List of plants by common name

The common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using binomials, or "Latin" names. Common names are also referred to as "country names" or "farmer's names". These names develop over time according to use, appearance, and lore.

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

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

A
Alder - Alnus
Black Alder - Alnus glutinosa, Ilex verticillata
Common Alder - Alnus glutinosa
False Alder - Ilex verticillata
Gray Alder - Alnus incana
Speckled Alder - Alnus incana
Striped Alder - Ilex verticillata
White Alder - Alnus incana, Ilex verticillata
Ambrosia
Tall Ambrosia - Ambrosia trifida
Amy Root - Apocynum cannabinum
Apple - Malus
Osage Apple - Maclura pomifera
Apple of Sodom - Solanum carolinense
Arfaj - Rhanterium epapposum
Arrowwood - Cornus florida
Indian Arrowwood - Cornus florida
Ash - Fraxinus
Black Ash- Fraxinus nigra
Blue Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Cane Ash - Fraxinus americana
Green Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Maple Ash- Acer negundo
Red Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
River Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Swamp Ash - Fraxinus pennsylvanica
White Ash - Fraxinus americana
Water Ash- Acer negundo (Manitoba maple in Canada), Fraxinus pennsylvanica  
Azolla - Azolla
Carolina Azolla - Azolla caroliniana

Lists Of Plants

B
Bearberry - Ilex decidua
Bear Corn - Veratrum viride
Bindweed
Blue Bindweed - Solanum dulcamara
Bird's Nest - Daucus carota
Bird's Nest Plant - Daucus carota
Birch - Betula
Black Birch - Betula lenta, Betula nigra
Bolean Birch - Betula papyrifera
Canoe Birch - Betula papyrifera
Cherry Birch - Betula lenta
European Weeping Birch - Betula pendula
European White Birch - Betula pendula
Gray Birch - Betula alleghaniensis
Mahogany Birch - Betula lenta
Paper Birch - Betula papyrifera
Red Birch - Betula nigra
River Birch - Betula nigra, Betula lenta
Silver Birch - Betula papyrifera
Spice Birch - Betula lenta
Sweet Birch - Betula lenta
Water Birch - Betula nigra
Weeping Birch - Betula pendula
White Birch - Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula
Yellow Birch - Betula alleghaniensis
Bittercress - Barbarea vulgaris, Cardamine bulbosa, Cardamine hirsuta
Hairy Bittercress - Cardamine hirsuta
Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara
Trailing Bittersweet - Solanum dulcamara
Bitterweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemesia trifida
Blackberry - Rubus spp., Rubus pensilvanicus, Rubus occidentalis
Hispid Swamp Blackberry - Rubus hispidus
Pennsylvania Blackberry - Rubus pensilvanicus
Running Swamp Blackberry - Rubus hispidus
Black Cap - Rubus occidentalis
Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida
Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium
Blackiehead - Rudbeckia hirta
Black-weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Blue-of-the-Heavens - Allium caeruleum
Bow-wood - Maclura pomifera
Box - Buxus
False Box - Cornus florida
Boxelder - Acer negundo
Boxwood - Buxus, Cornus florida
False Boxwood - Cornus florida
Brier
Sand Brier - Solanum carolinense
Brittlebush - Encelia farinosa
Broadleaf - Plantago major
Brown Betty - Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba
Buffalo Weed - Ambrosia trifida
Butterfly Flower - Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa

C
Cabbage - Brassica oleracea
Clumpfoot Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus
Meadow Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus
Skunk Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus
Swamp Cabbage - Symplocarpus foetidus
Canada Root - Asclepias tuberosa
Cancer Jalap - Phytolacca americana
Carrot - Daucus carota
Wild Carrot - Daucus carota
Carrot Weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Cart Track Plant - Plantago major
Cherry - Prunus
Black Cherry - Prunus serotina
Cabinet Cherry - Prunus serotina
Rum Cherry - Prunus serotina
Whiskey Cherry - Prunus serotina
Wild Cherry - Prunus avium, Prunus serotina
Wild Black Cherry - Prunus serotina
Chigger Flower - Asclepias tuberosa
Coakum - Phytolacca americana
Colic Weed - Corydalis flavula
Collard - Symplocarpus foetidus
Colwort
Hare's Colwort - Sonchus oleraceus
Coneflower
Brilliant Coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida
Cutleaf Coneflower - Rudbeckia laciniata
Eastern Coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida
Green-headed Coneflower - Rudbeckia laciniata
Orange Coneflower - Rudbeckia fulgida
Tall Coneflower - Rudbeckia laciniata
Thin-leaved Coneflower - Rudbeckia triloba
Three-leaved Coneflower - Rudbeckia triloba
Cornel
Blueberry Cornel - Cornus amomum
Silky Cornel - Cornus amomum
White Cornel - Cornus florida
Cornelian Tree - Cornus florida
Corydalis - Corydalis
Fern-leaf Corydalis - Corydalis cleilanthifolia
Golden Corydalis - Corydalis aurea
Pale Corydalis - Corydalis flavula, Corydalis sempervirens
Pink Corydalis - Corydalis sempervirens
Yellow Corydalis - Corydalis lutea, Corydalis flavula
Cress - (several genera)
American Cress - Barbarea verna
Bank Cress - Barbarea verna
Belle Isle Cress - Barbarea verna
Bermuda Cress - Barbarea verna
Bulbous Cress - Cardamine bulbosa
Lamb's Cress - Cardamine hirsuta
Land Cress - Barbarea verna, Cardamine hirsuta
Scurvy Cress - Barbarea verna
Spring Cress - Cardamine bulbosa
Upland Cress - Barbarea verna
Crowfoot - Cardamine concatenata
Crow's Nest - Daucus carota
Crow's Toes - Cardamine concatenata

D
Daffodil - Narcissus pseudonarcissus
Daisy
Brown Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
Gloriosa Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
Poorland Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
Yellow Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
Yellow Ox-eye Daisy - Rudbeckia hirta
David mountain laurel - Sophora davidii
Deadnettle - Lamium
Henbit Deadnettle - Lamium amplexicaule
Devil's Bite - Veratrum viride
Devil's Darning Needle - Clematis virginiana
Devil's Hair - Clematis virginiana
Devil's Plague - Daucus carota
Dewberry
Bristly Dewberry - Rubus hispidus
Swamp Dewberry - Rubus hispidus
Dindle - Sonchus arvensis
Dogwood - Cornus, Solanum dulcamara
American Dogwood - Cornus florida
Florida Dogwood - Cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida
Japanese Flowering Dogwood - Cornus kousa
Kousa Dogwood - Cornus kousa
Silky Dogwood - Cornus amomum
Swamp Dogwood- Cornus amomum
Duck Retten - Veratrum viride
Duscle - Solanum nigrum
Dye-leaves - Ilex glabra

E
Earth Gall - Veratrum viride
English Bull's Eye - Rudbeckia hirta

F
Fair-maid-of-France - Achillea ptarmica
Fairymoss Azolla caroliniana
Fellenwort - Solanum dulcamara
Felonwood - Solanum dulcamara
Felonwort - Solanum dulcamara
Fern
Mosquito Fern - Azolla caroliniana
Water Fern - Azolla caroliniana
Feverbush - Ilex verticillata
Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium
Creeping Yellowcress - Rorippa sylvestris
Fluxroot - Asclepias tuberosa
Fumewort
Yellow Fumewort - Corydalis flavula

G
Gallberry - Ilex glabra
Garget - Phytolacca americana
Garlic
Golden Garlic - Allium moly
Wild Garlic - Allium canadense
Garlic Mustard - Alliaria petiolata
Garlic Root - Alliaria petiolata
Gilliflower
Dame's Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
Night Scented Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
Queen's Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
Rogue's Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
Winter Gilliflower - Hesperis matronalis
Golden Buttons - Tanacetum vulgare
Goldenglow - Rudbeckia laciniata
Golden Jerusalem - Rudbeckia hirta
Gordaldo - Achillea millefolium
Goose Tongue - Achillea ptarmica
Groundberry - Rubus hispidus
Bristly Groundberry - Rubus hispidus
Gutweed - Sonchus arvensis

