The Anglish Moot

List of Worts[]

Botanical Name Anglish
Abrotanella nivigena Snowwort, snow-wort
Acacia acinacea Gold-dust wattle
Acacia farnesiana Sponge tree, sheep's breer
Acacia paradoxa Hedge wattle
Acacia pycantha Golden wattle
Acacia terminalis Sunshine wattle
Acalypha Cat's tail
Acanthus mollis Bear's breeches
Acer negundo Box elder, maple ash
Acer nigrum Black maple
Acer pensylvania Moosewood
Acer pseudo platanus Locks and keys
Acer saccharinum Silver maple
Achillea ageratum Sweet yarrow
Achillea alpina Chinish yarrow
Achillea atrata Black yarrow
Achillea filipendulina Fernleaf yarrow
Achillea ligustica Ligurish yarrow
Achillea millefolium Yarrow, mean yarrow, thousand-leaved grass, devil's nettle
Achillea nana Dwarf yarrow
Achillea nobilis Athel yarrow
Achillea ptarmica Sneezewort, sneezeweed, neezewort, greenwort, goose tongue, hardhead
Achnatherum robustum Sleeping grass
Aconitum (Dried poisonous tuberous root of the monk's hood): Devil's helmet, wolf's bane, mouse bane
Aconitum anthora Healing wolfsbane
Aconitum arctophonum Bearbane
Aconitum barbatum Bearded wolfsbane
Aconitum carmichaelii Chinish wolfsbane
Aconitum decipiens Fickle wolfsbane
Aconitum ferox Indish wolfsbane, reeth wolfsbane
Aconitum firmum Stark wolfsbane
Aconitum lagoctonum Hare's bane
Aconitum lycoctonum Northern wolf's bane, wolfwort
Aconitum myoctonum Mousewort, mousebane (a plant thought to repel or kill mice), mugwort
Aconitum napellus Flintwort, hewn wolf's bane, deadly-dwale, monkshood
Aconitum noveboracense Northern blow wolfsbane
Acontinum tragoctonum Goat's bane
Aconitum variegatum Sheld wolfsbane
Aconitum volubile Twining monkshood
Aconitum vulparia Foxbane
Acorus calamus Beewort, bee-wort
Actaea Baneberry, bugbane, thung
Actaea alba White baneberry
Actaea rubia Red baneberry
Adenanthos argyreus Silver wave
Adiantum capillus Maidenhair fern, lady's hair
Adonis autumnalis Love-lies-bleeding
Adonis vernalis Ox-eye
Adreminte Adrelwort (perhaps a misspelling of adderwort)
Adrenalandra fragrans Breath-of-heaven
Aegopodium podagraria (Goutwort) Ground elder, goat's foot, acheweed, goatweed, wild adder, ashweed, ground ash, axeweed
Aeschynanthus Blushwort
Aesculus hippocastanum Knuckle-bleeder
Agrimonia eupatoria Sticklewort, stickwort, harvest lice
Agrimonia (riverwort) Eawort, garclive
Agrostis setacea Bristle grass
Agrostis stolonifera Knot grass
Ailanthus altissima Deerwort, tree-of-heaven, white snakeroot
Aira carophyllera Silvery hairgrass, mousegrass
Aizaciceae Cleft-stones (lithops)
Ajuga reptans Sicklewort, self-heal, helringwort?
Aletris farinosa Starwort, mealy starwort, bittergrass, bladeroot, crowcorn, stargrass, blazing star
Aleurites mollucana Candlenut tree
Algae Floatwort, fleetwort (see also: macroalgae and nymphaea alba)
Alkali Snailwort, hewngray snailwort (the snailwort may be mythical!)
Alliaria officinalis Penny hedge, garlic root
Alliaria esculenta Henware, balderlocks
Alliaria petiolata Garlic-wort
Allium ampeloprasum Broadleaf wild leek, yardleek, leekwort
Allium ascalonicum Sandleek
Allium canadense Meadow leek, meadow garlic
Allium cepa Inleek
Allium cernuum Nodding inleek, lady's leek
Allium fistulosum Welsh inleek, spring inleek
Allium porrum see: Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ransoms Bear garlic
Allium sativum Garlic
Allium schoenoprasum Rushleek
Allium stellatum Cliff inleek, glade inleek, fallish inleek
Allium tricoccum Wild leek, woodleek, ramps/ramp
Allium tuberosum Chinish rushleek
Allium ursinum Ramson, buckrams, bear's garlic, hog's garlic
Allium vineale Wild garlic, crow's garlic, cow's garlic
Alnus alder Black ash
Alnus glutinosa Alder, black ash
Alnus incana Grey alder
Alnus rhombifolia White alder
Aloe vera True allow
Aloe verecunda Grass allow
Aloe versicolor Bleefaw allow
Alopecursus calcycinum Hunger grass, hunger weed, mouse-tail
Althaea offcinalis Sweetweed, marshmallow, marshmallow root
Alyssum Madwort
Alyssum calcycinum Heal-bite, heal dog
Alyssum saxatile Gold dust
Amaranthaceae Tumbleweeds (occurs in many plant families)
Amarantus caudaatus Thrumwort, love-lies-bleeding
Amarita muscaria Toadstool, death angel, wolf's fist, bull's fist
Ambrosia artemisifolia Stammerwort, bitterweed, stickweed
Ambrosia trifida Horseweed
Ammi majus Bullwort
Amorphopallus rivieri Devil's tongue
Amorphophallus titanum Lichblossom
Ampeloris hederacea Fire-leaved ivy
Anacyclus pyrethium Spittlewort, longwort
Anagallis arvensis Waywort, shepherd's glass, merecrop, bird's tongue
Anamirta cocculus Fishberry
Andricus aries Ram's-horn gall
Andromeda polifolia Moorwort
Anemone hepatica Liverwort, three-leaved liverwort
Anemone nemorosa Tall thimbleweed, the smell fox
Anemone virgiana Thimbleweed
Angelica archangelica Masterwort
Angophora hispida Dwarf apple
Anapordum acanthium Asses thistle
Anethum graveolens Dill
Annona palustris Water apple
Annona squamosa Sweetsop
Anthemis cotula Balder's brae, dogfennel/dog's fennel, maith, may-weed
Antennaria dioica Catsfoot
Antennaria margaritacea Life everlsting, livelong, old sow
Antherix nobilis(Camomile) Maythe, mayweed
Anthricus sylvestris Cow petersilly, devil's oatmeal, quaking ash, devil's meat, raven's wing
Antiaris toxicaria Bark cloth tree
Antirrhinum Houndshead, wormblossom, dogblossom
Antirrhinum majus Mean houndshead
Antirrhinum orontium Calf's snout
Apachypoda alba White baneberry
Apium graveolens March/merch
Apocynum anthium Dogbane
Apocynum androsaemifolium Spreading dogbane
Arabis alpina Dusty husband
Arabis thaliana Mouse-ear molewort
Aralia spinosa Prickly elder
Arcana belladona Baneberry, nightshade
Arctium Burdock
Arctium lappa Greater burdock
Arctium tomentosum Woolly burdock
Arctostaphylis uva-ursi Bearberry, dogberry, cranberry
Arenaria Sandwort
Arenaria balearica Mossy sandwort
Arnica latifolia Monkshood, storm hat, thor's hat, wolf's hat
Aronia melancarpa Black chokeberry
Aristida Threeawn
Aristida adscensionis Sixweeks threeawn
Aristolochia Birthwort
Aristolochia serpentaria Snake-root, white snake-root
Aristolochia clematis Smearwort
Artemisia absinthum Wormwort, mingwort, gallwood
Artemisia campestris Field sedgewort
Artemisia ludovinciana Silver frost
Artemisia maritima Sea wormwood
Artemisia media Chickenwort
Artemisia stelleriana Old woman, dusty miller
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort, midgewort, mothwort
Arum macolutum Starch-root, adder's meat, arrowroot, adder's tongue, kings and queens
Aruncus dioicus Goats beard, bride's feathers
Aquilegia vulgaris Culverwort
Aralia spinoza Devil's walking-stick
