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s. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their
scientific name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
s, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.


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*African sheepbush – '' Pentzia incana'' * Alder – ''
Alnus Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few spec ...
'' ** Black alder – ''
Alnus glutinosa ''Alnus glutinosa'', the common alder, black alder, European alder, European black alder, or just alder, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to most of Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa. It thrives in wet locations whe ...
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Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' **Common alder – ''
Alnus glutinosa ''Alnus glutinosa'', the common alder, black alder, European alder, European black alder, or just alder, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to most of Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa. It thrives in wet locations whe ...
'' **False alder – ''
Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' **Gray alder – '' Alnus incana'' **Speckled alder – '' Alnus incana'' **White alder – '' Alnus incana'', '' Alnus rhombifolia'', ''
Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
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Almond The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree native to Iran and surrounding countries, including the Levant. The almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree. Within the genus ...
– ''Prunus dulcis'' *Aloe vera – ''
Aloe vera ''Aloe vera'' () is a succulent plant species of the genus ''Aloe''. It is widely distributed, and is considered an invasive species in many world regions. An evergreen perennial, it originates from the Arabian Peninsula, but grows wild in tro ...
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Amaranth ''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants. Catkin-like cymes of densely pack ...
– ''Amaranthus'' **Foxtail amaranth – '' Amaranthus caudatus'' *
Ambrosia In the ancient Greek myths, ''ambrosia'' (, grc, ἀμβροσία 'immortality'), the food or drink of the Greek gods, is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus ...
**Tall ambrosia – ''
Ambrosia trifida ''Ambrosia trifida'', the giant ragweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Distribution It is present in Europe a ...
'' *Amy root – '' Apocynum cannabinum'' * Angel trumpet – ''
Brugmansia suaveolens ''Brugmansia suaveolens'', Brazil's white angel trumpet, also known as angel's tears and snowy angel's trumpet, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to south eastern Brazil, but thought to be extinct in the ...
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Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...
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Malus domestica An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...
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Apricot An apricot (, ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus ''Prunus''. Usually, an apricot is from the species '' P. armeniaca'', but the fruits of the other species in ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' are also ...
– ''Prunus armeniaca'' *Arfaj – ''
Rhanterium epapposum ''Rhanterium epapposum'' is a plant of the family Asteraceae. Native to the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar where it is known locally as ''arfaj'' (). The ''arfaj'' consists of a complicated network of b ...
'' *Arizona sycamore – ''Platanus wrighitii'' *Arrowwood – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' **Indian arrowwood – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' *Ash – ''
Fraxinus ''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...
'' spp. **Black ash – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
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Fraxinus nigra ''Fraxinus nigra'', the black ash, is a species of ash native to much of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, from western Newfoundland west to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Illinois and northern Virginia. Formerly abundant, a ...
'' **Blue ash – ''
Fraxinus quadrangulata ''Fraxinus quadrangulata'', the blue ash, is a species of ash native primarily to the Midwestern United States from Oklahoma to Michigan, as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee. Isolated populati ...
'' **Cane ash – '' Fraxinus americana'' **European ash – '' Fraxinus excelsior'' **Green ash – ''
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'', the green ash or red ash, is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to Oklahoma and e ...
'' ''lanceolata'' **Maple ash – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
'' **Red ash – ''
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'', the green ash or red ash, is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to Oklahoma and e ...
'' ''lanceolata'' **River ash – ''
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'', the green ash or red ash, is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to Oklahoma and e ...
'' **Swamp ash – ''
Fraxinus pennsylvanica ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'', the green ash or red ash, is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to Oklahoma and e ...
'' **White ash – '' Fraxinus americana'' **Water ash – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
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Fraxinus pennsylvanica ''Fraxinus pennsylvanica'', the green ash or red ash, is a species of ash native to eastern and central North America, from Nova Scotia west to southeastern Alberta and eastern Colorado, south to northern Florida, and southwest to Oklahoma and e ...
'' *Azolla – ''
Azolla ''Azolla'' (mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern) is a genus of seven species of aquatic ferns in the family Salviniaceae. They are extremely reduced in form and specialized, looking nothing like other typical ferns but more rese ...
'' **Carolina azolla – '' Azolla caroliniana''


