Perennial Plants Common Names
What do you mean we can't get rid of those weeds in time? Then go over there and put some fancy signs with Latin names in front of them. - Walt Disney
Common names for plants vary widely. Several plants can have the same common name. Let us know if you have any suggestions to add to our list.
| Common Name | Botanical Name | |
| Acidanthera | Acidanthera | |
| Adonis | Adonis | |
| African-lily | Agapanthus cultivars | |
| Ageratum hardy | Eupatorium coelestinum | |
| Alkanet | Anchusa azurea | |
| Alumroot | Heuchera | |
| Alyssum | Alyssum | |
| Amazon lily | Eucharis | |
| Anemone Japanese | Anemone x hybrida | |
| Angelica | Angelica | |
| Anise Hyssop | Agastache | |
| Arrowhead | Sagittaria | |
| Artemisia | Artemisia absinthium | |
| Arum lily | Arum | |
| Asia bell | Codonopsis | |
| Aster | Aster spp. | |
| Aster stokes' | Stokesia laevis | |
| Astilbe | Astilbe x arendsii | |
| Autumn crocus | Colchicum | |
| Avena grass | Avena | |
| Avens | Geum spp. | |
| Avens | Geum | |
| Baby's breath | Gypsophila paniculata | |
| Bachelorâs Button | Centaurea | |
| Baldellia | Baldellia | |
| Balloon flower | Platycodon grandiflorus | |
| Bamboo | Arundinaria | |
| Bamboo | Bambusa | |
| Bamboo | Fargesia | |
| Bamboo | Hibanobambusa | |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys | |
| Bamboo | Pleioblastus | |
| Bamboo | Pseudosasa | |
| Bamboo | Sasa | |
| Bamboo | Sasaella | |
| Bamboo | Sinarundinaria | |
| Baneberry | Actaea | |
| Barren strawberry | Waldsteinia | |
| Barrenwort | Epimedium | |
| Basket-of-gold | Aurinia saxatilis | |
| Bearberry | Arctostaphylos | |
| Bearded iris | Iris, Germanica | |
| Bearded tongue | Penstemon spp. | |
| Bear's breeches | Acanthus spinosus | |
| Bedstraw | Galium | |
| Bee-balm | Monarda didyma | |
| Begonia hardy | Begonia grandis | |
| Bellflower | Campanula spp. | |
| Bergenia | Bergenia cordifolia | |
| Bittercress | Cardamine | |
| Blackberry lily | Belamcanda chinensis | |
| Black-eyed daisy | Rudbeckia | |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia fulgida | |
| Blanket flower | Gaillardia x grandiflora | |
| Blazing Star | Liatris | |
| Bleeding heart | Dicentra spectabilis | |
| Bleeding heart fringed | Dicentra eximia | |
| Bletilla orchid | Bletilla | |
| Blood grass | Imperata | |
| Blue buttons | Knautia | |
| Blue Fescue | Festuca | |
| Blue Flags | Iris | |
| Blue moor grass | Sesleria | |
| Blue oat grass | Helictotrichon | |
| Blue poppy | Meconopsis betonicifolia | |
| Blue star flower | Amsonia tabernaemontana | |
| Blue Stars | Amsonia | |
| Blue wild indigo | Baptisia australis | |
| Bluebeard | Caryopteris spp. | |
| Bluebell | Hyacinthoides | |
| Bluebells | Mertensia | |
| Bluet | Centaurea | |
| Boltonia | Boltonia | |
| Borage | Borago | |
| Brass buttons | Cotula | |
| Brodiaea | Brodiaea | |
| Brunnera | Brunnera | |
| Bugloss | Anchusa | |
| Buglossoides | Buglossoides | |
| Burnet | Sanguisorba | |
| Burr reed | Sparganium | |
| Butter Daisy | Coreopsis | |
| Buttercup | Ranunculus | |
| Butterfly flower | Asclepias | |
| Butterfly weed | Asclepias tuberosa | |
| Calamint | Calamintha | |
| Calla lily | Zantedeschia spp. | |
| Calla lily | Calla | |
| Calla lily | Zantedeschia | |
| Camus lily, Quamash | Camassia | |
| Candytuft | Iberis sempervirens | |
| Canna lily | Canna x generalis | |
| Cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | |
| Carpet bugle | Ajuga | |
| Catchfly | Lychnis | |
| Catchfly | Silene | |
| Catmint | Nepeta spp. | |
| Cat's tail | Typha | |
| Celandine | Chelidonium | |
| Celandine poppy | Stylophorum | |
| Celmatis | Clematis | |
| Cephalaria | Cephalaria | |
| Chameleon plant | Houttuynia | |
| Chamomile | Anthemis | |
| Checker-mallow | Sidalcea | |
| Chervil | Anthriscus | |
| Chives | Allium | |
| Christmas fern | Polystichum | |
| Chrysanthemum | Chrysanthemum morifolium | |
| Cinnamon fern | Osmunda | |
| Cinquefoil | Potentilla x hybrida | |
| Clover | Trifolium | |
| Colocasia | Colocasia | |
| Coltsfoot | Tussilago | |
| Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | |
| Comfrey | Symphytum | |
| Coneflower | Echinacea | |
| Coneflower purple | Echinacea purpurea | |
| Coral bells | Heuchera sanguinea | |
| Coreopsis lanceleaf | Coreopsis lanceolata | |
| Coreopsis threadleaf | Coreopsis verticillata | |
| Cornflower | Centaurea | |
| Corydalis | Corydalis | |
| Cotyledon | Chiastophyllum | |
| Crambe, Kale | Crambe | |
| Cranesbill geranium | Geranium sanguineum | |
| Crinum lily | Crinum | |
| Crocosmia | Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora | |
| Crocus | Crocus | |
| Culver's root | Veronicastrum | |
| Cupid's dart | Catanache | |
| Curled pondweed | Potamogeton | |
| Cyclamen | Cyclamen | |
| Dactylis | Dactylis | |
| Dahlia | Dahlia | |
| Daisy | Leucanthemum | |
| Daisy fleabane | Erigeron spp. | |
| Daisy shasta | Chrysanthemum x superbum | |
| Dame's rocket | Hesperis | |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis spp. H. hybrids | |
| Dead nettle | Lamium | |
| Dead nettle spotted | Lamium maculatum | |
| Deer fern | Blechnum | |
| Delphinium | Delphinium cultivars | |
| Dock | Rumex | |
| Echium | Echium | |
| Edelweiss | Leontopodium | |
| Elecampane | Inula | |
| English daisy | Bellis perennis | |
| English daisy | Bellis | |
| English ivy | Hedera | |
| Erodium | Erodium | |
| Evening primrose | Oenothera | |
| Everlasting pea | Lathrus latifolius | |
| Fairy moss | Azolla | |
| False hellebore | Veratrum | |
| False Indigo | Baptisia | |
| False lupine | Thermopsis | |
| False Solomon's Seal | Smilacina | |
| False spirea | Astilbe | |
| Feather grass | Stipa | |
| Feather reed grass | Calamagrostis | |
| Fennel | Foeniculum | |
| Fescue | Festuca | |
| Flags | Iris | |
| Flame Grass | Miscanthus | |
| Flax | Linum | |
| Fleabane | Erigeron | |
| Floating heart | Nymphoides | |
| Flowering rush | Butomus | |
| Foamflower | Tiarella cordifolia | |
| Foamy bells | Heucherella | |
| Forget-me-not | Myosotis | |
| Fountain grass | Pennisetum | |
| Four-o'clock | Mirabilis jalapa | |
| Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea | |
| Foxtail Grass | Alopecurus | |
| Foxtail lily | Eremurus spp. | |
| Freesia | Freesia | |
| Fritillary | Fritillaria | |
| Frost Grass | Spodiopogon | |
| Galtonia | Galtonia | |
| Garden phlox | Phlox paniculata | |
| Gas plant | Dictamnus albus | |
| Gaura white | Gaura lindheimeri | |
| Gayfeather | Liatris | |
| Gayfeather spike | Liatris spicata | |
| Gentian | Gentiana | |
| Geranium | Geranium | |
| Gerbera daisy | Gerbera jamesonii | |
| Ginger | Asarum | |
| Ginger white | Hedychium coronarium | |
| Ginger wild | Asarum spp. | |