Asarum europaeum (assarabaca) Hazelwort
Asclepias Swallow-wort, purple milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Silky swallow wort
Ascomycele fungus (truffle) Ghostwort
Asperula cynanchia (quinsywort) Small woodruff, pink woodruff
Asphodeline lutea Kingsspear
Asplenium australasicum Crow's-nest fern
Asplenium bulbiferum Hen and chicken fern, petersilly fern
Asplenium ceterach Rusty-back fern, miltwort
Asplenium scolopendrium Hart's tongue fern, hound's tongue, mule-fern
Asplenium trichomanes Maidenhair spleenwort
Aster tripolium Sharewort, harwort, starwort
Asteraceae spicata Needlewort
Asteridea athrixiodes Wirewort
Astrantia Revewort
Aster amellus Starwort
Athyrium filix-femina Lady fern
Atriplex Miles
Atropa belladona Banewort, deadly nightshade, dwale, dwaleberry (see Solanum nigrum)
Aubriea deltoidea Rainbow rock cress
Auricola Bear ear
Austrostipa bigeniculata Kneed speargrass
Austrostipa elegantissima Feather speargrass
Austostipa mollis Soft speargrass
Austrostipa scabra Rough speargrass
Avena fatua Wild spring oat
Avena sterilis Wild winter oat
Bactrychium lunaria Moonwort
Ballota nigra Black horehound, henbit
Banksia aquilonia Honeysuckle
Banksia spinullosa Golden candlesticks
Bellis perennis Daisy, day's eye, bonewort, banwort, brainwort, bruisewort, bairnwort, dog daisy, english daisy, woundwort
Beta vulgaris Spear thistle, boar thistle, bull's blood
Betonica officinalis Bishopwort
Betula alba White birch
Betula pendula Silver birch
Billardiera longiflora Appleberry
Blackstonia perfoliata Yellow wort, yellow cheesewort
Blechnum scipant Hard fern, deer fern
Borago officinales Talewort, tell-tale wort, beebread
Borrichia arborescens Sea ox-eye
Botyrium boreale Northern moonwort
Brasenia schembri Water shield (See also: Cabomba caroliniana)
Brassica Coleworts, staithwort
Brassica oleracea Cole
Bryonia dioica Tetter-berry
Bryophytes ceratophyllum Hornwort
Bunium bulbocastanum Great pignut
Burchardia umbrellata Milkmaids
Buphane toxicaria Oxbane
Bupleurum baldense Small hare's ear
Bupleurum falcatum Sickle hare's ear
Bupleurum rotundiflorium Thorough wax, hare's ear
Cabomba carolinaria Fanwort, fish grass, watershield (see also: Brasenia schembri)
Caesalpinia echinata Emberwood
Caesia calliantha Hewn-grass lily
Calothamnus rupestris Mouse ears
Calceolaria chelidonioides Slipperwort
Caldcluvia australiensis Rose alder
Calendula officinalis Pot goldbloom
Callitriche Water starwort
Callitriche verna Water fennel
Calothamnus rupestris Mouse ears
Caltha palustris Fire o'gold, marsh yolkbloom
Calystegia soldanella Sea bindweed
Camelina sativa White flax (historically cultivated as an agricultural crop)
Campanula latifolia Haskwort, hassockwort
Campanula medium Sea bells
Campanula patula Fair-in-sight
Campanula rotundifolia Blaewort (blaywort), harebell, scotch hewnbell, thimbles, witch's thimble, deadman's bells
Campanula trachelium Throatwort, throatroot, haskwort, nettle-leaved bellblossom
Canavalia gladiata Sword bean
Cannabis sativa Hempwort
Capparis spinosa Halsewort
Capraria biflora Stowwort, stowweed, goatweed
Cardamine dipylla Crinkled toothwort
Cardamin pratensis Lady's smock, milkmaid
Cardio spernum Heartseed
Carduus altissimus Wood thistle, tall thistle
Carduus benedictus Blessed thistle, blessed milkthistle
Carduus marianus (Silybum marianum) milk thistle, blessed milkthistle
Carex appressa Tall sedge
Carex arenaria Sand sedge
Carex chordorrhiza Creeping sedge or string sedge
Carex crus-corvi Raven's-foot sedge
Carex conjuncta Soft fox-sedge
Carex inversa Knob sedge
Carex lachenali Hare's-foot sedge
Carex muricata Prickly sedge
Carex pulcaria Fleagrss
Carex woodii Pretty sedge
Carlina acaulis Boarwort, sowthistle, silver thistle
Carpinus betulus Horn beam
Carrichtera annua Roughwort, ward's weed
Cassia fistula Shower tree, golden shower tree
Cassythia filiformis Devil's guts
Castanea Chistle
Caucalis daucoides Hensfoot
Celosia cristata Cockscomb
Centaurea benedicta Blessed thistle
Centaurea nigra Ironhead
Centaurea scabiosa Knapweed, hardheads
Centipeda cunninghami Old-man weed
Centrolepsis pedderensis Bristlewort
Cephalotaxaceae Headworts
Cerastium arvense Field chickweed, field-mouse ears, starry grasswort
Cerastium brachypetalum Grey mouse-ears
Cerastium cerastoides Starwort mouse-ears
Cerasatium decandrum Little mouse-ears
Cerastium diffusum Sea mouse-ears
Cerastium glomeratum Sticky mouse-ears
Cerastium tomentosium Snow-in-summer
Ceratonia siliqua Codtree
Ceratophyllum demersus Hornwort
Cerinthe retorta Honeywort
Chaenactis douglasii Morning bride
Chamaelirium luteum Devil's bit
Chara vulgaris Stonewort
Cheiranthus cheira Bleeding heart
Chelidonium majus Tetterwort, wartwort, wallowwort
Chenopactium Pigwort, pigweed
Chenopodium album Goosefoot, fat hen
Chenopodium anthelminticum Wormwort
Chenopodium bonus Allgood
Chenopodium botris Goosefoot
Chenopodium fremontii Goosefoot
Chenopodium hybridium Sowbane
Chenopodium incanum Mealy goosefoot
Chenopodium murale Netteleaf goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum Red goosefoot
Chenopodium tetophyllum Narrow-leaved goosefoot
Chenopodium viride White goosefoot, pigweed, dirtweed
Chimaphilia umbrellata Ratbane
Chloris truncata Windmill grass
Chlorogalum angustifolium Narrowleaf soapwort
Chlorogalum grandiflorum Red hills soapwort
Chlorogalum pomeridianum Soapapple, wavy-leafed soapwort
Chlorogalum purpureum Purple soapwort
Chrysanthemoides monilifera Boneseed
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Ox-eye, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, white weed, white bothen
Chrysanthemum segetum Yellow bothen
Cichorium intybus Hardhew
Cicula maculatum Cowbane
Cimifuga americana Bugwort
Cimifuga racemosa Black snakeroot
Cineraria heterophylla Ashwort
Circaea latciana Shadewort, ox-eye daisy
Cirsium arvense Creeping thistle, boar thistle, corn thistle, cursed thistle, dog thistle, hard thistle, prickly thistle, way thistle, sharp thistle
Cirsium altissimus Wood thistle, tall thistle, roadside thistle
Cirsium benedictus Blessed thistle
Cirsium eriophorum Woolly thistle
Cirsium hookerianum White thistle
Cirsium lacelatum Spear thistle
Cirsium occidentale Cobwebby thistle
Cirsium undulatum Wavy-leaved thistle
Cirsium vulgare Boar thistle, bull thistle, bell thistle, bird thistle, hewn thistle, buck thistle
Cissus quadrangulatus Devil's backbone
Cistus helianthemum Rockrose
Citrullus colocynthis Bitter apple
Cladrastis tinctoria Yellow ash
Claudicum mariscus Saw-sedge
