This is a partial list of the plant species considered native to Canada.

Contents

• La
• Le
• Li
• Lo
• Lu
• Ly
• References

Many of the plants seen in Canada were introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. For these plants, see List of introduced species to Canada.

N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.

Due to Canada's biodiversity, this page is divided.

La

• Lachnanthes — Carolina redroot
  • Lachnanthes caroliana — Carolina redroot

• Lactuca — lettuces
  • Lactuca biennis — tall blue lettuce
  • Lactuca canadensis — Canada lettuce
  • Lactuca floridana — woodland lettuce
  • Lactuca hirsuta — hairy lettuce
  • Lactuca ludoviciana — western lettuce
  • Lactuca muralis — wall lettuce ^[1]
  • Lactuca tatarica — Tartarian lettuce
  • Lactuca terrae-novae — Newfoundland lettuce
• Lagotis
  • Lagotis minor — little weaselsnout
• Laportea — wood-nettle
  • Laportea canadensis — Canada wood-nettle
• Lappula — stickseeds
  • Lappula occidentalis — flatspine sheepburr

• Larix — larches
  • Larix laricina — tamarack, American larch
  • Larix lyallii — alpine larch
  • Larix occidentalis — western larch
• Lasthenia — goldfields
  • Lasthenia maritima — maritime goldfields
• Lathyrus — peavines
  • Lathyrus bijugatus – Latah tule-pea
  • Lathyrus japonicus – beach pea
  • Lathyrus littoralis – grey beach peavine
  • Lathyrus nevadensis – Sierra Nevada peavine
  • Lathyrus ochroleucus – pale vetchling peavine
  • Lathyrus palustris – vetchling peavine
  • Lathyrus venosus – smooth veiny peavine

Le

• Lechea — pinweeds
  • Lechea intermedia — narrowleaf pinweed
  • Lechea maritima — beach pinweed
  • Lechea mucronata — hairy pinweed
  • Lechea pulchella — Leggett's pinweed
  • Lechea stricta — upright pinweed
  • Lechea tenuifolia — slender pinweed
• Ledum — Labrador-teas
  • Ledum glandulosum — glandular Labrador-tea
  • Ledum groenlandicum — common Labrador-tea
  • Ledum palustre — marsh Labrador-tea
  • Ledum x columbianum — Columbian Labrador-tea
• Leersia — cutgrass
  • Leersia oryzoides — rice cutgrass
  • Leersia virginica — Virginia cutgrass
• Lejeunea — liverworts
  • Lejeunea alaskana
  • Lejeunea cavifolia

• Lemna — duckweeds
  • Lemna minor — lesser duckweed
  • Lemna trisulca — star duckweed
  • Lemna turionifera — turion duckweed
• Lepidium — pepper-grasses
  • Lepidium densiflorum — denseflower pepper-grass
  • Lepidium oxycarpum — sharp-pod pepper-grass
  • Lepidium ramosissimum — branched pepper-grass
  • Lepidium virginicum — poor-man's pepper-grass
• Lepidozia — liverworts
  • Lepidozia filamentosa
  • Lepidozia reptans
  • Lepidozia sandvicensis
• Leptarrhena — saxifrage
  • Leptarrhena pyrolifolia — leatherleaf saxifrage
• Leptobryum — mosses
  • Leptobryum pyriforme
• Leptodactylon — prickly-phlox
  • Leptodactylon pungens — granite prickly-phlox
• Leptodictyum — mosses
  • Leptodictyum humile
  • Leptodictyum riparium — Kneiff's feathermoss
• Lescuraea — mosses
  • Lescuraea saxicola
• Leskea — mosses
  • Leskea gracilescens
  • Leskea obscura
  • Leskea polycarpa
• Leskeella — mosses
  • Leskeella nervosa
• Lespedeza — bushclovers
  • Lespedeza capitata – roundhead bushclover
  • Lespedeza hirta – hairy bushclover
  • Lespedeza intermedia – wand bushclover
  • Lespedeza procumbens – trailing bushclover
  • Lespedeza violacea – violet bushclover
  • Lespedeza virginica – slender bushclover
  • Lespedeza x longifolia
  • Lespedeza x nuttallii – Nuttall's bushclover
• Lesquerella — bladderpods
  • Lesquerella alpina — alpine bladderpod
  • Lesquerella arctica — arctic bladderpod
  • Lesquerella arenosa — Great Plains bladderpod
  • Lesquerella calderi — Calder's bladderpod
  • Lesquerella douglasii — Douglas' bladderpod
  • Lesquerella ludoviciana — silver bladderpod
• Leucanthemum — daisies
  • Leucanthemum integrifolium — entire-leaf daisy
  • Leucanthemum vulgare — oxeye daisy

