Scientific Names of Plants

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SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF PLANTS  Bugleweed – Ajuga

 Bugloss – Anchusa
 Burnet, Giant – Sanguisorba tenuifolia
 Adder’s Tongue – Erythronium  Bush Clover – Lespedeza
 Ageratum, Hardy – Conoclinium  Bush Morning-glory – Ipomoea leptophylla
 Alexander – Angelica atropurpurea  Bush Palmeto – Sabal minor
 Alkanet – Anchusa  Bush Pea – Thermopsis
 Allegheny Spurge – Pachysandra procumbens  Butter Bur – Petasites japonicus
 Alpine Violet – Cyclamen hederifolium  Buttercup – Ranunculus
 Alumroot – Heuchera  Butterfly Bush – Buddleja, Clerodendron ugadensis
 American Dream – Coreopsis rosea  Butterfly Milkweed – Asclepias
 American Feverfew – Parthenium integrifolium  Button Bush, Button Willow – Cephalanthus
 American Pokeweed – Phytolocca a. ‘Melody’ occidentalis
 American Spikenard – Aralia racemosa  Button Snakeroot – Liatris p. ‘Eureka’
 Anchusa myosotidiflora – Brunnera macrophylla  California Fuchsia – Zauschneria garrettii
 Anise Mint – Agastache  Campion – Lychnis, Silene
 Apache Plume – Fallugia paradoxa  Canadian Milkvetch – Astragalus Canadensis
 Apple Blossom Grass – Gaura  Candylily – Pardancanda
 Artic Willow – Salix arctica  Candytuft – Iberis
 Arrow Broom – Genista sagittalis  Canterbury Bells – Campanula
 Avens – Geum  Cardinal Flower – Lobelia
 Aztec Indian Berry – Duchesnea  Cardoon – Cynara
 Baby White Swan – Echinacea ‘Cygnet White’  Carnation – Dianthus
 Baby’s Breath – Gypsophila  Carolina Moonseed – Cocculus carolinus
 Bachelor Button – Centaurea  Carpenter Plant – Silphium perfoliatum
 Ball Cactus – Coryphantha vivipara  Catchfly – Lychnis, Silene
 Balloon Flower – Platycodon  Catmint – Nepeta
 Baneberry – Actaea  Celandine – Chelidonium, Stylophorum
 Barren Strawberry – Waldsteinia  Chamomile – Matricaria recutita
 Basket of Gold – Aurinia  Chamomile, False – Chamaemelum
 Beardtongue – Penstemon  Checkerbloom – Sidalcea
 Bear’s Breech – Acanthus  Cheddar Pink – Dianthus gratianopolitanus
 Beautyberry – Callicarpa  Chinese Foxglove – Rehmannia
 Bee Balm – Monarda  Chinese Lantern – Physalis
 Bellflower – Campanula  Chinese Yam – Dioscorea batatas
 Bellwort – Uvularia  Chocolate Flower – Berlandiera
 Betony – Stachys  Chocolate Vine – Akebia
 Big Ears – Stachys b. ‘Helene von Stein’  Cinnamon Vine – Dioscorea batatas
 Birch Double – Geranium h. ‘Plenum’  Cinquefoil – Potentilla
 Bird-foot Violet – Viola pedata  Clove pink – Dianthus gratianopolitanus
 Bird’s Foot Trefoil – Lotus corniculatus  Clover – Trifolium
 Birthwort – Aristolochia  Cohosh – Cimicifuga, Actaea
 Bishop’s Weed – Aegopodium  Colorado Rubber Plant – Hymenoxys r. var.