Cleistocactus winteri (Hildewinteria aureispinus) Golden rat tail
Clinopodium martincense Whitewort
Clintonia Bear tung
Clintonia borealis Hewn bead-lily
Cochlearia officinalis Spoonwort,
Colchicum autumnale Naked lady
Collinsonia canadensis Horseweed, hardhack, stone-root
Comarum Sheepwort
Commiphora myrrha Mean mir/mur
Comptonia peregrina Sweet fern
Conium maculatum Hemlock, hemwort, devil's blossom
Conocephalum salebrosum Snakewort
Conopholis americana Clapwort
Conopodium majus Hognut, pignut, earthnut, hare nut
Conringia orienralis Hare's ear
Consolida minor Golden rod
Convallaria majallis Glovewort, hound's tongue
Convolvulus angustissimus Blushing bindweed
Convolvulus arvenis Bindweed
Conzya bonariensis Flaxleaf fleabane
Coronilla varia Axwort
Corrigiola imbricate Strapwort
Corydalis cava Holewort, hollowroot, hollow-root birthwort, hollow leek
Corylus americana Americkish hazel
Corylus avellana Mean hazel
Corylus chinensis Chinish hazel
Corylus colurna Turkish hazel, tree-hazel
Corylus cornuta Billed hazel, (Americkish) nebhazel
Cornus sanguinea Bloody twig
Corylus maxima Lambert's hazel, Felbert's hazel
Corylus sieboldiana Yapanish hazel, nebhazel
Cotinus coggygria Smoke tree
Cotyledon umbilicus Navel wort, penny wort, kidneywort
Cowania mexicana Cliff rose. (Purshia mexicana)
Crassulaceae Stonecrops
Crataegus Hawthorn
Crataegus chrysocarpa Fireberry hawthorn
Crataegus oxyacantha Hedge thorn, white-thorn, hog-haws
Crincus lanceolatus Spear thistle, spearwort
Croton capitatus Hogwort
Croton gossypifolium Bloodtree
Crucianella & Gallium Roodwort, maywort
Crucuata laevipes Smooth bedstraw
Cryptocarya obovata Pepperberry-tree, she-beech, white-walnut
Cryptothallus miribilis Ghostwort, windwitch, tumbleweed, winged pigweed
Cucumis sativus Wherwhet
Cunila origanoides Stonemint
Cuphea Waxreed
Cuscuta Devil's guts, witch's gut, witch's hair, hellweed, devil's hair, fireweed, hell bine, pull-down, angel's hair
Cyananchum nigrum Black sallow-wort
Cyananchum vincetoxicum White sallow-wort
Cyathea dealbata Silver tree-fern
Cyclamen europaeum Swine beard, sowbread
Cynoglossum officinale Hound's tongue
Cynoglossum suaveolens Sweet hound's tongue
Cynosurus cristatus Dogstail grass
Cystopteris fragilis Brittle bladerfern
Cyrtomium falcatum Holly fern
Cystopleris bulbifera Berry bladder fern
Cytisus scoparius Broom
Daucus edulis Black petersilly
Datura inoxia Thorn apple weed, devil's weed, stinkweed, soursop
Decaisnea fargesii Deadman's fingers
Deliphinium staphisagria Lice-bane, licebane
Dianella Flax lily
Dianella amoena Matted flax-lily
Dianthus Nailkin (cf. NHG Nelke)
Dianthus barbatus Sweet willem
Dianthus caryophyllus Landnailkin
Dianthus plumarius Feather-nailkin
Dichondra repens Kidney weed
Dicksonia antartica Soft tree-fern
Digitalis purpurea Beehives, bloody bells, bloody fingers, bloody man's fingers, deadman's bells, deadmen's fingers, deadmen's thimbles, deadmen's bellows, dog's fingers, duck's mouth, finger root, fingers (and thumbs), foxglove, fox-and-leaves, fox-fingers, king's elwand, lady's fingers, lady's glove, lady's thimble, our lady's gloves, thimbles, thimblewort, throatwort, witch's thimble  
Dioscorides elichrysen Golden mothwort
Diplotaxis muralis Stinkweed
Dipsacus fullunum Walker's thistle, teaselwort, wild teasel
Dipsacus pilosus Small teasel
Dipsacus walkerii Walker's teasel
Diplophyllum albicans White earwort
Dirca palustris Leatherwood
Disophilia auricularis Earwort
Dittrichia graveolens Stinkwort
Dolichandra unguis cati Cat's claw creeper, cat's claw climber
Dracaena cinnabari Drakeblood
Dracaena trifasciata Mother-in-law's tongue
Dracunculus vulgaria Drakewort
Drosera anglica Small moorwort, sundew, English sundew, great sundew
Drosera rotundifolia Youthwort, dewwort, lustwort, moorwort, sundew, red rot, moor-gloom
Drymonia tricolor Woodwort
Dryopteris marginalis Leather wood fern
Dutura stramonium Thorn apple
Echium vulgare Adderswort
Eremophila debilis Winter apple
Euonymus europaeus Spindle tree
Elaeagnus commutata Silver berry, wolf willow
Elatine hexandra Waterwort
Elecampanula Elfdock, elfwort, horseheal, scabwort
Eleocarpus cyaneus Hurtleberry ash
Eleosine indica Crowsfoot grass
Elymus repens Quitch, dog grass, couch grass
Emmenanthe penduliflora Whispering-bells, yellow-bells
Ennea pogon Nine awn, blackhead grass
Enunthe crocata Deadwort
Epilobium folium Fireweed
Epipremnum dureum Devil's ivy
Equisetum Shavewort
Erica Heather
Erica passerina Sparrow wort
Erigeron acer Bitter fleabane
Erigeron karviskianum Fleabane
Erigeron viscocom Flywort
Eriocaulaceae Pipeworts
Eriocaulon Leatwort
Eriocaulon carsonii Salt pipewort
Eriocaulon koernickianum Dwarf pipewort
Eriophorum vaginatum Hare's-tail
Erodium cicutarium Stork's bill
Erodium geranium Cranesbill
Erodium pelargonium Storksbill, sweetheart's storksbill
Erodium niger Bear's foot
Eruca Calfwort
Eruca vesicaria (arugula) Whitepepper
Eryngium amethystinum Sea holly
Eryngium ovinum Hewn devil
Erythrea centarium Earth-gall
Erythrea pulchella Fieldwort
Erythronium americanum Adder's tongue, adder's mouth, adder's leaf, yellow snowdrop
Erythronium grandiflora Snow lily
Erythronium multiscapideum Adder's tongue
Eucalyptus agglomerata Hewn-leaved stringybark
Eucalyptus cinerea Mealy stringybark
Eucalyptus deglupta Rainbow tartree
Eucalyptus eugenioides Thin-leaved stringybark
Eucalyptus globoidea White stringybark
Eucalyptus globulus Hewn tartree
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Red stringybark
Eucalyptus oblonga Narrow-leaved stringybark
Eucalyptus ovata Swamp tartree
Eucalyptus regnans Barrow ash, swamp tartree, stringy tartree
Eucalyptus rudis Flooded tartree
Euronymus europaes Spindleberry
Eupatorium album White thoroughwort, pool root, poolwort, white-snake root
Eupatorium altissimum Tall thoroughwort
Eupatorium aromaticum Pool root, poolwort, white-snake root
Eupatorium capillifolium Dogfennel, thoroughwort
Eupatorium perfolatium Thoroughwort, snake root, boneset, feverwort
Eupatorium purpureum (Gravelwort) Marshmilk weed, queen of the meadow
Eupatorium serotonin Late throughwort
Euphorbia amygdaloides Wood-wolfsmilk
Euphorbia dendroides Treeshaped wolfsmilk
Euphorbia esula Leafy wolfsmilk
Euphorbia corrollata Bowman's-root, trifolata
Euphorbia grandicornis Cowhorn
Euphorbia helioscopia Madwoman's milk, sunwort, sun-wolfsmilk
Euphorbia lactea White ghost
Euphorbia lathyris Springwort, thunder-besom, thunderbolt thorn, molewort*
Euphorbia myrsinites Creeping wolfsmilk
Euphorbia paralias Sea-wolfsmilk
Euphorbia peplus Milkweed, devil's milk
