Wort plants
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This is an alphabetical listing of wort plants, meaning plants that employ the syllable wort in their English-language common names.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary
's Ask Oxford site, "A word with the suffix -wort is often very old. The Old English word was wyrt, from German
origins that connect it to root. It was often used in the names of herb
s and plant
s that had medicinal uses, the first part of the word denoting the complaint against which it might be specially efficacious...By the middle of the 17th-century -wort was beginning to fade from everyday use.
The Naturalist Newsletter states, "Wort derives from the Old English wyrt, which simply meant plant. The word goes back even further, to the common ancestor of English and German, to the Germanic wurtiz. Wurtiz also evolved into the modern German word Wurzel, meaning root."
According to the Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, is the self-styled premier dictionary of the English language. Two fully bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. The first edition was published in twelve volumes , and...
's Ask Oxford site, "A word with the suffix -wort is often very old. The Old English word was wyrt, from German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
origins that connect it to root. It was often used in the names of herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
s and plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s that had medicinal uses, the first part of the word denoting the complaint against which it might be specially efficacious...By the middle of the 17th-century -wort was beginning to fade from everyday use.
The Naturalist Newsletter states, "Wort derives from the Old English wyrt, which simply meant plant. The word goes back even further, to the common ancestor of English and German, to the Germanic wurtiz. Wurtiz also evolved into the modern German word Wurzel, meaning root."
Wort plants
- Adderwort, Adder's wort - Persicaria bistortaPersicaria bistortaPersicaria bistorta is a herbaceous flowering plant found throughout Europe. The generic placement of this species is in flux. While treated here as in Persicaria, it has also been placed in Polygonum or Bistorta.The Latin name "bistorta" refers to the twisted appearance of the root...
. Snakeweed. - American lungwort - MertensiaMertensiaMertensia is a genus of about 40 species of perennial herbaceous plants with bell-shaped blue flowers opening from pink-tinged buds. This is one of several plants commonly called bluebell.The genus is named after the German botanist Franz Carl Mertens....
virginica. - Asterwort - Any composite plant of the family AsteraceaeAsteraceaeThe Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. - Awlwort - Subularia aquaticaSubularia aquaticaSubularia aquatica is an aquatic plant in the mustard family which is known by the common name water awlwort. This is a small herb with awl-like leaves , and growing from a corm above a network of bright white roots. Tiny flowers, each only about a millimeter long, are borne on stalks...
. The plant bears awl-shaped leaves. - Banewort - A poisonous plant of the crowfoot family, RanunculaceaeRanunculaceaeRanunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....
. - Barrenwort - EpimediumEpimediumEpimedium, also known as Rowdy Lamb Herb, Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Fairy Wings, Horny Goat Weed, or Yin Yang Huo , is a genus of about 60 or more species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae...
alpinum. - Bellwort - UvulariaUvulariaUvularia is a genus of plants in the family Colchicaceae, close to the lily family . They are commonly called Bellworts, Bellfowers or Merrybells. This unusual flower is found in April and May, often on wooded slopes or in ravines and it spreads by stolons or stoloniferus rhizomes...
or CampanulaceaeCampanulaceaeThe family Campanulaceae , of the order Asterales, contains about 2000 species in 70 genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, often with milky non-toxic sap...
. - Birthwort - AristolochiaAristolochiaAristolochia is a large plant genus with over 500 species. Collectively known as birthworts, pipevines or Dutchman's pipes, they are the namesake of the family . They are widespread and occur in the most diverse climates. Some species, like A. utriformis and A...
. Also, birthroot (Trillium erectumTrillium erectumTrillium erectum, also known as Wake-robin, red trillium, purple trillium, Beth root or Stinking Benjamin, is a spring-flowering perennial plant native to the east and north-eastern areas of North America. The flowers are a deep red colour, and the plant takes its name Wake-robin by analogy with...
). - Birthwort - AristolochiaceaeAristolochiaceaeThe Aristolochiaceae, or the Birthwort family, are a family of flowering plants with 7 genera and about 400 species belonging to the order Piperales...
, the birthwort family. - Bishop's wort - The wood (betony). Also, fennel flower.
- Bitterwort - GentianGentianGentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family , tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species, it is considered a large genus.-Habitat:...
a lutea. - BladderwortBladderwortUtricularia, commonly and collectively called the bladderworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximately 233 species . They occur in fresh water and wet soil as terrestrial or aquatic species across every continent except Antarctica...