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Bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...
– ''bamboosa ardinarifolia'' *
Banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...
– mainly ''Musa'' × ''paradisica'', but also other ''Musa'' species and hybrids *Baobab – ''
Adansonia ''Adansonia'' is a genus made up of eight species of medium-to-large deciduous trees known as baobabs ( or ). They are placed in the Malvaceae family, subfamily Bombacoideae. They are native to Madagascar, mainland Africa, and Australia.Tropic ...
'' *Bay – ''Laurus'' spp. or ''Umbellularia'' spp. ** Bay laurel – ''Laurus nobilis'' ''(culinary)'' **
California bay ''Umbellularia californica'' is a large hardwood tree native to coastal forests and the Sierra foothills of California, and to coastal forests extending into Oregon. It is endemic to the California Floristic Province. It is the sole species in th ...
– ''Umbellularia californica'' *
Bean A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes th ...
– ''
Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...
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Phaseolus ''Phaseolus'' (bean, wild bean) is a genus of herbaceous to woody annual and perennial vines in the family Fabaceae containing about 70 plant species, all native to the Americas, primarily Mesoamerica. It is one of the most economically importan ...
'' spp. *Bearberry – '' Ilex decidua'' *Bear corn – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
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Beech Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engle ...
– ''Fagus'' *Bindweed **Blue bindweed – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Bird's nest – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' *Bird's nest plant – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' *Bird of paradise – ''
Strelitzia reginae ''Strelitzia reginae'', commonly known as the crane flower, bird of paradise, or in Nguni, is a species of flowering plant indigenous to South Africa. An evergreen perennial, it is widely cultivated for its dramatic flowers. In temperate areas i ...
'' *Birch – '' Betula'' spp. **Black birch – ''
Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'', '' Betula nigra'' **Bolean birch – ''
Betula papyrifera ''Betula papyrifera'' (paper birch, also known as (American) white birch and canoe birch) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America. Paper birch is named for the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper like ...
'' **Canoe birch – ''
Betula papyrifera ''Betula papyrifera'' (paper birch, also known as (American) white birch and canoe birch) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America. Paper birch is named for the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper like ...
'' **Cherry birch – ''
Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' **European weeping birch – '' Betula pendula'' **European white birch – '' Betula pendula'' **Gray birch – ''
Betula alleghaniensis ''Betula alleghaniensis'', the yellow birch, golden birch, or swamp birch, is a large tree and an important lumber species of birch native to northeastern North America. Its vernacular names refer to the golden color of the tree's bark. In the pa ...
'' **Mahogany birch – ''
Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' **Paper birch – ''
Betula papyrifera ''Betula papyrifera'' (paper birch, also known as (American) white birch and canoe birch) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America. Paper birch is named for the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper like ...
'' **Red birch – '' Betula nigra'' **River birch – '' Betula nigra'', ''
Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' **Silver birch – ''
Betula papyrifera ''Betula papyrifera'' (paper birch, also known as (American) white birch and canoe birch) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America. Paper birch is named for the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper like ...
'' **Spice birch – ''
Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' **Sweet birch – ''
Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' **Water birch – '' Betula nigra'' **Weeping birch – '' Betula pendula'' **White birch – ''
Betula papyrifera ''Betula papyrifera'' (paper birch, also known as (American) white birch and canoe birch) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America. Paper birch is named for the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper like ...
'', '' Betula pendula'' **Yellow birch – ''
Betula alleghaniensis ''Betula alleghaniensis'', the yellow birch, golden birch, or swamp birch, is a large tree and an important lumber species of birch native to northeastern North America. Its vernacular names refer to the golden color of the tree's bark. In the pa ...
'' *Bittercress – '' Barbarea vulgaris'', ''
Cardamine bulbosa ''Cardamine bulbosa'', commonly called bulbous bittercress or spring cress, is a perennial plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants common ...
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Cardamine hirsuta ''Cardamine hirsuta'', commonly called hairy bittercress, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the family Brassicaceae, and is edible as a salad green. It is common in moist areas around the world. Description Depending on the climate ...
'' **Hairy bittercress – ''
Cardamine hirsuta ''Cardamine hirsuta'', commonly called hairy bittercress, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the family Brassicaceae, and is edible as a salad green. It is common in moist areas around the world. Description Depending on the climate ...
'' *Bittersweet – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' **Trailing bittersweet – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Bitterweed – Any plant in the genus ''
Ambrosia In the ancient Greek myths, ''ambrosia'' (, grc, ἀμβροσία 'immortality'), the food or drink of the Greek gods, is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus ...
'', especially ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'', '' Artemisia trifida'', '' Helenium amarum'' *
Blackberry The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy of ...
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Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with over 1,350 species. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these ...
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Rubus pensilvanicus ''Rubus pensilvanicus'', known commonly as Pennsylvania blackberry, is a prickly bramble native to eastern and central North America from Newfoundland south to Georgia, west as far as Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Arkansas. The species is ...
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Rubus occidentalis ''Rubus occidentalis'' is a species of ''Rubus'' native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap ras ...
'' **Hispid swamp blackberry – '' Rubus hispidus'' **Pennsylvania blackberry – ''
Rubus pensilvanicus ''Rubus pensilvanicus'', known commonly as Pennsylvania blackberry, is a prickly bramble native to eastern and central North America from Newfoundland south to Georgia, west as far as Ontario, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Arkansas. The species is ...
'' **Running swamp blackberry – '' Rubus hispidus'' *Black cap – ''
Rubus occidentalis ''Rubus occidentalis'' is a species of ''Rubus'' native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap ras ...
'' *Black-eyed Susan – '' Rudbeckia hirta'', '' Rudbeckia fulgida'' *Blackhaw – '' Viburnum prunifolium'' *Blackiehead – '' Rudbeckia hirta'' *Black-weed – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
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Blueberry Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section ''Cyanococcus'' within the genus ''Vaccinium''. ''Vaccinium'' also includes cranberries, bi ...
– ''Vaccinium (Cyanococcus)'' spp. *Bluebell – ''
Hyacinthoides non-scripta ''Hyacinthoides non-scripta'' (formerly ''Endymion non-scriptus'' or ''Scilla non-scripta'') is a bulbous perennial plant, found in Atlantic areas from north-western Spain to the British Isles, and also frequently used as a garden plant. It is ...
'' *Blue-of-the-heavens – ''
Allium caeruleum ''Allium caeruleum'' (blue globe onion, blue ornamental onion, blue-of-the-heavens, blue-flowered garlic; syn. ''Allium azureum'' Ledeb.) is an ornamental bulbous plant of the onion genus, native to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Siberia, ...
'' *Bow-wood – '' Maclura pomifera'' *Box – '' Buxus'' **False box – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' *Boxelder – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
'' *Boxwood – '' Buxus'', ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' **False boxwood – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' *Brier **Sand brier – '' Solanum carolinense'' *Brittlebush – ''
Encelia farinosa ''Encelia farinosa'' (commonly known as brittlebush, brittlebrush, or incienso), is a common desert shrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It has a variety of historical uses. Description Brittlebush grows up to tall, wi ...
'' *Broadleaf – '' Plantago major'' *Brown Betty – '' Rudbeckia hirta'' *Brown-eyed susan – '' Rudbeckia hirta'', ''
Rudbeckia triloba ''Rudbeckia triloba'', the browneyed or brown-eyed susan, thin-leaved coneflower or three-leaved coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with numerous, yellow, daisy-like flowers. It is native to the central and easte ...
'' *Buckeye (
California buckeye ''Aesculus californica'', commonly known as the California buckeye or California horse-chestnut, is a species of buckeye native to California and southwestern Oregon. Description It is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, up to tall, with gr ...
) – ''Aesculus californica'' * Buckeye – ''Aesculus'' spp. *Buffalo weed – ''
Ambrosia trifida ''Ambrosia trifida'', the giant ragweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Distribution It is present in Europe a ...
'' *Bugle – ''
Ajuga reptans ''Ajuga reptans'' is commonly known as bugle, blue bugle, bugleherb, bugleweed, carpetweed, carpet bugleweed, and common bugle, and traditionally but less commonly as St. Lawrence plant. It is an herbaceous flowering plant in the mint family Lamia ...
'' *Butterfly flower – ''
Asclepias syriaca ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
'' *Butterfly weed – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
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*Cabbage – ''
Brassica oleracea ''Brassica oleracea'' is a plant species from family Brassicaceae that includes many common cultivars used as vegetables, such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan. Its ...
'' **Clumpfoot cabbage – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' **Meadow cabbage – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' **Skunk cabbage – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'', '' Lysichiton'' spp. **Swamp cabbage – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' *California bay – ''
Umbellularia californica ''Umbellularia californica'' is a large hardwood tree native to coastal forests and the Sierra foothills of California, and to coastal forests extending into Oregon. It is endemic to the California Floristic Province. It is the sole species in th ...
'' *California buckeye – ''
Aesculus californica ''Aesculus californica'', commonly known as the California buckeye or California horse-chestnut, is a species of buckeye native to California and southwestern Oregon. Description It is a large deciduous shrub or small tree, up to tall, with g ...
'' *California sycamore – '' Platanus racemosa'' *California walnut – '' Juglans californica'' *Canada root – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Cancer jalap – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Carrot – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' **Wild carrot – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' *Carrot weed – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'' *Cart track plant – '' Plantago major'' *Catalina ironwood – ''
Lyonothamnus floribundus ''Lyonothamnus'' is a monotypic genus of trees in the rose family containing the single living species ''Lyonothamnus floribundus'', which is known by the common name Catalina ironwood, and the subspecies ''L. f.'' ssp. ''aspleniifolius'' and '' ...
'' ssp. ''floribundus'' *Cedar – '' Cedrus'' spp. **Blue Atlas cedar – '' Cedrus atlantica'' **Deodar cedar – '' Cedrus deodara'' *Chalk milkwort – ''
Polygala calcarea ''Polygala calcarea'', the chalk milkwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygalaceae, native to western Europe. It is a delicate mat-forming evergreen perennial growing to tall by broad, with spikes of small, vivid deep blue fl ...
'' *Charlock – ''
Sinapis arvensis ''Sinapis arvensis'', the charlock mustard, field mustard, wild mustard, or charlock, is an annual or winter annual plant of the genus '' Sinapis'' in the family Brassicaceae. It is found in the fields of North Africa, Asia and Europe. ''Pieris ...
'' *Cherry – ''
Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...
'' spp. **Black cherry – ''
Prunus serotina ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the g ...
'' **Cabinet cherry – ''
Prunus serotina ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the g ...
'' **Rum cherry – ''
Prunus serotina ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the g ...
'' **Whiskey cherry – ''
Prunus serotina ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the g ...
'' **Wild cherry – ''
Prunus avium ''Prunus avium'', commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry, gean, or bird cherryWorld Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, ...
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Prunus serotina ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the g ...
'' **Wild black cherry – ''
Prunus serotina ''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the g ...
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Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. The unrelat ...
– ''Castanea'' spp. *Chigger flower – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Chrysanthemum – ', '' Chrysanthemum morifolium'' *(True) cinnamon – '' Cinnamomum verum'' *
Clove Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, ''Syzygium aromaticum'' (). They are native to the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice, flavoring or fragrance in consumer products, ...
– ''Syzygium aromaticum'' *
Clover Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (from Latin ''tres'' 'three' + ''folium'' 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus ...
– ''Trifolium'' spp. *Coakum – '' Phytolacca americana'' *
Coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family ( Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the ...
– ''Cocos nucifera'' *Coffee plant – '' Coffea'' spp. *Colic weed – ''
Corydalis flavula ''Corydalis flavula'' (yellow fumewort, yellow harlequin, fume-root, yellow fumitory; syn. ''Capnoides flavulum'' (Raf.) Kuntze, ''Fumaria flavula'' Raf.) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to the eastern United States. Its natural habita ...
'' *Collard – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' *Columbine – ''
Aquilegia vulgaris ''Aquilegia vulgaris'' is a species of columbine native to Europe with common names that include: European columbine, common columbine, granny's nightcap, and granny's bonnet. It is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.2 m tall ...
'' *Colwort **Hare's colwort – '' Sonchus oleraceus'' *Comfrey – '' Symphytum'' spp. *Coneflower **Brilliant coneflower – '' Rudbeckia fulgida'' **Cutleaf coneflower – ''
Rudbeckia laciniata ''Rudbeckia laciniata'', the cutleaf coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in both Canada and the United States. Its natural habitat is wet sites in flood plain ...
'' **Eastern coneflower – '' Rudbeckia fulgida'' **Green-headed Coneflower – ''
Rudbeckia laciniata ''Rudbeckia laciniata'', the cutleaf coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in both Canada and the United States. Its natural habitat is wet sites in flood plain ...
'' **Orange coneflower – '' Rudbeckia fulgida'' **Tall coneflower – ''
Rudbeckia laciniata ''Rudbeckia laciniata'', the cutleaf coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in both Canada and the United States. Its natural habitat is wet sites in flood plain ...
'' **Thin-leaved Coneflower – ''
Rudbeckia triloba ''Rudbeckia triloba'', the browneyed or brown-eyed susan, thin-leaved coneflower or three-leaved coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with numerous, yellow, daisy-like flowers. It is native to the central and easte ...
'' **Three-leaved Coneflower – ''
Rudbeckia triloba ''Rudbeckia triloba'', the browneyed or brown-eyed susan, thin-leaved coneflower or three-leaved coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with numerous, yellow, daisy-like flowers. It is native to the central and easte ...
'' *Cornel **Blueberry cornel – '' Cornus amomum'' **Silky cornel – '' Cornus amomum'' **White cornel – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' *Cornelian tree – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' *Corydalis – ''
Corydalis ''Corydalis'' (from Greek ''korydalís'' "crested lark") is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Papaveraceae, native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern ...
'' spp. **Fern-leaf Corydalis – ''
Corydalis chelidoniifolia ''Corydalis chelidoniifolia'' is a flowering plant in the poppy family ''Papaveraceae The Papaveraceae are an economically important family of about 42 genera and approximately 775 known species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales ...
'' **Golden corydalis – ''
Corydalis aurea ''Corydalis aurea'' (scrambled eggs, golden smoke, golden corydalis) is a flowering plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to North America. A winter annual, it can be found in such areas as the sagebrush steppe. The root is a branch ...
'' **Pale corydalis – ''
Corydalis flavula ''Corydalis flavula'' (yellow fumewort, yellow harlequin, fume-root, yellow fumitory; syn. ''Capnoides flavulum'' (Raf.) Kuntze, ''Fumaria flavula'' Raf.) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to the eastern United States. Its natural habita ...
'', '' Corydalis sempervirens'' **Pink corydalis – '' Corydalis sempervirens'' **Yellow corydalis – '' Corydalis lutea'', ''
Corydalis flavula ''Corydalis flavula'' (yellow fumewort, yellow harlequin, fume-root, yellow fumitory; syn. ''Capnoides flavulum'' (Raf.) Kuntze, ''Fumaria flavula'' Raf.) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to the eastern United States. Its natural habita ...
'' *Cotton plant – '' Gossypium'' *Creeping yellowcress – ''
Rorippa sylvestris ''Rorippa sylvestris'' (the creeping yellowcress, keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. ''Radicula sylvestris'' (L.) Druce ) is an invasive species of plant in the United States, likely entering from Europe before 1818 from ballast water Ballast is ...
'' *Cress – (several genera) **American cress – '' Barbarea verna'' **Bank cress – '' Barbarea verna'' **Belle Isle cress – '' Barbarea verna'' **Bermuda cress – '' Barbarea verna'' **Bulbous cress – ''
Cardamine bulbosa ''Cardamine bulbosa'', commonly called bulbous bittercress or spring cress, is a perennial plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants common ...
'' **Lamb's cress – ''
Cardamine hirsuta ''Cardamine hirsuta'', commonly called hairy bittercress, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the family Brassicaceae, and is edible as a salad green. It is common in moist areas around the world. Description Depending on the climate ...
'' **Land cress – '' Barbarea verna'', ''
Cardamine hirsuta ''Cardamine hirsuta'', commonly called hairy bittercress, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the family Brassicaceae, and is edible as a salad green. It is common in moist areas around the world. Description Depending on the climate ...
'' **Scurvy cress – '' Barbarea verna'' **Spring cress – ''
Cardamine bulbosa ''Cardamine bulbosa'', commonly called bulbous bittercress or spring cress, is a perennial plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants common ...
'' **Upland cress – '' Barbarea verna'' *Crowfoot – ''
Cardamine concatenata ''Cardamine concatenata'', the cutleaved toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial woodland wildflower ...
'' *Crow's nest – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' *Crow's toes – ''
Cardamine concatenata ''Cardamine concatenata'', the cutleaved toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial woodland wildflower ...
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Cucumber Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated Vine#Horticultural climbing plants, creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical Fruit, fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.
– ''Cucumis sativus''