Euphorbia psammogeton Sand-wolfsmilk
Euphorbia pulcherrima Yulestar
Euphorbia resinifera Cuddy wolfsmilk
Euphorbia serrata Sawtooth wolfsmilk
Euphrasia officinalis Eyebright, eyewort
Fagus sylvatica Beech
Ferocactus latispinus Devil's Tung
Feronia elephantum Wood apple
Festuca sylvatica Anthill grass
Ficaria verna Smallwort, bright eye
Filago germanica Horewort ("hore" is hoar in reference to its white downy covering)
Filipendula ulmaria Bridewort, meadow sweet, meadsweet, dropwort or meadwort, queen of the meadow, little queen, lady of the meadow, bride of the meadow, meadow maid, meadow queen, honeysweet, meadow wort, meadwort, bridgewort
Filipendula vulgaris/F.bexapetala Dropwort
Foeniculum dulce Sweet fennel
Foeniculum vulgare Fennel, swine fennel
Fragaria vesca Strawberry, earthberry
Frangula alnus Alder buckthorn
Frangula californica Californish buckthorn
Frangula rubra Red buckthorn
Frangula sphaerosperma West Indish buckthorn
Frankenia pauciflora Sea heath
Fraxinus americana White ash
Fraxinus angustifolia Narrow-leafed ash
Fraxinus excelsior Bird's tung
Fraxinus pubescens Red ash
Fritillary mealgris Snake's-head, snakeweed, snakewort
Fucacae Seaweeds, float-worts, seawrack
Fucus sargassum Rockweed
Fucus vesiculosis Bladderwrack
Fumaria officinalis, (Fumitory) shawwort, earthsmoke
Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop; candlemas bells
Galega officinalis Goats rue
Galeopsis tetrabit Glidewort, glide-stream, blind nettle, bee-nettle, day-nettle, dog-nettle, hemp-nettle, brittlestem, swan's tongue
Galinsoga parviflora Kew-weed
Galium Crosswort, maywort
Galium album White bedstraw
Galium aparine Cleaverwort, bedstraw, bleedy-tongue, bleed-tongue, cleavers, clivers, hayriff
Galium boreale Northern bedstraw
Galium buxifolium Box bedstraw, island bedstraw
Galium californicum Californish bedstraw
Galium cruciatum Honeywort
Gallium mollugo Hedge bedstraw
Galium odoratum Woodruff, sweet woodruff
Galium palustre Mean marsh-bedstraw
Galium porrigens Climbing bedstraw, gainly bedstraw
Galium saxatile Heath bedstraw
Gallium tinctoria Dyers' cleavers
Galium trachyspermum Rough-seed bedstraw
Galium tricornutum Rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers
Galium trifidum Threeleaf bedstraw
Galium verum Our-Lady's-bedstraw, Lady's bedstraw, yellow bedstraw, true bedstraw, cradlewort, fenwort
Gaultheria procumben Twinberry, winter green
Gelsemium sempervirens Wild woodbine
Genista tinctoria Woadwaxen, dyers'-broom, dyer's-greenweed, dyer's-woad, waxen-woad, waxen-wood
Gentiana amarella Bitter-wort
Gentiana lutea Felwort
Gentiana pnuemonanthe Harvestbell
Geranium Cranesbill
Geranium phaeum Dusky cranesbill, black widow, mourning widow
Geranium pratense Meadow's cranesbill
Geranium robertanum Crow's foot, cranesbill, death-comes-quickly (a superstition that if the plant is picked and taken into the home, a death will follow.)
Geranium sanguineum Bloody cranesbill, storksbill
Geranium sylvaticum King's hood
Gladiolus alaska Sword lily
Glauca flavium Brisewort
Glaux maritima Milkwort, sea milkwort, black saltwort
Glebionis segetum see: Chrysanthemum segetum
Glechoma hederacea Ground-ivy, lipwort
Globba panicoides Ghost's tung
Globularia alypum Gutwort
Glycyrrhiza echinata Chinish sweetwood
Glycyrrhiza glabra Sweetwood
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Americkish sweetwood
Gnaphalium Cudwort, cudweed.
Gnaphalium germanicus Mothwort
Gnaphalium polycephalum Life-everlasting
Grammitis billardien Finger fern
Grevillea baileyana White oak
Grevillea banksii Dwarf silky oak
Grevillea hilliania Grey oak, hill's silky oak, silky oak
Grevillea paralella Silver oak
Guaphalium sylvaticum Chaffwort
Haliophia thouars Sea grass
Handroanthus chrysanthus Yellow hornoak
Harpagpphylum procumbens Devil's claw 2. devilwort
Hedera helix English ivy, mean ivy, bindwood
Helianthemum canadense Frostwort
Helianthus angustifolius Narrowleaf sunbloom, swamp sunbloom
Helianthus annuus Mean sunbloom, mean sunblossom, yearly sunbloom
Helianthus anomalus Ferly sunbloom
Helianthus argophyllus Silverleaf sunbloom
Helianthus bolanderi Bolander's sunbloom
Helianthus cusickii Cusick's sunbloom
Helianthus debilis Beach sunbloom
Helianthus decapetalus Thinleaf sunbloom
Helianthus eggertii Eggert's sunbloom
Helianthus giganteus Ettenish sunbloom
Helianthus grosseserratus Sawtooth sunbloom
Helianthus longifolius Longleaf sunbloom
Helianthus microcephalus Woodland sunbloom
Helianthus nuttallii Nuttall's sunbloom
Helianthus occidentalis Fewleaf sunbloom, western sunbloom
Helianthus schweinitzii Schweinitz's sunbloom
Helianthus strumosus Hairy sunbloom
Helichrysum bracteatum Golden mothwort
Helichrysum stoechas Mothwort
Helenium Sunwort
Helenium amarum Yellow sneeze weed, bitter sneeze weed
Helinium autumnale Sneezewort
Helleborus albus Tunsingwort
Helleborus acanthus Bear's foot
Helleborus Yule rose
Helleborus foetidus(setterwort) Dungwort, bear's-foot
Helleborus niger Chesterwort, casterwort, micklewort, black lungwort
Helminthotheca echioides Bristly oxtongue
Helvetia crispa Elfin-saddle
Hemionitis arifolia Heartfern, heartleaf fern, tongue fern
Hemionitis cordifolia Heart fern
Hemionitis lanceolata Mulewort (because of the belief that the plant was sterile, like a mule)
Hemionitis plamata Strawberry fern, starfern
Hepaticae Liverworts
Hepatica nobilis Lordly liverwort, three-leaved liverwort
Heraculeum spondylium Hogweed, madnep
Herbaceous perennial May-apple
Herba christi Christ's-wort
Hernaria glabra Burstwort
Hesperoyucca whipplei Our Lord's Candle
Hesperus Evening star
Hesperus matronalis Eve weed
Hibiscus moschuetos Rose mallow
Hieracium Hawkwort
Hieracium aurianticum Golden mouse-ears
Hieracium murorum French lungwort, golden lungwort
Hierolchloe odorata Sweetgrass
Hippophae rhamnoides Sallow-thorn
Hippuris vulgaris Mare's tail
Hookenya peploides Sea sandwort, seawort
Hordeum distichon Barley, ale seed
Hordeum jubatum Foxtail barley
Hordeum murium Wild barley, mouse barley
Hordeum sesalinum Meadow barley
Hordeum vulgare Wheat barley, wall barley, way barley
Houttuynia cordata Fishwort. fish leaf, fish mint, heart leaf
Humulus lupulus Himmel, willow-wolf (often found climbing on willow trees)
Hyacinthoides non scripta Fair-in-sight
Hydrastis canadensis Eye root
Hydrocotyle vulgare Marsh pennywort, sheep rot
Hyoscyamus Henbane, henbell
Hyoscyamus albus White henbane
Hyoscyamus niger Black henbell
Hypericum Springwort
Hypericum drummondii Pinewort
Hypericum perfortia Mindwort
Hypericum undulatum Wavy Holy Yon's wort
