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| Common Name | Other Names | Scientific Name | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| cabbage | Brassica oleracea | Brassicaceae | |
| cabbage palmetto | cabbage palm | Sabal palmetto | Arecaceae |
| caley pea | singletary pea | Lathyrus hirsutus | Fabaceae |
| calico aster | farewell-summer | Symphyotrichum lateriflorum | Asteraceae |
| california bulrush | Schoenoplectus californicus | Cyperaceae | |
| callery pear | Pyrus calleryana | Rosaceae | |
| camphor daisy | Rayjacksonia phyllocephala | Asteraceae | |
| camphortree | camphor tree, camphor laurel | Cinnamomum camphora | Lauraceae |
| camphorweed | Heterotheca subaxillaris | Asteraceae | |
| canada goldenrod | canadian goldenrod, common goldenrod, giant goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | Asteraceae |
| canada goldenrod | tall goldenrod, late goldenrod, canadian goldenrod | Solidago altissima | Asteraceae |
| canadian blacksnakeroot | black snakeroot | Sanicula canadensis | Apiaceae |
| canadian clearweed | canada clearweed, clearweed | Pilea pumila | Urticaceae |
| canadian horseweed | horseweed, horseweed fleabane, mares tail, canada horseweed, marestail, lani wela, hogweed, butterweed | Conyza canadensis | Asteraceae |
| canadian louse-wort | common lousewort, early lousewort, canadian lousewort, wood betony, woody-betony, woody betony, wood betony | Pedicularis canadensis | Scrophulariaceae |
| canadian milkvetch | canada milkvetch, canadian milk-vetch | Astragalus canadensis | Fabaceae |
| canadian wildginger | canadian wild ginger, wild ginger | Asarum canadense | Aristolochiaceae |
| canadian woodnettle | canada lettuce, canada wood-nettle, canada woodnettle, wood nettle, wood-nettle | Laportea canadensis | Urticaceae |
| canby's bulrush | Schoenoplectus etuberculatus | Cyperaceae | |
| cancerweed | lyreleaf sage, lyre-leaf sage, cancer weed, cancer-weed | Salvia lyrata | Lamiaceae |
| canna lily (cultivated) | Canna x generalis | Cannaceae | |
| canteloupe | muskmelon, cantaloupe | Cucumis melo | Cucurbitaceae |
| capillary hairsedge | Bulbostylis ciliatifolia | Cyperaceae | |
| cardinal-flower | cardinal flower | Lobelia cardinalis | Campanulaceae |
| caroliana sedge | Carex caroliniana | Cyperaceae | |
| carolina bristle-mallow | carolina modiola, carolina bristlemallow, carolina modiola | Modiola caroliniana | Malvaceae |
| carolina buckthorn | carolina false buckthorn, yellow buckthorn, indian cherry, yellowwood, polecat-tree | Rhamnus caroliniana | Rhamnaceae |
| carolina canary grass | carolina canarygrass, maygrass | Phalaris caroliniana | Poaceae |
| carolina coralbead | redberry moonseed, carolina snailseed, carolina moonseed, red berried moonseed, carolina red berried moonseed, coralbead | Cocculus carolinus | Menispermaceae |
| carolina crane's-bill | carolina geranium, wild geranium, carolina cranesbill | Geranium carolinianum | Geraniaceae |
| carolina desert-thorn | carolina wolfberry, creeping wolfberry, christmas berry | Lycium carolinianum | Solanaceae |
| carolina elephantsfoot | Elephantopus carolinianus | Asteraceae | |
| carolina false vervain | carolina vervain | Stylodon carneus | Verbenaceae |
| carolina fanwort | green cabomba, fish-grass, washington-grass, carolina watershield, washington-plant, fanwort | Cabomba caroliniana | Cabombaceae |
| carolina foxtail | tufted meadow-foxtail, foxtail grass, foxtail | Alopecurus carolinianus | Poaceae |
| carolina frostweed | Helianthemum carolinianum | Cistaceae | |
