Common plant names.

Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'a', listed by common name. Click a letter of the alphabet to see a list of plants with common names beginning with that letter. Alternatively click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by botanic name.

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Table: List of common names of plants along with their botanic/latin name equivalent.
Common name Botanic name
Aconite, Winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis 'Guinea Gold'
Adam's needle Yucca filamentosa 'Golden Sword'
African Bermuda grass Cynodon incompletus
African blackwood, Mpingo, Grenadilla, historically classified as African ebony Dalbergia melanoxylon
African daisy Arctotis
African daisy Arctotis 'Flame'
African daisy Arctotis 'Red Devil'
African Daisy, Rain Daisy, Cape Marigold, Osteospermum Dimorphotheca pluvialis
African lily Agapanthus 'Midnight Star'
African love grass, Weeping love grass Eragrostis curvula
African mallow, Cape mallow, dwarf hibiscus, false mallow Anisodontea capensis
African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis
African olive Olea africana
African Olive Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata
African violet Saintpaulia 'Moondust'
Agapanthus, African lily Agapanthus africanus 'Bressingham White'
Agapanthus, African blue lily, African lily Agapanthus africanus
Ageratum Ageratum 'Adriatic'
Ageratum, Floss flower Ageratum 'Blue Mink'
Ageratum, Floss flower, Mexican paintbrush Ageratum 'Blue Danube'
Agrimony Agrimonia
Agrimony Agrimonia eupatoria
Alder, Black Alder Alnus glutinosa
Alder buckthorn Frangula alnus
Alder buckthorn Rhamnus frangula
Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum
Alexandra palm, King palm Ptychosperma alexandrae
Allspice, Jamaica pepper Pimenta dioica
Aloe vera, Barbados aloe Aloe
Aloe vera Aloe vera
Alpine azalea, Trailing azalea Loiseleuria procumbens
Alpine cat's tail Phleum alpinum
Alpine foxtail Alopecurus borealis
Alpine lady's mantle, Lady's mantle Alchemilla alpina
Alpine meadow grass Poa alpina
Alpine poppy, Dwarf poppy, Poppy Papaver alpinum
Alpine poppy, Rhaetian Alps poppy, Dwarf poppy, Poppy Papaver alpinum subsp. rhaeticum
Alpine primula Primula marginata
Alpine rush Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Alpine squill Scilla bifolia
Alpine strawberry, Woodland strawberry Fragaria versca
Alpine wallflower Erysimum alpinum
Alum root Heuchera cylindrica
Alum root Heuchera cylindrica 'Greenfinch'
Alum root, Coral bells Heuchera
Alyssum Alyssum
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Carpet of Snow'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Golf Mix'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Little Dorrit'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Minimum'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Oriental Night'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Rosie O'Day'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Royal Carpet'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Snow Carpet'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Snow Crystals'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Snow Drift'
Alyssum Alyssum maritimum 'Wonderland'
Alyssum Alyssum saxatile var. compactum
Alyssum Alyssum saxatile
Alyssum Alyssum saxatile var. compactum 'Gold Dust'
Alyssum, Sweet alyssum Alyssum maritimum
Alyssum, Sweet alyssum Alyssum orientale
Amaranthus Amaranthus 'Molten Fire'
Amaranthus, Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel flower Amaranthus caudatus
Amaryllis, Horseman's star Amaryllis
Amaryllis Hippeastrum
Amaryllis Hippeastrum 'Benfica'
Amaryllis Hippeastrum 'Chistmas Gift'
Amaryllis Hippeastrum 'Dancing Queen'
Amaryllis Hippeastrum 'Lady Jane'
Amaryllis Hippeastrum 'Maestro'
Amaryllis Hippeastrum 'Orange Sovereign'
Amaryllis Hippeastrum Spider Group 'Evergreen'
Amaryllis Hippeastrum 'Magic Green'
American beech Fagus grandifolia
American blue-eyed grass Sisyrinchium montanum
American Boneset, March Sage Eupatorium perfoliatum
American fox sedge, Common fox sedge Carex vulpinoidea
American garlic Allium unifolium