Hypochaerus radicala Cat's ears, catsear, hairy cat’s ear, frogbit
Hypoxylon fragiform Beech woadwax
Ignis fatuus Elf-fire, ghost-fire, walking-fire
Ilex mucronata Catberry
Ilex verticillata Wonderberry
Illecebrum verticillatum Knotwort
Imperata cylindrica Sungrass
Imperatoria ostruthium Maisterwort
Inula conyza Ploughman's wort, ploughmanwort, thyrwort, fleawort, flybane
Inula helenium Scabwort, elfwort, horseheal
Iresine herbstii Bloddleaf
Iris sibirica Siberish gladdon
Isatis tinctoria Woad, dyer's woad, woadenweed
Isoetes Quillwort
Isoetes echinospora Spring quillwort
Isoetes lacustris Lay-quillwort
Itira muromum Golden lungwort
Juncus acutus Sharp rush
Juncus bufonius Toadrush
Juncus effusus Soft rush
Juncus gerardi Saltmarsh rush
Juncus secundus Finger rush
Juniperus sabina Safin
Kalanchoe pinnata Leaf-of-life
Koelreuteria elegans Golden rain tree
Lactuca virosa (The Lettuce) Sleepwort
Lagurus ovatus Hare's tail grass
Laminaria digitalis Redware, oakweed
Lamium album White dead nettle
Lathraea squamaria Toothwort
Lathyrus orathus Cloudwort
Lathyrus pratensis Angel's eyes, Angel's eyen
Lavendula oficinale Elf-leaf
Leontopodium nivale Athelwhite
Leonurus cardiaca Motherwort
Lepidium latifolium Harewort
Lepidozia reptans Fingerwort, creeping fingerwort
Leucanthemum vulgare Yellow daisy, ox-eye daisy, ox-eye
Leucas martincense Whitewort
Ligustrum vulgare Springtime, merryweather
Lillium Lilyworts, day lily
Lilium albica Whitewort
Lillium cordifolium Heart-leaved lily
Lilium wallichianum Lich's lily
Limonium sinuatum Chaffwort, chafewort
Limosella australis Welsh mudwort
Linaceae Flaxworts
Linaria arenaria Sand toad flax
Linaria cymbalaria Oxford weed
Linaria vulgaris Butter-and-eggs
Linum Flaxseed, linwort
Linum arboreum Tree flax
Linum arenaria Sand flax
Linum aristatum Bristle flax
Linum carthartium White flax
Linum flavum Yellow flax
Linum grandiflorum Red flax
Linum norbonense Blow flax
Linum strictum Upright flax
Linum usitatissimum Flax, linseed
Linum viscosum Sticky flax
Liriodendron tulipifera Saddletree, fiddle-tree
Listera cordata Twoblade heartleaf, heartleaf twayblade, lesser twayblade
Listris odoratissima Deer's tung
Lithops Living stone (several families of southern African plants (succulent or cactus) that looks like a pebble or a rock), cleft-stone
Lobelia cardinalia Slinkweed (a palnt believedto make a cow give birth prematurely)
Lomandra nana Dwarf rush
Lomandra filiformis Dwarf mat-rush
Lomatium marginatum Tall hogsfennel
Lomatium utriculatum Spring gold, hogfennel
Lonicera caerulea Sweetberry honeysuckle
Lonicera canadensis Americkish fly-honeysuckle
Lonicera caprifolium Goat leaf, Italish honeysuckle/woodbine
Lonicera ciliosa Yellowred honeysuckle
Lonicera conjugialis Purplebloom honeysuckle
Lonicera dioica Small woodbine
Lonicera etrusca Etruskish honeysuckle
Lonicera flava Yellow honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima Sweet breath of spring
Lonicera hirsuta Hairy honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata Bearberry honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica Yapanish honeysuckle
Lonicera korolkowii Blowleaf honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii Bush honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii Morrow's honeysuckle
Lonicera nigra Black honeysuckle
Lonicera oblongifolia Swamp fly-honeysuckle
Lonicera periclymenum Honeysuckle, mean honeysuckle, Evelandish honeysuckle, withwind, snowberry, woodbine
Lonicera periclymenum belgica Dutch woodbine
Lonicera sempervirens Beem honeysuckle
Lonicera subspicata Southern honeysuckle
Lonicera utahensis Utah honeysuckle
Lonicera villosa Barrow fly-honeysuckle
Lonicera xylosteum Evelandish fly-honeysuckle, dwarf honeysuckle, sweetberry honeysuckle, fly woodbine
Lotus corniculatus Cat's clover, bird's foot clover, king's finger
Luminaria Moonwort, unshoe-the-horse
Lycopus europaens Sicklewort, holy grass
Lycopus esculentum Apple of love, love-apple
Lycopus virginicus (buglewort) Wolf foot
Lynchis githago Cockle, corn cockle
Lysimachia maritima Sea milkwort, sea milkweed, black saltwort
Lysimachia quadfolia Boneset
Lysimachia vulgaris Willowwort
Macroalgae Floatwort
Mandragora officinalis Devil's apple
Malaxis monophyloss Adder's-mouth
Malaxis unifolia Adder’s-meat
Malope trifida Mallow wort
Malus domestica Appletree
Mammillaria elongata Golden stars
Mammillaria parkinsonii Owl's eye
Mandragora officinalis Devil's apple
Marabilis jalapa Pretty-by-night
Marchantia polymorpha Manishaped liverwort
Muhlenburgia glomata Slough-grass
Myosurus minimus Mousetail
Narantha arundinacae Arrowroot
Marrabium vulgare Horehound, bull's blood, eye of the star
Marsilea quadrifolia Water clover
Meconopsis cambrica Welsh poppy
Melanthera biflora Sea daisy, sea ox-eye
Melia azerarach Bead tree
Melilotus altissimus Hart's clover
Melilotus officinalis Sweet clover, sweet yellow clover
Meliocca bijuga Honey-berry
Mellauna Meadow-wort, mead-sweet
Mentha aquatica Water-mint, fenmint
Mentha arvensis Wild mint, field-mint
Mentha crispata Wrinkled-leaf mint
Mentha pulegium Hillwort, churchwort, dwarfdwostle
Mentha spicata Spearmint, lamb-mint
Mentha suavecolens Apple mint
Mentha viridis Mint, spearwort
Menyanthes trifolata Buckbean
Mercurialis perennis Sapwort, town weed
Mertensia maritima Sea lungwort
Mertensia paniculata Tall blowbell, northern blowbell, tall lungwort
Mertensia virginica Americkish lungwort, smooth lungwort, lungwort osterleaf
Mesembryanthemum cryptanthum Bloody fingers
Meum athamanticum Bearwort
Minuartia verna Spring sandwort
Miscanthus floridulus Sword grass
Mitella diphylla Coolwort
Morus Mulberry, morebeam, mulberry tree
Morus alba White mulberry, white morebeam
Morus australis Southern morebeam
Morus nigra Black mulberry, black morebeam
Morus rubra Red morebeam
Morus serrata Sawleaf morebeam
Muhlenbergia glomata Slough-grass
Myanthus Flywort
Myrica acris Wild clove
Myrica cerifera Waxberry, candleberry (sometimes extended to include galewort)
Myrica gale Gale, sweet gale, galewort, sweet willow
Nasturtium officinale Fencress, watercress
Nemopanthes fasciularis Catberry
Neopotila asplenoides Sea fern
Neottia banksiana Northwestern twayblade
Neottia bifolia Southern twayblade
Neottia borealis Northern twayblade
Neottia convallarioides Broadlipped twayblade, broad-leaved twayblade
Neottia cordata see: Listera cordata
Neottia ovata Mean twayblade, eggleaf twayblade
Neottia smallii Kidneyleaf twayblade
Nepeta cataria Catmint, catwort, cat's play
Nepeta glechoma see Glechoma hederacea
