Herbs


Below are the common names of the 375 species of herbaceous plants known to occur in the Natural Area Teaching Laboratory, divided into forbs (broad-leaved plants) (n=274) and grasses, sedges and rushes (n=101).

Each name is linked to a record for the species that includes its scientific name, its status in NATL, and links to distribution maps, photographs, and further information. Because plants often have more than one common name, several species are here listed under more than one name.
Note: If you don’t find a two-word name under the first word, look for it under the second word. For example, you will find Mexican Tea under “Tea, Mexican.”

Forbs

Adam's Needle
Alexanders, Golden
Alligatorflag
Alligatorweed
Amaranth, Globe
Amaranth, Slim
Amaranth, Spiny
Apple, Gopher
Arrowhead, Broadleaf
Arrowhead, Bulltongue
Arrowhead, Common
Arrowhead, Threadleaf
Aster, Dixie
Aster, Eastern Silver
Aster, Rice Button
Aster, Whitetop
Asthmaweed
Bacopa, Lemon
Bean, Thicket
Bedstraw
Bedstraw, Coastal
Bedstraw, Hairy
Bedstraw, Stiff Marsh
Beebalm, Spotted
Beggarticks
Beggarweed, Florida
Betony, Florida
Bishop's-weed, Mock
Bittercrest, Pennsylvania
Blackeyed Susan
Blackroot
Bladderpod
Blanket, Indian
Blazing Star, Pinkscale
Bluecurls, Forked
Bluet, Roundleaf
Blue-eyed Grass, Annual
Blue-eyed Grass, Narrowleaf
Boneset, False
Bristlemallow, Carolina
Brookweed
Broom, Sweet
Buckwheat, Dogtongue Wild
Bully, Florida
Burnweed
Burr Clover
Burrmarigold
Bushbean, Wild
Bushmint, Clustered
Bushmint, Tropical
Butterflyweed
Buttonweed, Rough
Buttonweed, Shrubby False
Caesarweed
Camphorweed
Carpetweed, Green
Catalpa, Southern
Catchfly, Sleepy
Cattail, Broadleaf
Cattail, Southern
Chamber Bitter
Chickweed, Common
Chickweed, Indian
Chicory, Carolina Desert
Cleavers, Spring
Clover, Alyce
Clover, Burr
Clover, Field
Clover, Hop
Clover, Low Hop
Clover, Mexican Rough
Clover, Mexican Tropical
Clover, Red
Clover, Tick
Clover, White
Clover, White Sweet
Coffeeweed
Copperleaf, Field
Crabgrass, Southern
Crabweed, Hairy
Cranesbill, Carolina
Croton
Croton, Silver
Crownbeard, Costal Plain
Crownbeard, White
Daisy, False
Daisy, Smallhead Doll’s
Dandelion, Florida
Dasheen
Dayflower, Common
Dayflower, Whitemouth
Dewflower, Marsh
Dewflower, Nakedstem
Dock, Curly
Dock, Fiddle
Dock, Heartwing
Dock, Red-top
Dogfennel
Dwarfdandilion, Virginia
Elephantear, Arrowleaf
Elephantsfoot, Carolina
Elephantsfoot, Tall
Eryngo, Baldwin's
Everlasting, Pennsylvania
Everlasting, Sweet
False Aloe
Fanpetals, Common
Fingergrass, Weeping
Finger-rot

