Common Names of a Selected List of Plants

Part 1

=Technical Bulletin 117 Revised August 1969=

=Common Names of a Selected List of Plants

By=

Kling L. Anderson and Clenton E. Owensby

=AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Kansas State University of Agriculture and Applied Science Manhattan=

Floyd W. Smith, Director

=CONTENTS=

Page Index to common names 4 Grasses 18 Sedges, rushes, and related genera 27 Ferns and related genera 28 Other monocots 29 Legumes 30 Other dicot forbs 35 Woody plants 55 Common species names and their English meanings 60

=Common Names of a Selected List of Plants=

Kling L. Anderson and Clenton E. Owensby

Common names of plants often vary widely from place to place, even within rather limited areas. Frequently-occurring and widely-known species may have local names, or the same name may be used for several species. Common names, therefore, often fail to identify plants accurately. That makes it difficult to communicate about plants; the confusion may even discontinue attempts to convey ideas about the subject. Conversations may shift to a subject with an adequate common nomenclature.

Scientific names are essential in formal writing. When common names are to be used, as in less formal publications, scientific names must also be given either at the place where the common ones first appear in the paper, in a footnote, or in an appended list. Only scientific names identify the species for all readers. In completely informal writing for a broad area, scientific names may be omitted.

Since common names are so widely used, they should be used as uniformly as possible. The following common names are considered “standardized” for all writing in the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and may also be used as a guide in teaching. A single common name is given to each plant listed if it has such a name.

This list grew from an earlier Kansas list of grasses and legumes that emphasized chiefly range and pasture plants. It is extended here to include most plant families and genera that occur in Kansas and many species that do not necessarily occur in Kansas but may be important or closely related to those listed. Obviously, not all Kansas plants could be included, and therefore many minor plants have been omitted. Species not obviously important had to be somewhat arbitrary. Perhaps certain species listed could have been omitted and others not included might have been added. The list can, therefore, grow or be altered as need for change is shown. If further information on common names is needed, the Kelsey and Dayton 1942 edition of Standardized Plant Names should be consulted.

=Genus Common Names=

In preparing this list, we attempted to give a single common name to each genus and to use it in connection with common names for each of the species listed under that genus. For example, brome for the genus, Bromus, and various species such as smooth brome and hairy brome. Thus, there are two words for species names. However, common names of some species are single words and may not bear the generic name at all; for example, switchgrass, curlymesquite, catchflygrass, darnel, needleandthread, berseem, and horsebean. Some genera have more than one common name, but in that case the genus is subdivided into different types, each with its own common name. For example, most species of the genus Panicum are called panicum, but certain others are witchgrass; Melica is melic, but bulbous species of that genus are called oniongrass; and Setaria is bristlegrass, but the name millet is applied to certain ones. Some poisonous species of Astragalus are called loco, but nonpoisonous ones are milkvetch and the selenium-gathering ones, poisonvetch. In a few cases the same common name is applied to two genera, but that generally occurs only when the genera involved are closely related. They may formerly have been considered a single genus.

The words tree, grass, bean, seed, etc. are combined with key words to make common names of many genera and species. Examples of the former are dropseed, cupgrass, tanglehead, peavine, wildindigo, coffeetree, and sensitivebriar; and of the latter, breadroot scurfpea, splitbeard bluestem, shortawn foxtail, and smoothseed wildbean. Hyphens are avoided except in a few cases where they are used to make spelling, meaning, or pronunciation more clearly understood. Some examples are s-curve threeawn, blue-eyedgrass, climbing-buckwheat, dutchmans-breeches, snow-on-the-mountain, fat-hen saltbrush, false-alyssum.

=Species Common Names=

The common name for an individual species is a contraction of the genus common name and, in most cases, a descriptive adjective for a particular species. An example is the common name for Bromus inermis The common name for the genus is brome and the descriptive adjective associated with the species name inermis is smooth, hence smooth brome is the common name for that species.

In many cases a satisfactory common name did not exist for a particular species, yet the species name’s English meaning described the plant well. Such plants were given common names based on the meaning of their species name. An example is Lygodesmia rostrata. It has no satisfactory common name. In this publication it is called beaked skeletonplant, based on the English meaning of rostrata and the accepted common name for the genus, skeletonplant.

=Capitalization=

In general, capitals are avoided for common plant names. They are not used where proper nouns are combined with such words as grass, tree, bean, etc., for example, bermudagrass, indiangrass, johnsongrass, but are used when the name is that of a country, state, or other place and is a separate word as in Virginia wildrye, Texas bean, California burclover, and Missouri milkvetch. They are not used, however, when the name is derived from a man’s name; for example, lambert crazyweed, dillen tickclover, chewings fescue, and lehmann lovegrass. Capitals are, of course, used for proper names of strains or varieties, but such usage is beyond the scope of this list. The few exceptions to all of these “rules” are dictated by firmly established usage.