 Bitter Root – Lewisia richardsonii
 Blackberry Lily – Belamcanda  Columbine – Aquilegia
 Black Cohosh – Actaea  Compass Plant – Silphium lacinatum
 Black-Eyed Susan – Rudbeckia  Comfrey – Symphytum
 Black Mondo Grass – Ophiopogon p. ‘Niger’  Coneflower – Echinacea, Rudbeckia
 Bladder Pod – Alyssoides  Coral Beads – Cocculus carolinus
 Blanket Flower – Gaillardia  Coral Bells – Heuchera
 Blazing Star – Liatris  Cowslip – Caltha
 Bleeding Heart – Dicentra  Crane’s Bill – Geranium
 Bloodroot – Sanguinaria  Creeping Phlox – Phlox subulata
 Bloody Crane’s Bill – Geranium sanguineum  Crimson Glory Vine – Vitis coignetiae
 Blue Cohosh – Caulophyllum  Cross Vine – Bignonia capreolata
 Blue Indigo – Baptisia australis  Crowsfoot – Ranunculus
 Blue Mist Spirea – Caryopteris  Crown of Snow – Campanula g. ‘Schneekrone’
 Blue Pickerel Plant – Pontederia cordata  Crownvetch – Coronilla
 Bluebell – Mertensia  Culver’s Physic – Veronicastrum
 Bluestar – Amsonia  Cup and Saucer – Campanula med. ‘Calycanthema’
 Boston Ivy – Parthenocissus tricuspidata  Cup Plant – Silphium perfoliatum
 Bouncing Bet – Saponaria officinalis  Cupid’s Dart – Catananche
 Bowman’s Root – Gillenia  Curly Onion – Allium s. s. glaucum
 Boxwood – Buxus Bright Star – Echinacea  Daisy, Mt. Atlas – Anacyclus pyrethrum var. depressus
‘Leuchstern’  Daisy, Ox-Eye – Leucanthemum vulgare
 Broom – Genista  Daisy, Shasta – Leucanthemum
 Dame’s Rocket – Hesperis  Gas Plant – Dictamnus
 Daylily – Hemerocallis  Gayfeather – Liatris
 Dead Nettle – Lamium  Gentian – Gentiana
 Dense Gentian – Liatris microcephala  German Garlic – Allium senescens subsp. M.
 Devil’s Paintbrush – Hieracum aurantiacum  German Statice – Goniolimon tataricum
 Dittany of Crete – Origanum calcarticum  Germander – Teucrium
 Dog-toothed Violet – Erythronium  Giant Flowered Salvia – Salvia pachyphylla
 Doll’s Eyes – Actaea  Gilia – Ipomopsis
 Dong dang gui – Angelica acutiloba  Ginger – Asarum
 Double Bird’s Foot Trefoil – Lotus coniculatus  Globeflower – Trollius
 Double Bubble Mint – Agastache cana  Globemallow – Sphaeralcea
 Double Gloriosa – Rudbeckia h. ‘Tetraploid’  Globe Thistle - Echinops
 Double Robin White Breast – Silene ‘Swan Lake’  Gloriosa Daisy – Rudbeckia
 Dragonhead – Dracocephalum  Goatsbeard – Aruncus
 Drumstick Primrose – Primula denticulate  Gold Crown – Hosta f. ‘Aureomarginata’
 Dunce Caps – Orostachys  Gold Dust – Aurinia
 Dusty Miller (Hardy) – Artemisia stelleriana  Gold Net – Lonicera
 Dutchman’s Pipe – Aristolochia  Goldball – Geum chiloense ‘Lady Stratheden’
 Dwarf Blue Rabbitbrush – Ericameria nauseosus  Golden Alexander – Zizia aurea
 Dwarf Golden – Linum  Golden Bells – Clematis tangutica
 Dwarf Palmetto – Sabal minor  Golden Poppy – Stylophorum
 Dwarf Red – Helenium x ‘Rubinzwerg’  Goldenrod – Solidago
 Edelweiss – Leontopdium  Golden Star – Chrysogonum
 Elder – Sambucus  Golden Strawbwrry – Waldsteinia geoides
