Common plant names.
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'W', 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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| Common name | Botanic name |
|---|---|
| Wall barley | Hordeum murinum |
| Wall germander | Teucrium x lucidrys |
| Wall-rocket | Diplotaxis |
| Wall-spray | Cotoneaster horizontalis |
| Wall-spray | Cotoneaster horizontalis 'Tangstedt' |
| Wallflower | Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve' |
| Wallflower, Perennial wallflower | Erysimum |
| Wallich milk parsley | Selinum wallichianum |
| Walnut | Juglans regia |
| Wandering Jew, Small-leaf spiderwort | Tradescantia fluminensis |
| Water bent, Beardless rabbit's foot grass | Polypogon viridis |
| Water buttercup, Ivy-leaved crowfoot | Ranunculus hederaceous |
| Water finger grass | Paspalum distichum |
| Water forget-me-not | Myosotis scorpioides |
| Water hyacinth | Eichhornia crassipes |
| Water lettuce | Pistia stratiotes |
| Water lily, Waterlily | Nymphaea |
| Water lily, Waterlily | Nymphaea 'James Brydon' |
| Water lily, Waterlily | Nymphaea 'Magnolia' |
| Water lily, Waterlily | Nymphaea 'Marliacea Carnea' |
| Water lily, Waterlily | Nymphaea 'Rosennymph' |
| Water lily, Waterlily | Nymphaea 'William Shaw' |
| Water lily, Waterlily | Nymphaea alba |
| Water milfoil | Myriophyllum propium |
| Water mint, Fish mint | Mentha aquatica |
| Water sedge | Carex aquatilis |
| Water soldier | Stratiotes aloides |
| Water Violet, Featherfoil | Hottonia palustris |
| Watercress, Yellowcress | Nasturtium officinale |
| Wavy hair grass | Deschampsia flexuosa |
| Wavy meadow grass | Poa flexuosa |
| Wax begonia | Begonia semperflorens |
| Wayfaring tree | Viburnum lantana |
| Wedding cake tree, Variegated table dogwood | Cornus controversa 'Variegata' |
| Weeping beech | Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula' |
| Weeping fig, Benjamin's fig | Ficus benjamina |
| Weeping hawthorn | Crataegus monogyna 'Pendula' |
| Weeping hornbeam | Carpinus betulus 'Pendula' |
| Weeping pear, Willow-leaved pear | Pyrus salicifolia 'Pendula' |
| Weeping purple beech, Weeping beech | Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula' |
| Weeping Yoshino cherry | Prunus x yedoensis 'Shidare-Yoshino' |
| Weigela | Weigela |
| Welsh onion, Japanese bunching onion | Allium fistulosum |
| Western brome | Bromus marginata |
| Western coneflower, Rudbeckia | Rudbeckia occidentalis 'Green Wizard' |
| Western coneflower, Rudbeckia | Rudbeckia occidentalis |
| Western gorse | Ulex gallii |
| Western hemlock | Tsuga heterophylla |
| Western marsh orchid | Dactylorhiza majalis |
| Western mugwort | Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis' |
| Western red ceder | Thuja plicata |
| Western red ceder | Thuja plicata 'Fastigiata' |
| Wheel tree | Trochodendron aralioides |
| White asphodel | Asphodelus albus |
| White beak sedge | Rhynchospora alba |
| White birch, European white birch, Downy birch, Moor birch | Betula pubescens |
| White campion | Silene latifolia |
| White helleborine | Cephalanthera damasonium |
| White Jacob's ladder | Polemonium caeruleum var. alba |
| White laceflower | Orlaya grandiflora |
| White Lupin, Egyptian Lupin, Wolf Bean | Lupinus albus |
| White mulberry | Morus alba |
| White muskmallow | Malva moschata 'Alba' |
| White nettle, White dead-nettle | Lamium album |
| White poplar | Populus alba |
| White rose of York | Rosa x alba 'Celestial' |
| White sedge | Carex curta |
| White snakeroot, Snakeroot | Ageratina altissima |
| White snakeroot, Snakeroot, boneset | Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate' |