- Utricularia (aquatic plants). - Blawort - A flower, commonly called harebell. Also, a certain plant bearing blue flowers.
- BloodwortBloodrootBloodroot is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, United States...
- Sanguinaria Canadensis, a member of PapaveraceaePapaveraceaePapaveraceae, informally known as the poppy family, are an economically important family of 44 genera and approximately 770 species of flowering plants in the order Ranunculales. The family is cosmopolitan, occurring in temperate and subtropical climates, but almost unknown in the tropics...
, as are poppies. Produces escharotic alkaloids that corrode skin, leaving wounds. Also: redroot, bloodroot, or tetterwort. - Blue Navelwort - A species of the genus OmphalodesOmphalodesOmphalodes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.The genus is widely distributed on the Northern Hemisphere, with some species in North America, and many species in East-Asia and the Meditteranean.Some species:...
. - Blue Throatwort - Trachelium coeruleum.
- Blushwort - A member of the gentianGentianGentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family , tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species, it is considered a large genus.-Habitat:...
family. Shame flower. - Bogwort - The bilberryBilberryBilberry is any of several species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium , bearing edible berries. The species most often referred to is Vaccinium myrtillus L., but there are several other closely related species....
or whortleberryVaccinium myrtillusVaccinium myrtillus is an almost Holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit, usually simply referred to as "bilberry" or "whortleberry". It is more precidely called Common Bilberry or Blue Whortleberry, to distinguish it from its Vaccinium relatives...
. - Boragewort - Any plant of the borageBorageBorage, , also known as a starflower, is an annual herb originating in Syria, but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America. It grows to a height of , and is bristly or hairy all over the stems and leaves; the leaves are...
family, BoraginaceaeBoraginaceaeBoraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
. - Bridewort - Filipendula ulmaria. The common meadowsweetMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria, commonly known as Meadowsweet, is a perennial herb in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia...
. - Brimstonewort - Same as sulphurwort.
- Brotherwort - Wild thymeWild thymeThymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland Thyme, Wild Thyme or Creeping Thyme is a species of thyme native to most of Europe and North Africa. It is a low, usually prostrate subshrub growing to 2 cm tall with creeping stems up to 10 cm long, with oval evergreen leaves...
. - Brownwort - Scrophularia vernalis. Yellow figwort.
- Bruisewort - Any plant considered to be useful in treating bruises, as herb Margaret.
- Bullwort - Ammi majusAmmi majusAmmi majus, commonly known as bishop's flower, bishop’s weed, false bishop’s weed, bullwort, greater ammi, lady’s lace, Queen Anne's lace or laceflower, originates in the Nile River Valley and has white lace-like flower clusters...
. Bishop's wood. - Bullock's or Cow's LungwortLungwortThe lungworts are the genus Pulmonaria of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species east to central Asia...
- Verbascum thapsus, the common MulleinMulleinThe Mulleins are a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the figwort family . They are native to Europe and Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region.They are biennial or perennial plants, rarely annuals or subshrubs, growing to 0.5–3 m tall...
. - Burstwort - Herniaria glabra. Formerly used to treat rupture.
- Butterwort - Pinguicula vulgarisPinguicula vulgarisPinguicula vulgaris, the Common butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the Lentibulariaceae family. It grows to a height of 3–16 cm, and is topped with a purple, and occasionally white, flower that is 15 mm or longer, and shaped like a funnel. This butterwort grows in damp...
. - Cancerwort - LinariaLinariaLinaria is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous annuals and perennials that was traditionally placed in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae...
vulgaris. ToadflaxLinariaLinaria is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous annuals and perennials that was traditionally placed in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae...
. - Catwort - A plant of the genus NepetaNepetaNepeta is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. The members of this group are known as catnip or catmint because of their effect on cats—the nepetalactone contained in nepeta binds to the olfactory receptors of cats, typically resulting in temporary euphoria...
. Catnip. - Clown's Ringwort - plant featured in the 1605 panel of the New World TapestryNew World TapestryThe New World Tapestry is the largest stitched embroidery in the world, larger than the Bayeux Tapestry. It depicts English colonisation attempts in Newfoundland, North America, the Guyanas and Bermuda between the years 1583 and 1642, when the English Civil War began.Work began on the tapestry in...
. - Colewort - Brassica oleraceaBrassica oleraceaBrassica oleracea, or wild cabbage, is a species of Brassica native to coastal southern and western Europe, where its tolerance of salt and lime and its intolerance of competition from other plants typically restrict its natural occurrence to limestone sea cliffs, like the chalk cliffs on both...