 Englemann Daisy – Englemannia pinnatifida  Gooseberry Leafed Globemallow – Sphaeralcea
 English Daisy – Bellis grossulariifolia
 European Elder – Sambucus  Gooseneck Loosestrife – Lysimachia clethroides
 Evening Primrose – Oenothera  Goutweed – Aegopodium
 Evergreen Bittersweet – Euonymus f. ‘Vegeta’  Grape – Vitis
 Everlasting – Anaphalis  Great Merrybells – Uvularia grandiflora
 Faassen’s Catnip – Nepeta faassenii (x)  Greater Celandine – Chelidonium majus
 Fairy Candles – Actaea  Green-and-Gold – Chrysogonum
 Fairy Lily – Zephyranthes drummondii  Greenthreads – Thelosperma trifidum
 False Dragonhead – Physostegia  Greek Valerian – Polemonium
 False Indigo – Baptisia, Amorpha fruticosa, A. nana  Ground Elder – Aegopodium
 False Lupine – Thermopsis  Ground Plum – Astragulus
 False Mallow – Sidalcea, Sphaeraicea  Groundsel, Prairie – Senecio plattenensis
 False Miterwort – Tiarella  Gumbo Lily – Oenothera caespitosa
 False Salvia – Lamium m. ‘Chequers’  Hall’s Honeysuckle – Lonicera halliana
 False Solomon’s Seal – Smilacena racemosa  Harebell – Campanula
 False Strawberry – Duchesnea  Hawkweed – Hieracum
 Fern-leaf – Coreopsis verticillata  Heartleaf Alexanders – Zizia aptera
 Feverfew – Tanacetum p. ‘Tetra White Wonder’  Helen’s Flower – Helenium
 Fireball – Geum chiloense ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’  Heliotrope – Valeriana
 Firecracker – Penstemon  Helmet Flower – Scutellaria
 Fire Pink – Silene virginica  Hen and Chicks – Sempervivum
 Five Finger – Potentilla  Heron’s-bill – Erodium
 Five-leaf Aralia – Eleutherococcus  Hibiscus, Russian – Kitaibela
 Flag – Iris  Hoary Scullcap – Scutellaria incana
 Flax – Linum  Hollyhock – Alcea
 Fleabane – Erigeron  Honey Bells – Cephalanthus occidentalis
 Fleece Flower – Fallopia  Honeysuckle – Lonicera
 Fleur-De-Lis – Iris  Hopflower Oregano – Origanmum libanoticum
 Foamflower – Tiarella  Hops – Humulus
 Forget-Me-Not – Myosotis  Horehound – Marrubium
 Four-winged Saltbush – Atriplex canescens  Horsemint – Monarda
 Foxglove – Digitalis  Hummingbird – Agastache cana
 Fraxinella – Dictamnus albus  Hyssop – Agastache
 Fremont’s Crowfoot – Clematis fremontii  Hyssop Scullcap – Scutellaria incana
 French Honeysuckle – Hedysarum  Ice Plant, Hardy – Delosperma, Ruschia
 Fringed Finger Poppy Mallow – Callirhoe digitata  Indian Physic – Gillenia
 Fringed Sage – Artemisia frigida  Indian Strawberry – Duchesnea
 Funkia – Hosta  Indian Turnip – Arisaema triphyllum
 Garden Heliotrope – Valeriana officinalis  Indigo – Indigofera pseudotinctoria
 Garden Phlox – Phlox paniculata  Irish Moss – Minuartia verna
 Garden Sorrel – Rumex  Ironweed – Vernonia fasciculate
 Italian Bugloss – Anchusa  Moneywort – Lysimachia nummularia
 Ivy – Hedera  Monkey Flower – Mimulus ringens
 Jack-In-The-Pulpit – Arisaema triphyllum  Monkshood – Aconitum
 Jacob’s Ladder – Polemonium  Monk’s Hood Vine – Ampelopsis