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*Daisy **Brown daisy – ''
Rudbeckia hirta'' **Common daisy, daisy – '' Bellis perennis'' **Gloriosa daisy – ''Rudbeckia hirta'' **Poorland daisy – ''Rudbeckia hirta'' **Yellow daisy – ''Rudbeckia hirta'' **Yellow ox-eye daisy – ''Rudbeckia hirta'' *Deadnettle – '' Lamium'' spp. **Henbit deadnettle – ''
Lamium amplexicaule ''Lamium amplexicaule'', commonly known as common henbit, or greater henbit, is a species of ''Lamium'' native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa. It is a low-growing annual plant growing to tall, with soft, finely hairy stems. The leaves ar ...
'' **Red deadnettle – '' Lamium purpureum'' **Spotted deadnettle – ''
Lamium maculatum ''Lamium maculatum'' (also known as spotted dead-nettle, spotted henbit and purple dragon) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, western China). Descriptio ...
'' *Desert Rose – ''
Adenium obesum ''Adenium obesum'' is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to S ...
'' *Devil's bite – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *Devil's darning needle – '' Clematis virginiana'' *Devil's nose – '' Clematis virginiana'' *Devil's plague – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' *Dewberry **Bristly dewberry – '' Rubus hispidus'' **Swamp dewberry – '' Rubus hispidus'' *Dindle – '' Sonchus arvensis'' *Dogwood – '' Cornus'' spp. **American dogwood – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' **Florida dogwood – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida ...
'' **Flowering dogwood – ''
Cornus florida ''Cornus florida'', the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern 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 ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *Duscle – ''
Solanum nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'', the European black nightshade or simply black nightshade or blackberry nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Solanum'', native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Ripe ...
'' *Durian – '' Durio zibethinus'' **Durian kura kura – ''
Durio testudinarius ''Durio testudinarius'', commonly known as durian kura kura (literally: 'tortoise durian') is a species of durian tree in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Borneo. See also *List of Durio species Among the thirty known species of ''Duri ...
'' **Durian munjit – '' Durio grandiflorus'' **Durian pulu – ''
Durio kutejensis ''Durio kutejensis'', commonly known as durian pulu, durian merah, nyekak, Pakan, Kuluk, or lai, is a primary rainforest substorey fruit tree from Borneo. Description It is a very attractive small- to medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall. It h ...
'' **Red durian – '' Durio dulcis'' *Dye-leaves – '' Ilex glabra''


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*Easter orchid – ''
Cattleya schroederae ''Cattleya schroederae'' is a species of orchid. ''C. schroederae'' is named after Baroness Schroeder, wife of Sir John Schroder, see :de:John Henry Schröder. It is a Colombian unifoliate ''Cattleya'' species. Flowers are to 9" (22.5 cm) ...
'' *Earth gall – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *Elderberry – '' Sambucus'' *Elegant lupine – ''
Lupinus elegans ''Lupinus elegans'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names elegant lupine and Mexican lupine. It is native to Mexico and Guatemala. This plant has a branching stem and grows up to 4 feet tall and 3 feet w ...
'' *Elephant apple – '' Dillenia indica'' *English bull's eye – '' Rudbeckia hirta'' *Eucalyptus – ''
Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including '' Corymbia'', they are commonly known as euca ...
'' spp. *Evergreen huckleberry – ''
Vaccinium ovatum ''Vaccinium ovatum'' is a North American species of flowering shrub known by the common names evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry, cynamoka berry and California huckleberry. Distribution and ecology ''Vaccinium ovatum'' is a small to medium ...
'' *Extinguisher moss – '' Encalypta'' *Eytelia – '' Amphipappus''


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*Fair-maid-of-France – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
'' *Fairymoss '' Azolla caroliniana'' *Fellenwort – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Felonwood – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Felonwort – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Fennel – ''
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel (''Foeniculum vulgare'') is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalize ...
'' *Ferns **Boston fern or sword fern – ''
Nephrolepis exaltata ''Nephrolepis exaltata'', known as the sword fern or Boston fern, is a species of fern in the family Lomariopsidaceae (sometimes treated in the families Davalliaceae or Oleandraceae, or in its own family, Nephrolepidaceae). It is native to the A ...
'' **Christmas fern – '' Polystichum acrostichoides'' **Coast polypody – ''
Polypodium scouleri ''Polypodium scouleri'' is a species of fern known by the common names leathery polypody, Scouler's polypody, coast polypody and leather-leaf fern. It is native to coastal western North America from British Columbia to Guadalupe Island off Baja C ...
'' **Kimberly queen fern – ''
Nephrolepis obliterata ''Nephrolepis obliterata'', the Kimberley Queen fern or Australian swordfern, is a species of fern in the family Nephrolepidaceae. This fern originated in Australia, but is relatively easy to cultivate indoors worldwide. The often misspelled "Ki ...
'' **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 ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' *Feverfew – '' Tanacetum parthenium'' *Field forget-me-not – ''
Myosotis arvensis ''Myosotis arvensis'' or field forget-me-not is a herbaceous annual plant, annual to short lived perennial plant, perennial flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. Clive Stace describes this plant as having the following characteristics: * ...
'' *Fig – ''
Ficus ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending in ...
'' spp. **Common fig – ''
Ficus carica The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...
'' *Flax ** European flax – ''
Linum usitatissimum Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, ''Linum usitatissimum'', in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates. Textiles made from flax are known in W ...
'' ** New Zealand flax – '' Phormium tenax'', '' Phormium colensoi'' *Fluxroot – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Foxglove – ''
Digitalis purpurea ''Digitalis purpurea'', the foxglove or common foxglove, is a poisonous species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe. It has also naturalised in parts of North Ame ...
'' *Fumewort **Yellow fumewort – ''
Corydalis flavula ''Corydalis flavula'' (yellow fumewort, yellow harlequin, fume-root, yellow fumitory; syn. ''Capnoides flavulum'' (Raf.) Kuntze, ''Fumaria flavula'' Raf.) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to the eastern United States. Its natural habita ...
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*Gallberry – '' Ilex glabra'' *Garget – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Garlic **Golden garlic – ''
Allium moly ''Allium moly'', also known as yellow garlic, golden garlic and lily leek, Is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Allium'', which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial from the Medite ...
'' **Wild garlic – ''
Allium canadense ''Allium canadense'', the Canada onion, Canadian garlic, wild garlic, meadow garlic and wild onion is a perennial plant native to eastern North America from Texas to Florida to New Brunswick to Montana. The species is also cultivated in other re ...
'' *Garlic mustard – '' Alliaria petiolata'' *Garlic root – '' Alliaria petiolata'' *Germander speedwell – ''
Veronica chamaedrys ''Veronica chamaedrys'', the germander speedwell, bird's-eye speedwell, or cat's eyes, is a herbaceous perennial species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. Description ''Veronica chamaedrys'' can grow to tall, but is fre ...
'' *Gilliflower **Dame's gilliflower – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Night scented gilliflower – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Queen's gilliflower – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Rogue's gilliflower – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Winter gilliflower – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' *Golden buttons – '' Tanacetum vulgare'' *Golden chain – ''
Laburnum ''Laburnum'', sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are '' Laburnum anagyroides''—common laburnum and '' Laburnum alpinum''— ...
'' *Goldenglow – ''
Rudbeckia laciniata ''Rudbeckia laciniata'', the cutleaf coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in both Canada and the United States. Its natural habitat is wet sites in flood plain ...
'' *Golden Jerusalem – '' Rudbeckia hirta'' *Gordaldo – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
'' *Goose tongue – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
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Grapefruit The grapefruit (''Citrus'' × ''paradisi'') is a subtropical citrus tree known for its relatively large, sour to semi-sweet, somewhat bitter fruit. The interior flesh is segmented and varies in color from pale yellow to dark pink. Grapefruit is ...
– ''Citrus'' × ''paradisi'' *Grapevine – ''
Vitis ''Vitis'' (grapevine) is a genus of 79 accepted species of vining plants in the flowering plant family Vitaceae. The genus is made up of species predominantly from the Northern Hemisphere. It is economically important as the source of grapes, b ...
'' *Green berry nightshade – ''
Solanum opacum ''Solanum opacum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is referred to by the common names green berry nightshade, or morelle verte and is a sprawling annual native to eastern Australia. It is part of the black nightshade ...
'' *Groundberry – '' Rubus hispidus'' **Bristly groundberry – '' Rubus hispidus'' *Gutweed – '' Sonchus arvensis''


