List of plants by common name

The common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names: binomials, or "Latin" names.

Many plants have several common names, and many common names refer to several distinct plants. This list includes garden plants as well as weeds.

This is not a complete list. Most of the common names here so far are regional names in use in North America.

A

• Aconite - Aconitum
• Alder - Alnus

• Black Alder - Alnus glutinosa, Ilex verticillata
• Common Alder - Alnus glutinosa
• False Alder - Ilex verticillata
• Gray Alder - Alnus incana
• Speckled Alder - Alnus incana
• Striped Alder - Ilex verticillata
• White Alder - Alnus incana, Ilex verticillata

• Ambrosia

• Tall Ambrosia - Ambrosia trifida

• Amy Root - Apocynum cannabinum
• Apple - Malus

• Osage Apple - Maclura pomifera

• Apple of Sodom - Solanum carolinense
• Arfaj - Rhanterium epapposum
• Arizona Sycamore - Platanus wrighitii
• Arrowwood - Cornus florida

• Indian Arrowwood - Cornus florida

• Ash - Fraxinus spp.

• Black Ash - Acer negundo, Fraxinus nigra
• Blue Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
• Cane Ash - Fraxinus americana
• Green Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
• Maple Ash- Acer negundo
• Red Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
• River Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
• Swamp Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
• White Ash - Fraxinus americana
• Water Ash- Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica

• Azolla - Azolla

• Carolina Azolla - Azolla caroliniana

Banana - Musa paradisica

• Bay - Laurus spp. or Umbellularia spp.

• Bay Laurel - Laurus nobilis (culinary)
• California Bay - Umbellularia californica

• Bearberry - Ilex decidua
• Bear Corn - Veratrum viride
• Bindweed

• Blue Bindweed - Solanum dulcamara

• Bird's Nest - Daucus carota
• Bird's Nest Plant - Daucus carota
• Birch - Betula spp.

• Black Birch - Betula lenta, Betula nigra
• Bolean Birch - Betula papyrifera
• Canoe Birch - Betula papyrifera
• Cherry Birch - Betula lenta
• European Weeping Birch - Betula pendula
• European White Birch - Betula pendula
• Gray Birch - Betula alleghaniensis
• Mahogany Birch - Betula lenta
• Paper Birch - Betula papyrifera
• Red Birch - Betula nigra
• River Birch - Betula nigra, Betula lenta
• Silver Birch - Betula papyrifera
• Spice Birch - Betula lenta
• Sweet Birch - Betula lenta
• Water Birch - Betula nigra
• Weeping Birch - Betula pendula
• White Birch - Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula
• Yellow Birch - Betula alleghaniensis

• Bittercress - Barbarea vulgaris, Cardamine bulbosa, Cardamine hirsuta

• Hairy Bittercress - Cardamine hirsuta

• Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

• Trailing Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara

• Bitterweed - Any plant in the Ambrosia genus, specially Ambrosia artemisiifolia; Artemisia trifida; Helenium amarum
• Blackberry - Rubus spp., Rubus pensilvanicus, Rubus occidentalis

• Hispid Swamp Blackberry - Rubus hispidus
• Pennsylvania Blackberry - Rubus pensilvanicus
• Running Swamp Blackberry - Rubus hispidus

• Black Cap - Rubus occidentalis
• Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida
• Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium
• Blackiehead - Rudbeckia hirta
• Black-weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
• Blue-of-the-Heavens - Allium caeruleum
• Bow-wood - Maclura pomifera
• Box - Buxus

• False Box - Cornus florida

• Boxelder - Acer negundo
• Boxwood - Buxus, Cornus florida

• False Boxwood - Cornus florida

• Brier

• Sand Brier - Solanum carolinense

• Brittlebush - Encelia farinosa
• Broadleaf - Plantago major
• Brown Betty - Rudbeckia hirta
• Brown-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba
• Buckeye (California Buckeye) - (Aesculus californica)
• Buckeye - Aesculus spp.
• Buffalo Weed - Ambrosia trifida
• Butterfly Flower - Asclepias syriaca
• Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa

C

• Cabbage - Brassica oleracea

• Clumpfoot Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus
• Meadow Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus
• Skunk Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus
• Swamp Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus

• California Bay - Umbellularia californica
• California Buckeye - Aesculus californica
• California Sycamore - Platanus racemosa
• California Walnut - Juglans californica"
• Canada Root - Asclepias tuberosa
• Cancer Jalap - Phytolacca americana
• Carrot - Daucus carota

• Wild Carrot - Daucus carota

• Carrot Weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
• Cart Track Plant - Plantago major
• Catalina ironwood - Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp: floribundus
• Cherry - Prunus spp.