H
Harlequin
Rock Harlequin - Corydalis sempervirens
Yellow Harlequin - Corydalis flavula
Hay Fever Weed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemesia trifida
Healing Blade - Plantago major
Hedge Plant - Maclura pomifera
Hellebore - Helleborus
American White Hellebore - Veratrum viride
Big Hellebore - Veratrum viride
Black Hellebore - Veratrum nigrum
European White Hellebore - Veratrum album
False Hellebore - Veratrum album, Veratrum viride
Swamp Hellebore - Veratrum viride
White Hellebore - Veratrum album, Veratrum viride
Hemp Dogbane - Apocynum cannabinum
Hen Plant - Plantago major
Henbit - Lamium amplexicaule
Greater Henbit - Lamium amplexicaule
Herb Barbara - Barbarea vulgaris
Hogweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Holly - Ilex
Deciduous Holly - Ilex decidua, Ilex verticillata
Inkberry Holly - Ilex glabra
Meadow Holly - Ilex decidua
Swamp Holly - Ilex decidua
Winterberry Holly - Ilex verticillata
Horse Cane - Ambrosia trifida
Hortensia - Hydrangea
Hound's Berry - Solanum nigrum
Houseleek - Sempervivum tectorum

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

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

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

L
Laceflower - Daucus carota
Lamb's Foot - Plantago major
Leek - Allium
Lily Leek - Allium moly
Lilac
Summer Lilac - Hesperis matronalis
Love Vine - Clematis virginianaM
Maple - Acer
Ash-Leaved Maple - Acer negundo
Creek Maple - Acer saccharinum
Cutleaf Maple - Acer negundo
Maple Ash- Acer negundo
Red River Maple - Acer negundo
River Maple - Acer saccharinum
Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum
Silverleaf Maple - Acer saccharinum
Soft Maple - Acer saccharinum
Sugar Maple -  Acer saccharum, Acer negundo
Swamp Maple - Acer saccharinum
Water Maple - Acer saccharinum
White Maple - Acer saccharinum
Mesquite -  Prosopis
Honey Mesquite - Prosopis glandulosa
Screwbean Mesquite - Prosopis pubescens
Milfoil - Achillea millefolium
Milkweed - Asclepias, Sonchus oleraceus
Blunt-leaved Milkweed - Asclepias amplexicaulis
Common Milkweed - Asclepias syriaca
Horsetail Milkweed - Asclepias verticillata
Orange Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa
Swamp Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata
Rose Milkweed - Asclepias incarnata
Whorled Milkweed - Asclepias verticillata
Yellow Milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa
Milky Tassel - Sonchus oleraceus
Morel - Solanum nigrum
Petty Morel - Solanum nigrum
Mosquito Plant - Azolla caroliniana
Mother-of-the-Evening - Hesperis matronalis
Mountain Mahogany - Betula lenta
Mulberry - Morus
Red Mulberry - Morus rubra
White Mulberry - Morus alba

N
Nature's Mistake - Cornus florida
Nettle
Bull Nettle - Solanum carolinense
Carolina Horse Nettle - Solanum carolinense
Horse Nettle - Solanum carolinense
Nightshade
American Nightshade - Phytolacca americana, Solanum americanum
Bitter Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
Black Nightshade - Solanum nigrum, Solanum americanum
Climbing Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
Deadly Nightshade - Solanum nigrum
Garden Nightshade - Solanum nigrum
Trailing Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
Woody Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara
Nosebleed - Achillea millefolium

