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Lambs Ear
Stachys byzantina
A Turkish and Iranian perennial herb with soft silvery felted leaves that feel like a lambs ear, a popular tactile plant for childrens and sensory gardens.
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Table of contents
| Lambs Ear | Lemon Balm | Lemon Verbena | Lipstick Plant |
| Liverwort |
List of Plants That Start With L
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Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
A Mediterranean mint-family herb with lemon-scented leaves used for calming herbal teas, savory cooking, and as a popular garden bee plant.
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Lemon Verbena
Aloysia citrodora
A South American deciduous shrub whose narrow leaves smell intensely of lemon, used for tea, dessert flavoring, and a popular cottage garden herb.
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Lipstick Plant
Aeschynanthus radicans
A Southeast Asian epiphytic vine grown as a hanging houseplant for its tubular red flowers that emerge from dark calyxes like a lipstick from its tube.
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Liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha
A worldwide group of ancient nonvascular plants forming flat green ribbons or tiny leafy mats, among the oldest land plants in the fossil record.
About plants starting with L
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