| carolina grasswort | Lilaeopsis carolinensis | Apiaceae | |
| carolina holly | sand holly | Ilex ambigua | Aquifoliaceae |
| carolina jasmine | carolina jessamine, evening trumpetflower, yellow jessamine, poor man's rope | Gelsemium sempervirens | Loganiaceae |
| carolina larkspur | blue larkspur, prairie larkspur, espuela del caballero | Delphinium carolinianum | Ranunculaceae |
| carolina laurelcherry | cherry laurel, carolina cherry laurel, laurel cherry | Prunus caroliniana | Rosaceae |
| carolina lily | carolina-lily, turk's-cap, | Lilium michauxii | Liliaceae |
| carolina mosquitofern | fern azolla, pacific azolla, pacific mosquitofern, eastern mosquitofern | Azolla filliculoides | Azollaceae |
| carolina nightshade | carolina horsenettle, horsenettle, apple of sodom, bull nettle, devil's tomato, sand briar, carolina horse-nettle, ball-nettle | Solanum carolinense | Solanaceae |
| carolina ponysfoot | grass ponysfoot | Dichondra carolinensis | Convolvulaceae |
| carolina puccoon | hairy puccoon, hispid gromwell, prairie puccoon | Lithospermum caroliniense | Boraginaceae |
| carolina redroot | Lachnanthes caroliana | Haemodoraceae | |
| carolina rose | pasture rose | Rosa carolina | Rosaceae |
| carolina spider-lily | carolina spiderlily, northern spiderlily, sea-daffodil | Pancratium maritimum | Liliaceae |
| carolina thimble-weed | carolina anemone, carolina thimbleweed, southern thimbleweed, prairie anemone | Anemone caroliniana | Ranunculaceae |
| carolina wild petunia | Ruellia caroliniensis | Acanthaceae | |
| carolina willow | coastal plain willow, long-pedicelled willow | Salix caroliniana | Salicaceae |
| carolina woollywhite | old plainsman | Hymenopappus scabiosaeus | Asteraceae |
| carolina yelloweyed grass | carolina yellow-eyed-grass | Xyris caroliniana | Xyridaceae |
| castorbean | higuerilla | Ricinus communis | Euphorbiaceae |
| cat greenbrier | sawbrier, wild sarsaparilla, cat-brier, saw-brier | Smilax glauca | Smilacaceae |
| catchfly grass | catchfly-grass | Leersia lenticularis | Poaceae |
| catchfly prairie gentian | catchfly prairie-gentian, catchfly prairiegentian, bluebell gentian, western blue gentian, blue marsh lily, small bluebell, catchfly gentian, seaside gentian | Eustoma exaltatum | Gentianaceae |
| catchweed bedstraw | bedstraw, cleavers, cleaverwort, scarthgrass, white hedge, goose grass, sticky-willy, stickywilly | Galium aparine | Rubiaceae |
| catclaw sensitive briar | porcupine mimosa | Mimosa hystricina | Fabaceae |
| cat-claw vine | Macfadyena unguis-cati | Bignoniaceae | |
| catclaw vine | claw vine | Dolichandra unguis-cati | Bignoniaceae |
| catnip | Nepeta cataria | Lamiaceae | |
| caucasian bluestem | australian beardgrass | Bothriochloa bladhii | Poaceae |
| cayenne pepper | chile pequin, chile petin, bird pepper, turkey pepper | Capsicum annuum | Solanaceae |
| cedar elm | fall elm, olmo | Ulmus crassifolia | Ulmaceae |
| cemetery iris | Iris albicans | Iridaceae | |
| centella | erect centella, erect spadeleaf | Centella asiatica | Apiaceae |
| centipede grass | Eremochloa ophiuroides | Poaceae | |
| chaffseed | american chaffseed | Schwalbea americana | Scrophulariaceae |
| chaffweed | Anagallis minima | Primulaceae | |
| chairmaker's bulrush | american bulrush, olney bulrush, schoenoplectus, olney three-square | Schoenoplectus americanus | Cyperaceae |
| chalk maple | white-bark maple | Acer leucoderme | Aceraceae |
| changing forget-me-not | yellowandblue forget-me-not, yellow and blue scorpion grass | Myosotis discolor | Boraginaceae |
