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Lamiaceae

Agastache foeniculum — blue giant-hyssop Agastache nepetoides — yellow giant-hyssop Agastache urticifolia — nettleleaf giant-hyssop Blephilia ciliata — downy woodmint Blephilia hirsuta — hairy woodmint Clinopodium arkansanum — low calamint Clinopodium douglasii — Douglas' savoury Clinopodium vulgare — field basil Collinsonia canadensis — Canada horsebalm Dracocephalum parviflorum — American dragonhead Hedeoma hispida — rough false pennyroyal Hedeoma pulegioides — American false pennyroyal Lycopus americanus — American bugleweed Lycopus asper — rough bugleweed Lycopus laurentianus — St. Lawrence water-horehound Lycopus rubellus — taperleaf bugleweed Lycopus uniflorus — northern bugleweed Lycopus virginicus — Virginia bugleweed Lycopus x sherardii Mentha arvensis — corn mint Mentha canadensis — Canadian mint Monarda didyma — Oswego-tea Monarda fistulosa — wild bergamot beebalm Monarda media — purple bergamot

Monarda punctata — spotted beebalm Monardella odoratissima — mountain wildmint Physostegia ledinghamii — Ledingham's physostegia Physostegia parviflora — purple dragonhead Physostegia virginiana — false dragonhead Prunella vulgaris — self-heal Pycnanthemum incanum — hoary mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium — slender mountainmint Pycnanthemum verticillatum — whorled mountainmint Scutellaria angustifolia — narrowleaf skullcap Scutellaria galericulata — hooded skullcap Scutellaria lateriflora — mad-dog skullcap Scutellaria nervosa — veined skullcap Scutellaria parvula — small skullcap Scutellaria x churchilliana — Churchill's skullcap Stachys chamissonis — coastal hedge-nettle Stachys mexicana — Mexican hedge-nettle Stachys palustris — marsh hedge-nettle Stachys pilosa — hairy hedge-nettle Stachys tenuifolia — smooth hedge-nettle Teucrium canadense — American germander Trichostema brachiatum — false pennyroyal Trichostema dichotomum — forked bluecurls Trichostema oblongum — mountain bluecurls

Lauraceae

Lindera benzoin — spicebush

Sassafras albidum — sassafras

Lejeuneaceae

Cololejeunea biddlecomiae Cololejeunea macounii

Lejeunea alaskana Lejeunea cavifolia

Lemnaceae

Lemna minor — lesser duckweed Lemna trisulca — star duckweed Lemna turionifera — turion duckweed Spirodela polyrrhiza — common water-flaxseed

Wolffia arrhiza — spotless water-flaxseed Wolffia borealis — dotted watermeal Wolffia brasiliensis — pointed watermeal Wolffia columbiana — Columbian watermeal

Lentibulariaceae

Pinguicula macroceras — California butterwort Pinguicula villosa — hairy butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris — common butterwort Utricularia cornuta — horned bladderwort Utricularia geminiscapa — hidden-fruit bladderwort Utricularia gibba — humped bladderwort Utricularia intermedia — flatleaf bladderwort

Utricularia macrorhiza — greater bladderwort Utricularia minor — lesser bladderwort Utricularia ochroleuca — northern bladderwort Utricularia purpurea — purple bladderwort Utricularia radiata — small swollen bladderwort Utricularia resupinata — northeastern bladderwort Utricularia subulata — zigzag bladderwort

Lepidoziaceae

Bazzania ambigua Bazzania denudata — bazzania lichen Bazzania pearsonii Bazzania tricrenata Bazzania trilobata — three-lobed bazzania Kurzia pauciflora

Kurzia setacea Kurzia sylvatica Lepidozia filamentosa Lepidozia reptans Lepidozia sandvicensis

Leptodontaceae

• Forsstroemia trichomitria

Leskeaceae

Bryohaplocladium microphyllum Bryohaplocladium virginianum Claopodium bolanderi Claopodium crispifolium Claopodium pellucinerve Claopodium whippleanum Lescuraea saxicola Leskea gracilescens Leskea obscura Leskea polycarpa Leskeella nervosa

Lindbergia brachyptera — Lindberg's maple-moss Pseudoleskea atricha Pseudoleskea baileyi Pseudoleskea incurvata Pseudoleskea julacea Pseudoleskea patens Pseudoleskea radicosa Pseudoleskea stenophylla Pseudoleskeella sibirica Pseudoleskeella tectorum

