Common Names of Plants - Click name for more information

A	F	M	S
African dropseed	false daisy	macadamia nut	Sacramento bur
African tulip tree	false mallow	Madagascar periwinkle	sadlera fern
'ahea,	false sandalwood	Madeira vine	sandalwood
'aheahea	false staghorn	mahoe	sawsedge
'ahewahewa	fingergrass	mahoe	scaly swordfern
alaweo	fireweed	maile-scented fern	scarlet pimpernel
aloe	fir-leaved celery	Malayan banyan	sea bean
air plant	five-finger maidenhair	Malayan orchid	sea grape
algaroba	flatsedges	Malay apple	sea hibiscus
alligator pear	fleabane	mango	seashore rushgrass
annual bluegrass	Flora's paintbrush	mangrove	seaside heliotrope
annual saltmarsh aster	Florida beggarweed	Manila tamarind	seaside mahoe
apple of Sodom	Florida hopbush	marijuana	sedges
Arabian coffee	forked fimbry	marsh fleabane	sensitive plant
Asian nakedwood	Formosa koa	marsh pennywort	shampoo ginger
Asian snakewood	four-o'clock	Mauritius hemp	sheepgrass
Asiatic pennywort	foxtail	mayweed	shoreline seapurslane
asparagus fern	fringed orchid	McCoy grass	sickle spleenwort
asplenium	fuzzy rattlepod	meadow ricegrass	silkoak
Australian saltbush		mesquite	silky oak
autograph tree	G	Mexican creeper	silverfern
avocato	garden spurge	Mexican fire plant	silver oak
'aweoweo	giant toad plant	Mexican poppy	small yellow crown-beard
	giant uluhe	molasses grass	smartweed
B	Glenwood grass	monkeypod	smooth pricklypoppy
balsam pear	glorybush	moon flower	smooth rattlepod
bamboo fern	glossy nightshade		smutgrass,
	golden beardgrass	mountain apple	sourbush
banana	goldfern	mountain rose	sourgrass
basketgrass	goosefoot	mulberry	soursop
basora-prieta	goose grass		sow thistle
barnyard grass	gray fern	N	Spanish clover
beach dropseed	gray nickers	narrow-leaved carpetgrass	spiderling
beach morning glory	guinea grass	narrow-leaved plantain,	spider lily
beach naupaka		Natal redtop	spikegrass
beach pea	H	native cudweed	spikerush
beach vitex	hairgrass	native yellow purslane	spiny amaranth
beaksedge	hairy abutilon	nettleleaf velvetberry	spleenwort
beardgrass	hairy honohono	New Zealand laurel	spreading mist flower
beggartick	hairy horseweed	New Zealand spinach	spurflower
Bermuda grass	hairy Indian mallow	niruri	stag's tongue
bird's nest fern	hairy spurge	nodeweed	stag's tongue fern
bittercress	hairy stag's tongue		St. Augustine grass
	hammock fern	O	St. John's wort
bitter herb,	Hawaiian bow fern	Oahu wormwood	sticky snakeroot
bitter yam	Hawaiian moon flower	octopus tree	strawberry guava
black nightshade	Hawaiian prickly poppy	oleander	Surinam cherry
blanket flower	Hawaiian schiedea	oriental hawksbeard	swamp cyclosorus
bloodflower	Hawai'i desert-thorn		swamp mahogany
bloodwood	Hawaii potato fern	P	sweet alyssum
blue rat's-tail	hedgehog gourd	palai	sweet clockvine
bracken fern	heliotrope	palm fern	sweet potato
branched spikemoss	henbit	papaya	swinecress
brass bottons	Henry's crabgrass	paperbark	swollen fingergrass
Brazilian peppertree	Hilo grass	partridge pea	sword fern
breadfruit	hibiscus	passion fruit	Sydney blue gum
broad-leaved plaintain	hollyfern	paper mulberry
brome fescue	hopbush	pepperwort	T
bromegrass	hopseed bush	Philippine orchid	tamarind
broomsedge	horseweed	Philippine violet	taro
buckthorn	I	pigweed	tarweed
bufflegrass	Indian almond	pigweed	teasel gourd
buffalo grass	Indian mulberry	pine	thatching grass
bull thistle		pitanga	thimbleberry
bulrush	Indian shot	pokeweed	thistle
bur bush	indigo	pololo	thyme-leaved sandwort
buttercup	ironweed	Portia tree	thyme-leaved speedwell
butterfly weed	itchy crabgrass	portiatree,	tickclover
		pot	toad rush
C	J	prickly fanpetals	tree fern
candle bush	Jamaica vervain	prickly Florida blackberry	tropical almond
candlenut	jambolan plum	prickly pear	tropical ash
canna	Japanese mat rush	prickly sida	twigrush
carpetgrass	Java plum	pride-of-India
castor bean	jewel orchid	primrose willow	U
cat's ear	Jimson weed	prostrate spurge	uhaloa
century plant	Job's tears	purple cudweed
chamomile			V
cheese weed	K	R	Vasey grass
cherry tomato	kaha'iha'i	rabbit-foot clover	Venus hair
chick weed	karakanut	rabbit's-foot fern	vernalgrass
chili clover	kauna'oa	radiate fingergrass	vervain
Chinaberry	kauna'oa kahakai	rasp fern
China laurel	kauna'oa lei	rattlepod	W
Chinese banyan	kauno'a	rattlesnake weed	watercress
Chinese violet	kava	red mangrove	water hyssop
chisme	Kentucky bluegrass	reedgrass	West Indian dropseed,
Christella cyatheoides	kihifern	ricegrass	West Indian sage
Christmasberry	klu	rose	whisk fern
Christmas tree clubmoss	kiss me quick	rose apple	white ginger
clubmoss	kiss-me-quick	royal spleenwort	white passion flower
coast sandalwood	knotweed,	rush	white thunbergia
coat buttons	Koster's curse		widgeon grass
cocklebur	kyllinga		wild bean
cock's-spur grass			wild ginger
coconut
coffee senna	L		wild poinsetta
Colombian cuphea	lace fern		wild portulaca,
comb hyptis	lacy spleenwort		woodland false buttonweed
common chickweed	lama		wood rush
common guava	lamb's quarters		wood sorrel
common ironwood	life plant
common maidenhair	lion's ear		X
common mouse-ear chickweed	little quaking grass
common plantain	logwood		Y
common purslane	loosestrife		yellow alder
common rush	loulu palm		yellow dock
common sandbur	lovegrass
common sword fern			yellow foxtail
common velvet grass			yellow ginger
Cook Island pine			yellow llima
corn speedwell			yellow wood sorrel
cow pea
crabgrass			Z
creeping kukaepua'a			zulu-giant
crown-beard
crown flower
cultivated tobacco
curly dock
D
daisy fleabane
Dallis grass
dandelion
date palm
Deptford pink
devil's gut
ditchgrass
dog tail
dogweed
downy wood fern
duckweed
dwarf naupaka
dwarf plantain
E
elama
elephant's foot
European centaury
everlasting

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