• Black Cherry - Prunus serotina
• Cabinet Cherry - Prunus serotina
• Rum Cherry - Prunus serotina
• Whiskey Cherry - Prunus serotina
• Wild Cherry - Prunus avium, Prunus serotina
• Wild Black Cherry - Prunus serotina

• Chigger Flower - Asclepias tuberosa
• Chrysanthemum - Dendranthema grandiflora, Chrysanthemum morifolium
• Coakum - Phytolacca americana
• Colic Weed - Corydalis flavula
• Collard - Symplocarpus foetidus
• Colwort

• Hare's Colwort - Sonchus oleraceus

• Coneflower spp.

• Brilliant Coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida
• Cutleaf Coneflower - Rudbeckia laciniata
• Eastern Coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida
• Green-headed Coneflower - Rudbeckia laciniata
• Orange Coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida
• Tall Coneflower - Rudbeckia laciniata
• Thin-leaved Coneflower - Rudbeckia triloba
• Three-leaved Coneflower - Rudbeckia triloba

• Cornel

• Blueberry Cornel - Cornus amomum
• Silky Cornel - Cornus amomum
• White Cornel - Cornus florida

• Cornelian Tree - Cornus florida
• Corydalis - Corydalis spp.

• Fern-leaf Corydalis - Corydalis chelidoniifolia
• Golden Corydalis - Corydalis aurea
• Pale Corydalis - Corydalis flavula, Corydalis sempervirens
• Pink Corydalis - Corydalis sempervirens
• Yellow Corydalis - Corydalis lutea, Corydalis flavula

• Creeping Yellowcress - Rorippa sylvestris
• Cress - (several genera)

• American Cress - Barbarea verna
• Bank Cress - Barbarea verna
• Belle Isle Cress - Barbarea verna
• Bermuda Cress - Barbarea verna
• Bulbous Cress - Cardamine bulbosa
• Lamb's Cress - Cardamine hirsuta
• Land Cress - Barbarea verna, Cardamine hirsuta
• Scurvy Cress - Barbarea verna
• Spring Cress - Cardamine bulbosa
• Upland Cress - Barbarea verna

• Crowfoot - Cardamine concatenata
• Crow's Nest - Daucus carota
• Crow's Toes - Cardamine concatenata

D

• Daisy

• Brown Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
• Gloriosa Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
• Black-eyed Susan Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
• Poorland Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
• Yellow Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
• Yellow Ox-eye Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta

• Deadnettle - Lamium

• Henbit Deadnettle - Lamium amplexicaule

• Devil's Bite - Veratrum viride
• Devil's Darning Needle - Clematis virginiana
• Devil's Hair - Clematis virginiana
• Devil's Plague - Daucus carota
• Dewberry

• Bristly Dewberry - Rubus hispidus
• Swamp Dewberry - Rubus hispidus

• Dindle - Sonchus arvensis
• Dogwood - Cornus spp.

• American Dogwood - Cornus florida
• Florida Dogwood - Cornus florida
• Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida
• Japanese Flowering Dogwood - Cornus kousa
• Kousa Dogwood - Cornus kousa
• drumstick - moringa oleifera

• Pacific Dogwood - Cornus nuttallii
• Silky Dogwood - Cornus amomum
• Swamp Dogwood- Cornus amomum

• Duck Retten - Veratrum viride
• Duscle - Solanum nigrum
• Dye-leaves - Ilex glabra

E

• Earth Gall - Veratrum viride
• English Bull's Eye - Rudbeckia hirta
• Extinguisher moss - Encalypta
• Eytelia - Amphipappus

F

• Fair-maid-of-France - Achillea ptarmica
• Fairymoss Azolla caroliniana
• Fellenwort - Solanum dulcamara
• Felonwood - Solanum dulcamara
• Felonwort - Solanum dulcamara
• Ferns

