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| Common Name | Other Names | Scientific Name | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| pale grasspink | pale grass-pink | Calopogon pallidus | Orchidaceae |
| pale indian plantain | pale indian plaintain | Arnoglossum atriplicifolium | Asteraceae |
| pale lobelia | earflower lobelia | Lobelia appendiculata | Campanulaceae |
| pale spikerush | Eleocharis macrostachya | Cyperaceae | |
| palegreen orchid | southern rein orchid, platanthère à gorge tuberculée variété petite-herbe | Platanthera flava | Orchidaceae |
| pale-seed plantain | paleseed indianwheat, virginia plantain, paleseed indian-wheat, dwarf plantain, paleseed plantain, hoary plantain, southern plantain | Plantago virginica | Plantaginaceae |
| palespike lobelia | pale-spike lobelia, balespike lobelia, highbellia | Lobelia spicata | Campanulaceae |
| pale-yellow iris | pale yellow iris, paleyellow iris, yellow flag, yellow-flag, water flag, water-flag | Iris pseudacorus | Iridaceae |
| palmleaf indian breadroot | palm-leaved scurf-pea | Pediomelum digitatum | Fabaceae |
| pampas grass | uruguayan pampas grass | Cortaderia selloana | Poaceae |
| panicled false indigo | panicled indigobush | Amorpha paniculata | Fabaceae |
| paper mulberry | wauke | Broussonetia papyrifera | Moraceae |
| paraguayan windmill grass | Chloris canterae | Poaceae | |
| parrot feather watermilfoil | parrot feather, brazilian watermilfoil, parrot's-feather | Myriophyllum aquaticum | Haloragaceae |
| parrot pitcherplant | Sarracenia psittacina | Sarraceniaceae | |
| parsley hawthorn | parsley-hawthorn | Crataegus marshallii | Rosaceae |
| partridge pea | sleepingplant, showy partridgepea, sensitive plant, locust-weed | Chamaecrista fasciculata | Fabaceae |
| partridgeberry | twinberry, running box, pigeon plum, two-eyed berry | Mitchella repens | Rubiaceae |
| pasture heliotrope | white heliotrope | Heliotropium tenellum | Boraginaceae |
| pawpaw | common pawpaw, custard apple, indian banana, wild banana | Asimina triloba | Annonaceae |
| pecan | nuez encarcelada, nogal morada, pecanier | Carya illinoinensis | Juglandaceae |
| peelbark st. johnswort | st. johnswort, sandweed, peelbark st. john'swort | Hypericum fasciculatum | Clusiaceae |
| pennsylvania pellitory | pennsylvania cucumber plant, hammerwort | Parietaria pensylvanica | Urticaceae |
| peppervine | Ampelopsis arborea | Vitaceae | |
| perennial ryegrass | perennial rye grass, italian rye grass | Lolium perenne | Poaceae |
| perennial saltmarsh aster | saltmash aster | Symphyotrichum tenuifolium | Asteraceae |
| persian clover | reversed clover | Trifolium resupinatum | Fabaceae |
| persian speedwell | winter speedwell, bird-eye speedwell, birdseye speedwell, persian speedwell | Veronica persica | Scrophulariaceae |
| persistent blackberry | Rubus persistens | Rosaceae | |
| petiteplant | Lepuropetalon spathulatum | Saxifragaceae | |
| petticoat daffodil | Narcissus bulbocodium | Liliaceae | |
| philadelphia fleabane | philadelphia daisy, fleabane daisy | Erigeron philadelphicus | Asteraceae |
| pickerelweed | pickerel rush | Pontederia cordata | Pontederiaceae |
| pickering's dawnflower | pickering's morning-glory | Stylisma pickeringii | Convolvulaceae |
| piedmont staggerbush | staggerbush, maryland staggerbush, stagger-bush, stagger bush | Lyonia mariana | Ericaceae |
| pignut hickory | sweet pignut, coast pignut hickory, smoothbark hickory, swamp hickory, broom hickory | Carya glabra | Juglandaceae |
| pine barren deathcamas | Zigadenus leimanthoides | Liliaceae | |
| pine barren flatsedge | Cyperus retrorsus | Cyperaceae | |
| pine barren fluffgrass | pinebarren tridens | Tridens ambiguus | Poaceae |
| pine barren ticktrefoil | Desmodium strictum | Fabaceae | |