=Authorities=

To identify each species as definitely as possible, authorities are given for scientific names. Authorities for grass names are from Hitchcock’s 1951 manual. The others were compiled from various sources by Dr. L. C. Hulbert, Department of Botany, Kansas State University, chiefly from these sources: Gray’s Manual, 8th ed., The New Illustrated Britton and Brown, and Harrington’s Manual. Occasionally other sources were used for a few or for single species.

Since authorities were taken directly from the various sources without change, some differences in abbreviation occur. For example, Hitchcock’s manual abbreviates Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth as H.B.K., while most other manuals consulted use HBK. Certain other names may be spelled fully in one manual and abbreviated in others.

=Common Name Sources=

Several workers helped with selecting plants to be included and common names for them. For the most part, the common names are those used in Kelsey and Dayton, Standardized Plant Names (SPN). However, common names of some species are so different and are so firmly entrenched in common usage that the names given in SPN could not be used in this list. An example is “broomsedge” for Andropogon virginicus. In SPN it is “yellowsedge bluestem,” a name never heard in the area this list serves.

=ACKNOWLEDGMENTS=

Part 2

Appreciation is expressed to those who aided in selecting both plants and their common names:

The late F. W. Albertson, Biology Department, Fort Hays Kansas State College

L. E. Anderson, Agronomy Department, Kansas State University, now at University of Missouri, Columbia

M. D. Atkins, S.C.S., Lincoln, Nebraska

J. K. Greig, Jr., Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Kansas State University

C. V. Hall, Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Kansas State University

L. C. Hulbert, Division of Biology, Kansas State University

R. A. Keen, Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Kansas State University

J. L. Launchbaugh, Kansas Branch Agricultural Experiment Station, Hays, Kansas

E. L. Mader, Agronomy Department, Kansas State University

C. M. Schumacher, S.C.S., Lincoln, Nebraska

G. W. Tomanek, Biology Department, Fort Hays Kansas State College

H. D. Wilkins, Agronomy Department, Kansas State University

Special thanks go to Dr. John L. Launchbaugh for carefully editing the final draft.

FOOTNOTES:

Contribution No. 692, Department of Agronomy, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan.

Professor Emeritus and Agronomist, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station: and Instructor in Range and Pasture Management.

Kelsey, H. P. and W. A. Dayton. 1942. Standardized Plant Names. J. Horace McFarland Co., Harrisburg, Pa.

Hitchcock, A. S. 1951. Manual of Grasses of the U.S. USDA Misc. Publication 200 (Revised).

Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray’s Manual of Botany, 8th ed. American Book Co., New York.

Gleason, H. A. 1952. The New Britton and Brown Illustrated Flora. New York Botanical Garden (3 volumes).

Harrington, H. D. 1954. Manual of the Plants of Colorado. Sage Books, Denver.

Ibid.

=INDEX TO COMMON NAMES=

Genera only are listed in this index except where the common species name differs from the common name of its genus and does not include the latter. Scientific names are also shown.