Nephrolepsis cardifolia Fishbone fern
Nicotiana tabacum Drunkwort
Nigella damascenas Love-in -the-mist, buttercup
Nitella Brittlewort
Nitellopsis obtusa Starry stonewort; (see Chara vulgaris) (mean) stonewort
Nonea erecta Brown monkweed
Nudis cautibus Flintwort
Nymphaea Water-lily
Nymphaea alba White water-lily, floatwort
Nymphaea caerula Blow waterlily
Nymphaea peltata Floating heart, yellow floating heart
Oenanthe aquatica Thinleaf water dropwort
Oenanthe crocata Hemlock water dropwort
Oenanthe javanica Yavanish water dropwort
Oenanthe pimpinelloides Meadow petersilly
Oenanthe phellandrium Horsebane
Oenanthe sarmentosa Water petersilly
Oenanthe silaifolia Narrow-leafed water dropwort
Oldenlandia diffusa Snake-needle grass
Olea americana Devilwood
Omphhalodes, Umbilicus Navelwort
Onobrychis Cockshead
Ononis repens Cammock
Opanax chironium Sponge tree (see also: Acacia farnesiana)
Ophioglossum Snake's Tung
Ophioglossum pendulum Old-world adder's tung
Ophioglossum vulgaris Adder's spear, adder’s-fern
Opuntia Prickly pear
Opuntia engelmanni Cow's tongue
Opuntia basilaris Beaver tail
Opuntia monacantha Smooth tree pear
Orchidaceae Bollockworts, ballworts
Orchis mascula Wreathwort, adder's grass, deadman's thumb. 2. standelwort, standwort, stander grass, king-fingers
Orchis morio
Origanum majorana (marjoram) Wurmel, sweet wurmel
Origanum vulgare Wild wurmel
Ornithogalum arcuatum Birdwort
Ornithopus perpusillus Fowl-foot
Orthonna Ragwort
Osmunda regalis Fenfern, everfern
Otidia anotica Hare's ear
Oxalis acetosella Stubwort, woodsour, king finger
Oxalis latifolia Broadleaf woodsour
Oxalis stricta Yellow woodsour, sour grass
Ozothamnus obcordatus Grey everlasting
Paeonia Kingsblossom
Papamo Meadow-wort, mead-sweet
Papaver dubium Blind-eyes, Blind-eyen
Papaver rhoesas Cornrose
Papaver somniferum Balewort
Parietaria officinalis Lichwort, hammerwort
Paris quadrifolia Oneberry
Parnassia glauca Fengrass
Parnassia palustris White-liverwort
Paronychia Silver nailwort
Pearlwort (Sagina subulatus) Birdseye
Pedicularis sylvatica Lousewort
Pellaea falcata Sickle fern
Peltaria Shieldwort
Peltidea canina Ground-liverwort
Pennisetum villosum Feather grass, feathertop, white foxtail
Penstemon grandiflorium Beardtongue
Persicaria bistorta Adderwort, adderweed, snakeweed
Persicaria maculosa Lady's thumb, redshank
Persicaria perfoliata Tearthumb
Persicaria sagitatta Arrow-leaved tearthumb
Petroselinum crispum Mean petersilly, devil's oatmeal
Petroselinum segetum Corn parsley (often applied erroneously to other plants such as Sison amomus, Trinia vulgaris and Cryptotaemia Canadensis), honeywort
Peucedanum cervaria Hart's wort
Peucedanum japonicum Onshore hogsfennel
Peucedanum officinalis (Sulphurwort) Brimstonewort, hogsfennel/hog's fennel, hog-fennel
Peucedanum palustre Hog's fennel
Peucedanum verticillare Ettenish hogsfennel
Phallus impudicus Stinkhorn, devil's stinkpot, devil's candlesticks
Phaseolus nanus Dwarf bean
Picris Oxtongue
Picris echioides Bristly ox-tongue, prickly oxtongue
Picris hieracioides Hawkweed ox-tongue
Pilularia globulifera Pillwort
Pimpinella Morecrop
Pinguicula vulgaris Butterwort, steepwort
Pinus purgens Prickly pine
Plagiochila asplenioides Leafy liverwort
Planera aquatica Water elm
Plantago Waybread
Plantago lanceolata Ribwort, leechwort
Plantago major Waybroad, ripple grass, whiteman's foot, Englishman's foot
Plantago maritima Goose tung
Plantago media Lamb's tung
Plumbago capensis Leadwort
Podophyllum peltatum May apple, hog apple
Pogonia ophioglossoides Adder’s-mouth, snake's-mouth
Polemonium caeruleum Ladderwort, tadder-to-heaven
Polygala amara Bitter Milkwort, evergreen, snakeroot, wintergreen
Polygala amarella Dwarf milkwort
Polygala calcarea Chalk milkwort
Polygala verticillata Worled milkwort
Polygala vulgaris Milkwort
Polygonatum multiflorium Ladderwort, ladder-to-heaven
Polygonum Breadwort
Polygonum avicuulare Wireweed, hogweed, swine grass, knotgrass
Polygonum convulvus Buckwheat
Polygonum historia Adderwort, snakeweed
Polygonum hydropiperoides Smartweed, arsmart, blackwort
Polypodium phlegoleris Beech fern
Polypodium vulgaris Adder's fern
Polystichum profliferum Mother shield-fern
Pomacae Applewort
Populus alba White ash
Populus tremula Auld wives-tongue, quaking ash
Portulacae oleracae Pigwort, pigweed
Potentilla anserina Silverwort, goose grass, rosewort
Potentilla erecta Ewe daisy, flesh-and-blood, shepherd's knot
Potentilla fructiosa Daydawn
Potentilla indica Snakeberry, snake strawberry
Potentilla reptans Five-leaf, five-finger,
Potentilla tormentilla Bloodrot
Potamogeton natans Blackweed, devil's spoon, broad-leaved pondweed
Primula auricula Bear's ear
Primula elatior Oxlip
Primula veris Cowslip, key of heaven
Proboscidea parviflora Devil's claw
Prosopis alba White codtree
Prunella vulgaris Self-heal, sicklewort, heal-all
Prunus padus Bird chirse
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn, blackthaw, sloe
Psathyrotes ramosissma Brittlestem
Pteris aquilina Adder's spit, erne-fern
Ptilious macrocephalus Feather-heads
Pulmonaria angustifolia Blow lungwort, narrowleaf lungwort
Pulmonaria longifolia Longleaf lungwort
Pulmonaria obscura Suffolk lungwort, unspotted lungwort
Pulmonaria officinalis Mean lungwort, oakwort, oaklungs, our lady's milkwort
Pulmonaria rubra Red lungwort
Pulmonaria saccharata Sweetened lungwort
Pyrus Aria Whitebeam, beamtree
Pyrus communis Peartree
Quercus infectoria Dyers' oak
Radiola linoides Allseed
Radix cordialis Heartwort
Rafflesia arnoldii Lich's lily
Ranunculus acris Crowwort, tall crowfoot, biting crowfoot, dew-cup, gold-weed, butter-rose, butter-cress, butter-daisy, king's clover
Ranunculus aquatila Lodewort, water crowfoot, water liverwort
Ranunculus arvensis Gold weed, hard iron, hedgehog, devil's claws, hell-weed, horse-gold, hunger weed
Ranunculus auricomus Goldylocks
Ranunculus bulbosus Frogwort, goldweed, horse-gold, goldy knobs, yellow-weed, the hewnbell
Ranunculus communis Hand-of-God
Ranunculus ficaria Wenwort, king's evil
Ranunculus flammula Lesser spearwort
Ranunculus fluitaris Eel-ware, watercrowfoot
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Adder's-tongue spearwort
Raunculus pratensis Crow's claw, crow's foot
Ranunculus recurvatus Hooked crowfoot
Raphanus raphanistrum White charlock
Raphanus sativus Radich
Regina prati Meadwort, women's mmeadwort, queen of the meadow
Reseda luteola Weld, woold, weldwort, dyer's weed, wildwoad
Rhamnus alaternus Italish buckthorn
Rhamnus alnifolia Alderleaf buckthorn
Rhamnus arguta Sharp-tooth buckthorn