• Boston Fern or Sword Fern - Nephrolepis exaltata
• Christmas Fern - Polystichum acrostichoides
• Coast Polypody - Polypodium scouleri
• Kimberly Queen Fern - Nephrolepis obliterata
• Korean Rock Fern - Polystichum tsus-simense
• Mosquito Fern - Azolla caroliniana
• Sword Ferns - Polystichum spp.
• Water Fern - Azolla caroliniana
• Western Sword Fern - Polystichum munitum

• Feverbush - Ilex verticillata
• Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium
• Flax

• European Flax - Linum usitatissimum
• New Zealand Flax - Phormium tenax and Phormium cookianum

• Fluxroot - Asclepias tuberosa
• Fumewort

• Yellow Fumewort - Corydalis flavula

G

• Gallberry - Ilex glabra
• Garget - Phytolacca americana
• Garlic

• Golden Garlic - Allium moly
• Wild Garlic - Allium canadense

• Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata
• Garlic Root - Alliaria petiolata
• Gilliflower

• Dame's Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
• Night Scented Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
• Queen's Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
• Rogue's Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
• Winter Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis

• Golden Buttons - Tanacetum vulgare
• Goldenglow - Rudbeckia laciniata
• Golden Jerusalem - Rudbeckia hirta
• Gordaldo - Achillea millefolium
• Goose Tongue - Achillea ptarmica
• Groundberry - Rubus hispidus

• Bristly Groundberry - Rubus hispidus

• Gutweed - Sonchus arvensis

H

Haldi - Curcuma domestica

• Harlequin

• Rock Harlequin - Corydalis sempervirens
• Yellow Harlequin - Corydalis flavula

• Hay Fever Weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemesia trifida
• Healing Blade - Plantago major
• Hedge Plant - Maclura pomifera
• Hellebore - Helleborus

• American White Hellebore - Veratrum viride
• Big Hellebore - Veratrum viride
• Black Hellebore - Veratrum nigrum
• European White Hellebore - Veratrum album
• False Hellebore - Veratrum album, Veratrum viride
• Swamp Hellebore - Veratrum viride
• White Hellebore - Veratrum album, Veratrum viride

• Hemp Dogbane - Apocynum cannabinum
• Hen Plant - Plantago major
• Deadnettle - Lamium spp.

• Spotted Deadnettle - Lamium maculatum
• Henbit Deadnettlet - Lamium amplexicaule

• Herb Barbara - Barbarea vulgaris
• Hogweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
• Holly - Ilex spp.

• Deciduous Holly - Ilex decidua, Ilex verticillata
• Inkberry Holly - Ilex glabra
• Meadow Holly - Ilex decidua
• Swamp Holly - Ilex decidua
• Winterberry Holly - Ilex verticillata

• Horse Cane - Ambrosia trifida
• Hound's Berry - Solanum nigrum
• Huckleberry - Vaccinium spp.

• Evergreen Huckleberry - Vaccinium ovatum
• Trailing Red Huckleberry - Vaccinium parvifolium

• Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum

I

• Indian Hemp - various genera

• Indian Hemp - Apocynum cannabinum
• Indian Hemp - Cannabis indica
• Kenaf Indian Hemp - Hibiscus cannabinus
• White Indian Hemp - Asclepias incarnata

• Indian Paintbrush - Castilleja, Castilleja mutis, Asclepias tuberosa
• Indian Posy - Asclepias tuberosa
• Inkberry - Ilex glabra, Phytolacca americana
• Isle of Man Cabbage - Coincya monensis
• Itchweed - Veratrum viride

J

• Jack-by-the-Hedge - Alliaria petiolata
• Jack-in-the-Bush - Alliaria petiolata
• Juneberry - Amelanchier canadensis
• Juniper - Various species in the genus Juniperus

K

• Keek - Rorippa sylvestris
• Kinnikinnik - Cornus amomum
• Kousa - Cornus kousa
• Kudzu - Pueraria lobata