 Japanese Parsley – Cryptotaenia j. ‘Atropurpurea’  Moon Carrot – Seseli gummiferum
 Joe-Pye Weed – Eupatorium purpureum  Moss Campion – Silene schafta
 Joint Fir – Ephedra  Mother of Thyme – Thymus serpyllum
 Kalimeris mongolica – Asteromoea mongolica  Mountain Bluet – Centaurea Montana
 Kalm St.-John’s-Wort – Hypericum Kalmianum  Mountain Fringe – Adlumia fungosa
 Knapweed – Centaurea dealbata  Mountain Gold – Alyssum m. ‘Berggold’
 Korean Boxwood – Buxus sinica var. insularis  Mountain Lady’s Mantle – Alchemilla alpine
 Lacy Veil – Asparagus officinalis var. pseudoscaber  Mountain Mint – Pycnanthemum
 Ladies’ Tresses – Spiranthes  Mt. Atlas Daisy – Anacyclus
 Lady’s Leek – Allium cernuum  Mullein – Verbascum
 Lady’s Mantle – Alchemilla  Myrtle – Vinca
 Ladybells – Adenophora  Naples Onion – Allium neapolitanum
 Lamb’s Ear – Stachys  Nettle – Solanum
 Lantern Plant – Physalis  New Jersey Tea – Ceanothus americanus
 Lavender Cotton – Santolina  Nightshade – Salanum N
 Lavender Monkey Flower – Mimulus rigens  ordic Dragonhead – Dracocephalum ruyschiana
 Lead Plant – Amorpha  Northern Crepe Myrtle – Heptacodium
 Leadwort – Ceratostigma  Obedience Plant – Physostegia
 Lemon Lace Vine – Fallopia  October Daphne – Sedum sieboldii
 Lemon Lily – Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus  Of The Rocks – Erigeron scopalinus
 Lenten Rose – Helleborus orientalis  Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart – Dicentra spectabilis
 Leopard Plant – Farfugium, Ligularia  Old Man of the Mountain – Hymenoxys grandiflora
 Leopard’s Bane – Doronicum  Old Man of the Prairie – Ipomoea leptophylla
 Lily – Lilium  Old Woman – Artemisia stelleriana
 Lily-Of-The-Valley – Convallaria  Onion – Allium
 Lilyturf – Liriope, Ophiopogon  Orris Root – Iris pallida
 Little Pickles – Othonna capensis  Ostrich Plume – Astilbe t. ‘Straussenfeder’
 Littleleaf Mock Orange – Philadelphus microphyllus  Our Lady’s Bedstraw – Galium verum
 Liverleaf – Hepatica  Ox-Eye Daisy – Leucanthemum vulgare
 Lizard Tail – Saururus cernuus  Pansy – Viola
 Locoweed, Lambert’s – Oxytropis lambertii  Pasque Flower – Pulsatilla
 Loosestrife – Lysimachia  Peach-Bells – Campanula persicifolia
 Low’s Japanese Creeper – Parthenocissus t. ‘Lowii’  Pearlwort – Sagina
 Lungwort – Pulmonaria, Mertensia  Pearly Everlasting – Ansphalis margaritacea
 Lupine – Lupinus  Pennywort – Hydrocotyle
 Magnolia Vine – Schisandra  Peony – Paeonia
 Mahogany Plant – Sedum telephium ‘Atropurpureum’  Periwinkle – Vinca
 Maidenhair Tree – Ginkgo biloba  Persian Stonecrest – Aethionema g. Pulchella Group
 Mallow – Hibiscus,  Persian Violet – Cyclamen herderifolium
 Malva, Sphaeralcea  Pie Plant – Rheum
 Maltese Cross – Lychnis  Pincushion Cactus – Coryphantha vivipara
 Man of the Earth – Ipomoea leptophylla  Pincushion Flower – Scabiosa
 Marsh Marigold – Caltha  Pink Fleece Flower – Fallopia japonica ‘Reynoutria’