Rhamnus cathartica Rainberry, mean buckthorn
Rhamnus croce Redberry buckthorn
Rhamnus erythroxylon Siberish buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula Black alder, berry adder
Rhamnus japonica Yapanish buckthorn
Rhamnus saxatilis Stony buckthorn
Rhamnus serrata Sawleaf buckthorn
Rhamnus smithii Smith's buckthorn
Rhamnus utilis Chinish buckthorn
Rhizophora Brinetree
Rhodiola rosea Rosewort
Rhodophiala bifida Oxblood lily, bloodlily
Ricinis communnis Man's motherwort
Rivina humilis Bloodberry
Roccella tinctoria Dyer's moss (a lichen from which the purple dye orchil can be prepared)
Roldana hartwegii Yellow Hairwort
Rosaceae Roseworts
Rosa spinosissma Barrow rose
Rosmarinus officinalis Bothen (‹ME bothen)
Rubiaceae Madderworts
Rubia minor Clithwort, goosegrass cleaver
Rubus allegheniensis Finger berry, cloudberry, thimbleberry, bramblewort (the fruit of a common North American bramble)
Rubus biflorus Ghost bramble
Rubus caesius Dewberry
Rubus chameamorus Cloudberry, dewberry
Rubus corchorifolius Fingerberry
Rubus fruticosis Blackberry, Bramberry, Brambleberry
Rubus parvifolius Small-leaf bramble
Rubus phoencoelasius Wineberry
Rubus occidentalis Thimbleberry
Rubus permulus Thicket dewberry
Rubus saxatilis Stone bramble
Rudbeckia lanciata Thimbleweed, golden glow
Rumex Dock
Rumex acetosa Sourdock
Rumex acetosella Sheep's sourdock, red sourdock, sourweed
Rumex altissimus Smooth dock
Rumex aquaticus Scottish dock
Rumex arifolius Barrow dock
Rumex bucephalophorus Horned dock, red dock
Rumex conglomeratus Clustered dock
Rumex crispus Yellow dock
Rumex cristatus Greekish dock
Rumex dentatus Toothed dock
Rumex hastatulus Heartwing dock
Rumex hydrolapathum Waterdock
Rumex longifolius Dooryard dock
Rumex maritimus Golden dock, bristle dock, seashore dock
Rumex obtusifolius Bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, dockleaf, butter dock
Rumex occidentalis Western dock
Rumex palustris Marsh dock
Rumex patientia Thild-dock
Rumex pulcher Fiddle-dock
Rumex rupestris Shore dock
Rumex salicifolius Willow-dock
Rumex sanguineus Bloody dock, danewort
Rumex triangulivalvis Willow-leaved dock
Rumex vesicarius Bladderdock
Ruta graveleons Bitterwort, ruewort
Rutidosis heterogama Heath wrinklewort
Sabatia angularisia Bitter-bloom
Sagina subulata Birdseye
Sagittaria sagittifolia Arrowhead
Salicornia Glasswort
Salix alba White willow
Salix caprea Goat's willow, sallow
Salix cinerea Grey sallow, grey willow
Salix lanata Woolly willow
Salix repens Creeping willow
Salix scouleriana Sea willow
Salsola kali Prickly saltwort, prickly seawort
Salsola tragus (tumbleweed) Ghostwort
Salvia officinalis Hop lips
Salvia rosmarinus Dew-of-the-sea
Salvia verbenaccea Eye seed
Sambucus australasica Yellow elderberry
Sambucus ebulus Danewort, dwarf elder, elderwort, deathwort, walwort, lithwort
Sambucus gaudichaudiana White elderberry
Sambucus nigra Black elder, elderberry
Sambucus racemosa Red elder
Sambucus wightiana Elder
Samolus repens Creeping brook weed
Samolus valerandi Kenningwort (a plant thought to help in the cure of certain eye diseases)
Sanchus oleraceous Hare's colwort, hare's thistle, milk thistle, soft thistle, sow thistle
Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodwort, bloodroot, tetterwort
Sanguisorba officinalis Cridewort
Sanicula arctopoides Footsteps-of-spring
Sanicula arguta Sharptooth black snakeroot
Sanicula europaea Woodmerch
Sansevieria guineensis Bowstring hemp
Sansevieria trisfasciata Mother-in-law's tongue
Saponaria officinalis Soapwort, latherwort
Saponaria rubra Red soapwort
Sarracenia oreophila Green boukwort
Sarcomelicopa simplicifolia Yellow wood
Sarcopteryx stipata Steelwood
Sarotha gentianoides Nitweed
Sauropus androgynous Sweetleaf
Saxifraga granulata Moldcorn
Saxifraga stolonifera Creeping sundcorn, mother of thousands
Saxifraga tridactylites Nail-wort (a name suggested for the Draba verna and the Saxifraga tridactylites by Gerarde and applied by Cotgrave to paronnychia with reference to their supposed efficacity in curing diseases of the finger nails)
Scandix pectens-veneris Shepherd's needle, lady's comb
Scapania gracillis Water earwort
Scapania orthopedes Bird's foot earwort
Scrophularis aquatica Broadwort
Scrophularis nodosa Figwort, kernelwort
Scirpus juncoides Turdwort
Scandix pectern veneris Shepherd's needle
Scolopendium vulgare Hart's tongue
Scopatia dulcis Sweet weed
Scrophularis vernalis Brownwort, figwort
Scutellaria laterifolia Hoodwort
Securidaca Axewort, Welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk-you-be (see also Sempervivium acre)
Sedum acre Stonecrop
Sedum lineare Needle stonecrop
Sedum telephium Livelong, halsewort
Sempervivum arachinideum Cobweb
Sempervivum tectorum Thunderwort, homewort, devil's beard, sungreen, aye-green, welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk-you-be (may also refer to: Sedum acre)
Senebiera coronopus Wartwort
Senecio cineraria Sea ragwort
Senecio jacobaea Ragwort
Senecio linearifolius Fireweed groundsel
Senecio lobatus Butterweed
Sennecio madagascariensis Fireweed
Senecio squalidus Oxford ragwort
Senecio vulgaris Groundsel
Serratula tinctoria Saw-wort
Seseli aethiopicum Hartwort
Sherardia arvensis Spurwort
Sibbaldia procumben Creeping glow wort
Sideritis Ironwort
Silene armeria Limewort
Silene dioica Red mintdrop, red birdseye, fleabites, hareseye
Siloxerus multiflorus Small wrinklewort
Silybum marianum Milk thistle, blessed milk-thistle (cardus marianus), horse thistle
Sinapis alba Kedlock
Sison Amomum Stonewort
Slipa viridula Green needlegrass
Sloanea australis Maiden's blush
Smyrnium Maisterwort
Smyrnium olusatrum Stanmarch
Solanum Nightshade
Solanum americanum Americkish black nightshade
Solanum carolinense Tread-softly
Solanum dulcamara Bittersweet; snakeberry; woody nightshade, bittersweet nightshade
Solanum nigrum Black nightshade, blackberry nightshade (do not confuse with the toxic deadly nightshade, see: Atropa belladona) 2. sunberry, wonderberry
Solanum ptychanthum West Indish nightshade, eastern black nightshade
Solanum rostatum Prickly nightshade
Solanum tuberosa Red-eyes, hewn-eyes, no-eyes, Red-eyen, hewn-eyen, no-eyen
Solsequium kalendra Rodewort
Solidago virga-aurea Goldenrod
Solsola Saltwort
Sonchus asper Prickly sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus Sowthistle
Sorbus aucuparia Quickbeam, witchbane, witchwood
Sparganium ramosum Bede-sedge
Spergularia campestris Sand spurry
Spirea ulmaria Meadow wort, meadow sweet, bridewort
Stachys Heal-all, self-heal, lamb's ear, hedge-nettle, hedge woundwort
