Common Plant Names

Common Names of Hardy Nursery Stock

If you can’t remember the latin name of a plant try here under a list of common names, it may help you. Remember, not all plants have common names and some common names may be specific to a particular area, county or country.

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Common Name	Latin Name	Common Name	Latin Name
Adam’s needle African lily Alder Alkanet Alpine azalea Apple Angel’s fishing rod Arum lily Ash Aspen Austrailian tree fern Autumn crocus Autumn daffodil Avens Azalea Balloon flower Baneberry Barberry Barrenwort Bears breeches Beauty berry Beauty bush Bedstraw Bee balm Beech Beech fern Bellflower Bergamot Betony Bindweed Birch Bird’s nest fern Bishop’s cap Bishop’s mitre Bitter cress Blackberry/Bramble Bladdernut Bladderpod Blanket flower Bleeding heart Blessed Mary’s thistle Bloodroot Bluebell Blueberry Blue oat grass Blue star Bluets Bog star Bottlebrush Bowles’ golden grass Box Bridal wreath Broom Buckler fern Bugbane	Yucca Agapanthus Alnus Anchusa Loiseleuria Malus Dierama Zantedeschia Fraxinus Populus Dicksonia Colchicum Stenbergia Geum Rhododendron Platycodon Actaea Berberis Epimedium Acanthus Callicarpa Kolkwitzia Galium Monarda Fagus Phegopteris Campanula Monarda Stachy Convolvulus Betula Asplenium Mitella Epimedium Cardamine Rubus Staphylea Physaria Gaillardia Dicentra Silybum Sanguinaria Hyacinthoides Vaccinium Helictotrichon Amsonia Hedyotis Parnassia Callistemon Milium Buxus Francoa/Spiraea Cytisus/Genista/Ruscus/Spartium Dryopteris Actaea	Bugle Burnet Burning bush Bush clover Butterbur Buttercup Butterfly bush Ceanothus Californian tree poppy; Campion Candytuft Cardinal flower Cardoon Carnation Catmint Cedar Chilean fire bush Chinese gooseberry Chinese lantern Chokeberry Christmas box Cinquefoil Clover Columbine Comfrey Coneflower Coral flower Cotton grass Cotton lavander Cotton rose Cotton thistle Cowslip Crab grass Cranesbill Cuckoo flower Curry plant Daffodil Daisy Daisy bush Dawn redwood Daylily Dead nettle Dittany Dock Dog’s-tooth violet Dogwood Edelweiss Elephant’s ears Elm Epaulette tree Evening primrose	Ajuga Sanguisorbia Dictamnus Lespedeza Petasites Ranunculus Buddleja Ceanothus Romneya Lychnis/Silene Iberis Lobelia Cynara Dianthus Nepeta Cedrus Embothrium Actinidia Physalis Aronia Sarcococca Potentilla Trifolium Aquilegia Symphytum Echinacea/Rudbeckia Heuchera Eriophorum Santolina Hibiscus Onopordum Primula Panicum Geranium Cardamine Helichrysum Narcissus Bellis Olearia Metasequoia Hemerocallis Lamium Origanum Rumex Erythronium Cornus Leontopodium Sambucus Bergenia Ulmus Pterostyrax Oenothera

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Common Name	Latin Name	Common Name	Latin Name
Fairy bells False hellebore False indigo False mallow False spikenard Fameflower Feather grass Fir Firethorn Flame creeper Flame flower Flax Fleabane Flowering currant Flowering quince Foam flower Forget-me-not Fountain grass Foxglove Foxglove tree Foxtail lily Fringe cups Fringe tree Gayfeather Giant bellflower Giant redwood Globe daisy Globeflower Globe thistle Glory-of-the-snow Goatsbeard Goat’s rue Golden larch Golden oats Golden rain Golden rod Gorse Granny’s bonnet Grape hyacinth Grape vine Green alkanet Ground ivy Guelder rose Gum Gum plant Hair grass Hare’s tail Hawkweed Hawthorn Hazel	Disporum Veratrum Baptisia Sidalcea/Sphaeralcea Smilacina Talinum Stipa Abies Pyracantha Tropaeolum Embothrium Linum Erigeron Ribes Chaenomeles Tiarella Myosotis Pennisetum Digitalis Paulownia Eremurus Tellima Chionanthus Liatris Ostrowskia Sequoiadendron Globularia Trollius Echinops Chionodoxa Aruncus Galega Pseudolarix Stipa Laburnum Solidago Ulex Aquilegia Muscari Vitis Pentaglottis Glechoma Viburnum Eucalyptus Grindelia Deschampsia Lagurus Hieracium Crataegus Corylus	Heartsease Heather/Heath Heavenly bamboo Helmet flower Henbane Hickory Holly Holly fern Hollyhoch Hook sedge Houseleek Helen’s flower Hemlock Hemp agrimony Heron’s bill Himalayan blue poppy Honesty Honeysuckle Hop Hornbeam Horned poppy Horned rampion Horse chestnut Indian bean tree Ironweed Ivy Jacob’s ladder Jacob’s rod Japonica Jerusalem sage Judas tree Juneberry Kaffir lily Knapweed Lady fern Lady’s mantle Larch Lilac Lime Linden Leopard’s bane Lily-of-the-valley Lilyturf Loosestrife Lords and ladies Love grass Lungwort	Viola Calluna/Erica Nandina Scutellaria Hysocyamus Carya Ilex Polystichum Alcea Uncinia Sempervivium Helenium Tsuga Eupatorium Erodium Meconopsis Lunaria Lonicera Humulus Carpinus Glaucium Phyteuma Aesculus Catalpa Vernonia Hedera Polemonium Asphodeline Chaenomeles Phlomis Cercis Amelanchier Schizostylis Centaurea Athyrium Alchemilla Larix Syringa Tilia Tilia Doronicum Convallaria Liriope/Ophiopogon Lysimachia/Lythrum Arum Eragrostis Pulmonaria

