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Barnardia japonica (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Asparagaceae

Barnardia japonica (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.

Barnardia japonica (Thunb.) Schult. & Schult.f.

Barnardia japonica is an ornamental bulb plant with edible foliage and roots, and medicinally used bulbs.

Barnardia numidica (Poir.) Speta
Asparagaceae

Barnardia numidica (Poir.) Speta

Barnardia numidica (Poir.) Speta

Barnardia numidica is a bulbous flowering plant currently placed in genus Barnardia, though evidence suggests it belongs to its own genus.

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz
Lecythidaceae

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz

Barringtonia asiatica is a toxic coastal tropical tree with showy fragrant flowers, buoyant ocean-dispersed fruit, and traditional human uses.

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.
Lecythidaceae

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng.

Barringtonia racemosa, the powder-puff tree, is an Indian Ocean coastal Lecythidaceae tree with documented traditional medicinal uses, protected in South Africa.

Bartonia paniculata (Michx.) Muhl.
Gentianaceae

Bartonia paniculata (Michx.) Muhl.

Bartonia paniculata (Michx.) Muhl.

Bartonia paniculata, twining screwstem, is a saprophytic annual/biennial native to wetlands across much of eastern North America.

Bartonia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Gentianaceae

Bartonia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Bartonia virginica (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Bartonia virginica is an annual flowering plant native to eastern North America, found most often in acidic mossy bogs and wet meadows.

Bartsia alpina L.
Orobanchaceae

Bartsia alpina L.

Bartsia alpina L.

Bartsia alpina is a hemiparasitic Arctic-montane perennial alpine plant native to Europe and North America.

Basella alba L.
Basellaceae

Basella alba L.

Basella alba L.

Basella alba (Malabar spinach) is an edible vine with edible leaves widely used in many regional cuisines across Asia and Africa.

Bassia hyssopifolia (Pall.) Kuntze
Amaranthaceae

Bassia hyssopifolia (Pall.) Kuntze

Bassia hyssopifolia (Pall.) Kuntze

Bassia hyssopifolia is an annual herb native to Eurasia that has spread widely to North America.

Bassia prostrata (L.) Beck
Amaranthaceae

Bassia prostrata (L.) Beck

Bassia prostrata (L.) Beck

Bassia prostrata, or forage kochia, is a Eurasian amaranth introduced to the US for rangeland forage and fire control.

Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott
Amaranthaceae

Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott

Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott

Bassia scoparia is a widespread tumbleweed plant, invasive in many areas but with ornamental, medicinal and phytoremediation uses.

Batis maritima L.
Bataceae

Batis maritima L.

Batis maritima L.

Batis maritima L. is a salt-tolerant subshrub native to the Americas, used locally as food and herbal medicine.

Bauera rubioides Banks ex Andrews
Cunoniaceae

Bauera rubioides Banks ex Andrews

Bauera rubioides Banks ex Andrews

Bauera rubioides is a small scrambling shrub found in wet southeastern Australian areas, grown horticulturally from cuttings.

Bauhinia divaricata L.
Fabaceae

Bauhinia divaricata L.

Bauhinia divaricata L.

Bauhinia divaricata is a flowering Fabaceae plant native to Mexico, most of Central America, and the Caribbean.

Bauhinia forficata Link
Fabaceae

Bauhinia forficata Link

Bauhinia forficata Link

Bauhinia forficata Link is a South American native medium evergreen tree suited to USDA hardiness zones 10A to 11.

Bauhinia monandra Kurz
Fabaceae

Bauhinia monandra Kurz

Bauhinia monandra Kurz

Bauhinia monandra Kurz is a leguminous Fabaceae tree, native to Madagascar, naturalized elsewhere, and invasive in New Caledonia.

Bauhinia purpurea L.
Fabaceae

Bauhinia purpurea L.

Bauhinia purpurea L.

Bauhinia purpurea L. is an edible, medicinally used deciduous tree native to South Asia and Myanmar.

Bauhinia variegata L.
Fabaceae

Bauhinia variegata L.

Bauhinia variegata L.

Bauhinia variegata is a small to medium flowering tree grown as an ornamental, with edible parts used in South Asian cuisine.

Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray
Lepidoziaceae

Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray

Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray

Bazzania trilobata is a liverwort species in the Lepidoziaceae family native to Northern Hemisphere temperate zones.

Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
Asteraceae

Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene

Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene

Bebbia juncea, also called sweetbush, is the only aromatic shrub species in the Bebbia genus, native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald
Poaceae

Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald

Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald

Beckmannia syzigachne is a widespread bunchgrass in Poaceae found across Europe, Asia, and North America, one of two species in genus Beckmannia.

Beckwithia andersonii (A.Gray) Jeps.
Ranunculaceae

Beckwithia andersonii (A.Gray) Jeps.

Beckwithia andersonii (A.Gray) Jeps.

Anderson's buttercup is a perennial buttercup species native to the western United States, named for Charles Lewis Anderson.

Bedfordia arborescens Hochr.
Asteraceae

Bedfordia arborescens Hochr.

Bedfordia arborescens Hochr.

Bedfordia arborescens, or blanket tree, is an Australian understory tree identifiable by its woolly white leaf undersides.

Bedfordia salicina (Labill.) DC.
Asteraceae

Bedfordia salicina (Labill.) DC.

Bedfordia salicina (Labill.) DC.

Bedfordia salicina is a large shrub or small tree endemic to Tasmania, part of the Asteraceae family.

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