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 binomials, or "Latin" names. Common names are also referred to as "country names" or "farmer's names". These names develop over time according to use, appearance, and lore.

Most plants have several country names, and country names often refer to several distinct plants. This list includes garden plants as well as weeds.

This is by no means a complete list. Most of the common names here so far are regional names from North America.

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A

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
Arrowwood - Cornus florida
- Indian Arrowwood - Cornus florida
Ash - Fraxinus
- Black Ash- 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 (Manitoba maple in Canada), Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Azolla - Azolla
- Carolina Azolla - Azolla caroliniana

Lists Of Plants

B

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
- 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 - Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemesia trifida
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
Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba
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
Canada Root - Asclepias tuberosa
Cancer Jalap - Phytolacca americana
Carrot - Daucus carota
- Wild Carrot - Daucus carota
Carrot Weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Cart Track Plant - Plantago major
Cherry - Prunus
- 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
Coakum - Phytolacca americana
Colic Weed - Corydalis flavula
Collard - Symplocarpus foetidus
Colwort
- Hare's Colwort - Sonchus oleraceus
Coneflower
- 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
- Fern-leaf Corydalis - Corydalis cleilanthifolia
- Golden Corydalis - Corydalis aurea
- Pale Corydalis - Corydalis flavula, Corydalis sempervirens
- Pink Corydalis - Corydalis sempervirens
- Yellow Corydalis - Corydalis lutea, Corydalis flavula
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

Daffodil - Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Daisy
- Brown Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
- Gloriosa Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
- Poorland Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
- Yellow Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
- Yellow Ox-eye Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
David mountain laurel - Sophora davidii
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, Solanum dulcamara
- American Dogwood - Cornus florida
- Florida Dogwood - Cornus florida
- Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida
- Japanese Flowering Dogwood - Cornus kousa
- Kousa Dogwood - Cornus kousa
- 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

F

Fair-maid-of-France - Achillea ptarmica
Fairymoss Azolla caroliniana
Fellenwort - Solanum dulcamara
Felonwood - Solanum dulcamara
Felonwort - Solanum dulcamara
Fern
- Mosquito Fern - Azolla caroliniana
- Water Fern - Azolla caroliniana
Feverbush - Ilex verticillata
Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium
Creeping Yellowcress - Rorippa sylvestris
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

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
Henbit - Lamium amplexicaule
- Greater Henbit - Lamium amplexicaule
Herb Barbara - Barbarea vulgaris
Hogweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Holly - Ilex
- 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
Hortensia - Hydrangea
Hound's Berry - Solanum nigrum
Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum

I

Indian Hemp - Apocynum cannabinum
- White Indian Hemp - Asclepias incarnata
Indian Paintbrush - Castilleja, Castilleja mutis, Asclepias tuberosa
Indian Posy - Asclepias tuberosa
Inkberry - Ilex glabra, Phytolacca americana
Itchweed - Veratrum viride

J

Jack-by-the-Hedge - Alliaria petiolata
Jack-in-the-Bush - Alliaria petiolata
Juneberry - Amelanchier canadensis

K

Keek - Rorippa sylvestris
Kinnikinnik - Cornus amomum
Kousa - Cornus kousa

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
- Creek Maple - Acer saccharinum
- Cutleaf Maple - Acer negundo
- Maple Ash- Acer negundo
- Red River Maple - Acer negundo
- River Maple - Acer saccharinum
- Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum
- Silverleaf Maple - Acer saccharinum
- Soft Maple - Acer saccharinum
- Sugar Maple - Acer saccharum, Acer negundo
- 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
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

N

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
- Woody Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
Nosebleed - Achillea millefolium

O

Oak - Quercus
- Algerian Oak Quercus canariensis
- Black Oak - Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus rubra
- Blue Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
- Bur Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
- Champion Oak - Quercus rubra
- Dyer's Oak - Quercus velutina
- English Oak - Quercus robur
- Mirbeck's Oak - Quercus canariensis
- Mossycup Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
- Mossycup White Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
- 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
- White Oak - Quercus alba
- Yellowbark Oak - Quercus velutina
Old Man's Pepper - Achillea millefolium
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

P

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
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
Possumhaw - Ilex decidua

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
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
Speedwell=Veronica
- Corn Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
- Wall Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
Spoolwood - Betula papyrifera
Squaw Bush - Cornus amomum
Stammerwort - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Stars-of-Persia - Allium cristophii
Stickweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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
Sweet William - Dianthus barbatus
Swinies - Sonchus oleraceus

T

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
Tuber-root - Asclepias tuberosa

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

Waybread - Plantago major
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

Y

Yarrow - Achillea
- Common Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
- Fernleaf Yarrow - Achillea filipendulina
- Sneezewort Yarrow - Achillea ptarmica
Yellow Fieldcress - Rorippa sylvestris
Yellowwood - Cladrastis lutea, Maclura pomifera

Z

Sources and references

Johnny's Plant Profiles Archived 2007-08-14 at the Wayback Machine