L

• Laceflower - Daucus carota
• Lamb's Foot - Plantago major
• Leek - Allium

• Lily Leek - Allium moly

• Lilac

• Summer Lilac - Hesperis matronalis

• Love Vine - Clematis virginiana

M

• Maple - Acer

• Ash-Leaved Maple - Acer negundo
• Black Maple - Acer nigrum
• Creek Maple - Acer saccharinum
• Cutleaf Maple - Acer negundo
• Maple Ash- Acer negundo
• Moose Maple - Acer pensylvanicum
• Red River Maple - Acer negundo
• River Maple - Acer saccharinum
• Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum
• Silverleaf Maple - Acer saccharinum
• Soft Maple - Acer saccharinum
• Striped Maple - Acer pensylvanicum
• Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum (main use), Acer barbatum, Acer leucoderme,
• Swamp Maple - Acer saccharinum
• Water Maple - Acer saccharinum
• White Maple - Acer saccharinum

• Mesquite - Prosopis

• Honey Mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa
• Screwbean Mesquite - Prosopis pubescens

• Milfoil - Achillea millefolium
• Milkweed - Asclepias, Sonchus oleraceus

• Blunt-leaved Milkweed - Asclepias amplexicaulis
• Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca
• Horsetail Milkweed - Asclepias verticillata
• Orange Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa
• Swamp Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata
• Rose Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata
• Whorled Milkweed - Asclepias verticillata
• Yellow Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa

• Milky Tassel - Sonchus oleraceus
• Moosewood - Acer pensylvanicum
• Morel - Solanum nigrum

• Petty Morel - Solanum nigrum

• Mosquito Plant - Azolla caroliniana
• Mother-of-the-Evening - Hesperis matronalis
• Mountain Mahogany - Betula lenta
• Mulberry - Morus

• Red Mulberry - Morus rubra
• White Mulberry - Morus alba
• Mango -Mangifera indica

Neem - Azardichata

• Nature's Mistake - Cornus florida
• Nettle

• Bull Nettle - Solanum carolinense
• Carolina Horse Nettle - Solanum carolinense
• Horse Nettle - Solanum carolinense

• Nightshade

• American Nightshade - Phytolacca americana, Solanum americanum
• Bitter Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
• Black Nightshade - Solanum nigrum, Solanum americanum
• Climbing Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
• Deadly Nightshade - Solanum nigrum
• Garden Nightshade - Solanum nigrum
• Trailing Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara

• Trailing Violet Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
• Woody Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara

• Nosebleed - Achillea millefolium

O

• Oak - Quercus

• Algerian Oak Quercus canariensis
• Blue Oak - Quercus douglasii
• Bur Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
• California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii
• Canyon live oak Quercus. chrysolepis
• Champion Oak - Quercus rubra
• Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia
• Cork Oak Quercus suber
• Dyer's Oak - Quercus velutina
• Eastern Black Oak - Quercus velutina'
• English Oak - Quercus robur
• Island Oak Quercus. tomentella
• Mirbeck's Oak - Quercus canariensis
• Mossycup White Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
• Northern Red Oak - Quercus rubra
• Pedunculate Oak -Quercus robur
• Pin Oak - Quercus palustris
• Red Oak - Quercus rubra, Quercus coccinea
• Scarlet Oak - Quercus coccinea
• Scrub Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
• Sessile Oak - Quercus petraea
• Spanish Oak - Quercus coccinea, Quercus rubra
• Spotted Oak - Quercus velutina
• Swamp Oak - Quercus palustris, Quercus bicolor
• Swamp Spanish Oak - Quercus palustris
• Swamp White Oak - Quercus bicolor
• Valley Oak Quercus lobata
• White Oak - Quercus alba
• Yellowbark Oak - Quercus velutina

• Onion

• Giant Onion - Allium giganteum
• Nodding Onion - Allium cernuum
• Tree Onion - Allium canadense
• Wild Onion - Allium canadense

• Orange

• Osage Orange - Maclura pomifera
• Wild Orange - Maclura pomifera

• Orange-root - Asclepias tuberosa
• Osage - Maclura pomifera
• Osier

• Red Osier - Cornus amomum

Pudina - Mentha indica

• Parsnip - Pastinaca sativa, Daucus carota
• Pellitory

• Bastard Pellitory - Achillea ptarmica
• European Pellitory - Achillea ptarmica
• Wild Pellitory - Achillea ptarmica