Fireweed
Firewheel
Fleabane, Prairie
Florida Bully
Florida Bully, Rufous
Flower, Oblongleaf Twin
Fogfruit, Turkey Tangle
Frostweed
Frostweed, Carolina
Frostweed, Pinebarren
Fumewort, Smallflower
Fumitory, Drug
Garlic, Fragrant False
Gayfeather, Pinkscale
Ginger, Bitter
Goat-weed
Goldenaster, Maryland
Goldenclub
Goldenrod, Canada
Goldenrod, Pinebarren
Goldenrod, Rubber
Goldenrod, Sweet
Goosegrass
Gopher Apple
Grassnut
Greendragon
Gromwell, False
Gromwell, Tuberous
Groundcherry, Cutleaf
Hairsedge, Capillary
Harlequin
Hawksbeard, Oriental False
Hawkweed
Hedgenettle, Florida
Henbit
Hoarypea, Rugel's
Hoarypea, Spiked
Hogpeanut, American
Horseweed, Canadian
Hyacinth, Common Water
Indian Blanket
Indianpipe
Indigo, Hairy
Indigo, Trailing
Innocence
Iris
Ironweed, Giant
Ironweed, Tall
Jicotea, Yerba de
Jio
Jointvetch, Sticky
Joyweed, Sessile
Juba’s Bush
Jute
Jute, Cuban
Knotweed, Denseflower
Lamb’s-Quarters
Leafcup, Hairy
Leafflower, Mascarene Island
Lespedeza, Tall
Lettuce, Canada
Lettuce, Grassleaf
Lettuce, Woodland
Licorice-weed
Lily, Peace
Mallow, Ironweed
Matchweed
Medick, Black
Milkvetch, Bearded
Milkweed, Butterfly
Milkweed, Clasping
Milkweed, Vine
Milkwort, Showy
Milles Graines, Flat-top
Mint, Musky
Monkey-Grass
Moss, Ball
Moss, Spanish
Nailwort, American
Nailwort, Baldwin's
Neckweed
Nightshade, American Black
Nightshade, Black
Orchid, Green-Fly
Painted-leaf
Palafox, Costal Plain
Parrot Feather
Parsley, Marsh
Partridgeberry
Pea, Partridge
Pea, Sensitive
Pea, Spurred Butterfly
Peanut, Perennial
Pellitory, Clustered
Pellitory, Florida
Pennywort, Floating Marsh
Pencilflower, Sidebeak
Pennywort, Marsh
Pennywort, Water
Pennywort, Whorled Marsh
Pepperweed, Virginia
Petunia, Britton’s Wild
Petunia, Carolina Wild
Phlox, Annual
Phlox, Downy
Phlox, Texas
Pickerelweed
Pigweed
Pimpernel, Moistbank
Pimpernel, Pineland
Pinweed, Hairy
Pinweed, Thymeleaf
Plantain, Virginia
Pokeweed
Ponysfoot, Carolina
Ponyweed, American
Poor Joe
Poppy, White Prickly
Poppymallow, Woodland
Prickly Pear, Florida
Pricklypoppy, Bluestem
Primrose, Common Evening
Primrose, Cutleaf Evening
Primrose Willow, Creeping
Primrose Willow, Mexican
Primrose Willow, Peruvian
Purse, Shepherd's
Purslane, Paraguayan
Purslane, Pink
Purslane Speedwell
Queen-devil
Radish, Wild
Rabbitbells
Ragweed
Rattlebox, Lanceleaf
Rattlebox, Low
Rattlebox, Showy
Rattlebox, Slenderleaf
Rattlebox, Smooth
Rattlebox, Yellow
Redroot, Carolina
Rockbell, Southern
Roseling, Grassleaf
Sandwort
Sage, Azure Blue
Sage, Lyreleaf
Sandmat
Sandmat, Pillpod
Sandwort, Thymeleaf
Savary, Browne's
Scaleseed, Roughfruit
Sensitive Brier
Sensitive Plant, Wild
Shyleaf
Savary, Browne's
Sicklepod
Skullcap, Rough
Smartweed, Bog
Smartweed, Dotted
Smartweed, Swamp
Snakeherb, Oblongleaf
Snakeroot, Canadian Black
Snakeroot, Hammock
Snakeroot, Virginia
Sowthistle, Common
Sowthistle, Spiny
Spanish Bayonet
Spanish Needles
Speedwell, Corn
Speedwell, Purslane
Spiderling, Red
Spiderwort, Ohio
Spurge, Fiddler’s
Spurge, Grassleaf
Squarestem, Snow
Stickywilly
Stripeseed, Pitted
Sunflower, Florida
Sunflower, Paleleaf Woodland
Sunflower, Southeastern
Sunflower, Stiff
Tanglehead, Sweet
Tail, Lizard's
Tansymustard, Western
Taro, Wild
Tasselflower, Red
Tea, Mexican
Thoroughwort, Lateflowering
Threeseed Mercury, Slender
Ticktrefoil, Dillenius’
Ticktrefoil, Florida
Ticktrefoil, Panicled
Ticktrefoil, Pinebarren
Ticktrefoil, Slimleaf
Toadflax, Canadian
Tomato, Husk
Tomato, Wild
Tread-softly
Vente Conmigo
Venus' Looking Glass
Vervain, Brazilian
Vervain, Purpletop
Vetch, Common
Vetch, Florida
Vetch, Sparrow
Violet, Early Blue
Violet, Florida
Water Milfoil, Parrotfeather
Water Spangles
Waterlilly, American White
Wireweed, Common
Wavyleaf Noseburn
Woodsorrel, Broadleaf
Woodsorrel, Creeping
Woodsorrel, Pink
Woodnettle, West Indian
Yam, Coco
Yankeeweed
Zarzabacoa Comun