| Glade fern | Diplazium | |
| Gladiolus | Gladiolus | |
| Gladiolus byzantine | Gladiolus byzantinus | |
| Glaucous hair grass | Koeleria | |
| Globe flower | Trollius | |
| Globe thistle | Echinops ritro | |
| Globeflower | Trollius x cultorum | |
| Gloriosa lily | Gloriosa | |
| Glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa | |
| Glyceria | Glyceria | |
| Goat's beard | Aruncus dioicus | |
| Goatsbeard | Aruncus | |
| Golden Bleedingheart | Corydalis | |
| Golden Moneywort | Lysimachia | |
| Golden Poppy | Oenothera | |
| Golden saxifrage | Chrysoplenium | |
| Goldenrod | Solidago spp. S. hybrids | |
| Goutweed | Aegopodium | |
| Gramma grass | Bouteloua | |
| Grape hyacinth | Muscari | |
| Green and gold | Chrysogonum virginianum | |
| Gunnera | Gunnera | |
| Hair grass | Deschampsia | |
| Hakone grass | Halonechloa | |
| Hard fern | Blechnum | |
| Hardy gloxinia | Incarvillea | |
| Harebell | Campanula | |
| Heather | Calluna | |
| Helen's flower | Helenium | |
| Heliopsis | Heliopsis helianthoides | |
| Heliotrope | Valeriana | |
| Heliotrope creeping | Heliotropium amplexicaule | |
| Hellebore | Helleborus | |
| Hibiscus | Hibiscus | |
| Hibiscus red | Hibiscus coccineus | |
| Hogweed | Heracleum | |
| Holcus | Holcus | |
| Holly fern | Cyrtomium | |
| Hollyhock | Alcea | |
| Hollyhocks | Alcea rosea | |
| Honesty, Money plant | Lunaria | |
| Horned poppy | Glaucium | |
| Horsetail | Equisetum | |
| Hosta | Hosta spp. | |
| Houseleek | Sempervivum | |
| Hyacinth | Hyacinth | |
| Hyacinth bletilla | Bletilla striata | |
| Hyssop | Agastache foeniculum | |
| Ice plant hardy | Delosperma cooperi | |
| Indigo | Indigofera | |
| Interrupted fern | Osmunda | |
| Ipheion | Ipheion | |
| Iris | Iris cristata | |
| Iris | Iris | |
| Iris Japanese roof | Iris tectorum | |
| Ironweed | Vernonia | |
| Ixia | Ixia | |
| Ixiolirion | Ixiolirion | |
| Jack-in-the-pulpit | Arisaema | |
| Jacob's ladder | Polemonium | |
| Jacob's rod | Asphodeline | |
| Japanese Aster | Kalimeris | |
| Joe-pye weed | Eupatorium | |
| Johnny Jump up | Viola | |
| Kaffir lily | Schizostylis coccinea | |
| Kenilworth ivy | Cymbalaria | |
| Knotweed | Polygonum spp. | |
| Lady Fern | Athyrium | |
| Ladys Mantle | Alchemilla | |
| Ladybells | Adenophora | |
| Lady's mantle | Alchemilla mollis | |
| Lady's Mantle | Alchemilla | |
| Lamb's-ears | Stachys byzantina | |
| Lantana | Lantana camera | |
| Larkspur | Delphinium spp. | |
| Lavender | Lavandula angustifolia | |
| Lavender cotton | Santolina | |
| Leadwort | Ceratostigma plumbaginoides | |
| Lenten rose | Helleborus orientalis | |
| Leopard plant | Ligularia tussilaginea | |
| Leopard's bane | Doronicum spp. | |
| Lewisia | Lewisia | |
| Ligularia | Ligularia stenocephala | |
| Ligularia | Ligularia | |
| Lily of the Valley | Convallaria | |
| Lily peruvian | Alstroemeria hybrids | |
| Lily-turf | Liriope | |
| Live Forever | Sedum | |
| Liverleaf,Hepatica | Hepatica | |
| Loosestrife | Lysimachia | |
| Loosestrife | Lythrum | |
| Loosestrife gooseneck | Lysimachia clethroides | |
| Loosestrife purple | Lythrum salicaria | |
| Lotus | Lotus | |
| Lungwort | Pulmonaria saccharata | |
| Lupine | Lupinus spp. | |
| Lupine southern | Thermopsis caroliniana | |
| Lyme grass | Leymus | |
| Maiden grass | Miscanthus | |
| Maidenhair fern | Adiantum | |
| Mallow | Malva | |