Stachys albens White hedge nettle
Stachys arvensis Field woundwort
Stachys betonica Wild hop
Stachys byzanthia Lambs-ears
Stachys fluminensis Whitewort
Stachys germanica Downy woundwort
Stachys officinalis Bishopswort, bishop's wort
Stachys palustris Marsh woundwort
Stachys recta Yellow woundwort
Stachys sylvatica Hedge woundwort, hedge-nettles
Stackhousia subterranea Grassland candles
Stellaria holostea Stitchwort, adder's meat, allbone
Stellaria media Chickenwort, cluckenwort, chickenweed, bird's eye, tongue-grass, white bird's eye, starwort
Stellaria nemorum Wood stitchwort
Stellaria pungens Prickly starwort
Stemodia durantifolia Hewn streamwort
Stenocarpus sin-uatus Firewheel tree
Stratioles aloides Knightwort
Stricta pulmonacea Wood-liverwort
Strictus pulmonaria Tree lungwort
Stylosanthes biflora Afterbirth weed
Subularia aquatica Awlwort
Succisa pralensia Devil's bit
Sullivantia Coolwort
Swertia perennis Felwort, fieldwort
Sylphion Lovewort, love-wort, love fennel
Symphoriacarpus alba Snowberry, ghostberry, waxberry
Symphytum album Halsewort
Symphytum grandiflorum Creeping blackwort
Symphytum officinale (Comfrey) Blackwort, knitwort, knitback, knitbone, backwort, brisewort, wallwort, asses' ear
Tabebuia chrysantha Yellow hornoak
Tagetes Rud
Tagetes erecta Big goldwort, Aztekish marrygold
Tagetes tenuifolia Markle goldwort
Taraxacum officinalis (dandelion) Lewstooth, eyewort, telltime
Tasmannia lanceolata Pepperberry
Taxus Yew
Tecoma castanifolia Chistenleaf beembush
Tecoma stans Yellowbell, yellow-bells, yellow beembush
Tephrosia virginia Devil's shoestrings
Terminalia myriocarpic Sunlock, hollock
Thladiantha dubia Red hailstone
Thymophylla acerosa Prick-leaf dogweed
Thymus serpyllum Brotherwort, cradlewort, wild fill
Tiarella Coolwort
Tilia Lind, linden tree
Tilia americana Americkish lind
Tilia cordata Small-leaved lind, littleleaf lind
Tilia europaea Mean lind
Tilia platyphyllos Broad-leaved lind
Tilia tomentosa Silver lind
Tinantia Widow's tears
Tordylium maximum Hartwort
Tordylium apulum Hartwort, small hartwort
Tradescantia Spiderwort
Trichodesmium speciosa Sea sawdust
Tricoryne elatior Yellow rush-lily
Tricyrtis hirta Toad lily, hairy toad lily
Trifolium Clover
Trifolium alpestre Owl-headed clover
Trifolium arvense Hare-foot, hare's-foot clover, stone clover or oldfield clover
Trifolium glomeratum Clustered clover
Trifolium pratense Cloverwort, purplewort, honeysuckle clover, red clover, broad clover
Trifolium repens Netherland clover, honeysuckle clover, white clover
Trifolium scabrum Rough clover
Trifolium striatum Soft-knotted clover
Trifolium strictum Small Cornish clover
Triglochin palustre Arrowgrass
Trillium cernuum Nodding birdmore
Trillium erectum Red birdmore, birthroot, birthwort, bathwort, nosebleed, wood-lily, truelove
Triosteum perfolatum Driffwort
Triticum aestivum Wheatgrass
Triticum repens (Striol) Couch grass, dog grass, quick grass, quitch grass, twitch
Triticum spelta Spelt
Triticum turgidum Bearded wheat
Tsuga Canadensis Moon frost
Tussilago farfara (Coughwort) Ass's foot, ass's thistle, bull's foot, clayweed, colt's foot, field hore, foalsfoot, foalswort, hogweed, horsehoof, son-afore-the father, sowfoot, yellow stars
Ulex Gorse
Ulex europaeus Prickly broom, mean furze
Ulex nanus Dwarf furze
Ulmus campestris Elven, english elm
Umbilicus pendulinus Navelwort, pennywort
Unctuousa Smearwort (of doubtful identity), self-heal (see: aristolocharia, aristolosia, mercurialis)
Uniola paniculata Sea oats, seaside oats
Urtica dioica Nettle root, stinging nettle
Urtica ferox Tree-nettle
Urtica pilulifera Roomanish nettle
Urtica urens Small nettle
Utricularia Bladderwort
Utricularia gibba Floating bladderwort
Utricularia radiata Little floating bladderwort
Uvularia grandiflora Bellwort, merrybells
Vaccinium arboreum Sparkleberry
Vaccinium myrtillus Hartberry, hewn hurtleberry
Vaccinium neglectum Deerberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos Fenberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry, red whortleberry, craneberry-wire
Vaccinium uliginosum Northern hurtleberry
Veratrum album Tunsingwort
Veratrum viride Devil's bite, ratbane
Verbascum thapsus (mullein) Bullock or cow's lungwort, graveyard dust, candlewort, candlewick (a plant useful for making lamp wicks), longwort, holy ghost, feltwort, lady's foxglove, haresbeard
Verbena officinalis Ashwort, ash-throat, ashweed
Veronica beccabunga Brooklime speedwell, horse-well grass
Veronica chamaedrys Bird'-eye speedwell, ingle-eyes, lark eye, god's eye, ingle-eyen
Vibernum lantana Wayfaring tree, sheepberry
Viburnum opulus Whitten, water-elder
Vicia acutifolia Fourleaf tare
Vicia benghalensis Purple tare, reddish thove tare
Vicia disperma Two-seeded tare
Vicia ervilia Bitter tare
Vicia faba Broadbean, fieldbean, bellbean
Vicia faba var. equina Horsebean
Vicia fulgens Baze tare
Vicia grandiflora Great yellow tare
Vicia hirsuta Hairy tare
Vicia hybrida Hairy yellow tare
Vicia lathyroides Spring tare
Vicia lutea Yellow tare
Vicia nigricans Black tare, ettinish tare
Vicia orobus Upright tare, wood-bitter tare
Vicia peregrina Wandering tare
Vicia sativa Mean tare, narrow-leaved tare
Vicia serratifolia French tare
Vicia sylvatica Wood-tare
Vicia tenuifolia Thin-leaved tare
Vicia tetrasperma Smooth tare
Vicia villosa Fodder tare, winter tare, hairy tare
Vincetoxium hirundinaria Swallow wort, white swallow wort
Vincetoxicum nigrum Blackswallow wort
Viola lactea Great boneswort
Viola tricolor Love-in-idleness
Viscum album Mistletoe, balder's bane
Vitex agnus-castus Hemptree, monk's pepper
Xanthorhiza simplicissima/apifolia Yellow root
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Arrowleaf elp's ear
Xerochrysum bracteatum Golden everlasting
Yucca elata Soapweed
Yucca gloriosa Adam's needle
Zanthoxylum americanum Toothache tree, prickly ash
Zea mays Corn
Zostera marina Seagrass, eelgrass, seawrack


Rank of Worts[]

English Anglish
domain rich
kingdom kingdom
phylum shed
class ilk
order shift
family sib
tribe stem
genus kind
species kin
subspecies breed, strain, underkin


Wortdom[]

English Anglish
cyto- lifetegle-, frume-, holder-
cell lifetegle, frume (cf. Icelandish fruma), holder
chlorophyll leafgreen
chloroplast greenbody
diploid twoshape
eukaryote goodhead
flagellum whip
garden orchard, wortyard
haploid oneshape
nucleic acid kernalsourwater
nucleus kernel
photosynthesis lightgathering
plant wort
plantation beworting
pollen wortmeal
prokaryote forthhead
-ose -sweet
-some -lich, -body