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Anthurium

Anthurium andraeanum
Plant growing in a pot with large green leaves and red flowers Plant growing in a pot with large green leaves and red flowers Large heart-shaped spathe with long center spadex Large heart-shaped spathe with long center spadex Flowers and leaves Flowers and leaves Heart shaded leaf detail Heart shaded leaf detail
6 Cultivars/Varieties

Anthurium

Anthurium
dark green glossy cordate leaves, white spathe, yellow spadix dark green glossy cordate leaves, white spathe, yellow spadix Form Form Form Form Form Form Form Form Anthurium Anthurium
9 Cultivars/Varieties

Apache Plume

Fallugia paradoxa
Form Form Close up of flower Close up of flower Flowers and seed heads Flowers and seed heads Seed head Seed head Leaves Leaves Flower bud and stems Flower bud and stems

Aphrodite Sweetshrub

Calycanthus 'Aphrodite'
Close-up of a single red flower with broad outer tepals. Close-up of a single red flower with broad outer tepals. Bush with coarse foliage & many large red flowers. Bush with coarse foliage & many large red flowers. Side view of red, many-petaled flower and buds. Side view of red, many-petaled flower and buds. Shrub with coarse foliage & large red flowers. Shrub with coarse foliage & large red flowers. Shrub with coarse foliage & large red flowers. Shrub with coarse foliage & large red flowers. Shrub with coarse foliage & large red flowers. Shrub with coarse foliage & large red flowers.

Apostle Plant

Trimezia
Houseplant view Houseplant view Trimezia Trimezia Neomarica Neomarica Trimezia Trimezia Trimezia gracilis in flower. Trimezia gracilis in flower. Trimezia Trimezia

Apostle's Iris

Trimezia
Houseplant view Houseplant view Trimezia Trimezia Neomarica Neomarica Trimezia Trimezia Trimezia gracilis in flower. Trimezia gracilis in flower. Trimezia Trimezia

Appalachia False Bindweed

Calystegia sepium
Pink Flowers Pink Flowers Note the bracts do not overlap Note the bracts do not overlap Form Form Leaves Leaves Leaves Leaves Seeds Seeds

Appalachian Angelica

Angelica triquinata
Clusters of greenish-white flowers Clusters of greenish-white flowers Erect plant with green leaves in bloom Erect plant with green leaves in bloom Side view of flower cluster Side view of flower cluster flower and form flower and form flower and form flower and form Green leaves Green leaves

Appalachian Beardtongue

Penstemon canescens
Penstemon canescens Penstemon canescens Form Form Plant Plant Leaves Leaves Stem Stem bloom with carpenter bee, spring, Iredell County, NC bloom with carpenter bee, spring, Iredell County, NC

Appalachian Bellflower

Campanula divaricata
Campanula divaricata Campanula divaricata Campanula divaricata Campanula divaricata Campanula divaricata Campanula divaricata

Appalachian Bellwort

Uvularia puberula
Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula Uvularia puberula

Appalachian Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa
clusters of pink, two-lipped flowers clusters of pink, two-lipped flowers clusters of pink, two-lipped flowers clusters of pink, two-lipped flowers Whole plant with many clusters of pink, 2-lipped flowers. Whole plant with many clusters of pink, 2-lipped flowers. Shoot apex showing opposite decussate leaves. Shoot apex showing opposite decussate leaves. clusters of pink, two-lipped flowers clusters of pink, two-lipped flowers Plant at the base of a tree. Erect shoots with opposite leaves. Plant at the base of a tree. Erect shoots with opposite leaves.
1 Cultivar/Variety

Appalachian Blazing Star

Liatris squarrulosa
Form in native habitat Form in native habitat Flower heads Flower heads Flowers and bracts Flowers and bracts Leaves and stem Leaves and stem Upper stem and leaves Upper stem and leaves Stem Stem

Appalachian Blazing Star

Liatris microcephala
Flowers Flowers Form Form Liatris microcephala Liatris microcephala Leaves Leaves Fruit Fruit
1 Cultivar/Variety

Appalachian Blue Monkshood

Aconitum uncinatum
Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum Aconitum uncinatum

Appalachian Cow-Wheat

Melampyrum lineare
Leafy shoot bearing a yellow and white tubular flower. Leafy shoot bearing a yellow and white tubular flower.