| Maltese cross | Lychnis chalcedonica | |
| Marsh fern | Thelypteris | |
| Marsh mallow | Althaea | |
| Marsh marigold | Caltha palustris | |
| Marsh orchid | Dactylorhiza | |
| Masterwort | Astrantia | |
| Meadow rue | Thalictrum | |
| Meadow-rue | Thalictrum aquilegifolium | |
| Meadowsweet | Filipendula palmata | |
| Mealy-cup sage | Salvia farinacea | |
| Melic grass | Melica | |
| Merry bells, Bellwort | Uvularia | |
| Michaelmas Daisy | Aster | |
| Milfoil | Myriophyllum | |
| Mimulus | Mimulus | |
| Mini. sweet flag | Acorus | |
| Mint | Mentha | |
| Mock strawberry | Duchesnea | |
| Mondo grass | Ophiopogon | |
| Monkshood | Aconitum spp. | |
| Moor grass | Molinia | |
| Moss phlox | Phlox subulata | |
| Mountain avens | Dryas | |
| Mountain bluet | Centaurea montana | |
| Mt. Atlas Daisy | Anacyclus | |
| Mullein | Verbascum spp. | |
| Narcissus | Narcissus | |
| Navel-seed | Omphalodes | |
| Nerine lily | Nerine | |
| New Zealand burr | Acaena | |
| Nightshade | Solanum | |
| Oat Grass | Arrhenatherum | |
| Obedient plant | Physostegia virginiana | |
| Oregano | Origanum | |
| Ornamental Onion | Allium | |
| Osmunda | Osmunda | |
| Ostrich fern | Matteuccia | |
| Oxalis | Oxalis crassipes | |
| Oxeye | Buphthalmum | |
| Painted daisy | Pyrethrum | |
| Pampas grass | Cortaderia | |
| Panic grass | Panicum | |
| Pasque flower | Pulsatilla | |
| Pearlwort | Sagina | |
| Pearly everlasting | Anaphalis spp. | |
| Pennywort | Hydrocotyle | |
| Peony | Paeonia hybrids | |
| Per. sunflower | Helianthus | |
| Perennial pea | Lathyrus | |
| Perennial Petunia | Ruellia | |
| Periwinkle | Vinca | |
| Persicaria | Persicaria | |
| Peruvian Lily | Alstroemeria | |
| Petasites | Petasites | |
| Phlomis | Phlomis | |
| Phlox | Phlox | |
| Pickerel weed | Pontderia | |
| Pimpernel | Anagallis | |
| Pincushion flower | Scabiosa caucasica | |
| Pineapple lily | Eucomis | |
| Pinks | Dianthus spp. | |
| Pinks, Thrift | Dianthus | |
| Plantain | Plantago | |
| Plantain Lily | Hosta | |
| Plume poppy | Macleaya | |
| Plumed thistle | Cirsium | |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca | |
| Polypody fern | Polypodium | |
| Poppy | Papaver spp. | |
| Poppy opium | Papaver somniferum | |
| Primrose | Primula x polyantha | |
| Primrose | Primula | |
| Primrose | Oenothera | |
| Primrose cowslip | Primula veris | |
| Primrose showy evening | Oenothera speciosa | |
| Puschkinia | Puschkinia | |
| Pussy toes | Antennaria | |
| Pyrethrum | Pyrethrum roseum = C. coccineum | |
| Quaking grass | Briza | |
| Queen Anneâs Lace | Daucus | |
| Ratibida | Ratibida | |
| Red hot poker | Kniphofia uvaria | |
| Red valerian | Centranthus ruber | |
| Reed | Phragmites | |
| Rhubarb | Rheum | |
| Ribbon grass | Phalaris | |
| Rock cress | Aubretia | |
| Rock jasmine | Androsace | |
| Rockcress | Arabis | |
| Rodgersia | Rodgersia spp. | |
| Rodgersia | Astilboides | |
| Rodgersia | Rodgersia | |
| Rose | Rosa | |
| Rose campion | Lychnis coronaria | |
| Rose mallow | Hibiscus moscheutos | |
| Rosemary | Rosmarinus | |
| Royal fern | Osmunda | |
| Rue | Ruta | |
| Rush | Juncus | |
| Russian Sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia | |
| Sage | Salvia | |
| Sage hybrid | Salvia x superba | |
| Sage Russian | Perovskia atriplicifolia | |
| Sage sky-blue | Salvia uliginosa | |
| Sage velvet | Salvia leucantha | |