• Penny Hedge - Alliaria petiolata
• Pepper Root - Cardamine concatenata
• Pigeon Berry - Phytolacca americana
• Pine - Pinus
• Plane (european sycamore) - Platanus acerifolia
• Plantain

• Broadleaf Plantain - Plantago major
• Common Plantain - Plantago major
• Dooryard Plantain - Plantago major
• Greater Plantain - Plantago major
• Roundleaf Plantain - Plantago major
• Wayside Plantain - Plantago major

• Pleurisy Root - Asclepias tuberosa
• Pocan Bush - Phytolacca americana
• Poisonberry - Solanum dulcamara
• Poisonflower - Solanum dulcamara
• Poke - Phytolacca americana

• Indian Poke - Veratrum viride

• Pokeroot - Phytolacca americana
• Pokeweed - Phytolacca americana
• Polkweed - Symplocarpus foetidus
• Polecat Weed - Symplocarpus foetidus
• Poor Annie - Veratrum viride
• Poor Man's Mustard - Alliaria petiolata
• Poplar - Populus
• Possumhaw - Ilex decidua

Q

• Queen Anne's Lace - Daucus carota
• Quercitron - Quercus velutina

R

• Radical Weed - Solanum carolinense
• Ragweed - Ambrosia

• Common Ragweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
• Giant Ragweed - Ambrosia trifida
• Great Ragweed - Ambrosia trifida

• Rantipole - Daucus carota
• Raspberry - Rubus spp.

• Black Raspberry - Rubus occidentalis
• Purple Raspberry - Rubus occidentalis

• Redbrush - Cornus amomum
• Redbud - Cercis spp."

• Eastern Redbud - Cercis canadensis
• Western Redbud - Cercis occidentalis"
• Judas-tree - Cercis siliquastrum

• Red Ink Plant - Phytolacca americana
• Redweed - Phytolacca americana
• Rheumatism Root - Apocynum cannabinum
• Ribwort - Plantago major
• Roadweed - Plantago major
• Rocket - (several genera)

• Dame's Rocket - Hesperis matronalis
• Sweet Rocket - Hesperis matronalis
• Winter Rocket - Barbarea vulgaris
• Yellow Rocket - Barbarea vulgaris

• Rocketcress - Barbarea vulgaris
• Rose - Rosa

• Baby Rose - Rosa multiflora
• Dwarf Wild Rose - Rosa virginiana
• Low Rose - Rosa virginiana
• Multiflora Rose - Rosa multiflora
• Prairie Rose - Rosa virginiana
• Rambler Rose - Rosa multiflora
• Wild Rose - Rosa virginiana

S

• Sanguinary - Achillea millefolium
• Sauce-alone - Alliaria petiolata
• Scarlet Berry - Solanum dulcamara
• Scoke - Phytolacca americana
• Scotch Cap - Rubus occidentalis
• Scrambled Eggs - Corydalis aurea
• Scurvy Grass - Barbarea verna
• Serviceberry - Amelanchier

• Common Serviceberry - Amelanchier arborea
• Downy Serviceberry - Amelanchier arborea
• Shadblow Serviceberry - Amelanchier canadensis

• Shadblow - Amelanchier canadensis
• Shadbush - Amelanchier canadensis
• Silkweed - Asclepias syriaca

• Swamp Silkweed - Asclepias incarnata
• Virginia Silkweed - Asclepias syriaca

• Skunkweed - Symplocarpus foetidus
• Snakeberry - Solanum dulcamara
• Snowdrop - Galanthus
• Sorrel - Oxalis

• Redwood Sorrel - Oxalis oregana

• Speedwell

• Corn Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
• Wall Speedwell - Veronica arvensis

• Spoolwood - Betula papyrifera
• Squaw Bush - Cornus amomum
• Stammerwort - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
• Star-of-Persia - Allium cristophii
• Stickweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
• Strawberry Tree - Arbutus unedo
• Strawberry Tree 'Marina' - Madrone - Arbutus 'Marina'
• Swallow-wort

• Orange Swallow-wort - Asclepias tuberosa
• Silky Swallow-wort - Asclepias syriaca

• Sneezeweed - Achillea ptarmica
• Sneezewort - Achillea ptarmica
• Sugarplum - Amelanchier canadensis
• Soldier's Woundwort - Achillea millefolium
• Stag Bush - Viburnum prunifolium
• Swallow-wort

• Orange Swallow-wort - Asclepias tuberosa
• Silky Swallow-wort - Asclepias syriaca

• Sweet Potato - Ipomoea batatas
• Sweet Potato Vine - Ipomoea batatas
• Swinies - Sonchus oleraceus
• Sycamore - Platnus sp.