• Leucobryum — mosses
  • Leucobryum glaucum — pincushion moss
• Leucodon — mosses
  • Leucodon brachypus
  • Leucodon julaceus
• Leucolepis — mosses
  • Leucolepis acanthoneuron
• Leucophysalis — ground-cherry
  • Leucophysalis grandiflora — large-flowered ground-cherry
• Leucospora — conobea
  • Leucospora multifida — cliff conobea
• Lewisia — bitterroots
  • Lewisia columbiana — Columbian bitterroot
  • Lewisia pygmaea — alpine bitterroot
  • Lewisia rediviva — Oregon bitterroot
  • Lewisia triphylla — three-leaf bitterroot
• Leymus — lyme grass
  • Leymus cinereus — Great Basin lyme grass
  • Leymus innovatus — northwestern wildrye
  • Leymus mollis — sea lyme grass
  • Leymus triticoides — beardless lyme grass
  • Leymus x vancouverensis — Vancouver Island lyme grass

Li

• Liastris — grayfeathers, blazingstars
  • Liatris aspera — tall gayfeather
  • Liatris cylindracea — slender blazingstar
  • Liatris ligulistylis — strapstyle gayfeather
  • Liatris punctata — dotted gayfeather
  • Liatris spheroidea — spherical gayfeather
  • Liatris spicata — marsh blazingstar
  • Liatris × creditonensis
  • Liatris × gladewitzii

• Ligusticum — lovages
  • Ligusticum calderi — Calder's lovage
  • Ligusticum canbyi — Canby's wild lovage
  • Ligusticum scoticum — Scotch lovage
  • Ligusticum verticillatum — Idaho lovage
• Lilaeopsis — lilæopsis
  • Lilaeopsis chinensis — eastern lilæopsis
  • Lilaeopsis occidentalis — western lilæopsis

• Lilium — lilies
  • Lilium canadense — Canada lily
  • Lilium columbianum — Columbian lily
  • Lilium michiganense — Michigan lily
  • Lilium philadelphicum — wood lily
• Limnanthes — meadowfoams
  • Limnanthes macounii — Macoun's meadowfoam
• Limonium — sea-lavenders
  • Limonium carolinianum — sea-lavender
• Limosella — mudworts
  • Limosella aquatica — northern mudwort
  • Limosella australis — mudwort

• Limprichtia — mosses
  • Limprichtia cossonii
  • Limprichtia revolvens — limprichtia moss
• Linanthus — desert-gold
  • Linanthus bicolor — bicoloured desert-gold
  • Linanthus harknessii — harkness linanthus
  • Linanthus septentrionalis — northern desert-gold
• Lindbergia — mosses
  • Lindbergia brachyptera — Lindberg's maple-moss
• Lindera — spicebush
  • Lindera benzoin — spicebush
• Lindernia
  • Lindernia dubia — yellowseed false pimpernel
• Linnaea — twinflower
  • Linnaea borealis — twinflower
• Linum — flaxes
  • 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
• Liparis — widelip orchids
  • Liparis liliifolia — large twayblade
  • Liparis loeselii — Lösel's twayblade
• Lipocarpha — halfchaff sedges, bulrushes
  • Lipocarpha micrantha — dwarf bulrush
• Liriodendron — tulip trees
  • Liriodendron tulipifera — tulip tree
• Lithophragma — woodland-stars
  • Lithophragma glabrum — bulbous woodland-star
  • Lithophragma parviflorum — smallflower woodland-star
  • Lithophragma tenellum — slender woodland-star
• Lithospermum — puccoons, gromwells, stoneseeds
  • Lithospermum canescens — hoary puccoon
  • Lithospermum caroliniense — golden puccoon
  • Lithospermum incisum — narrow-leaved puccoon
  • Lithospermum latifolium — American gromwell
  • Lithospermum ruderale — western gromwell
• Littorella — shoregrass
  • Littorella uniflora — American shoregrass