| pine lily | walter pine lily, pine-lily | Lilium catesbaei | Liliaceae |
| pineapple guava | Acca sellowiana | Myrtaceae | |
| pine-barren goldenrod | slender goldentop, flat-top goldentop, flattop goldentop, coastal plan flat-top goldenrod | Euthamia tenuifolia | Asteraceae |
| pineland beaksedge | Rhynchospora perplexa | Cyperaceae | |
| pineland milkweed | Asclepias obovata | Asclepiadaceae | |
| pineland rayless goldenrod | Bigelowia nudata | Asteraceae | |
| pinesap | false beechdrops, yellow bird's-nest, yellow pinesap, american pinesap | Hypopitys monotropa | Monotropaceae |
| pinewoods milkweed | sandhill milkweed | Asclepias humistrata | Asclepiadaceae |
| pineywoods dropseed | Sporobolus junceus | Poaceae | |
| pink bogbutton | Sclerolepis uniflora | Asteraceae | |
| pink fuzzybean | perennial wildbean | Strophostyles umbellata | Fabaceae |
| pink milkwort | procession flower, slender milkwort | Polygala incarnata | Polygalaceae |
| pink queen | pinkqueen, spider-flower, spiderplant | Tarenaya hassleriana | Capparaceae |
| pink thoroughwort | Fleischmannia incarnata | Asteraceae | |
| pitcher's stitchwort | slender sandwort, spreading sandwort, lime barren sandwort, glade sandwort | Minuartia patula | Caryophyllaceae |
| pitchfork crowngrass | Paspalum bifidum | Poaceae | |
| pitseed goosefoot | pigseed goosefoot, pit-seed goosefoot, netseed lambsquarters | Chenopodium berlandieri | Chenopodiaceae |
| pitted jointgrass | cylinder jointtail grass, carolina jointail, carolina joint-tail | Mnesithea cylindrica | Poaceae |
| plains beeblossom | plains gaura | Oenothera patriciae | Onagraceae |
| plains coreopsis | plains coreopsis, atkinson's tickseed, golden tickseed, goldenwave, calliopsis | Coreopsis tinctoria | Asteraceae |
| plains snakecotton | snake-cotton, field snake-cotton | Froelichia floridana | Amaranthaceae |
| planertree | water-elm, water elm, planer-tree | Planera aquatica | Ulmaceae |
| plukenet's flatsedge | Cyperus plukenetii | Cyperaceae | |
| plumed beaksedge | Rhynchospora plumosa | Cyperaceae | |
| pointed phlox | Phlox cuspidata | Polemoniaceae | |
| poison hemlock | cigue maculee, cigue tachetee, deadly hemlock, poison parsley, poison-hemlock, spotted parsley | Conium maculatum | Apiaceae |
| poison sumac | poison-sumac | Toxicodendron vernix | Anacardiaceae |
| polkweed | inkberry, pigeonberry, pokeberry, common pokeweed, phytolaque d'amérique, poke, american pokeweed, great pokeweed, red ink plant | Phytolacca americana | Phytolaccaceae |
| pomegranate | Punica granatum | Punicaceae | |
| pond cypress | pondcypress | Taxodium distichum var. imbricarium | Cupressaceae |
| pond flatsedge | yellow sedge | Cyperus ochraceus | Cyperaceae |
| pondspice | Litsea aestivalis | Lauraceae | |
| poorjoe | rough buttonweed, poor joe, buttonweed | Diodella teres | Rubiaceae |
| possumhaw | possum haw, possum-haw, deciduous holly, winterberry, winter-berry, winter berry | Ilex decidua | Aquifoliaceae |
| possumhaw | possumhaw viburnum, possum-haw | Viburnum nudum | Caprifoliaceae |
| post oak | delta post oak | Quercus stellata | Fagaceae |
| potato dwarf-dandelion | potato dwarf dandelion, tuber dwarfdandelion, tuber dandelion, potato dandelion | Krigia dandelion | Asteraceae |
| poverty rush | field rush, path rush, slender yard rush, wiregrass, slender rush, slender-rush | Juncus tenuis | Juncaceae |
| powdery alligator-flag | powdery thalia, water canna, powdery-thalia | Thalia dealbata | Marantaceae |
| prairie acacia | whiteball acacia, fern acacia, prairie wattle | Acacia angustissima | Fabaceae |
| prairie buttercup | Ranunculus platensis | Ranunculaceae | |
| prairie coneflower | pinnate prairie coneflower, grayhead prairie coneflower, grayhead mexican hat, yellow coneflower, grayhead coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | Asteraceae |
