Irises are flowering plants with showy flowers. This popular garden flower has bulbous roots, sword shaped leaves, and flowers on tall, erect stems. Colors may vary from purple to blue, red, yellow, orange, black, and white, however purple and blue a

This plant is a trifoliate, meaning the leaves are grouped together of three. The Jack-in-the-pulpit, or Indian Turnip, is known by many different names and looks similar to poison ivy before its flower appears. The flower has a greenish-yellow and o

Jasmine plants are shrubs and vines in the olive family. They come in several different varieties but typically have the same small white flowers. Jasmine is widely cultivated around the world for their fragrance.

Jessamine is a twining vine generally with smooth, green leaves and bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers.

Jimsonweed is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family. This plant stands out with is foul-smelling, trumpet-shaped, pale purple or white flowers, white roots and stem, and toothed leaves. Jimsonweed also has seed capsules with many thor

Jonquil, also known as rush daffodil, is a bulbous flowering plant native to eastern Europe. Although this plant is in the same family as common daffodils, an outstanding characteristic is that the smaller yellow or white flowers sprout and bloom in

Also known as slipper orchids, lady slipper orchids are a subfamily of orchids with a slipper shaped pouch and two petals on the side. The pouch on the bottom of the flower traps insects in order to make them climb through the flower while collecting

These flowers are often brightly colored blooming on tall stems that tower over their leaves. The flowers cover them stem when fully bloomed. Colors can vary from red to white, purple, pink, and so on.

Lily of the Valley is a flowering plant that blooms in spring. They have large, thick green leaves and shoots that have sweetly scented, bell-shaped, white flowers hanging from them.

Lobelia is a genus of flowering plants containing large and small perennial, annual, and shrub species. Many differ in shape and size but all have similar simple leaves and tubular flowers with five lobes. The plant is usually covered with flowers wi

Locoweed is a name in any plants that contain swainsonine. Swainsonine is a phytotoxin harmful mostly to livestock although other animals can become ill after ingesting. Oxytropis and Astragalus are found in North America and Swainsona in Australia,

Lupine, or Lupin, is a genus of flowering plant in the legume family found in North and South America, the Mediterranean, and North Africa. These plants have pale green leaves with little white hairs and flowers called bluebonnets that grow erect, co