| chayote | Sechium edule | Cucurbitaceae | |
| checkered jointtail grass | Mnesithea tessellata | Poaceae | |
| cherokee rose | Rosa laevigata | Rosaceae | |
| cherokee sedge | Carex cherokeensis | Cyperaceae | |
| cherrybark oak | texas oak | Quercus pagoda | Fagaceae |
| chickasaw plum | sandhill plum | Prunus angustifolia | Rosaceae |
| chickenspike | chicken spike | Sphenoclea zeylanica | Sphenocleaceae |
| chickweed | nodding chickweed, common chickweed | Stellaria media | Caryophyllaceae |
| chicory | french endive, succory, chickory, blue sailors, coffeeweed, common chicory | Cichorium intybus | Asteraceae |
| chinaberrytree | chinaberry, indian lilac, lelah, paraiso, pride of india, white cedar, chinaberry-tree, pride-of-india, canelon, umbrella tree | Melia azedarach | Meliaceae |
| chinese artichoke | florida betony, florida hedgenettle | Stachys floridana | Lamiaceae |
| chinese chestnut | Castanea mollissima | Fagaceae | |
| chinese elm | Ulmus parvifolia | Ulmaceae | |
| chinese parasoltree | Firmiana simplex | Sterculiaceae | |
| chinese privet | common chinese privet, trueno de seto | Ligustrum sinense | Oleaceae |
| chinese tallow | tallowtree | Triadica sebifera | Euphorbiaceae |
| chinese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis | Fabaceae | |
| chinkapin oak | chinquapin oak, chestnut oak, yellow chestnut oak, rock chestnut oak, yellow oak, rock oak | Quercus muehlenbergii | Fagaceae |
| chinkapin | allegheny chinkapin, northern catalpa, allegheny chinquapin, allegheny-chinkapin, chinquapin | Castanea pumila | Fagaceae |
| chocolateweed | chocolate-weed | Melochia corchorifolia | Sterculiaceae |
| christmas fern | Polystichum acrostichoides | Dryopteridaceae | |
| christmas mistletoe | Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum | Viscaceae | |
| cinnamon fern | cinnamon-fern | Osmundastrum cinnamomea | Osmundaceae |
| clammy hedgehyssop | clammy hedge-hyssop, drug hedgehyssop, neglected hedgehyssop, hedge hyssop | Gratiola neglecta | Scrophulariaceae |
| clasping coneflower | clasping-coneflower, claspingleaf coneflower, clasping-leaf coneflower | Rudbeckia amplexicaulis | Asteraceae |
| clasping leaf venus'- looking-glass | clasping bellwort, clasping venus' lookingglass, common venus' lookingglass, roundleaved triodanis, clasping-leaf venus' looking-glass, clasping venus' looking-glass | Triodanis perfoliata | Campanulaceae |
| clasping milkweed | bluntleaf milkweed, blunt-leaved milkweed, sand milkweed | Asclepias amplexicaulis | Asclepiadaceae |
| clasping-leaf prionopsis | wax goldenweed, spanish gold, spanishgold, clasping-leaf haplopappus, saw-leaf daisy | Grindelia ciliata | Asteraceae |
| clasping-leaf st. john's-wort | claspingleaf st. johnswort | Hypericum gymnanthum | Clusiaceae |
| clavel de muerto | Tithonia rotundifolia | Asteraceae | |
| climbing dogbane | Trachelospermum difforme | Apocynaceae | |
| climbing hempvine | climbing hempweed, climbing hemp-weed, climbing hemp weed | Mikania scandens | Asteraceae |
| clustered beaksedge | cluster beak-rush | Rhynchospora glomerata | Cyperaceae |
| clustered bushmint | cluster bushmint, desert-lavender | Hyptis alata | Lamiaceae |
| clustered mille grains | oneflower oldenlandia | Oldenlandia uniflora | Rubiaceae |
| coast cockspur | coast cockspur grass, walter's barnyard grass, échinochloé de walter | Echinochloa walteri | Poaceae |
| coastal false asphodel | Triantha racemosa | Liliaceae | |
| coastal groundcherry | Physalis angustifolia | Solanaceae | |
| coastal indigo | scarlet pea. texas indigo, western indigo | Indigofera miniata | Fabaceae |