| prairie cordgrass | prairie cord-grass, slough grass, | Spartina pectinata | Poaceae |
| prairie dogshade | Limnosciadium pumilum | Apiaceae | |
| prairie dropseed | silveus' dropseed | Sporobolus silveanus | Poaceae |
| prairie false foxglove | prairie agalinis, prairie false-foxglove | Agalinis heterophylla | Scrophulariaceae |
| prairie fleabane | daisy fleabane, rough fleabane | Erigeron strigosus | Asteraceae |
| prairie junegrass | crested hair grass, junegrass, prairie koeler's grass | Koeleria macrantha | Poaceae |
| prairie lily | coopers rainlily, rain lily, hill country rain lily, flor de mayo | Zephyranthes drummondii | Liliaceae |
| prairie milkvine | Matelea cynanchoides | Asclepiadaceae | |
| prairie panicgrass | Panicum brachyanthum | Poaceae | |
| prairie petunia | fringeleaf wild petunia, wild petunia, low ruellia, hairy ruellia, low wild petunia | Ruellia humilis | Acanthaceae |
| prairie phacelia | Phacelia strictiflora | Hydrophyllaceae | |
| prairie pleatleaf | prairie celestials, celestials, prairie iris, celestial lily | Nemastylis geminiflora | Iridaceae |
| prairie snoutbean | Rhynchosia latifolia | Fabaceae | |
| prairie tea | prairie-tea, oneseeded croton | Croton monanthogynus | Euphorbiaceae |
| prairie three-awn grass | prairie threeawn, oldfield (prairie) threeawn, oldfiled prairie 3-awn, oldfield threeawn | Aristida oligantha | Poaceae |
| prairie wedgescale | prairie wedgegrass, wedge-grass, wedgegrass | Sphenopholis obtusata | Poaceae |
| prairienymph | prairie nymph | Herbertia lahue | Iridaceae |
| pretty sneezeweed | Helenium elegans | Asteraceae | |
| pretty st. john's-wort | early st. johnswort, naked st. johnswort | Hypericum nudiflorum | Clusiaceae |
| pride of ohio | eastern shooting star, shooting star, roosterheads, prairie pointers, american cowslip | Dodecatheon meadia | Primulaceae |
| princesstree | Paulownia tomentosa | Scrophulariaceae | |
| propeller flower | purple pleat-leaf, pinewoods lily, prairie iris, pleatleaf iris | Alophia drummondii | Iridaceae |
| prostrate blue violet | walter's violet | Viola walteri | Violaceae |
| prostrate sandmat | prostrate spurge, blue weed, ground spurge, spurge | Euphorbia prostrata | Euphorbiaceae |
| puffballs | barbara's buttons | Marshallia caespitosa | Asteraceae |
| pullout grass | sixweeks grass, sixweeks fescue, eightflower six-weeks grass, common sixweeks grass | Vulpia octoflora | Poaceae |
| purple cone flower | purple coneflower, pale purple coneflower, pale echinacea | Echinacea pallida | Asteraceae |
| purple cudweed | spoonleaf purple everlasting, spoon-leaf purple everlasting, cudweed | Gamochaeta purpurea | Asteraceae |
| purple false foxglove | purple gerardia, gerardia | Agalinis purpurea | Scrophulariaceae |
| purple lovegrass | petticoat-climber, purple plains lovegrass, tumblegrass, petticoat climber | Eragrostis spectabilis | Poaceae |
| purple milkweed | Asclepias purpurascens | Asclepiadaceae | |
| purple passion-flower | purple passionflower, maypop, apricot vine, purple passionflower, purple passion vine, may-pop, pasionaria | Passiflora incarnata | Passifloraceae |
| purple poppymallow | purple poppy mallow, winecup, low poppymallow | Callirhoe involucrata | Malvaceae |
| purple prairie clover | Dalea purpurea | Fabaceae | |
| purple queen | Tradescantia pallida | Commelinaceae | |
| purple silkyscale | Anthaenantia rufa | Poaceae | |
| purple threeawn | purple 3-awn, purple three-awn, red threeawn | Aristida purpurea | Poaceae |
| purple-head sneezeweed | purplehead sneezeweed | Helenium flexuosum | Asteraceae |
| purpletop | purpletop tridens, purple top | Tridens flavus | Poaceae |
| pygmyflower vetch | smallflower vetch, pygmy-flowered vetch | Vicia minutiflora | Fabaceae |
| pyramid magnolia | Magnolia pyramidata | Magnoliaceae |