=Common Name Scientific Name Page= Acacia Acacia 30 Adderstongue Ophioglossum 28 Agoseris, wavyleaf Microseris cuspidata 47 Agrimony Agrimonia 35 Alfalfa Medicago 32 Alkaligrass Puccinellia 25 Alumroot Heuchera 44 Alyceclover Alysicarpus 30 Amaranth Amaranthus 35 Ammannia Ammannia 35 Amorpha Amorpha 30, 55 Amsonia Amsonia 35 Anemone Anemone 35 Antelopehorn Asclepiodora 37 Apple Pyrus 57 Arrowhead Sagittaria 30 Ash Fraxinus 57 Asparagus Asparagus 29 Aster Aster 37 Avens Geum 43 Baccharis Baccharis 56 Bagpod Glottidium 31 Bahia Bahia 37 Bahiagrass Paspalum notatum 24 Barberry Berberis 56 Barley Hordeum 22 Barnyardgrass Echinochloa crusgalli 21 Basketflower Centaurea americana 38 Basswood Tilia 59 Beachgrass Ammophila 18 Beakgrain Diarrhena 20 Bean Phaseolus 33 Bedstraw Galium 43 Beebalm Monarda 48 Beet Beta 37 Beggarticks Bidens 37 Bellflower Campanula 38 Bentgrass Agrostis 18 Bergia Bergia 37 Berlandiera Berlandiera 37 Bermudagrass Cynodon 20 Berseem Trifolium alexandrinum 34 Berula Berula 37 Betony Stachys 53 Bindweed Convolvulus 40 Birch Betula 56 Birdwoodgrass Cenchrus setigerus 20 Bittercress Cardamine 38 Bittersweet Celastrus 56 Bitterweed Hymenoxys odorata 45 Blackberry Rubus 58 Blackberrylily Belamcanda 29 Blackeyedsusan Rudbeckia hirta 51 Blackfoot Melampodium 47 Bladderfern Cystopteris 28 Bladdernut Staphylea 59 Bladderpod Lesquerella 46 Bladderwort Utricularia 54 Bloodroot Sanguinaria 52 Blowoutgrass Redfieldia 25 Blue-eyedgrass Sisyrinchium 30 Bluegrass Poa 24 Bluehearts Buchnera 38 Bluestem Andropogon; Bothriochloa 18 Bluets Houstonia 44 Blueweed Echium vulgare 41 Boltonia Boltonia 38 Boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum 42 Bottlebrushgrass Hystrix 22 Bouncingbet Saponaria officinalis 52 Boxelder Acer negundo 55 Bracken Pteridium 28 Brickellia Brickellia 38 Bristlegrass Setaria 25 Broadbean Vicia faba 34 Brome Bromus 19 Broom Cytisus 31, 56 Broomcorn Sorghum bicolor var. technicum 25 Broomrape Orobanche 49 Broomsedge Andropogon virginicus 18 Broomweed Gutierrezia dracunculoides 43 Browneyedsusan Rudbeckia triloba 51 Browntopmillet Panicum ramosum 23 Buckbrush Symphoricarpos orbiculatus 59 Buckeye Aesculus 55 Buckhorn Plantago lanceolata 50 Buckthorn Rhamnus 58 Buckwheat Fagopyrum 42 Buffalogourd Cucurbita foetidissima 40 Buffalograss Buchloë 20 Buffelgrass Pennisetum ciliare 24 Bugleweed Lycopus 47 Bugseed Corispermum nitidum 40 Bulbostylis Bulbostylis 27 Bulrush Scirpus 28 Bumelia Bumelia 56 Bunchflower Melanthium 29 Bundleflower Desmanthus 31 Burclover Medicago 32 Burcucumber Sicyos 52 Burdock Arctium 36 Burgrass Tragus 26 Burhead Echinodorus 29 Burnweed Erechtites 41 Burragweed Franseria tomentosa 42 Burreed Sparganium 30 Burrograss Scleropogon 25 Bursage Franseria 42 Buttercup Ranunculus 51 Butternut Juglans cinerea 57 Buttonbush Cephalanthus 56 Buttonweed Diodia 41 Cabbage Brassica oleracea 38 Calceolaria Hybanthus 45 Caltrop Kallstroemia 45 Camas Camassia 29 Camomile Anthemis 36 Camphorweed Heterotheca 44 Canarygrass Phalaris 24 Cane Arundinaria 19 Cardinalflower Lobelia cardinalis 47 Cardinalflower, western Lobelia splendens 47 Carpetgrass Axonopus 19 Carpetweed Mollugo 48 Carrot Daucus 41 Castorbean Ricinus 51 Catalpa Catalpa 56 Catchfly, sleepy Silene antirrhina 52 Catchflygrass Leersia lenticularis 22 Catnip Nepeta cataria 48 Cattail Typha 30 Ceanothus Ceanothus 56 Centaurea Centaurea 