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*Haldi – '' Curcuma domestica'' *Harlequin **Rock harlequin – '' Corydalis sempervirens'' **Yellow harlequin – ''
Corydalis flavula ''Corydalis flavula'' (yellow fumewort, yellow harlequin, fume-root, yellow fumitory; syn. ''Capnoides flavulum'' (Raf.) Kuntze, ''Fumaria flavula'' Raf.) is an herbaceous perennial plant native to the eastern United States. Its natural habita ...
'' *Hay fever weed – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'', '' Artemisia trifida'' *Healing blade – '' Plantago major'' *Hedge plant – '' Maclura pomifera'' *Hellebore – ''
Helleborus Commonly known as hellebores (), the Eurasian genus ''Helleborus'' consists of approximately 20 species of herbaceous or evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae. ...
'' **American white hellebore – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' **Big hellebore – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' **Black hellebore – ''
Veratrum nigrum ''Veratrum nigrum'', the black false hellebore,Bonine, ''Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden,'' 2009, p. 75.Toogood, ''The Gardener's Encyclopedia of Perennials,'' 1988, p. 144. is a widespread Eurasian species of perennial flowerin ...
'' **European white hellebore – ''
Veratrum album ''Veratrum album'', the false helleborine, white hellebore, European white hellebore, or white veratrum ( syn. ''Veratrum lobelianum'' Bernh.) is a poisonous plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to Europe and parts of western Asia (west ...
'' **False hellebore – ''
Veratrum album ''Veratrum album'', the false helleborine, white hellebore, European white hellebore, or white veratrum ( syn. ''Veratrum lobelianum'' Bernh.) is a poisonous plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to Europe and parts of western Asia (west ...
'', ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' **Swamp hellebore – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' **White hellebore – ''
Veratrum album ''Veratrum album'', the false helleborine, white hellebore, European white hellebore, or white veratrum ( syn. ''Veratrum lobelianum'' Bernh.) is a poisonous plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to Europe and parts of western Asia (west ...
'', ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *
Hemp Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a botanical class of ''Cannabis sativa'' cultivars grown specifically for industrial or medicinal use. It can be used to make a wide range of products. Along with bamboo, hemp is among the fastest growing plants o ...
– ''
Cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...
'' spp., specifically '' Cannabis sativa'' *Hemp dogbane – '' Apocynum cannabinum'' *Hen plant – '' Plantago major'' *Herb barbara – '' Barbarea vulgaris'' *Hogweed – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'' *Holly – ''
Ilex ''Ilex'' (), or holly, is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. ''Ilex'' has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The speci ...
'' spp. **Deciduous holly – '' Ilex decidua'', ''
Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' **European holly – ''
Ilex aquifolium ''Ilex aquifolium'', the holly, common holly, English holly, European holly, or occasionally Christmas holly, is a species of flowering plant in the family (botany), family Aquifoliaceae, native plant, native to western and southern Europe, nort ...
'' **Inkberry holly – '' Ilex glabra'' **Meadow holly – '' Ilex decidua'' **Swamp holly – '' Ilex decidua'' **Winterberry holly – ''
Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' *Honesty – '' Lunaria annua'' *Horse cane – ''
Ambrosia trifida ''Ambrosia trifida'', the giant ragweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Distribution It is present in Europe a ...
'' *Hound's berry – ''
Solanum nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'', the European black nightshade or simply black nightshade or blackberry nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Solanum'', native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Ripe ...
'' *Huckleberry – '' Vaccinium'' spp. **Evergreen huckleberry – ''
Vaccinium ovatum ''Vaccinium ovatum'' is a North American species of flowering shrub known by the common names evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry, cynamoka berry and California huckleberry. Distribution and ecology ''Vaccinium ovatum'' is a small to medium ...
'' **Trailing red huckleberry – ''
Vaccinium parvifolium ''Vaccinium parvifolium'', the red huckleberry, is a species of ''Vaccinium'' native to western North America. Description It is a deciduous shrub growing to tall with bright green shoots with an angular cross-section. The leaves are ovate to ...
'' *Houseleek – '' Sempervivum tectorum'' *Hydrangea – Hydrangea macrophylla


I

*Indian hemp – ''various genera'' **Indian hemp – '' Apocynum cannabinum'', '' Cannabis indica'' **White Indian hemp – ''
Asclepias incarnata ''Asclepias incarnata'', the swamp milkweed, rose milkweed, rose milkflower, swamp silkweed, or white Indian hemp, is a herbaceous perennial plant species native to North America. It grows in damp through wet soils and also is cultivated as a ga ...
'' *Indian paintbrush – '' Castilleja'', '' Castilleja mutis'', ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Indian posy – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Inkberry – '' Ilex glabra'', '' Phytolacca americana'' *Ironwood – ''
Acacia estrophiolata ''Acacia estrophiolata'', commonly known as ironwood, southern ironwood, desert ironwood or utjanypa, is a tree native to Central Australia. Description It is a graceful, pendulous shade tree, which grows from about tall and has a trunk with a ...
'' *Isle of Man cabbage – ''
Coincya monensis ''Coincya monensis'' is a plant species in the family Brassicaceae. ''Coincya monensis'' is native to western Europe and Morocco, but has been introduced in North America. Subspecies It contains the subspecies: * ''C. monensis'' subsp. ''cheir ...
'' *Itchweed – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *Ivy – '' Hedera'' spp.


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*Jack-by-the-hedge – '' Alliaria petiolata'' *Jack-in-the-bush – '' Alliaria petiolata'' *Jasmine – ''
Jasminum officinale ''Jasminum officinale'', known as the common jasmine or simply jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native to the Caucasus and parts of Asia, also widely naturalized. It is also known as summer jasmine, ...
'' *Jewel orchid – '' Ludisia discolor'' *Jointed rush – ''
Juncus kraussii ''Juncus kraussii'' commonly known as salt marsh rush, sea rush, jointed rush, matting rush or dune slack rush, is of the monocot family Juncaceae and genus Juncus. It grows in salt marshes, estuarine and coastal areas. This species is ideal a ...
'' *Jugflower – ''
Adenanthos obovatus ''Adenanthos obovatus'', commonly known as basket flower (which usually refers to ''Centaurea'', though), or, jugflower, is a shrub of the plant family Proteaceae endemic to Southwest Australia. Described by French naturalist Jacques Labillardi ...
'' *Juneberry – ''
Amelanchier canadensis ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (bilberry,Canadian Wildlife Federation/ref> Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a specie ...
'' *
Juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ...
– Various species in the genus ''Juniperus''


K

*Keek – ''
Rorippa sylvestris ''Rorippa sylvestris'' (the creeping yellowcress, keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. ''Radicula sylvestris'' (L.) Druce ) is an invasive species of plant in the United States, likely entering from Europe before 1818 from ballast water Ballast is ...
'' *King fern – ''
Ptisana salicina ''Ptisana salicina'', or king fern, is a species of fern native to Norfolk Island, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Large and robust with a distinctive tropical appearance, it has fronds up to 5 metres (16 feet +/-) tall that arise from a star ...
'' *Kinnikinnik – '' Cornus amomum'' *Kittentail – '' Veronica bullii'' *Knotweed (Japanese) – '' Reynoutria japonica'' (
syn. The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Fallopia japonica'') *Kousa – '' Cornus kousa'' *Kudzu – '' Pueraria montana'' *Kumarahou – '' Pomaderris kumeraho''


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*Laceflower – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' *Lace fern – ''
Asparagus setaceus ''Asparagus setaceus'', commonly known as common asparagus fern, asparagus grass, lace fern, climbing asparagus, or ferny asparagus, is a climbing plant in the genus ''Asparagus''. Despite its common name, the plant is not a true fern, but has le ...
'' *Lady's mantle – ''
Alchemilla mollis ''Alchemilla mollis'', the garden lady's-mantle or lady's-mantle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. This herbaceous perennial plant is native to southern Europe and grown throughout the world as an ornamental garden plant. ...
'' *Lady's smock – ''
Cardamine pratensis ''Cardamine pratensis'', the cuckoo flower, lady's smock, mayflower, or milkmaids, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial herb native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia. The specific name ''pratensis'' is Latin ...
'' *Lamb's foot – '' Plantago major'' *Latanier palm – ''
Phoenicophorium ''Phoenicophorium'', the thief palm, is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. The sole species is ''Phoenicophorium borsigianum''. It is endemic to the Seychelles, being is fairly widespread on the larger islands of the g ...
'' *Laurel magnolia – ''
Magnolia splendens ''Magnolia splendens'', commonly known as the laurel magnolia, shining magnolia or locally as the laurel sabino, is a magnolia native to the eastern Puerto Rico. It is a medium to large evergreen tree 16–80 ft tall with dark green leaves ...
'' *Lavender – '' Lavandula'' *Leek – '' Allium'' * Lemon – ''Citrus × limon'' *Leopard lily – '' Lilium catesbaei'' *Lily of the Nile – '' Agapanthus praecox'' * Lettuce – ''Lactuca sativa'' **Lily leek – ''
Allium moly ''Allium moly'', also known as yellow garlic, golden garlic and lily leek, Is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Allium'', which also includes the flowering and culinary onions and garlic. A bulbous herbaceous perennial from the Medite ...
'' *Lilac **Summer lilac – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' *Little sunflower – '' Helianthella'' *Lone fleabane – '' Erigeron cavernensis'' *Love-lies-bleeding – '' Amaranthus caudatus'' *Love vine – '' Clematis virginiana'' *Lupin – '' Lupinus''