. CabbageCabbageCabbage is a popular cultivar of the species Brassica oleracea Linne of the Family Brassicaceae and is a leafy green vegetable...
. - Coralwort - Tooth violetLathraea squamariaCommon Toothwort is a species of Toothwort.It is parasitic on the roots of hazel and alder, occasionally on beech, in shady places such as hedge sides...
. - CrosswortLysimachia quadrifoliaLysimachia quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It has simple leaves in whorls of 3-7 , and erect stems. It grows to a height of about one meter. The flowers have five pointed, yellow petals with a splash of red near the center.It is native to the eastern United States and...
- Eupatorium perfoliatumEupatorium perfoliatumEupatorium perfoliatum or Boneset is a common perennial plant native to the Eastern United States and Canada, with a range from Nova Scotia to Florida, as well as from Louisiana and Texas through North Dakota. It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant"...
. LysimachiaLysimachiaLysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae .-Characteristics:...
quadrifolia. Boneset. Also, maywort, a species of GaliumGaliumGalium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with 617 known species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Most species are known as bedstraw. G...
. - Damewort - Hesperis matronalis. Dame's violet or damask violet or rocket.
- DanewortDanewortDanewort , also known as Dane Weed, Danesblood, Dwarf Elder or European Dwarf Elder and Walewort is a herbaceous species of elder, native to southern and central Europe and southwest Asia. It grows to 1-2 m tall, with erect, usually unbranched stems growing in large groups from an extensive...
- Sambucus ebulus. The dwarf elder. Also, daneweed. - Dragonwort - An Artemisia, or Polygonum bistorta.
- DropwortDropwortDropwort , also known as Fern-leaf Dropwort, is a perennial herb of the family Rosaceae closely related to Meadowsweet...
- Filipendula vulgaris. A European herb. - Dungwort - Helleborus foetidus. Stinking helleboreHelleboreCommonly known as hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae...
. - Ebony spleenwortEbony spleenwortleft|thumbAsplenium platyneuron is a species of spleenwort with a peculiar distribution in two continents. In North America it is native almost throughout the eastern United States, and in the far southeast of Canada; there are also isolated small populations in New Mexico, Arizona and the West...
- Fern. - Elderwort - DanewortDanewortDanewort , also known as Dane Weed, Danesblood, Dwarf Elder or European Dwarf Elder and Walewort is a herbaceous species of elder, native to southern and central Europe and southwest Asia. It grows to 1-2 m tall, with erect, usually unbranched stems growing in large groups from an extensive...
. - European Pillwort - Pilularia globulifera. Peppergrass.
- Felonwort - Solanum dulcamaraSolanum dulcamaraSolanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody...
. Felonwood or bittersweet. - Feltwort - Another common name for the MulleinMulleinThe Mulleins are a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the figwort family . They are native to Europe and Asia, with the highest species diversity in the Mediterranean region.They are biennial or perennial plants, rarely annuals or subshrubs, growing to 0.5–3 m tall...
, the genus Verbascum. - Felwort - A common name for various species of gentianGentianGentiana is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Gentian family , tribe Gentianeae and monophyletic subtribe Gentianinae. With about 400 species, it is considered a large genus.-Habitat:...
. - FeverwortTriosteumTriosteum, commonly known as horse gentian or, less commonly, feverwort, is a genus of flowering plant which includes six species. It is in the Caprifoliaceae family. A genus of six species total, it has three species native to North America, and three more in China and Japan.These are perennial,...
- Horse gentian. - Figwort - Some plants in the family ScrophulariaceaeScrophulariaceaeScrophulariaceae, the figwort family, are a family of flowering plants. The plants are annual or perennial herbs with flowers with bilateral or rarely radial symmetry. Members of the Scrophulariaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority found in temperate areas, including...
, including Euphrasia officinalis (eyebright); Veronica officinalisVeronica officinalisVeronica officinalis is a species of Veronica, native to Europe and western Asia....
(speedwell or fluellen); Veronica anagullis (water speedwell); Gratiola officinalisGratiola officinalisGratiola officinalis is an ornamental plant in the Plantaginaceae family. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb native to Europe.- External links :*...
(herb of grace) (hedge hyssopHyssopHyssop is a genus of about 10-12 species of herbaceous or semi-woody plants in the family Lamiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to central Asia. They are aromatic, with erect branched stems up to 60 cm long covered with fine hairs at the tips. The leaves are narrow oblong, 2–5 cm...
