IPCW | Common Names

Common Name: The plants are listed in alphabetical order by the most often used common name. Click on the scientific name for more information about the plant. You may also use the “search” box above to find a plant by name or any attribute such as “thorn” or “tuber”.


Tamarix spp.


Ailanthus altissima

ailanthus; tree-of-heaven


Aptenia cordifolia

apple, baby sun rose, heartleaf iceplant, dew plant


Cynara cardunculus

artichoke thistle, cardoon, desert artichoke, wild artichoke


Atriplex semibaccata

Australian saltbush


Bassia hyssopifolia

bassia, five-hook bassia, thorn orache, five-horn smotherweed


Robinia pseudoacacia

black locust


Eucalyptus globulus

blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum, common eucalyptus


Schinus terebinthifolius

Brazilian pepper tree, Christmas-berry tree, Christmasberry, Florida holly


Retama monosperma

bridal veil broom


Cirsium vulgare

bull thistle, spear thistle


Alhagi pseudalhagi

camelthorn, camels thorn, camel-thorn, Caspian manna, Persian manna


Cirsium arvense

Canada thistle, California thistle, creeping thistle, corn thistle, perennial thistle, field thistle


Arctotheca calendula

capeweed, South African capeweed, cape dandelion, cape gold


Ricinus communis

castor bean


Bromus tectorum

cheatgrass, downy brome, downy cheat, downy chess, early chess, drooping brome, cheatgrass brome, wild oats, military grass


Spartina anglica

common cordgrass


Verbascum thapsus

common mullein, wooly mullein, great mullein, mullein, Jacob’s staff, flannel leaf, velvet plant, candlewick plant, lung wort, felt wort


Cotoneaster spp.

cotoneaster, silverleaf cotoneaster, rockspray cotoneaster


Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

crystalline iceplant, common iceplant


Erechtites spp.

cutleaf fireweed, cutleaf burnweed, New Zealand fireweed, Australian burnweed; Australian fireweed, little fireweed, coastal burnweed, Australian burnweed


Spartina densiflora

dense-flowered cordgrass


Ficus carica

edible fig, common fig


Egeria densa

egeria, leafy elodea, dense waterweed, Brazilian waterweed, anacharis, Brazilian elodea


Hedera helix

English ivy


Ageratina adenophora

eupatory, Crofton weed, sticky snakeroot, catweed, hemp agrimony, sticky agrimony, sticky eupatorium


Myriophyllum spicatum

Eurasian watermilfoil, spike watermilfoil


Ammophila arenaria

European beachgrass


Foeniculum vulgare

fennel, anise, sweet fennel, aniseed, sweet anise, sweet fennel


Pennisetum setaceum

fountain grass, crimson fountaingrass


Digitalis purpurea

foxglove, purple foxglove


Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens

foxtail chess; red brome, compact brome, Spanish brome


Genista monspessulana

French broom, soft broom, canary broom, Montpellier broom


Tamarix gallica

French tamarisk


Delairea odorata

German ivy


Arundo donax

giant reed, giant cane


Ulex europaea

gorse, common gorse


Halogeton glomeratus

halogeton


Phalaris aquatica

Harding grass


Helichrysum petiolare

helichrysum, licorice plant


Carpobrotus edulis

highway iceplant, Hottentot fig, iceplant


Rubus discolor

Himalayan blackberry, Himalayaberry


Hydrilla verticillata

hydrilla, water thyme, Florida elodea


Carduus pycnocephalus

Italian thistle, slender thistle, shore thistle, Italian plumeless thistle


Cortaderia jubata

jubata grass, pampas grass, Andes grass, selloa pampas grass, cortaderia, pink pampas grass, purple pampas grass


Euphorbia esula

leafy spurge, wolf’s milk


Cardaria chalepensis

lens-podded hoary cress


Schismus spp.

Mediterranean grass, Arabian schismus, schismus, split grass


Bellardia trixago

Mediterranean linseed, garden bellardia


Taeniatherum caput-medusae

medusahead


Myoporum
laetum

myoporum, ngaio tree (New Zealand)


Conicosia pugioniformis

narrow-leafed iceplant, false iceplant, conicosia


Tamarix chinensis

none


Leucanthemum vulgare

ox-eye daisy, marguerite, moon daisy, dog daisy


Cortaderia selloana

pampas grass, Uruguayan pampas grass


Myriophyllum aquaticum

parrot’s feather, parrot feather watermilfoil, Brazilian water milfoil


Mentha pulegium

pennyroyal


Lepidium latifolium

perennial pepperweed; tall white top, broadleaved pepperweed


Ehrharta spp.

perennial veldt grass; ehrharta, panic veldt grass; annual veldt grass


Vinca major

periwinkle, bigleaf periwinkle


Conium maculatum

poison hemlock, carrot fern, poison parsley, spotted hemlock


Cytisus striatus

Portuguese broom


Lythrum salicaria

purple loosestrife


Centaurea calcitrapa

purple starthistle, red star thistle, red starthistle, St. Barnaby’s thistle, golden starthistle


Elaeagnus angustifolia

Russian olive, oleaster


Brassica tournefortii

Sahara mustard, Asian mustard


Spartina patens

salt-meadow cordgrass


Cytisus scoparius

Scotch broom, English broom, common broom


Crataegus monogyna

single-seed hawthorn, whitethorn


Tamarix parviflora

smallflower tamarisk, tamarisk, four-stamen tamarisk


Spartina alterniflora

smooth cordgrass


Spartium junceum

Spanish broom, gorse, weaver’s broom


Tamarix ramosissima

tamarisk, saltcedar


Senecio jacobaea

tansy ragwort, stinking willie


Centaurea melitensis

tocolote, Maltese star thistle, Napa star thistle, Malta starthistle


Eichhornia crassipes

water hyacinth, common water hyacinth


Cardaria draba

white top, perennial pepper-grass, heart-podded hoary cress, pepperwort, white-top, pepperweed whitetop, hoary cress, whitetop, white weed


Lupinus arboreus

yellow bush lupine, coastal bush lupine


Centaurea solstitialis

yellow starthistle