American heath aster Aster ericoides
American lime, Basswood Tilia americana
American mahonia, Mahonia, Oregan grape Mahonia aquifolium
American marram Ammophila breviligulata
American needle grass Stipa neesiana
American pondweed Potamogeton epihydrus
American skink cabbage Lysichiton americanus
American slough grass Beckmannia syzigachne
American trout lily, Mahogany fawn lily Erythronium revolutum
American violet, Sweet white violet Viola blanda
Anemone Anemone blanda 'Blue Star'
Anemone Anemone blanda 'Radar'
Anemone, Garden anemone Anemone coronaria De Caen Group The Bride
Anemone Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert'
Anemone, Windflower Anemone x hybrida 'Königin Charlotte' ('Queen Charlotte')
Anemone, Windflower Anemone x hybrida 'Margarette'
Anemone Anemone x hybrida 'Elegance'
Anemone Anemone multifida
Anemone Anemone coronaria De Caen Group 'The Bride'
Angel Hair Macrochloa tenacissima
Angel wings, Sea cabbage Senecio candidans 'Angel Wings'
Angel's tears Brugmansia suaveolens
Angel's trumpet, Trumpet flower, Horn of plenty, Golden Angel's trumpet Brugmansia aurea
Angel's trumpets, Datura Brugmansia arborea 'Knightii'
Angel's trumpets, Tree datura Brugmansia
Angels' fishing rod Dierama pulcherrimum
Angular Solomon's-seal Polygonatum odoratum
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum
Annual beard grass Polypogon monspeliensis
Annual meadow grass Poa annua
Annual vernalgrass Anthoxanthum aristatum
Antwerp hollyhock, Fig-leaved hollyhock, Hollyhock Alcea ficifolia
Apothecary's rose Rosa gallica 'Versicolor'
Apothecary's rose, Old red damask, Red rose of Lancaster, Crimson damask rose, French rose Rosa gallica var. officinalis
Apple Malus domestica 'Elstar'
Apple Malus domestica 'Alison's Orange'
Apple Malus domestica 'Annie Elizabeth'
Apple Malus domestica 'Arthur Turner'
Apple Malus domestica 'Beauty of Bath'
Apple Malus domestica 'Blenheim Orange'
Apple Malus domestica 'Bolero'
Apple Malus domestica 'Bountiful'
Apple Malus domestica 'Bramley'
Apple Malus domestica 'Charles Ross'
Apple Malus domestica 'Charlotte'
Apple Malus domestica 'Chiver's Delight'
Apple Malus domestica 'Crawley Beauty'
Apple Malus domestica 'Crispin'
Apple Malus domestica 'Discovery'
Apple Malus domestica 'Egremont Russet'
Apple Malus domestica 'Ellison's Orange'
Apple Malus domestica 'Emneth Early'
Apple Malus domestica 'Fiesta'
Apple Malus domestica 'Flamenco'
Apple Malus domestica 'Gavin'
Apple Malus domestica 'George Cave'
Apple Malus domestica 'Glory of England'
Apple Malus domestica 'Greensleeves'
Apple Malus domestica 'Herefordshire Beefing'
Apple Malus domestica 'Howgate Wonder'
Apple Malus domestica 'James Grieve'
Apple Malus domestica 'Keswick Codlin'
Apple Malus domestica 'Kidd's Orange Red'
Apple Malus domestica 'King of the Pippins'
Apple Malus domestica 'Lanes Prince Albert'
Apple Malus domestica 'Laxton's Superb'
Apple Malus domestica 'Lord Derby'
Apple Malus domestica 'Newton Wonder'
Apple Malus domestica 'Ploka'
Apple Malus domestica 'Spartan'
Apple Malus domestica 'Sunset'
Apple Malus domestica 'Suntan'
Apple Malus domestica 'The Queen'
Apple Malus domestica 'Waltz'
Apple Malus domestica 'Worcester Pearmain'
Apple Malus domestica 'Braeburn'
Apple Malus domestica 'Tommy White'
Apple Malus domestica 'Ambassy'
Apple Malus domestica 'Lord Lambourne'
Apple Malus domestica 'Reverend W. Wilks'
Apple Malus domestica 'St. Edmund's Pippin'
Apple Malus domestica 'Falstaff'
Apple Malus domestica 'Katy'
Apple Malus domestica 'Meridian'
Apple Malus domestica 'Pinova'
Apple Malus domestica 'Queen Cox'
Apple Malus domestica 'Saturn'
Apple Malus domestica 'Winter Gem'
Apple Malus domestica 'Ashmead's Kernel'
Apple Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious'
Apple Malus domestica 'Royal Gala'
Apple Malus domestica 'Adams Pearmain'
Apple Malus domestica 'Veitch's Perfection'
Apple mint, Mint, Round-leaved mint Mentha rotundiflora
Apple mint, Round-leaved mint, Woolly mint Mentha suaveolens
Apple, Orchard apple Malus domestica
Apricot Prunus armeniaca
Aquilegia, Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris var. stellata 'Nora Barlow' (Barlow series Series)