Leucobryaceae

• Leucobryum glaucum — pincushion moss

Leucodontaceae

Alsia californica Antitrichia californica Antitrichia curtipendula

Dendroalsia abietina Leucodon brachypus Leucodon julaceus

Liliaceae

Aletris farinosa — white-tubed colicroot Allium acuminatum — tapertip onion Allium amplectens — paper onion Allium burdickii — narrowleaf wild leek Allium canadense — meadow onion Allium cernuum — nodding onion Allium crenulatum — Olympic onion Allium geyeri — Geyer's onion Allium schoenoprasum — wild chives Allium stellatum — glade onion Allium textile — white wild onion Allium tricoccum — small white leek Allium validum — tall swamp onion Brodiaea coronaria — harvest firecracker-flower Calochortus apiculatus — Baker's mariposa lily Calochortus lyallii — Lyall's mariposa lily Calochortus macrocarpus — greenband mariposa lily Camassia leichtlinii — Leichtlin's camassia Camassia quamash — common camassia Camassia scilloides — wild hyacinth Chamaelirium luteum — Devil's-bit Clintonia borealis — blue bead-lily Clintonia uniflora — single-flowered clintonia Erythronium albidum — white trout-lily Erythronium americanum — yellow trout-lily Erythronium grandiflorum — largeflower yellow fawnlily Erythronium montanum — glacier fawnlily Erythronium oregonum — giant fawnlily Erythronium revolutum — pink fawnlily Fritillaria affinis — Ojai frittilary Fritillaria camschatcensis — Indian rice Fritillaria pudica — yellow mission-bells Gagea serotina (syn. Lloydia serotina) — common alpine-lily Hypoxis hirsuta — eastern yellow stargrass Lilium canadense — Canada lily Lilium columbianum — Columbian lily Lilium michiganense — Michigan lily Lilium philadelphicum — wood lily

Lophiola aurea — golden crest Maianthemum canadense — wild lily-of-the-valley Maianthemum dilatatum — false lily-of-the-valley Maianthemum racemosum — Solomon's-plume Maianthemum stellatum — starflowered Solomon's-plume Maianthemum trifolium — three-leaf Solomon's-plume Medeola virginiana — Indian cucumber-root Nothoscordum bivalve — crow-poison Polygonatum biflorum — common Solomon's-seal Polygonatum pubescens — downy Solomon's-seal Prosartes hookeri — Hooker's mandarin Prosartes lanuginosa — yellow mandarin Prosartes smithii — Smith's fairy-bells Prosartes trachycarpa — rough-fruited mandarin Stenanthium occidentale — western featherbells Streptopus amplexifolius — clasping twisted-stalk Streptopus lanceolatus — rosy twisted-stalk Streptopus streptopoides — small twisted-stalk Streptopus x oreopolus — hybrid twisted-stalk Tofieldia coccinea — northern false-asphodel Tofieldia pusilla — Scotch false-asphodel Triantha glutinosa — sticky bog-asphodel Triantha occidentalis — western false-asphodel Trillium cernuum — nodding trillium Trillium erectum — ill-scent trillium Trillium flexipes — nodding trillium Trillium grandiflorum — white trillium Trillium ovatum — western trillium Trillium undulatum — painted trillium Triteleia grandiflora — largeflower triteleia Triteleia hyacinthina — white triteleia Uvularia grandiflora — largeflower bellwort Uvularia perfoliata — perfoliate bellwort Uvularia sessilifolia — sessile-leaf bellwort Veratrum viride — American false hellebore Xerophyllum tenax — western turkeybeard Zigadenus elegans — white camas Zigadenus venenosus — meadow deathcamas

Limnanthaceae

Floerkea proserpinacoides — false mermaidweed

Limnanthes macounii — Macoun's meadowfoam

Linaceae

Linum australe — southern flax Linum compactum — Wyoming flax Linum lewisii — prairie flax Linum medium — stiff yellow flax

Linum rigidum — stiff-stem flax Linum striatum — ridged yellow flax Linum sulcatum — grooved yellow flax Linum virginianum — Virginia flax

Loasaceae

Mentzelia albicaulis — whitestem stickleaf Mentzelia decapetala — ten-petal stickleaf Mentzelia dispersa — Mada stickleaf

Mentzelia laevicaulis — giant blazingstar Mentzelia veatchiana — Veatch's blazingstar

Lophocoleaceae

Chiloscyphus pallescens Chiloscyphus polyanthos Lophocolea bidentata

Lophocolea heterophylla Lophocolea minor

Lycopodiaceae

Diphasiastrum alpinum — alpine clubmoss Diphasiastrum complanatum — trailing clubmoss Diphasiastrum digitatum — fan clubmoss Diphasiastrum sabinifolium — ground-fir Diphasiastrum sitchense — Alaskan clubmoss Diphasiastrum tristachyum — deeproot clubmoss Diphasiastrum x habereri Diphasiastrum x zeilleri Huperzia appressa — Appalachian fir-clubmoss Huperzia chinensis — Chinese clubmoss Huperzia haleakalae — Haleakalā fir-clubmoss Huperzia lucidula — shining clubmoss

Huperzia occidentalis — western shining clubmoss Huperzia porophila — rock clubmoss Huperzia selago — fir clubmoss Huperzia x buttersii — Butters' clubmoss Lycopodiella appressa — southern bog clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata — bog clubmoss Lycopodium annotinum — stiff clubmoss Lycopodium clavatum — running-pine Lycopodium dendroideum — treelike clubmoss Lycopodium hickeyi — Hickey's clubmoss Lycopodium lagopus — one-cone ground-pine Lycopodium obscurum — tree clubmoss

Lythraceae

Ammannia robusta — grand redstem Decodon verticillatus — hairy swamp loosestrife

Lythrum alatum — winged loosestrife Rotala ramosior — toothcup