M

*Magnolia – ''
Magnolia ''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendro ...
'' **Bracken's Brown Beauty magnolia – ''
Magnolia grandiflora ''Magnolia grandiflora'', commonly known as the southern magnolia or bull bay, is a tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. Reaching in height, it is a ...
'' **Galaxy magnolia – '' Magnolia x'' **Jane magnolia – '' Magnolia x'' **Kay Parris magnolia – ''
Magnolia grandiflora ''Magnolia grandiflora'', commonly known as the southern magnolia or bull bay, is a tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. Reaching in height, it is a ...
'' **Little Gem magnolia – ''
Magnolia grandiflora ''Magnolia grandiflora'', commonly known as the southern magnolia or bull bay, is a tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. Reaching in height, it is a ...
'' **Moonglow magnolia – ''
Magnolia virginiana ''Magnolia virginiana'', most commonly known as sweetbay magnolia, or merely sweetbay (also laurel magnolia, swampbay, swamp magnolia, white bay, or beaver tree), is a member of the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae. It was the first magnolia to be ...
'' **Royal Star magnolia – '' Magnolia stellata'' **Serendipity Ruby magnolia – ''
Magnolia figo ''Magnolia figo'' (also called banana shrub, port wine magnolia, ''Michelia figo'') is an evergreen tree in the magnolia genus. It grows to tall. It is native to China. Initially described as by Portuguese missionary and naturalist João de ...
'' **Southern magnolia – ''
Magnolia grandiflora ''Magnolia grandiflora'', commonly known as the southern magnolia or bull bay, is a tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas. Reaching in height, it is a ...
'' **Stellar Ruby magnolia – ''
Magnolia figo ''Magnolia figo'' (also called banana shrub, port wine magnolia, ''Michelia figo'') is an evergreen tree in the magnolia genus. It grows to tall. It is native to China. Initially described as by Portuguese missionary and naturalist João de ...
'' **Sweetbay magnolia – ''
Magnolia virginiana ''Magnolia virginiana'', most commonly known as sweetbay magnolia, or merely sweetbay (also laurel magnolia, swampbay, swamp magnolia, white bay, or beaver tree), is a member of the magnolia family, Magnoliaceae. It was the first magnolia to be ...
'' **Waterlilly Star magnolia – '' Magnolia stellata'' *
Maize Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''mays'', from es, maíz after tnq, mahiz), also known as corn (North American and Australian English), is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Th ...
– ''Zea mays'' *
Mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...
– ''Mangifera indica'' *Maple – '' Acer'' **Ash-leaved maple – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
'' **Black maple – ''
Acer nigrum ''Acer nigrum'', the black maple, is a species of maple closely related to '' A. saccharum'' (sugar maple), and treated by some authors as a subspecies of it, as ''Acer saccharum'' subsp. ''nigrum''. Identification can be confusing due to the t ...
'' **Creek maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' **Cutleaf maple – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
'' **Maple ash – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
'' **Moose maple – ''
Acer pensylvanicum ''Acer pensylvanicum'', known as the striped maple, moosewood, moose maple or goosefoot maple, is a small North American species of maple. The striped maple is a sequential hermaphrodite, meaning that it can change its sex throughout its lifetime ...
'' **Red river maple – ''
Acer negundo ''Acer negundo'', the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America. It is a fast-growing, short-lived tree with opposite, compound leaves. It is sometimes considered a weedy or inv ...
'' **River maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' **Silver maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' **Silverleaf maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' **Soft maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' **Striped maple – ''
Acer pensylvanicum ''Acer pensylvanicum'', known as the striped maple, moosewood, moose maple or goosefoot maple, is a small North American species of maple. The striped maple is a sequential hermaphrodite, meaning that it can change its sex throughout its lifetime ...
'' **Sugar maple – ''
Acer saccharum ''Acer saccharum'', the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and eastern United States. Sugar maple is best known for being the prima ...
'' (main use), '' Acer barbatum'', ''
Acer leucoderme ''Acer leucoderme'' (English: chalk maple; also whitebark maple, pale-bark maple and sugar maple) is a deciduous tree native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina south to northwest Florida and west to eastern Texas. It lives in t ...
'', **Swamp maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' **Water maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' **White maple – '' Acer saccharinum'' *Mesquite – '' Prosopis'' **Honey mesquite – '' Prosopis glandulosa'' **Screwbean mesquite – ''
Prosopis pubescens ''Prosopis pubescens'', commonly known as screwbean mesquite, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the southwestern United States (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, southern Nevad ...
'' *Milfoil – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
'' *Milkweed – ''
Asclepias ''Asclepias'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycosides termed cardenolides, exuded where cells are damaged. Most species are toxic to humans ...
'', '' Sonchus oleraceus'' **Blunt-leaved Milkweed – ''
Asclepias amplexicaulis ''Asclepias amplexicaulis'', the blunt-leaved milkweed, clasping milkweed, or sand milkweed, is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae). It is endemic to the United States, where it is mostly found east of the ...
'' **Common milkweed – ''
Asclepias syriaca ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
'' **Horsetail milkweed – ''
Asclepias verticillata ''Asclepias verticillata'', the whorled milkweed, eastern whorled milkweed, or horsetail milkweed, is a species of milkweed native to most of eastern North America and parts of western Canada and the United States. Description This is a perenn ...
'' **Orange milkweed – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' **Swamp milkweed – ''
Asclepias incarnata ''Asclepias incarnata'', the swamp milkweed, rose milkweed, rose milkflower, swamp silkweed, or white Indian hemp, is a herbaceous perennial plant species native to North America. It grows in damp through wet soils and also is cultivated as a ga ...
'' **Rose milkweed – ''
Asclepias incarnata ''Asclepias incarnata'', the swamp milkweed, rose milkweed, rose milkflower, swamp silkweed, or white Indian hemp, is a herbaceous perennial plant species native to North America. It grows in damp through wet soils and also is cultivated as a ga ...
'' **Whorled milkweed – ''
Asclepias verticillata ''Asclepias verticillata'', the whorled milkweed, eastern whorled milkweed, or horsetail milkweed, is a species of milkweed native to most of eastern North America and parts of western Canada and the United States. Description This is a perenn ...
'' **Yellow milkweed – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Milky tassel – '' Sonchus oleraceus'' *Moosewood – ''
Acer pensylvanicum ''Acer pensylvanicum'', known as the striped maple, moosewood, moose maple or goosefoot maple, is a small North American species of maple. The striped maple is a sequential hermaphrodite, meaning that it can change its sex throughout its lifetime ...
'' *
Morel ''Morchella'', the true morels, is a genus of edible sac fungi closely related to anatomically simpler cup fungi in the order Pezizales (division Ascomycota). These distinctive fungi have a honeycomb appearance due to the network of ridges with ...
**Petty morel – ''
Solanum nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'', the European black nightshade or simply black nightshade or blackberry nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Solanum'', native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Ripe ...
'' *Morelle verte – ''
Solanum opacum ''Solanum opacum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is referred to by the common names green berry nightshade, or morelle verte and is a sprawling annual native to eastern Australia. It is part of the black nightshade ...
'' *Mosquito plant – '' Azolla caroliniana'' *Mother-of-the-evening – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' *Mountain mahogany – ''
Betula lenta ''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' *Mulberry – '' Morus'' **Red mulberry – ''
Morus rubra ''Morus rubra'', commonly known as the red mulberry, is a species of mulberry native to eastern and central North America. It is found from Ontario, Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. I ...
'' **White mulberry – ''
Morus alba ''Morus alba'', known as white mulberry, common mulberry and silkworm mulberry, is a fast-growing, small to medium-sized mulberry tree which grows to tall. It is generally a short-lived tree with a lifespan comparable to that of humans, although ...
''