Appalachian False Goatsbeard

Astilbe biternata
Flowers Flowers Astilbe biternata Astilbe biternata Astilbe biternata Astilbe biternata Form Form Leaves Leaves Fruit Fruit

Appalachian Gay Feather

Liatris squarrulosa
Form in native habitat Form in native habitat Flower heads Flower heads Flowers and bracts Flowers and bracts Leaves and stem Leaves and stem Upper stem and leaves Upper stem and leaves Stem Stem

Appalachian Grass-of-Parnassus

Parnassia asarifolia
Close up of flower Close up of flower Form Form Leaves Leaves Stem Leaf Stem Leaf Back of flower Back of flower

Appalachian Ironweed

Vernonia glauca
Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca Vernonia glauca

Appalachian Liatris

Liatris squarrulosa
Form in native habitat Form in native habitat Flower heads Flower heads Flowers and bracts Flowers and bracts Leaves and stem Leaves and stem Upper stem and leaves Upper stem and leaves Stem Stem

Appalachian Lily-of-the-Valley

Convallaria pseudomajalis
Flower and leaves Flower and leaves leaves and flowers leaves and flowers Flower buds Flower buds Leaves Leaves Native habitat Native habitat

Appalachian milkwort

Senega curtissii
low-growing plant with pink inflorescences. low-growing plant with pink inflorescences. low-growing plant with pink inflorescences. low-growing plant with pink inflorescences. low-growing plant with pink inflorescences. low-growing plant with pink inflorescences.

Appalachian Mock-orange

Philadelphus inodorus
Flowers Flowers Close up of flower Close up of flower Form Form Back of flower Back of flower Underside of leaf Underside of leaf Leaves Leaves

Appalachian Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Flower buds Flower buds Plant in bloom Plant in bloom Leaf Detail - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC Leaf Detail - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC Flower - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC Flower - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC Stem Closeup - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC Stem Closeup - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC Swallowtail on Flowers - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC Swallowtail on Flowers - Aug. 2022 - Cabarrus Co., NC

Appalachian Oak-leach

Aureolaria levigata
Yellow flowers and buds on a stem Yellow flowers and buds on a stem Flowers Flowers Sprawling form almost resembles a vine Sprawling form almost resembles a vine Tubular flowers with five petals Tubular flowers with five petals Side view of flower Side view of flower Leaves and square stems Leaves and square stems

Appalachian Polypody

Polypodium appalachianum
a fern with deeply divided fronds. a fern with deeply divided fronds. a fern with deeply divided fronds. a fern with deeply divided fronds. Underside of frond showing rows of round sori. Underside of frond showing rows of round sori.

Appalachian Ragwort

Packera anonyma
Form Form Flowers Flowers Back of flower Back of flower Lobed leaf and stem Lobed leaf and stem Basal leaves Basal leaves Native habitat Native habitat

Appalachian Rockcap Fern

Polypodium appalachianum
a fern with deeply divided fronds. a fern with deeply divided fronds. a fern with deeply divided fronds. a fern with deeply divided fronds. Underside of frond showing rows of round sori. Underside of frond showing rows of round sori.