); Herpestis monniera (water hyssop); Scoparia dulcis (sweet broomweed), or Ilysanthes riparia (false pimpernel). - Fleawort - A plantainPlantagoPlantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain, a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm tall. The leaves are sessile, but have a narrow...
. - Flukewort - Hydrocotyle vulgarisHydrocotyle vulgarisHydrocotyle vulgaris, also known as Marsh Pennywort, is a small creeping perennial herb native to N. Africa, Europe, Florida, and west to the Caspian region; in Britain it is the only native Hydrocotyle....
. - French or golden lungwortLungwortThe lungworts are the genus Pulmonaria of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species east to central Asia...
- Hieracium murorum. - Frostwort - HelianthemumHelianthemumHelianthemum , known as rock rose, sunroses, or rushrose, is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae...
canadenes. Frostweed or rockrose. - Fumewort - Genus CorydalisCorydalisCorydalis is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the fumewort family , native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern Africa...
. - Galewort - Myrica galeMyrica galeMyrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the genus Myrica, native to northern and western Europe and parts of northern North America. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1–2 m tall. Common names include Bog Myrtle and Sweet Gale...
. Sweet gale. - Garlicwort - Alliaria officinalisGarlic MustardGarlic mustard is a biennial flowering plant in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa, from Morocco, Iberia and the British Isles, north to northern Scandinavia, and east to northern India and western China...
. The hedge garlic. - Gentianwort - Any plant of the family GentianaceaeGentianaceaeGentianaceae are a family of flowering plants of 87 genera and over 1500 species. Flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual with fused sepals and petals. The stamens are attached to the inside of the petals and alternate with the corolla lobes. There is a glandular disk at the base of the gynoecium,...
. - German Madwort - Asperugo procumbens.
- Gutwort - Globularia alypum. Used as a purgative.
- Gipsywort - Any plant of the genus LycopusLycopusLycopus is a genus of about a dozen species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, northwest Asia, and North America. The species are most often found in wetlands, damp meadows, and stream banks...
, as Lycopus europaeus. Gipsy herb. - GlasswortGlasswortSalicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte plants that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, South Africa, and South Asia...
- Frog grass. Also, a seaweedSeaweedSeaweed is a loose, colloquial term encompassing macroscopic, multicellular, benthic marine algae. The term includes some members of the red, brown and green algae...
yielding kelpKelpKelps are large seaweeds belonging to the brown algae in the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera....
. - Golden ragwort - Senecio aureusSenecio aureusPackera aurea , commonly known as Golden Ragwort, is a perennial flower in family Asteraceae. It is also known as Life Root, Squaw Weed, Golden Sececio, ragwort, uncum root, waw weed, uncum, false valerian, cough weed, female regulator, cocash weed, ragweed, staggerwort, and St...
. Squawweed. - Goutwort - Aegopodium podagraria. Acheweed; Herb Gerard; Goat's foot; Bishop weed; Goutweed.
- Greater Spearwort - Ranunculus lingua.
- Hammerwort - Parietaria officinalisParietaria officinalisParietaria officinalis, the Pellitory-of-the-wall, also known as lichwort, is a plant of the nettle family. Its leaves, however, are non-stinging. The plant grows on rubbish and on walls, hence the name...
. The plant pellitory. - Hartwort - Any of certain plants of the genera Seseli, Tordylium, and BupleurumBupleurumBupleurum is a very large genus of plants of the Apiaceae family, represented by 185 to 195 species.Species include:*Bupleurum aureum Fisch. ex Hoffm. Bupleurum is a very large genus of plants of the Apiaceae family, represented by 185 to 195 species.Species include:*Bupleurum aureum Fisch. ex...
. - Heathwort - Any plant of the genus EricaEricaErica ,the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance....
, the heath family. - Hemlock DropwortDropwortDropwort , also known as Fern-leaf Dropwort, is a perennial herb of the family Rosaceae closely related to Meadowsweet...
- Oenanthe fistulosa. A plant of the parsleyParsleyParsley is a species of Petroselinum in the family Apiaceae, native to the central Mediterranean region , naturalized elsewhere in Europe, and widely cultivated as an herb, a spice and a vegetable.- Description :Garden parsley is a bright green hairless biennial herbaceous plant in temperate...
family, ApiaceaeApiaceaeThe Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
or Umbelliferae. - Hillwort - Wild thyme, or Mentha pulegium, a kind of pennyroyal.