| White spruce | Picea glauca |
| White thyme, White-flowered creeping thyme | Thymus serpyllum var. albus |
| White willow | Salix alba |
| White wood aster | Eurybia divaricata |
| White wood rush | Luzula luzuloides |
| White-barked Himalayan birch | Betula jacquemontii |
| White-flowered rose campion, White rose campion, White corn rose | Lychnis coronaria 'Alba' |
| White-flowered shrubby penstemon | Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri 'Albus' |
| White-Stemmed Bramble | Rubus cockburnianus |
| Whitebeam | Sorbus aria var. hostii |
| Whitebeam | Sorbus aria 'Magnifica' |
| Whitebeam | Sorbus aria |
| Whitecurrant | Ribes |
| Whorl-grass | Catabrosa aquatica |
| Whorled Solomon's-seal | Polygonatum verticillatum |
| Wild garlic, Ransoms, Wood garlic | Allium ursinum |
| Wild ginger | Asarum europaeum |
| Wild gladiolus | Gladiolus illyricus |
| Wild leek | Allium ampeloprasum |
| Wild oat | Avena fatua |
| Wild rocket | Diplotaxis tenuifolia |
| Wild service tree | Sorbus torminalis |
| Wild thyme, Creeping thyme, Thyme | Thymus serpyllum |
| Wild tulip | Tulipa sylvestris |
| Willow | Salix |
| Willow | Salix alba var. vitellina 'Britzensis' |
| Willow, Goat willow, Pussy willow | Salix caprea |
| Windflower | Anemone blanda |
| Windflower, Wood anemone, Anemone of Great Britain | Anemone nemerosa 'Robinsoniana' |
| Windmill palm | Trachycarpus takil |
| Wingstem, Golden honeyplant, Winged ironweed | Verbesina alternifolia |
| Winter aconite | Eranthis hyemalis |
| Winter honeysuckle | Lonicera standishii |
| Winter jasmine, Yingchun, Yellow winter jasmine | Jasminum nudiflorum |
| Winter savory | Satureja montana |
| Winter wild oat | Avena sterilis |
| Winter-flowering cherry, Rosebud cherry | Prunus x subhirtella 'Autumnalis Rosea' |
| Winter-flowering honeysuckle | Lonicera x purpusii |
| Winter-flowering honeysuckle, Christmas box, Sweet box | Sarcococca |
| Winter-flowering iris, Algerian iris, Algerian winter iris | Iris unguicularis |
| Winter-flowering pansy | Viola x wittrockiana (Universal series Series) |
| Winter-flowering pansy | Viola x wittrockiana 'Fizzy Lemonberry' |
| Winter-flowering pansy | Viola x wittrockiana 'Raspberry Sundae' |
| Wintergreen, Checkerberry | Gaultheria procumbens |
| Wintersweet | Chimonanthus praecox |
| Wire-netting bush | Corokia cotoneaster |
| Wisteria | Wisteria |
| Witch alder | Fothergilla monticola |
| Witch hazel | Hamamelis x intermedia |
| Witch hazel | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane' |
| Witch hazel | Hamamelis x intermedia 'Vesna' |
| Witch hazel | Hamamelis mollis 'Pallida' |
| Witch hazel, Chinese witch hazel | Hamamelis mollis |
| Witch's butter, Yellow brain fungus, Jelly fungus | Tremella mesenterica |
| Woad | Isatis tinctoria |
| Wolfsbane | Aconitum lycoctonum |
| Wolfsbane, Monkshood | Aconitum |
| Wood aster | Aster divaricatus |
| Wood barley | Hordelymus europaeus |
| Wood club rush | Scirpus sylvaticus |
| Wood fescue | Festuca altissima |
| Wood lily, Trillium | Trillium grandiflorum |
| Wood meadow grass | Poa nemoralis |
| Wood Melick | Melica uniflora |
| Wood millet | Milium effusum |
| Wood sage | Teucrium scorodonia |
| Wood sedge | Carex sylvatica |
| Wood small-reed | Calamagrostis epigejos |
| Wood spurge | Euphorbia robbiae |
| Woolley lavender | Lavandula x chaytoriae 'Richard Gray' |
| Woolly lavender, Lavender | Lavandula lanata |
| Woolly lavender, Lavender | Lavandula lanata 'Richard Gray' |
| Woolly willow | Salix lanata |
| Wormwood | Artemisia |
| Wormwood | Artemisia absinthium |
| Wormwood | Artemisia absinthium 'Lambrook Silver' |
| Wych elm | Ulmus glabra |