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*Native fuchsia – ''
Epacris longiflora ''Epacris longiflora'', commonly known as fuchsia heath or cigarette flower, is a plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with egg-shaped, pointed leaves and red tube-shaped flowers whi ...
'' *Necklace fern – ''
Asplenium flabellifolium ''Asplenium flabellifolium'' is commonly known as the necklace fern. This small fern occurs in all states of Australia, as well as in New Zealand. It was initially described by Spanish botanist bowo tiktod Antonio José Cavanilles. Its natural ...
'' *Neem – ''
Azadirachta indica ''Azadirachta indica'', commonly known as neem, nimtree or Indian lilac, is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus ''Azadirachta'', and is native to the Indian subcontinent and most of the countries in Afri ...
'' *Nettle – '' Urtica dioica'' **Bull nettle – '' Solanum carolinense'' **Carolina horse nettle – '' Solanum carolinense'' **Horse nettle – '' Solanum carolinense'' *Night-blooming cactus – ''
Hylocereus ''Hylocereus'' is a former genus of epiphytic cactus, cacti, often referred to as night-blooming cactus (though the term is also used for many other cacti). Several species previously placed in the genus have large edible fruits, which are known ...
'' *Nightshade **American nightshade – '' Phytolacca americana'', ''
Solanum americanum ''Solanum americanum'', commonly known as American black nightshade, small-flowered nightshade or glossy nightshade, is a herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. The certain native range encompasses the tropics and subtr ...
'' **Bitter nightshade – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' **Black nightshade – ''
Solanum nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'', the European black nightshade or simply black nightshade or blackberry nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Solanum'', native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Ripe ...
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Solanum americanum ''Solanum americanum'', commonly known as American black nightshade, small-flowered nightshade or glossy nightshade, is a herbaceous flowering plant of wide though uncertain native range. The certain native range encompasses the tropics and subtr ...
'' **Climbing nightshade – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' **Deadly nightshade – ''
Atropa belladonna ''Atropa belladonna'', commonly known as belladonna or deadly nightshade, is a toxic perennial herbaceous plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, which also includes tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplant (aubergine). It is native to Europe, North ...
'' **Garden nightshade – ''
Solanum nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'', the European black nightshade or simply black nightshade or blackberry nightshade, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Solanum'', native to Eurasia and introduced in the Americas, Australasia, and South Africa. Ripe ...
'' **Trailing nightshade – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' ***Trailing violet nightshade – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' ***Woody nightshade – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Nodding wakerobin – ''
Trillium cernuum ''Trillium cernuum'' is a species of flowering plant in the bunchflower family Melanthiaceae. The specific epithet ''cernuum'' means "drooping, curving forwards, facing downwards", a distinctive habit of its flower. It is commonly called noddi ...
'' *Northern moonwort – '' Botrychium boreale'' *Nosebleed – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
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*Oak tree – ''
Quercus An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...
'' **Algerian Oak – ''
Quercus canariensis ''Quercus canariensis'', the Algerian oak, Mirbeck's oak or zean oak, is an oak in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Mesobalanus'', native to southern Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Despite the scientific name, it does not occur na ...
'' **Blue oak – '' Quercus douglasii'' **Bur oak – ''
Quercus macrocarpa ''Quercus macrocarpa'', the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America. It is in the white oak section, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'', and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oa ...
'' **California Black Oak '' Quercus kelloggii'' **Canyon Live Oak '' Quercus chrysolepis'' **Champion oak – ''
Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...
'' **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 ''Quercus canariensis'', the Algerian oak, Mirbeck's oak or zean oak, is an oak in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Mesobalanus'', native to southern Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Despite the scientific name, it does not occur na ...
'' **Mossycup white oak – ''
Quercus macrocarpa ''Quercus macrocarpa'', the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America. It is in the white oak section, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'', and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oa ...
'' **Northern red oak – ''
Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...
'' **Pedunculate oak – '' Quercus robur'' **Pin oak – ''
Quercus palustris ''Quercus palustris'', the pin oak or swamp Spanish oak, is a tree in the red oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae'') of the genus ''Quercus''. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of ...
'' **Red oak – ''
Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...
'', '' Quercus coccinea'' **Scarlet oak – '' Quercus coccinea'' **Scrub oak – ''
Quercus macrocarpa ''Quercus macrocarpa'', the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America. It is in the white oak section, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'', and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oa ...
'' **Sessile oak – '' Quercus petraea'' **Spanish oak – '' Quercus coccinea'', ''
Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...
'' **Spotted oak – '' Quercus velutina'' **Swamp oak – ''
Quercus palustris ''Quercus palustris'', the pin oak or swamp Spanish oak, is a tree in the red oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae'') of the genus ''Quercus''. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of ...
'', '' Quercus bicolor'' **Swamp Spanish oak – ''
Quercus palustris ''Quercus palustris'', the pin oak or swamp Spanish oak, is a tree in the red oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae'') of the genus ''Quercus''. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of ...
'' **Swamp white oak – '' Quercus bicolor'' **
Valley oak ''Quercus lobata'', commonly called the valley oak or roble, grows into the largest of California oaks. It is endemic to California, growing in interior valleys and foothills from Siskiyou County to San Diego County. Mature specimens may attain a ...
– ''Quercus lobata'' **White oak – ''
Quercus alba An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...
'' **Yellowbark oak – '' Quercus velutina'' * Obedient Plant – ''
Physostegia virginiana ''Physostegia virginiana'', the obedient plant, obedience or false dragonhead, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to North America, where it is distributed from eastern Canada to northern Mexico. ''Physost ...
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Olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...
– ''Olea europaea'' *Onion – '' Allium'' **Common
onion An onion (''Allium cepa'' L., from Latin ''cepa'' meaning "onion"), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus ''Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion ...
– ''Allium cepa'' **Giant onion – ''
Allium giganteum ''Allium giganteum'', common name giant onion, is an Asian species of onion, native to central and southwestern Asia but cultivated in many countries as a flowering garden plant. It is the tallest species of ''Allium'' in common cultivation, gro ...
'' **Nodding onion – ''
Allium cernuum ''Allium cernuum'', known as nodding onion or lady's leek, is a perennial plant in the genus ''Allium''. It grows in open areas in North America. Description ''Allium cernuum'' is a herbaceous perennial growing from an unsheathed elongated conic ...
'' **Tree onion – ''
Allium canadense ''Allium canadense'', the Canada onion, Canadian garlic, wild garlic, meadow garlic and wild onion is a perennial plant native to eastern North America from Texas to Florida to New Brunswick to Montana. The species is also cultivated in other re ...
'' **Wild onion – ''
Allium canadense ''Allium canadense'', the Canada onion, Canadian garlic, wild garlic, meadow garlic and wild onion is a perennial plant native to eastern North America from Texas to Florida to New Brunswick to Montana. The species is also cultivated in other re ...
'' *Orange – **Osage orange – '' Maclura pomifera'' ** Sweet orange – ''Citrus × sinensis'' **Wild orange – '' Maclura pomifera'' *Orange-root – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Osage – '' Maclura pomifera'' *Osier – '' Salix''; (in North America) '' Cornus'' **Red osier – '' Cornus amomum''


