange, citrus-scented flowers in winter. Highly drought-tolerant and low-maintenance, it thrives in bright sun and well-draining soil, making it a popular choice for xeriscaping, rock gardens, and container growing.
Trailing Jade
Kleinia petraea
Kleinia petraea, commonly known as Trailing Jade, is a low-growing succulent in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native to the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. Long known in cultivation under its older name, Senecio jacobsenii, it forms dense mats of fleshy, egg-shaped leaves on trailing stems that cascade up to 4 feet (120 cm) over the edge of a hanging basket or container. The foliage is bright green but develops purple, mauve, or bronze tones when grown in strong light or under drought stress, and in fall or winter mature plants may send up erect stalks bearing clusters of bright orange, rayless flowers.
Trailing Jade
Kleinía petraea
Trailing Jade is a creeping and pendulous succulent from the Asteraceae family, native to the rocky regions of Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. Its fleshy, highly branched stems can exceed 3 feet in length, covered with oval, succulent leaves that are green with shades of purple, mauve, or brown along the edges. In fall and winter, it produces upright stalks with tubular orange flowers that lack visible petals, characteristic of the genus. It is often confused with the common Jade Plant (Crassula ovata) due to the appearance of its leaves, although they share no botanical relationship.
Field Scabious
Knautia arvensis
Field Scabious is a perennial meadow herb from the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae), growing to a height of 30 to 150 cm. Its upright, slightly grooved stem bears grey-green, dull leaves with lyre-shaped to pinnately lobed blades. From May to September, blue to pinkish-purple flowers appear, clustered into conspicuous, approximately 4 cm large flower heads. It grows in meadows, field margins, and light woodlands, where it prefers drier, calcareous soils from lowlands to mountainous regions. It is an important honey plant and a host plant for many species of butterflies and beetles.
Red Hot Poker (genus)
Kniphofia
Kniphofia is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants native to Africa, famous for their tall, torch-like flower spikes in shades of red, orange, and yellow. Commonly called Red Hot Poker or Torch Lily, they are prized in ornamental gardens for their drought tolerance and spectacular late-season blooms.
Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Kniphofia uvaria, commonly known as Red Hot Poker or Torch Lily, is a striking herbaceous perennial native to South Africa. Its bold torch-like flower spikes display vivid shades of red, orange, and yellow, making it one of the most visually dramatic plants in the garden. Drought-tolerant and low-maintenance once established, it thrives in sunny, well-drained beds and borders.
Golden Rain Tree
Koelreuteria paniculata
Koelreuteria paniculata, commonly known as the Golden Rain Tree, is a deciduous ornamental tree native to China, Korea, and Japan. It is celebrated for its spectacular cascading panicles of bright yellow flowers in midsummer and its distinctive papery, lantern-like seed pods that turn from green to pinkish-bronze in late summer and persist through winter, providing multi-season interest.
Koenigia (Iceland-Purslane)
Koenigia
Koenigia is a genus of annual and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae), expanded in 2015 to absorb the former genera Aconogonon and part of Persicaria, giving it roughly 41 species. Its type species, Koenigia islandica (Iceland-purslane), is one of the smallest flowering plants on Earth, standing only 1-2 cm tall, and is considered the hardiest annual plant known, thriving on wet gravel and scree in arctic tundra and alpine meadows across the Northern Hemisphere. Other species absorbed into the genus form larger, spreading knotweed-type herbs. Because the genus spans such extremes of size and habit, this record generalizes care from the wet, cold, open habitats typical of the group.
Tree Gloxinia
Kohleria amabilis
Kohleria amabilis, known as the tree gloxinia, is a rhizomatous perennial in the Gesneriaceae family native to Colombia and Honduras. It features velvety, silver-patterned oval leaves and nodding tubular flowers that are pink outside with red or purple spotting inside, blooming from late winter through summer.
Tree Gloxinia
Kohleria eriantha
Kohleria eriantha (often treated today as a synonym of Kohleria hirsuta) is a rhizomatous (scaly-rooted) perennial from the Gesneriaceae family—the same family as the African violet—native to the tropical mountain cloud forests of South America, primarily Colombia and Ecuador. Its velvety, hairy leaves and tubular, orange-red flowers with yellow-spotted throats that bloom from summer to fall make it a popular potted houseplant. Due to its rhizomes, it tolerates drought better than persistently waterlogged soil.
Pink Kopsia
Kopsia fruticosa
Kopsia fruticosa, commonly known as Pink Kopsia or Shrub Vinca, is a tropical evergreen shrub in the Apocynaceae family, native to Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and surrounding regions). Renowned for its year-round display of soft pink flowers with a striking red center, it is a prized ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical gardens. Its glossy, leathery leaves and compact upright habit make it equally suitable for garden beds, hedges, and container growing.