Grasses, Sedges and Rushes

Arrowroot, Florida
Bahiagrass
Barnyardgrass
Basketgrass
Beaksedge, Short Bristle Horned
Beardgrass, Australian
Bentgrass, Winter
Bermudagrass
Bluegrass, Annual
Bluestem, Broomsedge
Bluestem, Bushy
Bluestem, Caucasian
Bluestem, Little
Bluestem, Splitbeard
Bristlegrass, African
Broomsedge, Bushy
Canarygrass, Timothy
Cane, Giant
Cattail, Common
Cattail, Southern
Centipedegrass
Cockspur, Coast
Cogongrass
Cordgrass, Sand
Crabgrass, Blanket
Crabgrass, Slender
Crabgrass, Southern
Crowfootgrass, Durban
Crowngrass, Pitchfork
Cutgrass, Giant
Elephantgrass
Fingergrass, Fourspike
Fingergrass, Pinewoods
Fingergrass, Weeping
Flatsedge, Baldwin’s
Flatsedge, Green
Flatsedge, Pinebarren
Flatsedge, Plukenett's
Flatsedge, Poorland
Flatsedge, Ricefield
Flatsedge, Strawcolored
Flatsedge, Swamp
Flatsedge, Tropical
Flatsedge, Woodrush
Flatsedge, Yellow
Fluffgrass, Carolina
Foxtail, Coastal
Foxtail, Knotweed
Foxtail, Yellow
Goosegrass, Indian
Guineagrass
Indiangrass, Lopsided
Indiangrass, Yellow
Johnsongrass
Lovegrass, Elliott's
Lovegrass, Feather
Lovegrass, Purple
Maidencane
Millet, Browntop
Muhly, Gulf Hairawn
Muhly, Nimblewill
Needlegrass, Blackseed
Nutgrass, Tall
Nutrush, Netted
Panicum, Beaked
Paspalum, Brownseed
Paspalum, Fringeleaf
Rabbitsfootgrass
Redtop, Tall
Roadgrass
Rhodesgrass
Rice, Jungle
Rice, Southern Wild
Rush, Bog
Rush, Elliot's
Rush, Forked
Rush, Lesser Creeping
Rush, Soft
Rush, Soft Needle
Ryegrass, Italian
Ryegrass, Italian
St. Augustinegrass
Sedge, Crested Greenhead
Sedge, False Hop
Sedge, Greater Bladder
Sedge, Hammock
Sedge, Longhair
Sedge, Long's
Sedge, Sandywoods
Sedge, Slender Woodland
Signalgrass, Broadleaf
Spikesedge, Asian
Smutgrass
Switchcane
Switchgrass
Tanglehead, Sweet
Ticklegrass
Torpedograss
Vaseygrass
Watergrass
Watergrass, Southern
Whitegrass
Wiregrass
Witchgrass, Bosc's
Witchgrass, Cypress
Witchgrass, Eggleaf
Witchgrass, Needleleaf
Witchgrass, Openflower
Witchgrass, Variable
Woodoats, Slender
Woodsgrass