O
Oak - Quercus
Algerian Oak Quercus canariensis
Black Oak - Quercus velutina, Quercus coccinea, Quercus rubra
Blue Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
Bur Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
Champion Oak - Quercus rubra
Dyer's Oak - Quercus velutina
English Oak - Quercus robur
Mirbeck's Oak - Quercus canariensis
Mossycup Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
Mossycup White Oak - Quercus macrocarpa
Pedunculate Oak -Quercus roburPin Oak - Quercus palustrisRed Oak - Quercus rubra, Quercus coccineaScarlet Oak - Quercus coccineaScrub Oak - Quercus macrocarpaSessile Oak - Quercus petraeaSpanish Oak - Quercus coccinea, Quercus rubraSpotted Oak - Quercus velutinaSwamp Oak - Quercus palustris, Quercus bicolorSwamp Spanish Oak - Quercus palustrisSwamp White Oak - Quercus bicolorWhite Oak - Quercus albaYellowbark Oak - Quercus velutinaOld Man's Pepper - Achillea millefoliumOnion
Giant Onion - Allium giganteumNodding Onion - Allium cernuumTree Onion - Allium canadenseWild Onion - Allium canadenseOrange
Osage Orange - Maclura pomiferaWild Orange - Maclura pomiferaOrange-root - Asclepias tuberosaOsage - Maclura pomiferaOsier
Red Osier - Cornus amomumP
Parsnip - Pastinaca sativa, Daucus carotaPellitory
Bastard Pellitory - Achillea ptarmicaEuropean Pellitory - Achillea ptarmicaWild Pellitory - Achillea ptarmicaPenny Hedge - Alliaria petiolataPepper Root - Cardamine concatenataPigeon Berry - Phytolacca americanaPlantain
Broadleaf Plantain - Plantago majorCommon Plantain - Plantago majorDooryard Plantain - Plantago majorGreater Plantain - Plantago majorRoundleaf Plantain - Plantago majorWayside Plantain - Plantago majorPleurisy Root - Asclepias tuberosaPocan Bush - Phytolacca americanaPoisonberry - Solanum dulcamaraPoisonflower - Solanum dulcamaraPoke - Phytolacca americanaIndian Poke - Veratrum viridePokeroot - Phytolacca americanaPokeweed - Phytolacca americanaPolkweed - Symplocarpus foetidusPolecat Weed - Symplocarpus foetidusPoor Annie - Veratrum viridePoor Man's Mustard - Alliaria petiolataPossumhaw - Ilex deciduaQueen Anne's Lace - Daucus carotaQuercitron - Quercus velutinaR
Radical Weed - Solanum carolinenseRagweed - AmbrosiaCommon Ragweed - Ambrosia artemisiifoliaGiant Ragweed - Ambrosia trifidaGreat Ragweed - Ambrosia trifidaRantipole - Daucus carotaRaspberry - Rubus spp.
Black Raspberry - Rubus occidentalisPurple Raspberry - Rubus occidentalisRedbrush - Cornus amomumRed Ink Plant - Phytolacca americanaRedweed - Phytolacca americanaRheumatism Root - Apocynum cannabinumRibwort - Plantago majorRoadweed - Plantago majorRocket - (several genera)
Dame's Rocket - Hesperis matronalisSweet Rocket - Hesperis matronalisWinter Rocket - Barbarea vulgarisYellow Rocket - Barbarea vulgarisRocketcress - Barbarea vulgarisRose - RosaBaby Rose - Rosa multifloraDwarf Wild Rose - Rosa virginianaLow Rose - Rosa virginianaMultiflora Rose - Rosa multifloraPrairie Rose - Rosa virginianaRambler Rose - Rosa multifloraWild Rose - Rosa virginianaS
Sanguinary - Achillea millefoliumSauce-alone - Alliaria petiolataScarlet Berry - Solanum dulcamaraScoke - Phytolacca americanaScotch Cap - Rubus occidentalisScrambled Eggs - Corydalis aureaScurvy Grass - Barbarea vernaServiceberry - AmelanchierCommon Serviceberry - Amelanchier arboreaDowny Serviceberry - Amelanchier arboreaShadblow Serviceberry - Amelanchier canadensisShadblow - Amelanchier canadensisShadbush - Amelanchier canadensisSilkweed - Asclepias syriacaSwamp Silkweed - Asclepias incarnataVirginia Silkweed - Asclepias syriacaSkunkweed - Symplocarpus foetidusSnakeberry - Solanum dulcamaraSpeedwell=Veronica
