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

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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Common name, link to Portrait	Scientific name	Native / Alien ⁽¹⁾
Allegheny Spurge	Pachysandra procumbens	Native SR: Significantly Rare
Ginseng, "Sang"	Panax quinquefolius	Native
Dwarf Ginseng	Panax trifolius	Native
Kidney-leaved Grass-of-Parnassus, Appalachian Grass-of-Parnassus, Brook Parnassia	Parnassia asarifolia	Native
Grass of Parnassus	Parnassia caroliniana	Native E: Endangered
Silverling, Silvery Nailwort	Paronychia argyrocoma	Native
Yellow Passionflower	Passiflora lutea	Native
Lousewort	Pedicularis canadensis	Native
Beardtongue	Penstemon canescens	Native
Swamp Bay	Persea palustris	Native
Buttercup phacelia or Eastern buttercup phacelia	Phacelia covillei	Native SR: Significantly Rare
Piedmont Fameflower	Phemeranthus piedmontanus	Native E: Endangered
Wild Blue Phlox, Eastern Blue Phlox, Timber Phlox	Phlox divaricata	Native
Downy Phlox	Phlox pilosa	Native
Creeping Phlox	Phlox stolonifera	Native
Red Chokeberry	Photinia pyrifolia (=Aronia arbutifolia)	Native
lopseed	Phryma leptostachya	Native
Ninebark	Physocarpus opulifolius	Native
pokeweed	Phytolacca americana	Native
butterwort	Pinguicula caerulea	Native
yellow butterwort	Pinguicula lutea	Native SR: Significantly Rare
small butterwort	Pinguicula pumila	Native SR: Significantly Rare
Large White Fringed Orchid	Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua = (Habenaria blephariglottis)	Native S3: Vulnerable
Yellow Fringed Orchid	Platanthera ciliaris	Native S4: Apparently Secure
Small Green Woodland Orchid	Platanthera clavellata	Native S4: Apparently Secure
Yellow Crested Orchis	Platanthera cristata	Native S4: Apparently Secure
Southern Rein Orchid	Platanthera flava var. flava	Native S3: Vulnerable
Northern Green Orchid	Platanthera flava var. herbiola	Native SR: Significantly Rare
Large Purple Fringed Orchid	Platanthera grandiflora	Native SR: Significantly Rare
Yellow Fringeless Orchid	Platanthera integra	Native T: Threatened
White Fringeless Orchid	Platanthera integrilabia	Native E: Endangered
Green Fringed Orchid	Platanthera lacera	Native
Snowy Orchid	Platanthera nivea	Native T: Threatened
Large Round Leaved Orchid	Platanthera orbiculata	Native
Purple Fringeless Orchid	Platanthera peramoena	Native Candidate
Small Purple Fringe Orchid	Platanthera psycodes	Native
Shriver's frilly orchid	Platanthera shriveri	Native
Bicolor Bog Orchid	Platanthera x bicolor (P. blephariglottis x P.ciliaris)	Native
No Common Name	Platanthera x channellii (P. ciliaris × P. cristata)	Native
rush featherling	Pleea tenuifolia	Native
Marsh Fleabane, Stinking Camphorweed	Pluchea foetida	Native
Salt-marsh Fleabane	Pluchea odorata	Native
Mayapple, Mandrake	Podophyllum peltatum	Native
Rose Pogonia	Pogonia ophioglossoides	Native S3: Vulnerable
Orange Milkwort, Red Hot Poker	Polygala lutea	Native
gay wings	Polygala paucifolia	Native
Solomon's Seal	Polygonatum biflorum	Native
October flower, jointweed	Polygonella polygama	Native
Shadow Witch	Ponthieva racemosa	Native SR: Significantly Rare
Dwarf Cinquefoil	Potentilla canadensis	Native
sulphur cinquefoil	Potentilla recta	Native
Rattlesnake Root	Prenanthes sp.	Native
Yellow Mandarin, Yellow Fairybells	Prosartes lanuginosa	Native
Heal-all, Selfheal	Prunella vulgaris	Alien
Black Cherry, Wild Cherry, Cabinet Cherry, Rum Cherry	Prunus serotina	Native
Chokecherry	Prunus virginiana	Native
Bracken, Bracken Fern	Pteridium aquilinum	Native
Spiked Medusa	Pteroglossaspis ecristata (+Eulophia e.)	Native E: Endangered
hoary mountainmint	Pycnanthemum incanum	Native
Common Pyxie-moss, Big Pyxie	Pyxidanthera barbulata	Native
Pixie Moss	Pyxidanthera brevifolia	Native E: Endangered