38 Centipedegrass Eremochloa 21 Cerastium Cerastium 38 Charlock Brassica kaber 38 Cheat Bromus secalinus 20 Cherry Prunus 57 Chervil Chaerophyllum 38 Chickencorn Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii 25 Chickpea Cicer 31 Chickweed Stellaria media 54 Chicory Cichorium 39 Chineselantern Physalis lobata 50 Chloris Chloris 20 Chokecherry Prunus virginiana 57 Cholla Opuntia 48 Christmasfern Polystichum acrostichoides 29 Cinquefoil Potentilla 51 Circaea Circaea 39 Clammyweed Polanisia 50 Clearweed Pilea 50 Clematis Clematis 39 Cleomella Cleomella 39 Cliffbrake Pellaea 28 Climbing-buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus 50 Climbingmilkweed Ampelamus albidus 35 Cloakfern Notholaena 28 Clover Trifolium 34 Cockle, white Lychnis alba 47 Cocklebur Xanthium 55 Cockspur Echinochloa 21 Coffeetree Gymnocladus 32, 57 Cogongrass Imperata 22 Collinsia Collinsia 39 Columbine Aquilegia 36 Comandra Comandra 39 Compassplant Silphium laciniatum 53 Coneflower Dracopis; Rudbeckia 41, 51 Conyza Conyza 40 Copperleaf Acalypha 35 Cordgrass Spartina 25 Coreopsis Coreopsis 40 Corkwing, mountain Cymopterus montanus 40 Corn Zea 26 Corncockle Agrostemma 35 Cornflower Centaurea cyanus 38 Cornsalad Valerianella 54 Corydalis Corydalis 40 Cotton Gossypium 44 Cottontop Trichachne 26 Cottonwood Populus 57 Cowlily Nuphar 48 Cowpea Vigna 35 Crabapple Pyrus 57 Crabgrass Digitaria 20 Crazyweed Oxytropis 33 Creeper Parthenocissus 57 Cress, hoary Cardaria draba 38 Cristatella Cristatella 40 Crotalaria Crotalaria 31 Croton Croton 40 Crotonopsis Crotonopsis 40 Crowfoot Ranunculus 51 Crownbeard Verbesina 55 Crownvetch Coronilla 31 Cryptantha Cryptantha 40 Cudweed Gnaphalium 43 Culversphysic Veronicastrum virginicum 55 Cupgrass Eriochloa 21 Cuphea Cuphea 40 Curlymesquite Hilaria belangeri 22 Currant Ribes 58 Cutgrass Leersia 22 Cyclanthera Cyclanthera 40 Cymopterus Cymopterus 40 Dalea Dalea 31 Dallisgrass Paspalum dilatatum 24 Dandelion Taraxacum 54 Danthonia Danthonia 20 Darnel Lolium temulentum 22 Datura Datura 41 Dayflower Commelina 29 Deathcamas Zygadenus 30 Deervetch Lotus 32 Devilsclaw Proboscidea 51 Dewberry Rubus 58 Dianthera Justicia 45 Diaperia Diaperia 41 Dicliptera Dicliptera 41 Ditaxis Ditaxis 41 Dock Rumex 51 Dodder Cuscuta 40 Dogbane Apocynum 36 Dogtail Cynosurus 20 Dogweed Dyssodia 41 Dogwood Cornus 56 Draba Draba 41 Dropseed Sporobolus 25 Ducksmeat Spirodela 30 Duckweed Lemna 29 Dutchmans-breeches Dicentra cucullaria 41 Dutchmanspipe Aristolochia 36 Dwarfdandelion Krigia 45 Echinacea Echinacea 41 Echinocereus Echinocereus 41 Einkorn Triticum monococcum 26 Elderberry Sambucus 59 Elephantsfoot Elephantopus 41 Ellisia Ellisia 41 Elm Ulmus 59 Elodea Elodea 29 Emmer Triticum dicoccum 26 Engelmanndaisy Engelmannia 41 Eriogonum Eriogonum 42 Eryngo Eryngium 42 Erysimum Erysimum 42 Eulophus Perideridia 49 Euonymus Euonymus 56 Eupatorium Eupatorium 42 Euphorbia Euphorbia 42 Eveningprimrose Oënothera 48 Evolvulus Evolvulus 42 False-alyssum Berteroa 37 Falseboneset Kuhnia eupatorioides 45 Falsebuffalograss Munroa 23 Falsedandelion Pyrrhopappus 51 Falseflax Camelina 38 Falsegarlic Nothoscordum 29 Falsegrape Ampelopsis 55 Falsenettle Boehmeria 38 Falsenightshade Chamaesaracha 39 Falsepennyroyal Hedeoma 44 Falsepimpernel Lindernia 46 Fameflower Talinum 54 Fawnlily Erythronium 29 Feathergrass, New Mexico Stipa neomexicana 26 Feathertop Pennisetum