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Common Name	Latin Name	Common Name	Latin Name
Maidenhair fern Maidenhair tree Male fern Mallow Maple Marjoram Masterwort Mat rush Meadow beauty Meadow grass Meadow rue Meadowsweet Medlar Merrybells Mexican hat Mexican orange blossom Michaelmas daisy Milkweed Milkwort Mitrewort Mock orange Moonseed Monkey flower Monkey puzzle Monkshood Mountain ash Mulberry Mullein Montbretia Musk Navelwort New Zealand flax New Zealand satin flower Oak Obedient plant Old man’s beard Ornamental cherry Ostrich fern Ox eye Pampus grass Pansy Paradise lily Partridge berry Pasque flower Passion flower Pear Pearl berry Pearl bush Pearl everlasting Pearlwort Periwinkle Peruvian lily Pheasant’s tail grass Pick-a-back plant Pincushion flower Pineapple flower/lily Pink Plane Plantain lily Plume poppy Pokeweed Poppy Prairie coneflower Prairie dock Prairie mallow Primrose Privet Quaking grass Quamash	Adiatum Ginkgo Dryopteris Lavatera/Malvia Acer Origanum Astrantia Lomandra Rhexia Poa Thalictrum Filipendula Mesphilus Uvularia Ratibida Choisya Aster Asclepias/Euphorbia Polygala Mitella Philadelphus Menispermum Mimulus Araucaria Aconitum Sorbus Morus Verbascum Crocosmia Mimulus Omphalodes Phormium Libertia Quercus Physostegia Clematis Prunus Matteuccia Heliopsis Cortaderia Viola Paradisea Mitchella Pulsatilla Passiflora Pyrus Margyricarpus Exochorda Anaphalis Sagina Vinca Alstroemeria Stipa Tolmiea Scabiosa Eucomis Dianthus Platanus Hosta Macleaya Phytolacca Papaver Ratibida Silphium Sidalcea Primula Ligustrum Brizia Camassia	Red hot poker Reed Rhubarb Rock rose Rock spiraea Rowan Royal fern Rue Rush Russian vine Sage Scotch thistle Sea buckthorn Sea holly Sea lavender Sedge Self-heal Serviceberry Service tree Shamrock Shasta daisy Sheep’s bit Shield fern Shinleaf Shooting stars Silk tassle bush Silverbell Skullcap Skunk cabbage Smoke bush Sneezeweed Snowbell Snowberry Snowdrop Snowdrop tree Snowflake Snow poppy Soapwort Solomon’s seal Southern beech Spanish broom Speedwell Spindle tree Spruce Spurge Spurge laurel Squirrel tail grass Star daisy Star of Bethlehem Statice St. Bruno’s lily St. John’s wort Stokes’ aster Stonecrop Stork’s bill Strawberry tree Sumach Summer hyacinth Summer-sweet Sunflower Swamp cypress Sweet box Sweet chestnut Sweet coltsfoot Sweet gum Sweetpea	Kniphofia Phragmites Rheum Cistus/Helianthemum Petrophytum Sorbus Osmunda Ruta Juncus Polygonum Salvia Onopordum Hippophae Eryngium Limonium Carex Prunella Amelanchier Sorbus Oxalis Leucanthemum Jasione Polystichum Pyrola Dodecatheon Garrya Halesia Scutellaria Lysichiton Cotinus Helenium Soldanella Symphoricarpus Galanthus Halesia Leucojum Eomecon Saponaria Polygonatum Nothofagus Spartium Veronica Euonymus Picea Euphorbia Daphne Hordeum Lindheimera Ornithogalum Limonium Paradisea Hypericum Stokesia Sedum Erodium Arbutus Rhus Galtonia Clethra Helianthus Taxodium Sarcococca Castanea Petasites Liquidambar Lathyrus

T to Z

Common Name	Latin Name	Common Name	Latin Name
Tea tree Thrift Toadflax Toad lily Torch lily Tree ivy Tree of heaven Trinity flower Tupelo Tulip tree Turtlehead Twin-flower Twin leaf Valerian Vegetable sheep Violet Virginia creeper Wake robin Wallflower Walnut	Leptospermum Armeria Linaria Tricyrtis Kniphofia Fatshedra Ailanthus Trillium Nyssa Liriodendron Chelone Linnaea Jeffersonia Valeriana Haastia Viola Parthenocissus Trillium Erysimum Juglans	Wandflower Wayfaring tree Welsh poppy Whitebeam Whitlow-wort Whortleberry Willow Windflower Winter aconite Wintergreen Wintersweet Wire-netting bush Witch hazel Woodland star Woodrush Wormwood Yarrow Yellow archangel Yew	Galax Viburnum Meconopsis Sorbus Paronychia Vaccinium Salix Anemone Eranthis Pyrola Chimonanthus Corokia Hamamelis Lithophragma Luzula Artemisia Achillea Lamium Taxus