BOTANICAL— COMMON NAMES 



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Common Names of Ornamental Plants 



BOTANICAL 



Botanical Name Common Name 



Abronia umbellala . Beach Heliotrope 

 Sand Verbena 

 Abrus Prayer Plant 



Abutilon Flowering Maple 



AcCBna . New Zealand Bur 



Acanthus Bear's Breech 



Acer . Japanese Maple 



Aciphylla . Bayonet Plant 



Aconitum . . Monkshood 



A corns . Sweet Flag 



Adiantum Maidenhair Fern 



Adlumia . Climbing Fumitory 



Msculus . Dwarf Horse-Chesnut 



Agapanthus African Blue Lily 



Lily of the Nile 

 Agave Century Plant 



Ageratum . . Floss Flower 



Ajuga . , Bugle Weed 



Althcea Hollyhock 



Alyssum . Madwort, Sweet Alyssum 

 Amaranthus .... Amaranth 

 • Amaranthus caudatus Love-Lies- 



Bleeding 

 Amaranthus hypochondriacus . 



Prince's Feather 

 Amorpha . Bastard Indigo 



Am-orphophallus . Black Calla 



Ampelopsis . . Boston Ivy 



Ananas . . Pineapple 



Anemone . . Windfiower 



Andropogon . Lemon Grass 



Anthericum St. Bernard's Lily 



Aniigonon . . Mountain Rose 



Antirrhinum . . . Snapdragon 

 Aponogeton Cape Pond Weed, Lat- 

 tice-leaf Plant 

 Aquilegia . Columbine 



Arabis . . . Rock Cress 



Aralia .... Angelica Tree 

 Araucaria excelsa Norfolk Island Pine 

 Araucaria imbricata . . Monkey 

 Puzzle Tree 

 Arctotis . African Daisy 



Argemone. . Devil's Fig 



Argemone mexlcana Mexican Poppy 

 Aristolochia .... Birthwort 

 Aristolochia sipho Dutchman's Pipe 

 Armeria . . . . Sea Pink 



Artocarpus . . Bread Fruit 



Ariindinaria . . Bamboo 



Arundo . Giant Reed 



Asclepias . . Pleurisy Root 



Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed 



Asparagus . includes Smilax 



Asperula . . Sweet Woodruff 



Botanical Name 



Common Name 



Aspidium spinulosum Shield Fern 

 Asplenium Filix-famina Lady Fern 

 Asplenium nidus . Bird's-nest Fern 

 Asplenium platyneuron . Ebony 



Spleenwort 

 Aster .... Michaelmas Daisy 

 Aucuba . . Gold Dust Tree 



Azalea- canadense . . Rhodora 



Azalea nudi flora . Pinxter Flower 

 Azalea viscosum .Swamp Honeysuckle 



Bambusa 

 Baptisia . 

 Bellis 

 Berberis . 

 Browallia 

 Bryophyllum . 

 Bocconia . 

 Boussingaultia 

 Brachycome 

 Buddleia . 

 Buddleia . 

 Buxus 



Bamboo 



. False Indigo 



English Daisy 



Barberry 



. Amethyst 



Chinese Lantern Plant 



. Plume Poppy 



. Madeira Vine 



Swan River Daisy 



. . Butterfly Bush 



Summer Lilac 



. Boxwood 



Cabomba Fish Grass 



Calceolaria Knitting Bag Plant 



Calendula. . . Marigold (Pot) 



Callistemon . . . Bottle Brush 

 Callistephus hortensis . China Aster 

 Calluna . ... Heather 



Caltha. . . . Marsh Marigold 



Calycanthus Sweet-scented Shrub 

 Campanula Bellfiower, Harebell 



Blue Bell 

 Camptosorus . Walking Fern 



Cardiospermum . . Balloon Vine 



Caryopteris . Blue Spirea 



Celosia .... Cockscomb 



Cen^oMcea. Bachelor's Button, Dusty 

 Miller, Mountain Bluet 

 Centaurea cyanus . Cornflower 



Centaurea m,oschata . Sweet Sultan 



Cerastium. Snow-in-Summer 



Cercis . .Judas Tree, Red Bud 

 Cheiranthus . Wallflower 



Chelidonium . Celandine 



Chionanlhus . . Fringe Tree 



Chionodoxa . Glory of the Snow 



Chorizema . . Tango Plant 



Chrysanthemum Paris Daisy, 



Pyrethrum 

 Cistus . ... Rock Rose 



Cleome . .Giant Spider Plant 



Clianthus . Glory Pea, Parrot's Bill 

 Clitoria . . . Butterfly Pea 



Cocos . . . . Cocoanut 