Appalachian Sundrops

Oenothera tetragona
Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona Oenothera tetragona

Appalachian Sunflower

Helianthus atrorubens
Form Form Native habitat Native habitat Close up of flower Close up of flower Back of flower Back of flower Flower bud Flower bud Leaves Leaves

Appalachian Tea

Ilex glabra
Leaves Leaves Fruits Fruits Ilex glabra Flowers Ilex glabra Flowers Leaf and branch structure Leaf and branch structure Ilex glabra Ilex glabra Ilex glabra Ilex glabra
5 Cultivars/Varieties

Appalachian Turtlehead

Chelone lyonii
Chelone lyonii Chelone lyonii Close up of flower Close up of flower Chelone lyonii Chelone lyonii Chelone lyonii Chelone lyonii Leaves Leaves Chelone lyonii Chelone lyonii
1 Cultivar/Variety

Apple

Malus sylvestris
Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris Goldrush Apple Goldrush Apple Malus sylvestris Malus sylvestris
1 Cultivar/Variety

Apple

Malus
Form in bloom in May Form in bloom in May White flowers with 5 sepals and stamens with yellow anthers White flowers with 5 sepals and stamens with yellow anthers Fruits of a crab apple Fruits of a crab apple Flowers in spring Flowers in spring Yellow fruits Yellow fruits Leaves with serrated margins Leaves with serrated margins
9 Cultivars/Varieties

Apple

Malus domestica
Form in bloom Form in bloom Flowers Flowers Fruit Fruit Immature fruit Immature fruit Leaves Leaves Underside of leaf Underside of leaf
11 Cultivars/Varieties

Appleblossom Grass

Oenothera lindheimeri
Close up of flower Close up of flower 'Siskiyou Pink' 'Siskiyou Pink' Flower Flower Flower stalk Flower stalk Leaves Leaves Back of bloom Back of bloom
14 Cultivars/Varieties

Apple 'Gala'

Malus domestica 'Gala'
Malus domestica "Gala" Malus domestica "Gala" Malus domestica "Gala" Malus domestica "Gala"

Apple Hawthorn

Crataegus aestivalis
Flowers Flowers Leaves Leaves Fruit Fruit

Apple-of-Peru

Nicandra physalodes
Form in October in Tubingen, Germany Form in October in Tubingen, Germany Flower in October in Tubingen, Germany Flower in October in Tubingen, Germany

Apple of Sodom

Solanum carolinense
Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Form Form

Apple Pear

Pyrus pyrifolia
Form Form Fruit and leaves Fruit and leaves Flowers Flowers End buds End buds Bark Bark Leaf and stem detail Leaf and stem detail
6 Cultivars/Varieties

Apple Pear

Pyrus pyrifolia 'Niitaka'
Pyrus pyrifolia 'Niitaka' Pyrus pyrifolia 'Niitaka'

Apple Rose

Rosa villosa
Pink, single, open flower with many stamens & dark green leaves. Pink, single, open flower with many stamens & dark green leaves. A low, dense shrub A low, dense shrub Pendulous red rose hip with old sepals. Pendulous red rose hip with old sepals. Pendulous green rose hips with old sepals. Pendulous green rose hips with old sepals. Pinnately compound leaf with five leaflets Pinnately compound leaf with five leaflets Green stem with just a few prickles. Green stem with just a few prickles.

Apples

Malus domestica
Form in bloom Form in bloom Flowers Flowers Fruit Fruit Immature fruit Immature fruit Leaves Leaves Underside of leaf Underside of leaf
11 Cultivars/Varieties

Apple Serviceberry

Amelanchier x lamarckii
Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora Amelanchier x grandiflora
11 Cultivars/Varieties

Apressed Bog Clubmoss

Lycopodiella appressa
Form Form Closeup Closeup Form with new shoots Form with new shoots New Growth Closeup New Growth Closeup

Apricot

Prunus
Wild Cherry form with white flowers Wild Cherry form with white flowers Pink flowers of a wild almond tree Pink flowers of a wild almond tree Closeup of a white flower with 5 petals and promenent stamens Closeup of a white flower with 5 petals and promenent stamens Brown fruit of a wild almond tree Brown fruit of a wild almond tree Red round fruit of a hollyleaf cherry Red round fruit of a hollyleaf cherry Brown bark of a wild cherry tree Brown bark of a wild cherry tree
27 Cultivars/Varieties