Common Names of Perennials

Here is a list of some of the common names of our perennials.  The botanical genus of the plant is listed in parentheses to help you locate the plant.

Archangel  (Lamiastrum)

Balloon Flower  (Platycodon)

Beard Tongue  (Penstemon)

Bee Balm  (Monarda) 

Bellflower  (Campanula)

Blackberry Lily  (Belamcanda)

Blackeyed Susan  (Rudbeckia)

Blanket Flower  (Gaillardia)

Bleeding Heart  (Dicentra)

Blue Myrtle  (Vinca)

Bugle Weed  (Ajuga)

Butterfly Weed  (Asclepias)

Candytuft  (Iberis)

Cardinal Flower  (Lobelia)

Catmint  (Nepeta)

Chameleon Plant  (Houttuynia) 

Columbine  (Aquilegia)

Coneflower  (Echinacea)

Coral Bell  (Heuchera)

Cranesbill  (Geranium)

Creeping Jenny  (Lysimachia)

Culver's Root  (Veronicastrum)

Daylily  (Hemerocallis)

Evening Primrose  (Oenothera)

False Indigo  (Baptisia)

False Spirea  (Astilbe)

Gayfeather  (Liatris)

Hens and Chicks  (Sempervivum)

Hyssop  (Agastache)

Jacob's Ladder  (Polemonium)

Joe Pye Weed  (Eupatorium)

Lady's mantle  (Alchemilla)

Lamb's Ear  (Stachys)

Leadwort  (Ceratostigma)

Lily Turf  (Liriope)

Lungwort  (Pulmonaria)

Mallow  (Hibiscus)

Maltese Cross  (Lychnis)

Meadow Sage  (Salvia)

Milk Weed  (Asclepias)

Mugwort  (Artemisia)

Nettle  (Lamium)

Obedient Plant  (Physostegia)

Periwinkle  (Vinca)

Pigsqueak  (Bergenia)

Pincushion Flower  (Scabiosa)

Pinks  (Dianthus)

Poker Plant  (Knifophia)

Ragged Robin  (Lychnis)

Russian Sage  (Perovskia)

Sage  (Salvia, Perovskia)

Shasta Daisy  (Leucanthemum)

Silver and Gold  (Ajania)

Snakeroot  (Cimicifuga)

Snow in Summer  (Cerastium)

Speedwell  (Veronica)

Spiderwort  (Tradescantia)

Star Flower  (Amsonia)

Stonecrop  (Sedum)

Sweet Woodruff  (Galium)

Thrift  (Armeria)

Thyme  (Thymus)

Tickseed  (Coreopsis)

Toadlily  (Tricyrtis)

Turtlehead  (Chelone)

Vervain  (Verbena)

Violet  (Viola)

Wormwood  (Artemisia)

Yarrow  (Achillea)

Botanical Name Index