| coastal plain yelloweyed grass | coastalplain yelloweyed grass | Xyris ambigua | Xyridaceae |
| coastal rose gentian | coastal rosegentian | Sabatia calycina | Gentianaceae |
| coastal salt grass | desert saltgrass, marsh spikegrass, saltgrass, inland saltgrass, seashore saltgrass | Distichlis spicata | Poaceae |
| coastal sandbur | field sandspur, southern sandspur, spiny burrgrass | Cenchrus spinifex | Poaceae |
| coastal sweetpepperbush | summersweet, summersweet clethra, coastal sweet pepperbush, clethra, summer sweet, coastal sweet pepper, coastal pepperbush, poor man's soap | Clethra alnifolia | Clethraceae |
| coastal waterhyssop | herb-of-grace, herb of grace, water hyssop | Bacopa monnieri | Scrophulariaceae |
| cocklebur | rouch cocklebur, canada cocklebur, common cocklebur, rough cockleburr, cockleburr | Xanthium strumarium | Asteraceae |
| cockspur hawthorn | bush hawthorn, aubépine ergot-de-coq, cockspur thorn, newcastle hawthorn, newcastle thorn | Crataegus crus-galli | Rosaceae |
| cockspur pricklypear | drummond's prickly pear | Opuntia pusilla | Cactaceae |
| cocograss | chaguan humatag, kili'o'opu, pakopako, purple nutsedge, nutgrass, sedge, tulillo | Cyperus rotundus | Cyperaceae |
| coco-yam | coco yam, wild taro | Colocasia esculenta | Araceae |
| coffeeweed | bigpod sesbania, colorado riverhemp, hemp sesbania, peatree | Sesbania herbacea | Fabaceae |
| cogongrass | alang-alang, blady grass, cogon grass, kunai, paillotte, santintail | Imperata cylindrica | Poaceae |
| colombian waxweed | Cuphea carthagenensis | Lythraceae | |
| columbian watermeal | columbia water-meal, columbia watermeal | Wolffia columbiana | Lemnaceae |
| combleaf mermaidweed | mermaidweed, coastal plain mermaid-weed | Proserpinaca pectinata | Haloragaceae |
| combleaf yellow false foxglove | Aureolaria pectinata | Scrophulariaceae | |
| comfortroot | big thicket hibiscus, pineland hibiscus | Hibiscus aculeatus | Malvaceae |
| common bahiagrass | bahia grass, bahiagrass | Paspalum notatum | Poaceae |
| common blue violet | hooded blue violet, missouri violet, florida violet, meadow violet, downy blue violet | Viola sororia | Violaceae |
| common boneset | chapman's thoroughwort, boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | Asteraceae |
| common buttonbush | buttonbush, button willow, honey balls, globe flowers | Cephalanthus occidentalis | Rubiaceae |
| common carpetgrass | carpetgrass, louisiana grass, mat grass, narrowleaved carpetgrass | Axonopus fissifolius | Poaceae |
| common catchfly | forked catchfly | Silene gallica | Caryophyllaceae |
| common dandelion | blowball, faceclock, dandelion | Taraxacum officinale | Asteraceae |
| common duckmeat | greater duckweed, common duckweed, duckmeat | Spirodela polyrrhiza | Lemnaceae |
| common duckweed | least duckweed, lesser duckweed, water lentil | Lemna minor | Lemnaceae |
| common evening primrose | king's cure-all | Oenothera biennis | Onagraceae |
| common frogfruit | common frog-fruit, cape-weed, turkey-tangle, mat-grass, hierba de la vargen maria, frog fruit, frogfruit, sawtooth fogfruit, turkey tangle, turkey tangle fogfruit, turkey tangle frogfruit, texas frogfruit | Phyla nodiflora | Verbenaceae |
| common globe amaranth | Gomphrena globosa | Amaranthaceae | |
| common greenbriar | greenbrier, bullbrier, common catbriar, horsebriar, roundleaf greenbriar, roundleaf greenbrier, horse-brier | Smilax rotundifolia | Smilacaceae |
| common hoptree | wafer ash, hop tree, skunk-bush, cola de zorrillo | Ptelea trifoliata | Rutaceae |