- HogwortHogwortCroton capitatus, known as the hogwort or woolly croton, is an annual plant with erect, branched stems, densely covered with light brown, wooly hairs that give it a whitish appearance. It grows in dry, open areas, especially sandy and rocky soils...
- Croton capitatus. J.K. Rowling named Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after this plant (although she misspelled it). - Holewort - Hollowwort. CorydalisCorydalisCorydalis is a genus of about 470 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the fumewort family , native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere and the high mountains of tropical eastern Africa...
cava. - Honewort - A plant used as a remedy for hone.
- HoneywortCerintheCerinthe is a genus of the botanical family Boraginaceae.-Select species:*Cerinthe major**Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' - Honeywort*Cerinthe minor-External links:**...
- A bee plant of the genus CerintheCerintheCerinthe is a genus of the botanical family Boraginaceae.-Select species:*Cerinthe major**Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' - Honeywort*Cerinthe minor-External links:**...
. - Hoodwort - Scutellaria laterifloraScutellaria laterifloraScutellaria lateriflora, also known as Blue Skullcap, Hoodwort, Virginian Skullcap, Mad-dog Skullcap is a hardy perennial herb native to North America. It is a member of the mint family. It has an upright habit, growing 60 to 80 centimeters in maximum height. It is a wetland-loving species and...
. Also called skullcapScutellariaScutellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It contains about 300 species, which are commonly known as skullcaps...
and madweed. - HornwortHornwortHornworts are a group of bryophytes, or non-vascular plants, comprising the division Anthocerotophyta. The common name refers to the elongated horn-like structure, which is the sporophyte. The flattened, green plant body of a hornwort is the gametophyte plant.Hornworts may be found worldwide,...
- CeratophyllumCeratophyllumCeratophyllum is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants, commonly found in ponds, marshes, and quiet streams in tropical and in temperate regions...
demersum. - Ironwort - A plant of the genus SideritisSideritisSideritis is a genus of flowering plants well known for their medicinal properties...
. - Kelpwort - Macrocystis pyriferaMacrocystis pyriferaMacrocystis pyrifera, commonly known as Giant kelp or Giant bladder kelp, is a species of kelp , and one of four species in the genus Macrocystis...
, a kind of glasswort. - Kidneywort - Cotyledon umbilicus. Also called pennywortUmbilicus rupestrisUmbilicus rupestris is a fleshy, perennial, edible flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae so named for its umbilicate leaves....
and navelwort. - Knotwort - Any plant of the genus Illecebrum.
- Laserwort - Any plant of the genus Laserpitium.
- Lazarwort - Laserwort.
- LeadwortLeadwortLeadwort is a common name for flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, in particular those in the genera:*Ceratostigma*Plumbago...
- Any plant of the genus PlumbagoPlumbagoPlumbago is a genus of 10-20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. Common names include plumbago and leadwort...
. - Lesser Spearwort - Ranunculus flammulaRanunculus flammulaRanunculus flammula L. is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus , growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It is very closely related to R. reptans L., which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is...
. Banewort. - Lichwort - The wall pellitory, Parietaria officinalisParietaria officinalisParietaria officinalis, the Pellitory-of-the-wall, also known as lichwort, is a plant of the nettle family. Its leaves, however, are non-stinging. The plant grows on rubbish and on walls, hence the name...
. - Lilywort - A plant of the genus Funkia. Day lily. Also, any plant of the genus Liliaceae.
- Liverwort - Any species of MarchantiophytaMarchantiophytaThe Marchantiophyta are a division of bryophyte plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like other bryophytes, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information....
, a division of non-vascular plants (a type of bryophyte). Also, plants that resemble the liverworts; as, liverleaf (HepaticaHepaticaHepatica is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, native to central and northern Europe, Asia and eastern North America...
). - LousewortLousewortPedicularis is a genus of perennial green root parasite plants belonging to the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. Between 350 and 600 species are accepted by different authorities, mostly from the wetter northern temperate zones, as well as from South America...
- Pedicularis canadensisPedicularis canadensisPedicularis canadensis is a flowering plant in the Orobanchaceae family and is also known as Wood Betony, Beefsteak Plant, Canadian Lousewort, High Heal-all, Snaffles and Canada Lousewort. It is found in thickets and dry, open wooded areas throughout Canada and the United States. It is a low, hairy...
. Cockscomb; head betony; wood betony (herb Christopher). Any plant of the genus Pedicularis, as Pedicularis palustris (rattle). - LungwortLungwortThe lungworts are the genus Pulmonaria of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species east to central Asia...