villosum 24 Fenugreek Trigonella foenum-graecum 34 Fescue Festuca 21 Figwort Scrophularia 52 Filaree Erodium cicutarium 42 Filbert Corylus 56 Fimbristylis Fimbristylis 27 Fingergrass Digitaria 20 Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium 41 Flatsedge Cyperus 27 Flaveria Flaveria 42 Flax Linum 46 Fleabane Erigeron 41 Flowerofanhour Hibiscus trionum 44 Fluffgrass Tridens pulchellus 26 Fluxweed Isanthus 45 Fogfruit, wedgeleaf Lippia lanceolata 46 Forgetmenot Myosotis 48 Fountaingrass Pennisetum ruppelii 24 Four-o’clock Mirabilis 48 Foxtail Alopecurus 18 Fringeorchid Habenaria 29 Fuirena Fuirena 27 Funnellily Androstephium 29 Gaillardia Gaillardia 43 Galleta Hilaria jamesii 22 Galleta, big Hilaria rigida 22 Gamagrass Tripsacum 26 Garlic Allium 29 Garlicmustard Alliaria 35 Gaura Gaura 43 Gayfeather Liatris 46 Gentian Gentiana 43 Geranium Geranium 43 Gerardia Gerardia 43 Germander Teucrium 54 Ghostpipe Orobanche uniflora 49 Gianthyssop Agastache 35 Giantreed Arundo 19 Gilia Gilia 43 Ginkgo Ginkgo 57 Globemallow Sphaeralcea 53 Goatgrass Aegilops 18 Goldaster Chrysopsis 39 Goldenrod Solidago 53 Goldenweed Haplopappus 44 Goldstargrass Hypoxis hirsuta 29 Gooseberry Ribes 58 Goosefoot Chenopodium 39 Goosegrass Eleusine 21 Grama Bouteloua 19 Grape Vitis 59 Greasewood Sarcobatus 59 Greenbriar Smilax 30 Greenthread Thelesperma 54 Gromwell Lithospermum 46 Groundcherry Physalis 49 Groundivy Glechoma hederacea 43 Groundsel Senecio 52 Guineagrass Panicum maximum 23 Gumweed Grindelia 43 Hackberry Celtis 56 Hairgrass Aira; Deschampsia 18,20 Hairsedge bulbstyle Bulbostylis cappillaris 27 Hardinggrass Phalaris tuberosa var. stenoptera 24 Haresear Conringia 40 Hawkweed Hieracium 44 Hawthorn Crataegus 56 Hazel Corylus 56 Hedgehyssop Gratiola 43 Hedgemustard Sisymbrium officinale 53 Heliopsis Heliopsis 44 Heliotrope Heliotropium 44 Hemicarpha Hemicarpha 28 Hemp Cannabis 38 Henbit Lamium amplexicaule 46 Hibiscus Hibiscus 44 Hickory Carya 56 Hilaria Hilaria 22 Hoarhound Marrubium 47 Hogpeanut Amphicarpa 30 Holly Ilex 57 Hollyfern Polystichum 28 Honeylocust Gleditsia 31, 57 Honeysuckle Lonicera 47, 57 Hop Humulus 45 Hophornbeam Ostrya 57 Hoptree Ptelea 57 Hornwort Ceratophyllum 38 Horsebean Vicia faba var. equina 34 Horsegentian Triosteum 54 Horsenettle Solanum carolinense 53 Horseradish Armoracia lapathifolia 36 Horsetail Equisetum 28 Horseweed Conyza canadensis 40 Houndstongue Cynoglossum 40 Hyacinthbean Dolichos 31 Hymenopappus Hymenopappus 45 Hymenoxys Hymenoxys 45 Hyparrhenia Hyparrhenia 22 Indiangrass Sorghastrum 25 Indianplantain Cacalia 38 Indigo Indigofera 32 Iris Iris 29 Ironplant Haplopappus spinulosus 44 Ironweed Vernonia 55 Isopyrum Isopyrum 45 Jackinthepulpit Arisaema 29 Japanesemillet Echinochloa crusgalli var. frumentacea 21 Jaragua Hyparrhenia rufa 22 Jerusalemartichoke Helianthus tuberosus 44 Jimsonweed Datura stramonium 41 Jobstears Coix 20 Joepyeweed Eupatorium 42 Johnnyjumpup Viola kitaibeliana var. rafinesquii 55 Johnsongrass Sorghum halepense 25 Jointtail Manisuris 22 Junegrass Koeleria 22 Juniper Juniperus 57 Kale Brassica oleracea var. acephala 38 Kidneyvetch Anthyllis 30 Kikuyugrass Pennisetum clandestinum 24 Knapweed, Russian Centaurea repens 38 Knotgrass Paspalum distichum 24 Knotweed Polygonum 50 Kochia Kochia 45 Krameria Krameria 45 Kudzu Pueraria 33 Kuhnia Kuhnia 45 Lacegrass Eragrostis capillaris 21 