Argentinian vervain Verbena bonariensis
Armstrong's Whipcord Hebe Hebe armstrongii
Arrow bamboo Pseudosasa japonica
Arrowhead Sagittaria sagittifolia
Artemisia, Western mugwort Artemisia ludoviciana
Arum lily Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Crowborough'
Arum lily Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Green Goddess'
Arum lily Zantedeschia aethiopica 'Little Gem'
Ash Fraxinus
Ash, Common ash Fraxinus excelsior
Asian birch Betula utilis var. jaquemontii
Asian firethorn Pyracantha rogersiana 'Flava'
Asian mahonia, Mahonia Mahonia japonica
Asian skunk-cabbage, White skunk cabbage Lysichiton camtschatcensis
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis 'Ariane'
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis 'Blacklim'
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis 'Connovers Colossal'
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis 'Jersey Giant'
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis 'Millennium'
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis 'Pacific 2000'
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis 'Purple Pacific'
Aspen Populus tremula
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Ada Ballard'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Crimson Brocade'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Eventide'
Aster Aster 'Giant Princess Azure Blue'
Aster Aster 'Giants of California'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Lady Frances'
Aster Aster 'Lady in Blue'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Rose Bonnet'
Aster Aster 'Single Giant'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Winston S Churchill'
Aster Aster cordifolius
Aster Aster cordifolius 'Little Carlow'
Aster Aster ericoides 'Ester'
Aster Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis'
Aster Aster novae-angliae 'Lou Williams'
Aster Aster novae-angliae 'Purple Dome'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Carnival'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Fellowship'
Aster Aster novi-belgii 'Marie Ballard'
Astilbe Astilbe
Astilbe Astilbe 'Fanal'
Astrantia Astrantia major 'Roma' PBR
Atlas Cedar, Blue Atlas Cedar Cedrus atlantica
Aubergine, Eggplant, Egg plant, Brinjal Solanum melongena
Aubergine, Egg plant Solanum melongena 'Long Purple'
Aubergine, Eggplant Solanum melongena 'Moneymaker'
Aubergine, Egg plant Solanum melongena 'Ophelia'
Aubergine, Egg plant Solanum melongena 'Pintung Long'
Aubergine, Egg plant, Brinjal Solanum melongena 'Baby Belle'
Aubergine, Eggplant Solanum melongena 'Scorpio' F1 hybrid
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia Aubrieta 'Elsa Lancaster'
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia Aubrieta
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia Aubrieta Large flowered hybrids
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia Aubrieta deltoidea
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia Aubrieta 'Argenteovariegata' AGM
Aubretia, Rock cress, Aubrieta, Aubrietia Aubrieta 'Barker’s Double'
Aunt aliza Crocosmia paniculata
Auricula, Mountian Cowslip, Alpine auricula, Primula Primula auricula
Australian tree fern, Soft tree fern, Common tree fern Dicksonia antarctica
Australian tree fern, Soft tree fern Balantium antarcticum
Australian tree fern, Cooper's tree fern, Tree fern Cyathea cooperi
Austrian copper Rosa foetida 'Bicolor'
Austrian pine Pinus nigra var. austriaca
Austrian yellow Rosa foetida
Autumn cherry, Winter-flowering cherry, Rosebud cherry Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis'
Autumn crocus Crocus nudiflorus
Autumn daffodil, Winter daffodil Sternbergia lutea
Autumn fern, Japanese painted fern Dryopteris erythrosora
Autumn lady's tresses Spiranthes spiralis
Autumn squill Scilla autumnalis
Avens Geum
Avens Geum 'Totally Tangerine' PBR
Avens Geum coccineum 'Werner Arends'
Avens Geum 'Coral Tempest'
Avens, Geum Geum 'Lady Stratheden'
Awned Canary grass Phalaris paradoxa
Azalea Azalea 'Bodnant Red'
Azalea Azalea 'Curlew'
Azalea Rhododendron 'Bodnant Red'
Azalea Rhododendron 'Curlew'
Azoricus thyme Thymus caespititius

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