Lo

• Lobelia — lobelias
  • Lobelia cardinalis — cardinal-flower
  • Lobelia dortmanna — water lobelia
  • Lobelia inflata — Indian-tobacco
  • Lobelia kalmii — Kalm's lobelia
  • Lobelia siphilitica — great blue lobelia
  • Lobelia spicata — palespike lobelia
  • Lobelia x speciosa
• Loeskeobryum
  • Loeskeobryum brevirostre

• Loeskypnum — mosses
  • Loeskypnum badium
  • Loeskypnum wickesiae
• Loiseleuria — kalmias
  • Loiseleuria procumbens — alpine-azalea
• Lomatium — desert-parsleys
  • Lomatium ambiguum — streambank desert-parsley
  • Lomatium brandegeei — Brandegee's desert-parsley
  • Lomatium cous — cousroot desert-parsley
  • Lomatium dissectum — fernleaf desert-parsley
  • Lomatium foeniculaceum — carrotleaf desert-parsley
  • Lomatium geyeri — Geyer's desert-parsley
  • Lomatium grayi — mountain desert-parsley
  • Lomatium macrocarpum — largefruit desert-parsley
  • Lomatium martindalei — coast range lomatium
  • Lomatium nudicaule — nakedstem desert-parsley
  • Lomatium orientale — Oriental desert-parsley
  • Lomatium sandbergii — Sandberg's desert-parsley
  • Lomatium simplex — umbrella desert-parsley
  • Lomatium triternatum — ternate desert-parsley
  • Lomatium utriculatum — foothill desert-parsley
• Lomatogonium — felwort
  • Lomatogonium rotatum — marsh felwort
• Lonicera — honeysuckles
  • Lonicera caerulea — western honeysuckle
  • Lonicera canadensis — American fly-honeysuckle
  • Lonicera ciliosa — orange honeysuckle
  • Lonicera dioica — mountain honeysuckle
  • Lonicera hirsuta — hairy honeysuckle
  • Lonicera hispidula — California honeysuckle
  • Lonicera involucrata — four-line honeysuckle
  • Lonicera oblongifolia — swamp fly-honeysuckle
  • Lonicera reticulata — grape honeysuckle
  • Lonicera utahensis — Utah honeysuckle
  • Lonicera villosa — mountain fly-honeysuckle
• Lophiola — golden crest
  • Lophiola aurea — golden crest
• Lophocolea — liverworts
  • Lophocolea bidentata
  • Lophocolea heterophylla — variable-leaved crestwort
  • Lophocolea minor
• Lophozia — liverworts
  • Lophozia alpestris
  • Lophozia ascendens
  • Lophozia badensis
  • Lophozia bantriensis
  • Lophozia bicrenata
  • Lophozia capitata
  • Lophozia collaris
  • Lophozia excisa
  • Lophozia gillmanii
  • Lophozia grandiretis
  • Lophozia groenlandica
  • Lophozia guttulata
  • Lophozia heterocolpos
  • Lophozia hyperarctica
  • Lophozia incisa
  • Lophozia latifolia
  • Lophozia laxa
  • Lophozia longidens
  • Lophozia obtusa
  • Lophozia opacifolia
  • Lophozia pellucida
  • Lophozia rutheana
  • Lophozia sudetica
  • Lophozia ventricosa
  • Lophozia wenzelii
• Lorinseria — chainferns
  • Lorinseria areolata — netted chainfern
• Lotus — trefoils
  • Lotus denticulatus – meadow trefoil
  • Lotus formosissimus – seaside trefoil
  • Lotus micranthus – smallflower trefoil
  • Lotus parviflorus – smallflower trefoil
  • Lotus pinnatus – bog bird's-foot trefoil
  • Lotus unifoliolatus – American bird's-foot trefoil