| common ladyfern | ladyfern, subarctic ladyfern, common ladyfern, lady fern | Athyrium filix-femina | Dryopteridaceae |
| common maidenhair | maidenhair fern, venus hairfern, southern maidenhair fern, culantrillo | Adiantum capillus-veneris | Pteridaceae |
| common milkweed | broadleaf milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | Asclepiadaceae |
| common moonseed | Menispermum canadense | Menispermaceae | |
| common mullein | flannel mullein | Verbascum thapsus | Scrophulariaceae |
| common pear | pera | Pyrus communis | Rosaceae |
| common pearlbrush | Exochorda racemosa | Rosaceae | |
| common periwinkle | Vinca minor | Apocynaceae | |
| common persimmon | eastern persimmon | Diospyros virginiana | Ebenaceae |
| common reed | phragmites | Phragmites australis | Poaceae |
| common serviceberry | allegheny serviceberry, apple shadbush, downy serviceberry, shadblow, common serviceberry, juneberry, junebush, sarvis, shadbush, serviceberry, shadberry | Amelanchier arborea | Rosaceae |
| common sheep sorrel | sheep-sorrel, sour-grass | Rumex acetosella | Polygonaceae |
| common sneezeweed | fall sneezeweed, mountain sneezeweed, bitterweed, false sunflower | Helenium autumnale | Asteraceae |
| common sowthistle | sow-thistle, common sow-thistle, annual sowthistle, pualele, sow thistle | Sonchus oleraceus | Asteraceae |
| common spikerush | spikesedge, creeping spikerush, common spikerush, marsh spike-rush, creeping spike-rush | Eleocharis palustris | Cyperaceae |
| common sunflower | sunflower, wild sunflower, annual sunflower, mirasol | Helianthus annuus | Asteraceae |
| common sweetleaf | sweetleaf, horsesugar, yellowwood, horse sugar, sweet leaf, horse-sugar, yellow-wood | Symplocos tinctoria | Symplocaceae |
| common threesquare | schoenoplectus, chairmaker's-rush, american bulrush, threesquare bulrush, sharp clubrush | Schoenoplectus pungens | Cyperaceae |
| common water hyacinth | water hyacinth, floating waterhyacinth, floating water hyacinth, jacinthe d'eau, jacinto de agua, lirio acuatico, mbekambekairanga | Eichhornia crassipes | Pontederiaceae |
| common winterberry | michigan holly, black alder, winterberry, winter-berry | Ilex verticillata | Aquifoliaceae |
| compact prairie clover | Dalea compacta | Fabaceae | |
| compass plant | compassplant | Silphium laciniatum | Asteraceae |
| composite dropseed | tall dropseed | Sporobolus compositus | Poaceae |
| cone-cup spikerush | tubercled spikerush, long-tubercled spikerush | Eleocharis tuberculosa | Cyperaceae |
| copper iris | red iris, red-flag, copper-iris | Iris fulva | Iridaceae |
| coral greenbrier | coral green-brier, red-berried bamboo | Smilax walteri | Smilacaceae |
| coralberry | indian currant, buckbrush | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Caprifoliaceae |
| corn gromwell | corn-gromwell, field gromwell | Buglossoides arvensis | Boraginaceae |
| corn speedwell | rock speedwell, wall speedwell, common speedwell, corn speedwell, corn sperry | Veronica arvensis | Scrophulariaceae |
| corpus christi fleabane | Erigeron procumbens | Asteraceae | |
| correll's false dragonhead | Physostegia correllii | Lamiaceae | |
| cottongrass | woolgrass, cottongrass bulrush, marsh bulrush, teddybear paws, wool-grass, bulrush | Scirpus cyperinus | Cyperaceae |
| cottonmouth grass | savannah-panicgrass, savannah panic grass, savannah panicum | Phanopyrum gymnocarpon | Poaceae |
| crapemyrtle | crespon | Lagerstroemia indica | Lythraceae |
