Plants

Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.

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Buttercup

Buxaceae

Buxaceae (boxwood family)

Byrsonima crassifolia

Byrsonima crassifolia (nance): a tropical fruit tree

Cacao tree

Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)

Cactus

Cactus: Adaptations, Diversity, and Human Uses

Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinioideae: a subfamily of legume flowering plants

Calendula officinalis

Calendula officinalis (pot marigold) — description, history, uses, and cultivation

Calibrachoa

Calluna

Calotropis gigantea

Calotropis procera

Camellia

Camellia: evergreen flowering shrubs, tea plants and ornamental trees

Camellia sinensis

Campanulaceae

Camucamu

Cannabaceae

Cannabaceae (hemp family): overview, characteristics, and uses

Cannabis

Cannabis: botany, uses, history and legal status

Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis: plant, compounds, uses, and legal status

Canola

Cantuta

Cantuta (Cantua buxifolia): Andean flowering shrub and national symbol

Caper

Caper (Capparis spinosa) — plant, buds, and culinary uses

Capparaceae

Capsicum

Capsicum (peppers): overview, uses, history and varieties

Carambola

Carambola (Star Fruit): description, cultivation, uses, and safety

Caraway

Caraway: Description, History, Uses, and Cultivation

Caricaceae

Caricaceae — the papaya family of tropical flowering plants

Carnation

Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus): description, history and uses

Carnivorous plant

Carob

Carrot

Carrot (Daucus carota): description, cultivation, uses

Caryophyllaceae

Caryophyllaceae (pink or carnation family)

Caryophyllales

Cash crop

Cashew

Castilleja

Castor oil plant

Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)

Catnip

Catnip (Nepeta cataria): description, effects, cultivation and uses

Cedar

Cedrus: Montane conifer genus native to the Mediterranean and western Himalaya

Cedrus deodara

Cedrus deodara (Deodar) — Himalayan cedar: description, habitat, uses

Cedrus libani

Cedrus libani (Lebanon cedar): description, distribution, history, and cultivation

Celastraceae

Celastraceae: the staff-tree family of woody flowering plants

Celastrales

Celastrales (order of flowering plants)

Celosia

Celtis

Celtis (hackberry): description, distribution, and uses

Ceratonia

Ceratonia — the carob genus of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern trees

Ceratophyllum

Ceropegia elegans

Ceropegia elegans: a lantern-flower native to India and Sri Lanka

Chamaerops

Chamaerops — the European fan palm