Lu

• Ludwigia — water-purslanes, seedboxes
  • Ludwigia alternifolia — bushy seedbox
  • Ludwigia palustris — marsh seedbox
  • Ludwigia polycarpa — many-fruit false-loosestrife
• Luetkea — luetkea, partridgefoot
  • Luetkea pectinata — segmented lütkea, partridgefoot

• Luina — silverbacks
  • Luina hypoleuca — littleleaf silverback
• Lupinus — lupines
  • Lupinus albicaulis – sickle-keel lupine
  • Lupinus arbustus – longspur lupine
  • Lupinus arcticus – Arctic lupine
  • Lupinus argenteus – silvery lupine
  • Lupinus bicolor – Lindley's lupine
  • Lupinus bingenensis – Bingen lupine
  • Lupinus burkei – Burke's lupine
  • Lupinus caespitosus – stemless dwarf lupine
  • Lupinus caudatus – Kellogg's spurred lupine
  • Lupinus densiflorus – dense-flowered lupine
  • Lupinus formosus – summer lupine
  • Lupinus kuschei – Yukon lupine
  • Lupinus latifolius – broadleaf lupine
  • Lupinus lepidus – prairie lupine
  • Lupinus leucophyllus – woolly-leaf lupine
  • Lupinus littoralis – seashore lupine
  • Lupinus lyallii – Lyall's lupine
  • Lupinus minimus – Kettle Falls lupine
  • Lupinus nootkatensis – Nootka lupine
  • Lupinus oreganus – Oregon lupine
  • Lupinus parviflorus – lodgepole lupine
  • Lupinus perennis – sundial lupine
  • Lupinus polycarpus – smallflower lupine
  • Lupinus polyphyllus – largeleaf lupine
  • Lupinus prunophilus – hairy bigleaf lupine
  • Lupinus pusillus – small lupine
  • Lupinus rivularis – riverbank lupine
  • Lupinus sericeus – Pursh's silky lupine
  • Lupinus sulphureus – sulphur-flower lupine
  • Lupinus vallicola – open lupine
  • Lupinus wyethii – Wyeth's lupine
  • Lupinus x alpestris
• Luzula — woodrushes
  • Luzula acuminata — hairy woodrush
  • Luzula alpinopilosa — alpine woodrush
  • Luzula nivalis — arctic woodrush
  • Luzula arcuata — curved woodrush
  • Luzula campestris — common woodrush
  • Luzula comosa — Pacific woodrush
  • Luzula confusa — northern woodrush
  • Luzula echinata — hedgehog woodrush
  • Luzula glabrata — smooth woodrush
  • Luzula groenlandica — Greenland woodrush
  • Luzula multiflora — common woodrush
  • Luzula parviflora — smallflower woodrush
  • Luzula piperi — Piper's woodrush
  • Luzula rufescens — hairy woodrush
  • Luzula spicata — spiked woodrush
  • Luzula wahlenbergii — Wahlenberg's woodrush

Ly

• Lychnis — silene, campion
  • Lychnis alpina — alpine campion
• Lycopodiella — clubmosses
  • Lycopodiella appressa — southern bog clubmoss
  • Lycopodiella inundata — bog clubmoss

• dium — ground-pines
  • 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
• Lycopus — bugleweeds, water horehounds
  • 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
• Lygodesmia — skeletonplants
  • Lygodesmia juncea — rush skeletonplant
• Lysichiton — skunk-cabbage
  • Lysichiton americanus — yellow skunk-cabbage
• Lysimachia — loosestrifes
  • Lysimachia ciliata — fringed loosestrife
  • Lysimachia hybrida — lanceleaf loosestrife
  • Lysimachia lanceolata — lanceleaf loosestrife
  • Lysimachia quadriflora — four-flower loosestrife
  • Lysimachia quadrifolia — whorled yellow loosestrife
  • Lysimachia terrestris — swamp loosestrife
  • Lysimachia thyrsiflora — water loosestrife
  • Lysimachia × commixta — mixed loosestrife
  • Lysimachia × producta — elongated loosestrife
• Lythrum — loosestrifes
  • Lythrum alatum — winged loosestrife

References

See: Flora of Canada#References