| Saxifrage | Bergenia | |
| Saxifrage | Saxifraga | |
| Scabious | Scabiosa | |
| Scirpus | Scirpus | |
| Scotch Thistle | Onopordum | |
| Sea holly | Eryngium spp. | |
| Sea lavender | Limonium latifolium | |
| Sea Oats | Chasmanthium | |
| Sea thrift | Armeria maritima | |
| Sedge | Carex | |
| Sedge | Cyperus | |
| Self-heal | Prunella x webbiana | |
| Senecio | Senecio | |
| Sensitive fern | Onoclea | |
| Shasta Daisy | Leucanthemum | |
| Shield fern | Polystichum | |
| Shooting star | Dodecatheon | |
| Silver Mound | Artemisia | |
| Skullcap | Scutellaria | |
| Skunk cabbage | Lysichiton | |
| Skunk cabbage | Symplocarpos | |
| Snakeroot | Cimicifuga | |
| Sneezeweed | Helenium autumnale | |
| Snowdrops | Galanthus | |
| Snowflake | Leucojum | |
| Snow-in-summer | Cerastium | |
| Soapwort | Saponaria officinalis | |
| Soft needle fern | Polystichum | |
| Solomon' s seal | Polygonatum | |
| Solomon's seal | Polygonatum biflorum | |
| Spartina | Spartina | |
| Speedwell | Veronica | |
| Spider lily | Hymenocallis | |
| Spiderwort | Tradescantia x andersonii | |
| Spleenwort | Asplenium | |
| Spurge | Euphorbia spp. | |
| Spurge | Pachysandra | |
| Squill | Scilla | |
| St. John's wort | Hypericum | |
| Stachys | Stachys | |
| Star-of-Bethelem | Ornithogalum | |
| Statice | Limonium spp. | |
| Stokes's aster | Stokesia | |
| Stonecrop | Sedum spp. | |
| Strawberry | Fragraria | |
| Strawberry geranium | Saxifraga stolonifera | |
| Sundrops | Oenothera fruticosa | |
| Sunflower | Helianthus spp. | |
| Sun-rose | Helianthemum | |
| Sweet flag grass | Acorus | |
| Switchgrass | Panicum | |
| Tansy | Chrysanthemum | |
| Tassel fern | Polystichum | |
| Thrift | Armeria | |
| Thyme | Thymus | |
| Tickseed | Coreopsis | |
| Toad lily | Tricyrtis | |
| Toadflax | Linaria | |
| Torch lily, Tritoma | Kniphofia | |
| Tovara | Tovara | |
| Tree mallow | Lavatera | |
| Triteleia | Triteleia | |
| Tritonia | Tritonia | |
| Trout lily | Erythronium | |
| Tulip | Tulipa | |
| Turk's turban | Malvaviscus arboreus | |
| Turtlehead | Chelone | |
| Tweedia | Oxypetalum caeruleum = Tweedia caerulea | |
| Umbrella plant | Darmera | |
| Valerian | Centranthus | |
| Valerian | Valeriana | |
| Verbena brazilian | Verbena bonariensis | |
| Verbena clump | Verbena canadensis | |
| Verbena moss | Verbena tenuisecta | |
| Verbena rigid | Verbena rigida | |
| Veronica | Veronica spp. | |
| Vervain | Verbena | |
| Viola, Pansy | Viola | |
| Violet | Viola spp. | |
| Virginia bluebells | Mertensia virginica | |
| Wake robin | Trillium | |
| Wall flower | Cheiranthus | |
| Water hyacinth | Eichhornia | |
| Water lettuce | Pistia | |
| Water lily | Nymphaea | |
| Water plantain | Alisma | |
| Water soldier | Stratiotes | |
| Whitlow grass | Draba | |
| Wild ginger | Asarum | |
| Wild rye | Elymus | |
| Willow herb | Epilobium | |
| Wind flower | Zephyranthes | |
| Windflower | Anemone | |
| Windflower | Gaura | |
| Winter aconite | Eranthis | |
| Wood fern | Dryopteris | |
| Wood oat grass | Chasmanthium | |
| Wood, male fern | Dryopteris | |
| Woodrush | Luzula | |
| Woodsia fern | Woodsia | |
| Wormwood | Artemisia | |
| Yarrow | Achillea spp. | |
| Yellow archangel | Lamiastrum | |
| Yellow loosestrife | Lysimachia punctata | |
| Yellow pond lily | Nuphar | |
| Yellow waxbells | Kirengeshoma | |
| Yucca | Yucca |