Corn Speedwell - Veronica arvensisWall Speedwell - Veronica arvensisSpoolwood - Betula papyriferaSquaw Bush - Cornus amomumStammerwort - Ambrosia artemisiifoliaStars-of-Persia - Allium cristophiiStickweed - Ambrosia artemisiifoliaSwallow-wort
Orange Swallow-wort - Asclepias tuberosaSilky Swallow-wort - Asclepias syriacaSneezeweed - Achillea ptarmicaSneezewort - Achillea ptarmicaSugarplum - Amelanchier canadensisSoldier's Woundwort - Achillea millefoliumStag Bush - Viburnum prunifoliumSwallow-wort
Orange Swallow-wort - Asclepias tuberosaSilky Swallow-wort - Asclepias syriacaSweet Potato - Ipomoea batatasSweet Potato Vine - Ipomoea batatasSweet William - Dianthus barbatusSwinies - Sonchus oleraceusT
Tansy
Common Tansy - Tanacetum vulgareWhite Tansy - Achillea ptarmicaWild Tansy - Ambrosia artemisiifoliaTea
Appalachian Tea - Ilex glabraThimbleberry - Rubus occidentalisThimbleweed - Rudbeckia laciniataThousand-leaf - Achillea millefoliumThousand-seal - Achillea millefoliumTassel Weed - Ambrosia artemisiifoliaThistle - (Several genera)
Annual Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceusCalifornia Thistle - Cirsium arvenseCanada Thistle - Cirsium arvenseCorn Thistle - Cirsium arvenseCorn Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensisCreeping Thistle - Cirsium arvenseCursed Thistle - Cirsium arvenseField Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensisGreen Thistle - Cirsium arvenseHard Thistle - Cirsium arvenseHare's Thistle - Sonchus oleraceusMilk Thistle - Sonchus oleraceusNodding Thistle - Carduus nutans L.Perennial Thistle - Cirsium arvensePrickly Thistle - Cirsium arvenseSharp-fringed Sow Thistle - Sonchus asperSmall-flowered Thistle - Cirsium arvenseSpiny Sow Thistle - Sonchus asperSpiny-leaved Sow Thistle - Sonchus asperSwine Thistle - Sonchus arvensisTree Sow Thistle - Sonchus arvensisWay Thistle - Cirsium arvenseTickleweed - Veratrum virideToothwort - Cardamine concatenataCutleaf Toothwort - Cardamine concatenataPurple-flowered Toothwort - Cardamine concatenataTouch-me-not - Cardamine hirsutaTraveller's Joy - Clematis virginianaTread-softly - Solanum carolinenseTree Tobacco - Nicotiana glaucaTuber-root - Asclepias tuberosaV
Viburnum - ViburnumBlackhaw Viburnum - Viburnum prunifoliumLeatherleaf Viburnum - Viburnum rhytidophyllumViolet - (several genera)
Damask Violet - Hesperis matronalisDame's Violet - Hesperis matronalisViolet Bloom - Solanum dulcamaraVirgin's Bower - Clematis virginianaVirginia Virgin's Bower - Clematis virginianaW
Waybread - Plantago majorWhite Man's Foot - Plantago majorWhite-root - Asclepias tuberosaWild Cotton - Apocynum cannabinum,  Asclepias syriacaWild Hops - Clematis virginianaWillow - SalixCoyote Willow - Salix exiguaGoodding Willow - Salix gooddingiiRed Willow - Cornus amomumRose Willow - Cornus amomumWindroot - Asclepias tuberosaWineberry - Rubus phoenicolasiusWinterberry - Ilex verticillataAmerican Winterberry - Ilex verticillataEvergreen Winterberry - Ilex glabraVirginia Winterberry - Ilex verticillataWintercress - Barbarea vulgarisEarly Wintercress - Barbarea vernaWoodbine - Clematis virginianaWormwood
Roman Wormwood - Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Corydalis sempervirensWound Rocket - Barbarea vulgarisY
Yarrow - AchilleaCommon Yarrow - Achillea millefoliumFernleaf Yarrow - Achillea filipendulinaSneezewort Yarrow - Achillea ptarmicaYellow Fieldcress - Rorippa sylvestrisYellowwood - Cladrastis lutea, Maclura pomifera''

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Sources and references
Johnny's Plant Profiles 

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