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Parsley Parsley, or garden parsley (''Petroselinum crispum'') is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to the central and eastern Mediterranean region (Sardinia, Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus, Turkey, southern Italy, Greece, Por ...
– ''Petroselinum crispum'' *Parsnip – ''
Pastinaca sativa The parsnip (''Pastinaca sativa'') is a root vegetable closely related to carrot and parsley, all belonging to the flowering plant family Apiaceae. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long taproot has cream-colored skin and ...
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Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
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Pea The pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the flowering plant species ''Pisum sativum''. Each pod contains several peas, which can be green or yellow. Botanically, pea pods are fruit, since they contain seeds and d ...
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Peach The peach (''Prunus persica'') is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with various characteristics, most called peaches and others (the glossy-skinned, non-fu ...
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Peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...
– ''Arachis hypogaea'' *
Pear Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the p ...
– ''Pyrus'' *Pellitory **Bastard pellitory – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
'' **European pellitory – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
'' **Wild pellitory – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
'' *Penny hedge – '' Alliaria petiolata'' *Pepper root – ''
Cardamine concatenata ''Cardamine concatenata'', the cutleaved toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial woodland wildflower ...
'' *Petty spurge – ''
Euphorbia peplus ''Euphorbia peplus'' (petty spurge, radium weed, cancer weed, or milkweed), is a species of ''Euphorbia'', native to most of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia, where it typically grows in cultivated arable land, gardens and other disturbe ...
'' *Pigeon berry – '' Phytolacca americana'' *
Pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...
– ''Pinus'' **Loblolly Pine – '' Pinus taeda'' *
Pineapple The pineapple (''Ananas comosus'') is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuri ...
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Pistachio The pistachio (, ''Pistacia vera''), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from Central Asia and the Middle East. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food. ''Pistacia vera'' is often confused with other sp ...
– ''Pistacia vera'' *Plane (European sycamore) – ''
Platanus ''Platanus'' is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae. All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. All except f ...
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 ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Poached egg plant – ''
Limnanthes douglasii ''Limnanthes douglasii'' is a species of annual flowering plant in the family Limnanthaceae (meadowfoam) commonly known as Douglas' meadowfoam or poached egg plant. It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in wet, grassy habitat, suc ...
'' *Pocan bush – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Poison ivy – '' Toxicodendron radicans'' *Poisonberry – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Poisonflower – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Poke – '' Phytolacca americana'' **Indian poke – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *Pokeroot – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Pokeweed – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Polkweed – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' *Polecat weed – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' *Poor Annie – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *Poor man's mustard – '' Alliaria petiolata'' *Poplar – ''
Populus ''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood. The we ...
'' * Poppy – '' Papaveraceae'' *Possumhaw – '' Ilex decidua'' *
Potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
– ''Solanum tuberosum'' *Primrose – ''
Primula vulgaris ''Primula vulgaris'', the common primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and parts of southwest Asia.''Flora Europaea'Primula vulgaris''/ref> The common name ...
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*Queen Anne's lace – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
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Anthriscus sylvestris ''Anthriscus sylvestris'', known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, Queen Anne's lace or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), genus ''Anthriscus''. It is also some ...
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*Radical weed – '' Solanum carolinense'' *Ragweed – ''
Ambrosia In the ancient Greek myths, ''ambrosia'' (, grc, ἀμβροσία 'immortality'), the food or drink of the Greek gods, is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus ...
'' **Common ragweed – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'' **Giant ragweed – ''
Ambrosia trifida ''Ambrosia trifida'', the giant ragweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Distribution It is present in Europe a ...
'' **Great ragweed – ''
Ambrosia trifida ''Ambrosia trifida'', the giant ragweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. Distribution It is present in Europe a ...
'' *Ragwort – ''
Senecio ''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Description Morp ...
'' **Common ragwort – ''
Senecio jacobaea ''Jacobaea vulgaris'', syn. ''Senecio jacobaea'', is a very common wild flower in the family Asteraceae that is native to northern Eurasia, usually in dry, open places, and has also been widely distributed as a weed elsewhere. Common names inc ...
'' **Hoary ragwort – '' Senecio erucifolius'' **Marsh ragwort – ''
Senecio aquaticus ''Jacobaea aquatica'' or ''Senecio aquaticus'', the water ragwort or marsh ragwort, is a plant of the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial or biennial plant: young plants form a rosette near the ground, eventually producing a taller flowering sh ...
'' **Oxford ragwort – '' Senecio squalidus'' **Silver ragwort – ''
Senecio cineraria ''Jacobaea maritima'', commonly known as silver ragwort, is a perennial plant species in the genus ''Jacobaea'' in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Senecio'', and is still widely ref ...
'' *Rantipole – ''
Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'' * Rapeseed – ''Brassica napus'' *Raspberry – ''
Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, with over 1,350 species. Raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries are common, widely distributed members of the genus. Most of these ...
(Idaeobatus)'' spp. **Black raspberry – ''
Rubus occidentalis ''Rubus occidentalis'' is a species of ''Rubus'' native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap ras ...
'' **Purple raspberry – ''
Rubus occidentalis ''Rubus occidentalis'' is a species of ''Rubus'' native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap ras ...
'' *Redbrush – '' Cornus amomum'' *Redbud – '' Cercis'' spp. ** Eastern redbud – ''Cercis canadensis'' ** Western redbud – ''Cercis occidentalis'' **Judas-tree – ''
Cercis siliquastrum ''Cercis siliquastrum'', commonly known as the Judas tree or Judas-tree, is a small deciduous tree in the flowering plant family Fabaceae which is noted for its prolific display of deep pink flowers in spring. It is native to Southern Europe and ...
'' *Red ink plant – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Redweed – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Rheumatism root – '' Apocynum cannabinum'' *
Rhubarb Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks ( petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of ''Rheum'' in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. The whole plant – a herbaceous perennial growing from short, thick rhizo ...
– ''Rheum rhabarbarum'' *Ribwort – '' Plantago major'' *
Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...
**Asian rice – '' Oryza sativa'' **African rice – ''
Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. In agriculture, it has largely been replaced by higher-yielding Asian ri ...
'' *Roadweed – '' Plantago major'' *Rocket – (several genera) **Dame's rocket – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Sweet rocket – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Winter rocket – '' Barbarea vulgaris'' **Yellow rocket – '' Barbarea vulgaris'' *Rocketcress – '' Barbarea vulgaris'' *Rose – ''
Rosa Rosa or De Rosa may refer to: People *Rosa (given name) * Rosa (surname) *Santa Rosa (female given name from Latin-a latinized variant of Rose) Places *223 Rosa, an asteroid *Rosa, Alabama, a town, United States * Rosa, Germany, in Thuringia, G ...
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Rosa multiflora ''Rosa multiflora'' — ( syn. ''Rosa polyantha'') is a species of rose known commonly as multiflora rose, baby rose, Japanese rose, many-flowered rose, seven-sisters rose, Eijitsu rose and rambler rose. It is native to eastern Asia, in China, ...
'' **Dwarf wild rose – ''
Rosa virginiana ''Rosa virginiana'', commonly known as the Virginia rose, common wild rose or prairie rose, is a woody perennial in the rose family native to eastern North America, where it is the most common wild rose. It is deciduous, forming a suckering shr ...
'' **Low rose – ''
Rosa virginiana ''Rosa virginiana'', commonly known as the Virginia rose, common wild rose or prairie rose, is a woody perennial in the rose family native to eastern North America, where it is the most common wild rose. It is deciduous, forming a suckering shr ...
'' **Multiflora rose – ''
Rosa multiflora ''Rosa multiflora'' — ( syn. ''Rosa polyantha'') is a species of rose known commonly as multiflora rose, baby rose, Japanese rose, many-flowered rose, seven-sisters rose, Eijitsu rose and rambler rose. It is native to eastern Asia, in China, ...
'' **Prairie rose – ''
Rosa virginiana ''Rosa virginiana'', commonly known as the Virginia rose, common wild rose or prairie rose, is a woody perennial in the rose family native to eastern North America, where it is the most common wild rose. It is deciduous, forming a suckering shr ...
'' **Rambler rose – ''
Rosa multiflora ''Rosa multiflora'' — ( syn. ''Rosa polyantha'') is a species of rose known commonly as multiflora rose, baby rose, Japanese rose, many-flowered rose, seven-sisters rose, Eijitsu rose and rambler rose. It is native to eastern Asia, in China, ...
'' **Wild rose – ''
Rosa virginiana ''Rosa virginiana'', commonly known as the Virginia rose, common wild rose or prairie rose, is a woody perennial in the rose family native to eastern North America, where it is the most common wild rose. It is deciduous, forming a suckering shr ...
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Rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers, native plant, native to the Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean region. Until 2017, it was kn ...
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Rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...
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Saffron Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of ''Crocus sativus'', commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent i ...
crocus – ''Crocus sativus'' *Sanguinary – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
'' *Saskatoon – '' Amelanchier alnifolia'' *Sauce-alone – '' Alliaria petiolata'' *Scarlet berry – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Scoke – '' Phytolacca americana'' *Scotch cap – ''
Rubus occidentalis ''Rubus occidentalis'' is a species of ''Rubus'' native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap ras ...
'' *Scrambled eggs – ''
Corydalis aurea ''Corydalis aurea'' (scrambled eggs, golden smoke, golden corydalis) is a flowering plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to North America. A winter annual, it can be found in such areas as the sagebrush steppe. The root is a branch ...
'' *Scurvy grass – '' Barbarea verna'' *Serviceberry – ''
Amelanchier ''Amelanchier'' ( ), also known as shadbush, shadwood or shadblow, serviceberry or sarvisberry (or just sarvis), juneberry, saskatoon, sugarplum, wild-plum or chuckley pear,A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants/ref> is a g ...
'' **Common serviceberry – '' Amelanchier arborea'' **Downy serviceberry – '' Amelanchier arborea'' **Shadblow serviceberry – ''
Amelanchier canadensis ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (bilberry,Canadian Wildlife Federation/ref> Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a specie ...
'' *Shadblow – ''
Amelanchier canadensis ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (bilberry,Canadian Wildlife Federation/ref> Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a specie ...
'' *Shadbush – ''
Amelanchier canadensis ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (bilberry,Canadian Wildlife Federation/ref> Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a specie ...
'' *Shrubby mayweed – '' Oncosiphon suffruticosum'' *Silkweed – ''
Asclepias syriaca ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
'' **Swamp silkweed – ''
Asclepias incarnata ''Asclepias incarnata'', the swamp milkweed, rose milkweed, rose milkflower, swamp silkweed, or white Indian hemp, is a herbaceous perennial plant species native to North America. It grows in damp through wet soils and also is cultivated as a ga ...
'' **Virginia silkweed – ''
Asclepias syriaca ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
'' *Skunkweed – ''
Symplocarpus foetidus ''Symplocarpus foetidus'', commonly known as skunk cabbage or eastern skunk cabbage (also swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, or meadow cabbage, foetid pothos or polecat weed), is a low growing plant that grows in wetlands and moist hill slopes of ...
'' *Snakeberry – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Snowdrop – ''
Galanthus ''Galanthus'' (from Ancient Greek , (, "milk") + (, "flower")), or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. The plants have two linear leaves and a single ...
'' *Sorrel – '' Oxalis'' ** Redwood sorrel – ''Oxalis oregana'' *Speedwell **Corn speedwell – ''
Veronica arvensis ''Veronica arvensis'', common names: wall speedwell, corn speedwell, common speedwell, rock speedwell, field speedwell, is an annual flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The species is a native European plant and a common weed i ...
'' **Wall speedwell – ''
Veronica arvensis ''Veronica arvensis'', common names: wall speedwell, corn speedwell, common speedwell, rock speedwell, field speedwell, is an annual flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The species is a native European plant and a common weed i ...
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Spikenard Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from ''Nardostachys jatamansi'', a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India. Th ...
– ''
Nardostachys jatamansi ''Nardostachys jatamansi'' is a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas. It is a source of a type of intensely aromatic amber-colored essential oil, spikenard. The oil has, since ancient times, been used as a perfume ...
'' *Spoolwood – ''
Betula papyrifera ''Betula papyrifera'' (paper birch, also known as (American) white birch and canoe birch) is a short-lived species of birch native to northern North America. Paper birch is named for the tree's thin white bark, which often peels in paper like ...
'' *Squaw bush – '' Cornus amomum'' *Stammerwort – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'' *Star-of-Persia – ''
Allium cristophii ''Allium cristophii'', the Persian onion or star of Persia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Iran, Turkey, and Turkmenistan, though grown as an ornamental bulbous plant in many parts of the world. It may be ...
'' *Stickweed – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
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Strawberry The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; ''Fragaria × ananassa'') is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus '' Fragaria'', collectively known as the strawberries, which are cultivated worldwide for their fruit. The fruit is widely ap ...
– ''Fragaria × ananassa'' *Strawberry tree – ''
Arbutus unedo ''Arbutus unedo'' is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe. The tree is well known for its fruits, which bear some resemblance to the strawberry — hence the common name ...
'' *Strawberry tree 'Marina' – Madrone – Arbutus 'Marina' *
Sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...
– ''Saccharum'' *Swallow-wort **Orange swallow-wort – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' **Silky swallow-wort – ''
Asclepias syriaca ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
'' *Sneezeweed – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
'' *Sneezewort – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
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Sunflower The common sunflower (''Helianthus annuus'') is a large annual forb of the genus ''Helianthus'' grown as a crop for its edible oily seeds. Apart from cooking oil production, it is also used as livestock forage (as a meal or a silage plant), as ...
– ''Helianthus annuus'' *Sugarplum – ''
Amelanchier canadensis ''Amelanchier canadensis'' (bilberry,Canadian Wildlife Federation/ref> Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush serviceberry, sugarplum, thicket serviceberry) is a specie ...
'' *Soldier's woundwort – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
'' *Stag bush – '' Viburnum prunifolium'' *Swallow-wort **Orange swallow-wort – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' **Silky swallow-wort – ''
Asclepias syriaca ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
'' *Sweet potato – '' Ipomoea batatas'' *Sweet potato vine – '' Ipomoea batatas'' *Swinies – '' Sonchus oleraceus'' * Sycamore – ''
Platanus ''Platanus'' is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae. All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. All except f ...
'' spp. **Sycamore (California) – '' Platanus racemosa'' **Sycamore (Arizona) – ''Platanus wrighitii'' **Sycamore (American) – '' Platanus occidentalis'' **Sundari (Bangladesh) – '' Heritiera fomes'' **Gewa (Bangladesh) – '' Excoecaria agallocha''