| creeping burhead | burhead, creeping burrhead, lance-leaf burhead, radican sword "giant mother plant", creeping water plantain, bur-head | Echinodorus cordifolius | Alismataceae |
| creeping cucumber | drooping melonnettle, guadeloupe cucumber, meloncito, speckled gourd | Melothria pendula | Cucurbitaceae |
| creeping eryngo | Eryngium prostratum | Apiaceae | |
| creeping lespedeza | creeping bushclover, creeping bush-clover | Lespedeza repens | Fabaceae |
| creeping primrose-willow | creeping primrosewillow, creeping waterpurslane, floating primrose-willow, water primrose, water-primrose | Ludwigia repens | Onagraceae |
| creeping spotflower | Acmella oppositifolia | Asteraceae | |
| creeping woodsorrel | yellow woodsorrel, ihi'ai, creeping yellow woodsorrel, creeping ladies sorrel, agrito, jocoyote | Oxalis corniculata | Oxalidaceae |
| crested floatingheart | Nymphoides cristata | Menyanthaceae | |
| crested saltbush | Atriplex cristata | Chenopodiaceae | |
| crimson clover | Trifolium incarnatum | Fabaceae | |
| crimsoneyed rosemallow | rose mallow, wild cotton, swamp rosemallow, crimson-eyed rose-mallow, marshmallow, swamp rose-mallow, mallow-rose, marshmallow hibiscus | Hibiscus moscheutos | Malvaceae |
| crinum lily | seven sisters, southern swamp lily | Crinum americanum | Liliaceae |
| crippled cranefly | crane-fly orchid | Tipularia discolor | Orchidaceae |
| cross-leaf milkwort | drumheads, candy root, drum-heads | Polygala cruciata | Polygalaceae |
| crossvine | cross vine, quartervine, quarter vine, quarter-vine | Bignonia capreolata | Bignoniaceae |
| crowfootgrass | crowfoot grass, egyptian grass, durban crowsfoot grass, beach wiregrass | Dactyloctenium aegyptium | Poaceae |
| crownvetch | purple crownvetch | Securigera varia | Fabaceae |
| crybabytree | Erythrina crista-galli | Fabaceae | |
| cuban bulrush | Oxycaryum cubense | Cyperaceae | |
| cuban jute | cuban-jute, arrowleaf side, cuba jewt | Sida rhombifolia | Malvaceae |
| cucumber-tree | mountain magnolia | Magnolia acuminata | Magnoliaceae |
| cultivated tobacco | Nicotiana tabacum | Solanaceae | |
| culver's root | culver's-root, culver's-physic | Veronicastrum virginicum | Scrophulariaceae |
| cup plant | cup-plant, cupleaf rosinweed, squarestem rosinweed, indian cup | Silphium perfoliatum | Asteraceae |
| curly dock | narrowleaf dock, sour dock, yellow dock | Rumex crispus | Polygonaceae |
| curly pondweed | curly-leaved pondweed, curly muckweed | Potamogeton crispus | Potamogetonaceae |
| curlytop knotweed | curl-top smartweed, pale smartweed, dock-leaved smartweed | Persicaria lapathifolia | Polygonaceae |
| curved sicklegrass | Parapholis incurva | Poaceae | |
| cutleaf coneflower | green-headed coneflower, greenhead coneflower, cutleaf coneflower, wild goldenglow, sochan | Rudbeckia laciniata | Asteraceae |
| cutleaf evening-primrose | cut-leaved evening primrose, cut-leaf evening-primrose, cutleaf eveningprimrose, cutleaf evening primrose | Oenothera laciniata | Onagraceae |
| cutleaf geranium | Geranium dissectum | Geraniaceae | |
| cut-leaf ground-cherry | cutleaf groundcherry, cut-leaf ground-cherry, lanceleaf groundcherry | Physalis angulata | Solanaceae |
| cylindric-fruit seedbox | creeping seedbox, cylindricfruit primrose-willow, cylindric-fruited ludwigia, cylindric-fruited seedbox | Ludwigia glandulosa | Onagraceae |
| cypress panicgrass | Dichanthelium dichotomum | Poaceae | |
| cypress swamp sedge | Carex joorii | Cyperaceae | |
| cypress vine | cypressvine, cypressvine morningglory | Ipomoea quamoclit | Convolvulaceae |
| cypressknee sedge | Carex decomposita | Cyperaceae |