 Martha Washington’s Plume – Filipendula r. ‘Venusta’  Pink Prairie Onion – Allium stellatum
 Masterwort – Angelica atropurpureum  Pinks – Dianthus
 Matricaria – Tanacetum  Plumbago – Ceratostigma
 Mayapple – Podophyllum  Plume Poppy – Macleaya
 Meadow Parsley – Zizia aptera  Poker Plant – Kniphofia
 Meadow Rue – Thalictrum  Poppy – Papaver
 Meadowsweet – Filipendula  Poppy Mallow – Callirhoe
 Mexican Hat – Ratibida columnifera ‘Red”  Porcelain Vine – Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
 Mile-A-Minute – Fallopia aubertii ‘Elegans’
 Milfoil – Achillea  Prairie Baptisia – Baptisia lacteal
 Milkvetch – Astragalus  Prairie Clover – Dalea
 Milkweed – Asclepias  Prairie Coneflower – Ratibida
 Mint Shrub – Elcholtzia stauntonii  Prairie Mallow – Sphaeralcea
 Miniature Hen and Chicks – Jovibarba hirta subsp.  Prairie Smoke – Geum triflorum
Arenaria  Prairie Spiderwort – Tradescantia bracteata
 Missouri Primrose – Oenothera macrocarpa  Primrose – Primula, Oenothera
 Mist Flower – Conoclinium, Eupatorium  Prince’s Plume – Stanleya pinnata
 Mock Orange – Philadelphus  Purple Coneflower – Echinacea
 Mondo Grass – Ophiopogon  Purple-leaf Wintercreeper – Euonymus f. ‘Coloratus’
 Purple Leaf Japanese Parsley – Cryptotaenia j.  Spirea – Astilbe
‘Atropurpurea’  Spurge – Euphorbia, Pachysandra
 Purple Rockcress – Aubrieta ‘Leichtlinii’  Standing Wine Cups – Callirhoe digitata
 Quarter Vine – Bignonia capreolata  Starburst Ice Plant – Delosperma ‘Stardust’
 Queen Anne’s Lace – Daucus carota var. carota  Statice – Limonium, Goniolimon
 Queen of the Meadow – Filipendula ulmaria  St. John’s-Wort – Hypericum
 Rainbow – Scutellaria a. Arcobaleno  Stoke’s Aster – Stokesia
 Rain Lily – Zephyranthes drummondii  Stonecrop – Sedum
 Rattlesnake Master – Eryngium yuccifolium  Stork’s Bill – Erodium
 Red False Mallow – Sphaeralcea coccinea  Strawberry – Fragaria, Duchesnea
 Red Hot Poker – Kniphofia  Sulphur Flower – Eriogonum umbellatum
 Red Puccoon – Sanguinaria  Summer Solstice – Oenothera f. ‘Sonnenwende’
 Red Valerian – Centranthus  Sun Daisy – Osteospermum
 Rhubarb – Rheum  Sundrop – Oenothera
 Riddell’s Goldenrod – Solidago riddellii  Sunflower, perennial – Helianthus, Heliopsis
 Robin White Breast – Silene maritime  Sunray Flower – Inula ensifolia
 Rock Cress – Arabis  Sun Rose – Helianthemum
 Rock Garden Statice – Limonium minutum  Sunset Hyssop – Agastache rupestris
 Rockfoil – Saxifraga  Swamp Milkweed – Asclepias incarnate
 Rock Rose – Helianthemum, Talinum  Sweet Autumn Clematis – C. terniflora (paniculata)
 Rose of Sharon – Hypericum calycinum  Sweet Coneflower – Rudbeckia subtomentosa
 Rose of the Rockery – Geum coccineum  Sweet Flag – Acorus calamus
 Rose Mallow – Hibiscus  Sweet Pea – Lathyrus
 Rose Sage – Salvia pachyphylla  Sweet William – Dianthus
 Rue – Ruta  Sweet Woodruff – Galium odoratum
 Rue Anemone – Anemonella thalictroides  Texas Rose – Scutellaria suffrutescens