Ladiestresses Spiranthes 30 Ladyslipper Cypripedium 29 Lambsquarters Chenopodium album 39 Larkspur Delphinium 41 Lawngrass, Japanese Zoysia japonica 26 Leadplant Amorpha canescens 30, 55 Lentil Lens 32 Lespedeza Lespedeza 32, 57 Lettuce Lactuca 46 Licorice Glycyrrhiza 32 Lilac Syringa 59 Lily Lilium 29 Linden Tilia 59 Lionsheart Physostegia 50 Lipfern Cheilanthes 28 Lippia Lippia 46 Lobelia Lobelia 47 Loco Astragalus 30 Locust Robinia 34, 58 Lomatium Lomatium 47 Longtom Paspalum lividum 24 Loosestrife Lysimachia 47 Lophotocarpus Lophotocarpus 29 Lopseed Phryma 49 Lotus Nelumbo 48 Lovegrass Eragrostis 21 Lupine Lupinus 32 Lythrum Lythrum 47 Macuillamia Bacopa 37 Maidenhairfern Adiantum 28 Malacothrix Malacothrix 47 Mallow Malva 47 Mamillaria Mamillaria 47 Manillagrass Zoysia matrella 26 Mannagrass Glyceria 22 Maple Acer 55 Marbleseed Onosmodium 48 Marshfern Dryopteris thelypteris 28 Mascarenegrass Zoysia tenuifolia 26 Matgrass Nardus 23 Matrimonyvine Lycium halimifolium 57 Mayapple Podophyllum 50 Meadowrue Thalictrum 54 Medic Medicago 32 Melic Melica 22 Mentzelia Mentzelia 47 Mesquite Prosopis 33, 57 Milkvetch Astragalus 30 Milkweed Asclepias 36 Millet Panicum; Setaria 25 Mint Mentha 47 Mitchellgrass Astrebla 19 Mockbishopweed Ptilimnium 51 Mockcucumber Echinocystis 41 Molassesgrass Melinis 22 Moneywort Lysimachia nummularia 47 Monkeyflower Mimulus 47 Monolepis Monolepis 48 Moonseed Menispermum 47 Morningglory Ipomoea 45 Motherwort Leonurus 46 Mountainash Sorbus 59 Mountainmint Pycnanthemum 51 Mousetail Myosurus 48 Mudplantain Heteranthera 29 Muhly Muhlenbergia 22 Mulberry Morus 57 Mullein Verbascum 54 Muskthistle Carduus nutans 38 Mustard Brassica 38 Naiad Najas 29 Nailwort Paronychia 49 Napiergrass Pennisetum purpureum 24 Nasturtium Nasturtium 48 Natalgrass Rhynchelytrum roseum 25 Needleandthread Stipa comata 26 Needlegrass Stipa 26 Nemastylis Nemastylis 29 Nepeta Nepeta 48 Nettle Urtica 54 Nightshade Solanum 53 Nimblewill Muhlenbergia schreberi 23 Nitgrass Gastridium 22 Noseburn Tragia 54 Nutgrass Cyperus 27 Oak Quercus 58 Oakleech Dasistoma 41 Oat Avena 19 Oatgrass Arrhenatherum 19 Okra Hibiscus esculentus 44 Onion Allium 29 Oniongrass Melica 22 Orach, tumbling Atriplex rosea 37 Orchardgrass Dactylis 20 Orcuttia Orcuttia 23 Oregongrape Mahonia aquifolium 57 Osageorange Maclura 57 Othake Palafoxia 49 Oxalis Oxalis 49 Oxeyedaisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum 39 Paintbrush Castilleja 38 Paleseed Conobea 40 Pampasgrass Cortaderia 20 Pangolagrass Digitaria decumbens 20 Panicum Panicum 23 Paperflower Psilostrophe 51 Pappusgrass Pappophorum 24 Paragrass Panicum purpurascens 23 Parrotfeather Myriophyllum 48 Parsnip Pastinaca 49 Parthenium Parthenium 49 Partridgepea Cassia 31 Paspalum Paspalum 24 Pawpaw Asimina 55 Pea Pisum 33 Peanut Arachis 30 Pear Pyrus communis 57 Pearlmillet Pennisetum glaucum 24 Pearlwort Sagina 52 Peashrub Caragana 31, 56 Peavine Lathyrus 32 Pecan Carya illinoensis 56 Pectis Pectis 49 Pedicularis Pedicularis 49 Pellitory Parietaria 49 Pencilflower Stylosanthes 34 Pennisetum Pennisetum 24 Pennycress Thlaspi 54 Penstemon Penstemon 49 Penthorum Penthorum 49 Peppergrass Lenidium densiflorum 46 Pepperweed Lepidium 46 Pepperwort Marsilea 28 Perilla Perilla 49 Persimmon Diospyros 56 Phacelia Phacelia 49 Phlox Phlox 49 Pigeonpea Cajanus 31 Pigweed Amaranthus 35 Pimpernel Anagallis 35 Pinedropseed