North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Scientific Names Starting with Letter l

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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Common name, link to Portrait	Scientific name	Native / Alien ⁽¹⁾
Redroot	Lachnanthes caroliniana	Native
Everlasting Pea	Lathyrus latifolius	Alien
Southern Blazing Star	Liatris squarrulosa	Native
Lovage	Ligusticum canadense	Native
Pine Lily, Catesby's Lily, Leopard Lily	Lilium catesbaei	Native
Gray's Lily, Bell Lily	Lilium grayi	Native T: Threatened
Michaux's Lily, Carolina Lily	Lilium michauxii	Native
Wood Lily	Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum	Native E: Endangered
Turk's Cap Lily	Lilium superbum	Native
Lily Leafed Twayblade, Mauve Sleekwort, brown widelip orchid	Liparis liliifolia	Native
Fen Orchid	Liparis loeselii	Native Candidate
Sweetgum, Red Gum	Liquidambar styraciflua	Undetermined
Yellow Poplar, Tulip Poplar, Tuliptree	Liriodendron tulipifera	Native
Southern Twayblade	Listera australis	Native
Heart Leaved Twayblade	Listera cordata	Native
Kidney Leaf Twayblade, Appalachian Twayblade	Listera smallii	Native
Hoary Puccoon	Lithospermum canescens	Undetermined T: Threatened
southern lobelia	Lobelia amoena	Native
Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	Native
Indian Tobacco	Lobelia inflata	Native
Downy Lobelia	Lobelia puberula	Native
Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	Native
Trumpet Honeysuckle, Coral Honeysuckle	Lonicera sempervirens	Native
Blue Sandhill Lupine, Oak Ridge Lupine, Spreading Lupine, Skyblue Lupine	Lupinus diffusus	Native
Tree Club Moss	Lycopodium obscurum	Native
Shining Fetterbush	Lyonia lucida	Native
Staggerbush	Lyonia mariana	Native
Whorled Loosestrife	Lysimachia quadrifolia	Native