• Sycamore (California) - Platanus racemosa
• Sycamore (Arizona) - Platanus wrighitii
• Sycamore (American) - Platanus occidentalis

T

Tulsi - Ocimum santalum

• Tansy

• Common Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare
• White Tansy - Achillea ptarmica
• Wild Tansy - Ambrosia artemisiifolia

• Tea

• Appalachian Tea - Ilex glabra

• Thimbleberry - Rubus occidentalis
• Thimbleweed - Rudbeckia laciniata
• Thousand-leaf - Achillea millefolium
• Thousand-seal - Achillea millefolium
• Tassel Weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
• Thistle - (Several genera)

• Annual Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus
• California Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Canada Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Corn Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Corn Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis
• Creeping Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Cursed Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Field Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis
• Green Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Hard Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Hare's Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus
• Milk Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus
• Nodding Thistle - Carduus nutans L.
• Perennial Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Prickly Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Sharp-fringed Sow Thistle - Sonchus asper
• Small-flowered Thistle - Cirsium arvense
• Spiny Sow Thistle - Sonchus asper
• Spiny-leaved Sow Thistle - Sonchus asper
• Swine Thistle - Sonchus arvensis
• Tree Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensis
• Way Thistle - Cirsium arvense

• Tickleweed - Veratrum viride
• Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata

• Cutleaf Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata
• Purple-flowered Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata

• Touch-me-not - Cardamine hirsuta
• Traveller's Joy - Clematis virginiana
• Tread-softly - Solanum carolinense
• Tree Tobacco - Nicotiana glauca
• Trillium - Trillium spp.

• Western Trillium - Trillium ovatum

• Western Wake Robin - Trillium ovatum

• White Trillium - Trillium grandiflorum

• Tuber-root - Asclepias tuberosa
• Tulip - Tulipa

U

V

• Viburnum - Viburnum

• Blackhaw Viburnum - Viburnum prunifolium
• Leatherleaf Viburnum - Viburnum rhytidophyllum

• Violet - (several genera)

• Damask Violet - Hesperis matronalis
• Dame's Violet - Hesperis matronalis

• Violet Bloom - Solanum dulcamara
• Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginiana

• Virginia Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginiana

W

• Walnut (California Walnut) - Juglans californica"
• Walnut - Juglans sp.
• Waybread - Plantago major
• Western Redbud - Cercis occidentalis
• White Man's Foot - Plantago major
• White-root - Asclepias tuberosa
• Wild Cotton - Apocynum cannabinum, Asclepias syriaca
• Wild Hops - Clematis virginiana
• Willow - Salix

• Coyote Willow - Salix exigua
• Goodding Willow - Salix gooddingii
• Red Willow - Cornus amomum
• Rose Willow - Cornus amomum

• Windroot - Asclepias tuberosa
• Wineberry - Rubus phoenicolasius
• Winterberry - Ilex verticillata

• American Winterberry - Ilex verticillata
• Evergreen Winterberry - Ilex glabra
• Virginia Winterberry - Ilex verticillata

• Wintercress - Barbarea vulgaris

• Early Wintercress - Barbarea verna

• Woodbine - Clematis virginiana
• Wormwood

• Roman Wormwood - Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Corydalis sempervirens

• Wound Rocket - Barbarea vulgaris

X

Y

• Yarrow - Achillea

• Common Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
• Fernleaf Yarrow - Achillea filipendulina
• Sneezewort Yarrow - Achillea ptarmica
• Woolly Yarrow - Achillea tomentosa

• Yellow Fieldcress - Rorippa sylvestris
• Yellowwood - Cladrastis lutea, Maclura pomifera
• Yellow Coneflower - Echinacea paradoxa

Z

Zinnia

sterculla lychnophora

See also

• List of garden plants

References

• Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants
• USDA PLANTS Database