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*Tansy **Common tansy – '' Tanacetum vulgare'' **White tansy – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
'' **Wild tansy – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'' *Tea – ''
Camellia sinensis ''Camellia sinensis'' is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree in the flowering plant family Theaceae. Its leaves and leaf buds are used to produce the popular beverage, tea. Common names include tea plant, tea shrub, and tea tree (not to ...
'' **Appalachian tea – '' Ilex glabra'' *Thimbleberry – ''
Rubus occidentalis ''Rubus occidentalis'' is a species of ''Rubus'' native to eastern North America. Its common name black raspberry is shared with other closely related species. Other names occasionally used include bear's eye blackberry, black cap, black cap ras ...
'' *Thimbleweed – ''
Rudbeckia laciniata ''Rudbeckia laciniata'', the cutleaf coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in both Canada and the United States. Its natural habitat is wet sites in flood plain ...
'' *Thousand-leaf – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
'' *Thousand-seal – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
'' *Tassel weed – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'' *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 ''Carduus nutans'', with the common names musk thistle, nodding thistle, and nodding plumeless thistle, is a biennial plant in the daisy and sunflower family Asteraceae. It is native to regions of Eurasia. Description ''Carduus nutans'' is usual ...
L.'' **Perennial thistle – '' Cirsium arvense'' **Prickly thistle – '' Cirsium arvense'' **Sharp-fringed sow Thistle – ''
Sonchus asper ''Sonchus asper'', the prickly sow-thistle, rough milk thistle, spiny sowthistle, sharp-fringed sow thistle, or spiny-leaved sow thistle, is a widespread flowering plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. Description ''Sonchu ...
'' **Small-flowered Thistle – '' Cirsium arvense'' **Spiny sow thistle – ''
Sonchus asper ''Sonchus asper'', the prickly sow-thistle, rough milk thistle, spiny sowthistle, sharp-fringed sow thistle, or spiny-leaved sow thistle, is a widespread flowering plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. Description ''Sonchu ...
'' **Spiny-leaved sow Thistle – ''
Sonchus asper ''Sonchus asper'', the prickly sow-thistle, rough milk thistle, spiny sowthistle, sharp-fringed sow thistle, or spiny-leaved sow thistle, is a widespread flowering plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. Description ''Sonchu ...
'' **Swine thistle – '' Sonchus arvensis'' **Tree sow thistle – '' Sonchus arvensis'' **Way thistle – '' Cirsium arvense'' *
Thyme Thyme () is the herb (dried aerial parts) of some members of the genus ''Thymus'' of aromatic perennial evergreen herbs in the mint family Lamiaceae. Thymes are relatives of the oregano genus ''Origanum'', with both plants being mostly indigenou ...
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Thymus The thymus is a specialized primary lymphoid organ of the immune system. Within the thymus, thymus cell lymphocytes or ''T cells'' mature. T cells are critical to the adaptive immune system, where the body adapts to specific foreign invaders. ...
'', specifically '' Thymus vulgaris'' *Tickleweed – ''
Veratrum viride ''Veratrum viride'', known as Indian poke, corn-lily, Indian hellebore, false hellebore, green false hellebore, or giant false-helleborine, is a species of ''Veratrum'' native to eastern and western (but not central) North America.Flora of North ...
'' *Tobacco plant – ''
Nicotiana ''Nicotiana'' () is a genus of herbaceous plants and shrubs in the Family (biology), family Solanaceae, that is Native plant, indigenous to the Americas, Australia, Southwestern Africa and the South Pacific. Various ''Nicotiana'' species, common ...
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Tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
– ''Solanum lycopersicum'' *Toothwort – ''
Cardamine concatenata ''Cardamine concatenata'', the cutleaved toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial woodland wildflower ...
'' **Cutleaf toothwort – ''
Cardamine concatenata ''Cardamine concatenata'', the cutleaved toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial woodland wildflower ...
'' **Purple-flowered Toothwort – ''
Cardamine concatenata ''Cardamine concatenata'', the cutleaved toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial woodland wildflower ...
'' *Touch-me-not – '' Impatiens capensis'', ''
Impatiens pallida ''Impatiens'' is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Together with the genus ''Hydrocera'' (one species), ''Impatiens'' make up the family Balsaminaceae ...
'', '' Mimosa pudica'', ''
Cardamine hirsuta ''Cardamine hirsuta'', commonly called hairy bittercress, is an annual or biennial species of plant in the family Brassicaceae, and is edible as a salad green. It is common in moist areas around the world. Description Depending on the climate ...
'' *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 ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Tulip – ''Tulipa'' *Tulsi – ''Ocimum santalum''


U

*Umbrella palm – ''Hedyscepe canterburyana'' *Umbrella papyrus – ''Cyperus alternifolius''


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*Vanilla orchid – ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'' *Varnish tree – ''Koelreuteria paniculata'' *Velvet bean – ''Mucuna pruriens'' *Viburnum – ''Viburnum'' **Blackhaw viburnum – '' Viburnum prunifolium'' **Leatherleaf viburnum – ''Viburnum rhytidophyllum'' *Violet – (several genera) **''Viola (plant), Viola'' species **African violet – Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia, ''Streptocarpus'' sect. ''Saintpaulia'' species **Damask violet – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Dame's violet – ''
Hesperis matronalis ''Hesperis matronalis'' is an herbaceous plant species in the family Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame's rocket, damask-violet, dame's-violet, dames-wort, dame's gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen's gilliflo ...
'' **Dog's-tooth-violet or dogtooth violet – ''Erythronium dens-canis'' *Violet bloom – ''
Solanum dulcamara ''Solanum dulcamara'' is a species of vine in the genus ''Solanum'' (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae. Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulci ...
'' *Viper's grass – ''Scorzonera hispanica'' *Virgin's bower – '' Clematis virginiana'' **Virginia virgin's bower – '' Clematis virginiana'' *Voodoo lily – ''Dracunculus vulgaris''


W

*Walnut – ''Juglans sp.'' *Wattle – ''Acacia'' **Mount Connor wattle – ''Acacia ammobia'' *Waybread – '' Plantago major'' *Weed (Marijuana) — ''Cannabis sativa, Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis Indica, Cannabis ruderalis, Cannabis Ruderalis'' *Western redbud – ''Cercis occidentalis'' *Wheat – ''Triticum'' spp. *White man's foot – '' Plantago major'' *White-root – ''
Asclepias tuberosa ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Wild cotton – '' Apocynum cannabinum'', ''
Asclepias syriaca ''Asclepias syriaca'', commonly called common milkweed, butterfly flower, silkweed, silky swallow-wort, and Virginia silkweed, is a species of flowering plant. It is native to southern Canada and much of the United States east of the Rocky Moun ...
'' *Wild honeysuckle – ''Lambertia'' **Prickly honeysuckle – ''Lambertia echinata'' **Heath-leaved honeysuckle – ''Lambertia ericifolia'' **Fairall's honeysuckle – ''Lambertia fairallii'' **Mountain devil – ''Lambertia formosa'' **Honey flower – ''Lambertia formosa'' **Holly-leaved honeysuckle – ''Lambertia ilicifolia'' **Chittick – ''Lambertia inermis'' **Many-flowered honeysuckle – ''Lambertia multiflora'' **Round-leaf honeysuckle – ''Lambertia orbifolia'' **Green honeysuckle – ''Lambertia rariflora'' *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 ''Asclepias tuberosa'', commonly known as butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color a ...
'' *Wineberry – ''Rubus phoenicolasius'' *Winterberry – ''
Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' **American winterberry – ''
Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' **Evergreen winterberry – '' Ilex glabra'' **Virginia winterberry – ''
Ilex verticillata ''Ilex verticillata'', the winterberry, is a species of holly native to eastern North America in the United States and southeast Canada, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Alabama. Other names that have been used incl ...
'' *Wintercress – '' Barbarea vulgaris'' **Early wintercress – '' Barbarea verna'' *Woodbine – '' Clematis virginiana'' *Woolly morning glory – ''Argyreia nervosa'' *Wormwood **Roman wormwood – ''
Ambrosia artemisiifolia ''Ambrosia artemisiifolia'', with the common names common ragweed, annual ragweed, and low ragweed, is a species of the genus '' Ambrosia'' native to regions of the Americas. Taxonomy The species name, ''artemisiifolia'', is given because the le ...
'', '' Corydalis sempervirens'' *Wound rocket – '' Barbarea vulgaris''


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*Yarrow – ''Achillea'' **Common yarrow – ''
Achillea millefolium ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...
'' **Fernleaf yarrow – ''Achillea filipendulina'' **Sneezewort yarrow – ''
Achillea ptarmica ''Achillea ptarmica'' is a European species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the genus ''Achillea'' of the daisy family Asteraceae. Common names include the sneezewort, sneezeweed, bastard pellitory, European pellitory, fair-maid-of-Fr ...
'' **Woolly yarrow – ''Achillea tomentosa'' *Yellow fieldcress – ''
Rorippa sylvestris ''Rorippa sylvestris'' (the creeping yellowcress, keek, or yellow fieldcress; syn. ''Radicula sylvestris'' (L.) Druce ) is an invasive species of plant in the United States, likely entering from Europe before 1818 from ballast water Ballast is ...
'' *Yellowwood – ''Cladrastis lutea'', '' Maclura pomifera'' *Yellow coneflower – ''Echinacea paradoxa'' *Yam – ''Dioscorea''; (in North America) ''Ipomoea batatas'' *Yunnan camellia – ''Camellia yunnanensis''


Z

*Zebrawood – ''Brachystegia spiciformis'' *Zedoary – ''Curcuma zedoaria'' {{compact ToC, side=yes, top=yes


See also

*Lists of plants


References


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