iceplant (Mesembryanthemum, Delosperma, or Dorothanus)
Indian paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)
itchweed: American hellebore (Veratrum viride)
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J
jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Joe Pye weed
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K
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L
laceleaf maple, Japanese (Acer palmatum)
lacepod or fringepod (Thysanocarpus curvipes)
ladies’-tresses, creeping or nodding [different spp.] (Spiranthes)
lady’s-finger; lady’s-fingers: okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
lady’s mantle (Alchemilla)
lady’s slipper orchid; lady’s slippers (Cypripedium)
lamb’s-ears (Stachys)
lamb’s quarters or pigweed (Chenopodium album)
laurelwood (see Alexandrian laurel)
lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria)
Lisianthius: synonym for Eustoma [use the latter]
littleleaf
liveforever: rock liveforevers (Dudleya lanceolata)
locust tree (see honeylocust in A–Z)
loofah; loofahs (Luffa cylindrica)
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M
macadamia nut; macadamias (Macadamia spp.)
madrone: Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
maidenhair berry or creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula)
marbleleaf (Peristrophe hyssopifolia)
marble plant; marble plants (Neoregelia marmorata)
milk barrel (Euphorbia)
mistletoe (Phoradendron)
money tree, money trees: jade tree, jade trees (Crassula ovata)
moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia) [caution: invasive]
monkey nut; monkey nuts (Anacardium humile)
mountain sumac: flameleaf sumac (Rhus copallinum)
muskmelon; muskmelons
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N
necklace tree or red beadtree (Adenanthera pavonina)
nerve plant; nerve plants (Fittonia argyroneura)
niger seed
nightshade, deadly (Atropa belladonna)
nosegay
nutmeg (Myristica fragrans): The seed from the Jamaican tree Myristica fragrans is called nutmeg, and the yellow-to-red aril covering the seed is called mace.
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O
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Q
Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota)
queen’s root or queen’s delight (Stillingia sylvatica)
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R
rapeseed (Brassica) [B. campestris is the spring vegetable and B. napus is the winter vegetable. Rapeseed is pressed to make canola oil.)
redleaf rose
Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) [invasive in North America]
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S
sandalwood (Santalum)
sarsaparilla (Aralia) [N.A. native] or (Smilax) [nonnative]
sea island cotton (Gossypium barbadense)
silverrod (Solidago bicolor)
silver star; silver stars (Cryptanthus lacerdae)
slipperwort or figwort (Hybanthus verticillatus var. verticillatus)
sphagnum peat moss or peat moss [first is preferred reference]
Stella d’Oro daylily
St. John’s wort
sugarcane (Saccharum)
sweet flag (Acorus calamus)
sweetsop (Annona squamosa)
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