Golden Barrel Cactus
Kroenleinia grusonii
The Golden Barrel Cactus (Kroenleinia grusonii, synonym Echinocactus grusonii) is a globose cactus native to central Mexico, belonging to the Cactaceae family. It is recognizable by its spherical, ribbed body covered with dense golden spines (a white-spined variety also exists) which, with age, can take on a more oblong shape, exceeding one meter in height. It grows very slowly and can live for decades; in nature, it is considered endangered due to poaching and dam construction in its original habitat.
Black Ironwood
Krugiodendron ferreum
Black Ironwood (Krugiodendron ferreum) is a tree native to South Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America, belonging to the Rhamnaceae family. Famous for having the densest wood in the Americas—with a density of up to 1.42 g/cm³, so heavy that it sinks in water—it is a slow-growing and extremely long-lived species. It features opposite, leathery, oval leaves with an emarginate apex, persisting on the branches for two to three years. The flowers are small, greenish, and inconspicuous; the fruits are dark purple drupes, favored by birds and wild mammals. It grows in rocky limestone environments, dry forests, and coastal hammocks, tolerating intense drought, salt spray, and hurricane-force winds.
Sheathed Woodtuft
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
The Sheathed Woodtuft (Kuehneromyces mutabilis) is an excellent edible mushroom that grows in clusters on the stumps of deciduous trees. Its cap is hygrophanous, meaning it changes color based on moisture levels: it is yellowish-brown when wet and turns lighter in the center as it dries. The stem features a ring, below which are small dark scales; this is a critical identifying feature to distinguish it from the deadly poisonous Funeral Bell (Galerina marginata).
Japanese Clover
Kummerowia striata
Japanese clover (Kummerowia striata) is a low-growing, prostrate annual legume in the pea family, native to China and Japan and now widely naturalized across the eastern and central United States. It forms wiry, branching mats 5-40 cm tall with small trifoliate leaves whose leaflets show distinctive parallel veins angled toward the leaf margin. From midsummer into fall it produces tiny pink-to-purple, pea-like flowers with a white upper petal, followed by single-seeded pods. As a nitrogen-fixing legume it enriches poor, compacted soils and is valued as livestock forage, erosion control cover, and wildlife food, though it can also behave as a weedy colonizer of disturbed ground and thin turf.
Scotch laburnum
Laburnum alpinum
Laburnum alpinum, commonly known as Scotch laburnum or Alpine golden chain, is a small deciduous tree in the family Fabaceae, native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. It is celebrated for its exceptionally long, pendulous racemes of fragrant yellow flowers in late spring. IMPORTANT: All parts of the plant are severely toxic due to the alkaloid cytisine, particularly the seeds, which can cause life-threatening poisoning in humans, dogs, cats, and horses.
Common Laburnum
Laburnum anagyroides
The Common Laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides) is a small, deciduous tree native to the mountainous regions of Central and Southern Europe (the Alps, Italy, the Balkans). It is known for both its toxic content and its stunning spring bloom: in May–June, it is covered with long, pendulous clusters of fragrant, golden-yellow flowers. All parts of the plant—roots, bark, leaves, flowers, seeds, pods—are highly poisonous; it contains the alkaloid cytisine, which can be fatal to humans, cats, dogs, horses, and goats alike. For adults, consuming just 15–20 seeds can be fatal. Despite its exceptional ornamental value, it must be kept at a safe distance from children and animals.
Deceiver
Laccaria laccata
The Deceiver (Laccaria laccata) is an extremely variable mushroom commonly found in various forest types. The name 'Deceiver' refers to the fact that this species can look different every time depending on the moisture level (hygrophanous), which often leads to it being confused with other small brown mushrooms. It forms an essential mycorrhizal symbiosis with the roots of both deciduous and coniferous trees, aiding in nutrient uptake for the tree.
Cape Cowslip
Lachenalia
Lachenalia is a genus of roughly 130 winter-growing bulbous species native almost exclusively to the winter-rainfall regions of South Africa's Western and Northern Cape, with a few extending into Namibia. Commonly known as Cape cowslips or Cape hyacinths, these small bulbs produce strap-shaped, often mottled leaves and dense spikes of tubular, waxy flowers in vivid yellows, oranges, reds, pinks, greens and purples between late winter and early spring. This profile covers general genus-level care guidance applicable across most Lachenalia species and hybrids rather than a single species, since care needs are broadly consistent across the genus.
stalked hairy fairy cup
Lachnum virgineum
Lachnum virgineum, commonly known as the stalked hairy fairy cup, is a tiny, white, disc-shaped fungus. It is characterized by its minute size (0.5-1mm), a short stalk, and a cup-shaped fruiting body covered in fine, white hairs. It typically grows in clusters on decaying organic matter such as fallen twigs, beech mast, or coniferous debris in damp, shaded woodlands.
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