Blepharoneuron 19 Pinegrass Calamagrostis rubescens 20 Pinweed Lechea 46 Plantain Plantago 50 Plum Prunus 57 Plumegrass Erianthus 21 Poisonhemlock Conium maculatum 40 Poisonivy Rhus radicans 58 Poisonvetch Astragalus 30 Pokeberry Phytolacca 50 Polemonium Polemonium 50 Polygala Polygala 50 Polypogon Polypogon 25 Polytaenia Polytaenia 50 Pondweed Potamogeton 29 Poolmat Zannichellia 30 Poplar Populus 57 Poppymallow Callirhoë 38 Porcupinegrass Stipa spartea 26 Portulaca Portulaca 50 Potato Solanum tuberosum 53 Potatobean Apios 30 Prairieclover Petalostemum 33 Prairieconeflower Ratibida 51 Prairiegentian Eustoma 42 Pricklyash Xanthoxylum 59 Pricklypear Opuntia 48 Pricklypoppy Argemone 36 Princesplume Stanleya 53 Proso Panicum miliaceum 23 Puncturevine Tribulus 54 Purplerocket Iodanthus 45 Purpletop Tridens flavus 26 Purslane Portulaca 50 Pussytoes Antennaria 35 Quackgrass Agropyron repens 18 Quakinggrass Briza 19 Quickweed Galinsoga 43 Quillwort Isoëtes 28 Rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus 56 Radish Raphanus 51 Ragweed Ambrosia 35 Rainlily Cooperia 29 Rape Brassica rapa 38 Raspberry Rubus 58 Rattlesnakefern Botrychium 28 Rattlesnakeroot Prenanthes 51 Ravennagrass Erianthus ravennae 21 Razorsedge Scleria 28 Redbud Cercis 31, 56 Redcedar Juniperus virginiana 57 Redtop Agrostis alba 18 Reed Phragmites 24 Reedgrass Calamagrostis 20 Rhodesgrass Chloris gayana 20 Rhubarb Rheum 51 Rice Oryza 23 Ricegrass Oryzopsis 23 Ricegrass, Mandan X Striporyzopsis caduca 26 Ringwing Cycloloma 40 Rockcress Arabis 36 Rocket Hesperis 44 Rocketsalad Eruca 42 Rockjasmine Androsace 35 Rose Rosa 58 Rosegentian Sabatia 52 Rosemallow Hibiscus 44 Rosinweed Silphium 53 Rotala Rotala 51 Ruellia Ruellia 51 Rush Juncus 28 Rushpea Hoffmanseggia 32 Russianolive Elaeagnus 56 Russianthistle Salsola 52 Rutabaga Brassica rapa 38 Rye Secale 25 Ryegrass Lolium 22 Sacaton Sporobolus 25, 26 Safflower Carthamus 38 Sage Salvia 52 Sagebrush Artemisia 36, 55 Sagewort Artemisia 36 Sainfoin Onobrychis 33 Salsify Tragopogon 54 Saltbush Atriplex 37, 55 Saltgrass Distichlis 21 Samolus Samolus 52 Sandbur Cenchrus 20 Sandgrass Triplasis 26 Sandreed Calamovilfa 20 Sandverbena Abronia 35 Sandwort Arenaria 36 Sanicle Sanicula 52 Sassafras Sassafras 59 Scouringrush Equisetum 28 Scurfpea Psoralea 33 Seablite Suaeda 54 Sedge Carex 27 Seedbox Ludwigia 47 Seepweed Suaeda 54 Selenia Selenia 52 Selfheal Prunella 51 Senna Cassia 31 Sensitivebriar Schrankia 34 Sensitivefern Onoclea 28 Serradella Ornithopus 33 Serviceberry Amelanchier 55 Sesame Sesamum 52 Sesbania Sesbania 34 Shepherdspurse Capsella 38 Shootingstar Dodecatheon 41 Sicklepod Arabis canadensis 36 Sida Sida 52 Silene Silene 52 Silvergrass Miscanthus 22 Sisymbrium Sisymbrium 53 Skeletongrass Gymnopogon 22 Skeletonplant Lygodesmia 47 Skullcap Scutellaria 52 Sleepygrass Stipa robusta 26 Sloughgrass Beckmannia 19 Smartweed Polygonum 50 Smilograss Oryzopsis miliacea 23 Smutgrass, rattail Sporobolus poiretii 26 Snailseed Cocculus 39 Snakecotton Froelichia 43 Snakeroot, white Eupatorium rugosum 42 Snakeweed Gutierrezia 43, 57 Snapweed Impatiens 45 Sneezeweed Helenium 44 Snowberry Symphoricarpos 59 Snow-on-the-mountain Euphorbia marginata 42 Soapberry Sapindus 59 Soapweed Yucca 30, 59 Soapwort Saponaria 52 Solomonplume Smilacina 30 Solomonseal Polygonatum 29 Sophora Sophora 34 Sorghum Sorghum 25 Sorrel Rumex 51 Sowthistle