Main page: List of Canadian plants by family

The following families of vascular plants are listed as occurring in Canada:

For mosses of Canada, see:

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 fritillary 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

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