 Rupturewort – Herniaria  Threadleaf Bluestar – Amsonia ciliate
 Russian Hibiscus – Kitaibela  Thrift – Armeria
 Russian Sage – Perovskia  Thriller – Alchemilla mollis
 Sage – Salvia  Thyme – Thymus
 Sandwort – Arenaria  Tickseed – Coreopsis
 Scarlet Rocket – Ipomopsis  Tiger’s Jaws – Chasmatophyllum
 Scotch Bluebells – Campanula rotundifolia  Toadflax – Linaria
 Sea Holly – Eryngium  Toad Lily – Tricyrtis
 Sea Lavender – Limonium  Torch Lily – Kniphofia
 Sea Pink – Armeria  Tree Mallow – Lavatera
 Seaside Daisy – Erigeron  Tritoma – Kniphofia
 Self Heal – Prunella  Trout Lily – Erythronium
 Seven Son Flower – Heptacodium  Trumpet Creeper – Campsis
 Shasta Daisy – Leucanthemum  Tufted Ice Plant – Delosperma sphalmanthoides
 Shining Bluestar – Amsonia illustris  Turk’s Cap – Lilium
 Shooting Star – Dodecatheon  Turtlehead – Chelone
 Shrub Ice Plant – Ruschia pulvinaris  Twinspur – Diascia
 Silkweed – Asclepias  Valerian – Valeriana
 Silver Butterfly Bush – Buddleja a. ‘Argentea’  Variegated Ground Ivy – Glechoma h. ‘Variegata’
 Silver Lace Vine – Fallopia aubertii  Variegated Sweet Marjoram – Origanum m. ‘Variegata’
 Silvervein Creeper – Parthenocissus henryana  Variegated Yellow Rocket – Babrarea v. ‘Variegata’
 Silvervine – Actinidia polygama  Veil of Lace – Asparagus officinalis var. pseudoscaber
 Silver-leafed Nettle – Solanum eleagnifolium  Venitian Sumac – Cotinus coggygria
 Skull Cap – Scutellaria  Vervain – Verbena
 Smoke Bush – Cotinus coggygria  Vesper Iris – Pardanthopsis dichotoma
 Snail-seed – Cocculus carolinus  Violet – Viola
 Snakehead – Chelone  Virginia Creeper – Parthenocissus quinquefolia
 Snakeroot – Actaea, Eupatorium rugosum  Virgin’s Bower – Clematis virginiana
 Snapdragon – Antirrhinum  Wand Bloom – Penstemon ‘Blue Buckle’
 Sneezeweed – Helenium  White Bouquet – Tanacetum niveum
 Snow-In-Summer – Cerastium  Wild Ginger – Asarum
 Snowdrop – Anemone  Wild Oats – Uvularia sessilifolia
 Snowy Tansy – Tanacetum niveum  Wild Onion – Allium cernuum
 Soapweed – Yucca glauca  Wild Petunia – Ruellia
 Soapwort – Saponaria  Wils Quinine – Parthenium integrifolium
 Society Garlic – Tulbaghia  Wild Snowball – Ceanothus americanus
 Solomon’s Seal – Polygonatum  Willow – Salix Willowherb – Epilobium
 Spanish Snapdragon – Antirrhinum h. s. roseum  Wine Cup – Callirhoe
 Speedwell – Veronica  Winter Fat – Krascheninnikovia lanata
 Spiderwort – Tradescantia  Wintercreeper – Euonymus
 Woodbine – Parthenocissus
 Wood Poppy – Stylophorum
 Wood Sunflower – Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’
 Woodwaxen – Genista
 Wooly Thyme – Thymus p. ‘Pseudolanuginosus’
 Wormwood – Artemisia
 Woundwort – Stachys
 Yarrow – Achillea
 Yellow Archangel – Lamiastrum
 Yellow Flag – Iris pseudacorus
 Yellow Horned Poppy – Glaucium flavum ‘Extra’
 Yellow Storksbill – Erodium chrysanthum

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