Sonohus 53 Soybean Glycine 31 Spanishneedles Bidens bipinnata 37 Speedwell Veronica 55 Spermolepis Spermolepis 53 Spiderflower Cleome 39 Spiderwort Tradescantia 30 Spikesedge Eleocharis 27 Spleenwort Aspleninum 28 Sprangletop Leptochloa 22 Springbeauty Claytonia 39 Spurge Euphorbia 42 Squirreltail Sitanion 25 St. augustinegrass Stenotaphrum 26 St. johnswort Hypericum 45 Stargrass Cynodon plectostachyum 20 Stenosiphon Stenosiphon 54 Stickseed Hackelia; Lappula 44, 46 Stillingia Stillingia 54 Stinkgrass Eragrostis cilianensis 21 Stonecrop Sedum 52 Strawberry Fragaria 42 Sudangrass Sorghum bicolor var. sudanense 25 Sugarcane Saccharum 25 Sulla Hedysarum 32 Sumac Rhus 58 Sumpweed Iva 45 Sunflower Helianthus 44 Sunrose Helianthemum 44 Sweetclover Melilotus 33 Sweetflag Acorus 29 Sweetpea Lathyrus odoratus 32 Sweetpotato Ipomoea batatas 45 Sweetroot Osmorhiza 49 Switchgrass Panicum virgatum 24 Sycamore Platanus 57 Taenidia Taenidia 54 Tamarisk Tamarix 59 Tangierpea Lathyrus tingitanus 32 Tanglehead Heteropogon 22 Tansy Tanacetum 54 Tansymustard Descurainia 41 Teff Eragrostis tef 21 Teosinte Euchlaena 21 Tephrosia Tephrosia 34 Thaspium Thaspium 54 Thatchgrass Hyparrhenia hirta 22 Themeda Themeda 26 Thermopsis Thermopsis 34 Thimbleberry, fragrant Rubus odoratus 58 Thistle Cirsium 39 Threeawn Aristida 19 Tickclover Desmodium 31 Tickseed Corispermum 40 Tidestromia Tidestromia 54 Timothy Phleum 24 Toadflax Linaria 46 Tobacco Nicotiana 48 Tobosa Hilaria mutica 22 Tomato Lycopersicum 47 Toothwort Dentaria 41 Torpedograss Panicum repens 23 Tovara Tovara 54 Townsendia Townsendia 54 Treeofheaven Ailanthus 55 Trefoil Lotus 32 Trichloris Trichloris 26 Tridens Tridens 26 Trigonella Trigonella 34 Trisetum Trisetum 26 Trumpetcreeper Campsis 56 Tumblegrass Schedonnardus 25 Tumblemustard Sisymbrium altissimum 53 Tumbleweed Amaranthus graecizans 35 Turnip Brassica napus 38 Uniola Uniola 26 Vaseygrass Paspalum urvillei 24 Velvetbean Stizolobium 34 Velvetgrass Holcus 22 Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti 35 Venuslookingglass Specularia 53 Verbena Verbena 54 Vernalgrass Anthoxanthum 18 Vetch Vicia 34 Viburnum Viburnum 59 Vinemesquite Panicum obtusum 23 Violet Viola 55 Virginsbower Clematis virginiana 39 Wahoo, eastern Euonymus atropurpureus 56 Walkingfern Camptosorus 28 Walnut Juglans 57 Watercress Rorippa 51 Waterhemlock Cicuta 39 Waterhemp Acnida 35 Waterhyssop, disk Bacopa rotundifolia 37 Waterleaf Hydrophyllum 45 Waterlily Nymphaea 48 Waterplantain Alisma 29 Waterprimrose Jussiaea 45 Waterstarwort Callitriche 38 Wedgescale Sphenopholis 25 Westerndaisy Astranthium 37 Wheat Triticum 26 Wheatgrass Agropyron 18 Whitegrass Leersia virginica 22 Widgeongrass Ruppia 30 Wildbean Strophostyles 34 Wildginger Asarum 36 Wildindigo Baptisia 31 Wildrice Zizania; Zizaniopsis 26 Wildrye Elymus 21 Willow Salix 58 Willowweed Epilobium 41 Windmillgrass Chloris verticillata 20 Wingstem Verbesina alternifolia 55 Wintercress Barbarea 37 Winterfat Eurotia 56 Wirelettuce Stephanomeria 54 Wisteria Wisteria 35, 59 Witchgrass Leptoloma; Panicum 22, 23 Witchweed Striga lutea 54 Wolffia Wolffia 30 Wolftail Lycurus 22 Woodfern Dryopteris 28 Woodnettle Laportea 46 Woodreed Cinna 20 Woodsia Woodsia 28 Yam Dioscorea 29 Yarrow Achillea 35 Yerbadetajo Eclipta alba 41 Zinnia Zinnia 55 Zizia Zizia 55 Zoysia Zoysia 26

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