- A plant of the genus MertensiaMertensiaMertensia is a genus of about 40 species of perennial herbaceous plants with bell-shaped blue flowers opening from pink-tinged buds. This is one of several plants commonly called bluebell.The genus is named after the German botanist Franz Carl Mertens....
, the lungworts. Also, a boraginaceous plant of the genus Pulmonaria. - Lustwort - Any plant of the genus Drosera; the sundew.
- Madderwort - Any plant of the madder family, RubiaceaeRubiaceaeThe Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
. - Madwort - Alyssum saxitile. Gold-dust.
- Maidenhair spleenwort - Asplenium trichomanesAsplenium trichomanesAsplenium trichomanes is a small fern in the spleenwort genus Asplenium. It is a widespread and common species, occurring almost worldwide in a variety of rocky habitats. It is a variable fern with several subspecies.-Description:It grows in tufts from a short rhizome...
- Mallowwort - Any plant of the mallow family, MalvaceaeMalvaceaeMalvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
. - Marsh Pennywort - Hydrocotyle vulgarisHydrocotyle vulgarisHydrocotyle vulgaris, also known as Marsh Pennywort, is a small creeping perennial herb native to N. Africa, Europe, Florida, and west to the Caspian region; in Britain it is the only native Hydrocotyle....
. - Marsh St.-John's-wort - Elodes virginica.
- Marshwort - Vaccinium Oxycoccus, the creeping cranberry. Also, a European umbelliferous plant.
- MasterwortMasterwortMasterwort typically refers to the plant Peucedanum ostruthium or Imperatoria ostruthium in the family Apiaceae, and not to be confused with great masterwort, Astrantia major, in the same family.-Use:...
- PeucedanumPeucedanumPeucedanum is a genus of flowering plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.-Species:It contains the following species:* Peucedanum angustisectum* Peucedanum camerunensis* Peucedanum cervaria* Peucedanum formosanum Hayata -...
(formerly Imperatoria) Ostruthium or Astrantia majorAstrantia majorAstrantia major, common name Great Masterwort, is an herbaceous, perennial plant with a rhizome, belonging to the family Apiaceae.-Etymology:...
. Also, in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Heracleum lanatum, the cow parsnip. - Maudlinwort - Leucanthemum vulgare.
- Maywort - Bedstraw or mugweed. A species of GaliumGaliumGalium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with 617 known species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Most species are known as bedstraw. G...
. Also, crosswortLysimachia quadrifoliaLysimachia quadrifolia is a herbaceous plant in the Myrsinaceae family. It has simple leaves in whorls of 3-7 , and erect stems. It grows to a height of about one meter. The flowers have five pointed, yellow petals with a splash of red near the center.It is native to the eastern United States and...
, LysimachiaLysimachiaLysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae .-Characteristics:...
quadrifolia. - Meadowwort - A variety of meadowsweetMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria, commonly known as Meadowsweet, is a perennial herb in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia...
. - Milkwort - PolygalaceaePolygalaceaeThe Polygalaceae or Milkwort family is a family of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900–1,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees...
, the milkwort family, one of which yields buaze. Polygala vulgaris is the milkwort of EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. - Miterwort - Bishop's cap. Any plant of the genus Mitella.
- Moneywort - Loosestrife. Herb twopence, an evergreen trailing plant. A popular name for various plants of the genus LysimachiaLysimachiaLysimachia is a genus of flowering plants. It is traditionally classified in the family Primulaceae but should, according to molecular phylogenetic study, be placed to the family Myrsinaceae .-Characteristics:...
, especially Lysimachia nummularia, of the primrose family, PrimulaceaePrimulaceaePrimulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers. It is also known as the primrose family.- Genera :...
. - MoonwortMoonwortMoonworts are ferns, seedless vascular plants, of the genus Botrychium, sensu stricto. They are small, with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. One part of the leaf, the trophophore, is sterile and fernlike; the other, the sporophore, is fertile and carries the clusters of...
- Honesty, a herb of the genus LunariaLunariaLunaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to central and southern Europe. It includes two species, Perennial honesty and Annual honesty. They are widely grown as ornamental plants in gardens, and have become naturalised in many temperate areas away from their native...
. Also, any fern of the genus Botrychium. - MotherwortMotherwortMotherwort is a herbaceous perennial plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae. Other common names include Throw-wort, Lion's Ear, and Lion's Tail. The latter two are also common names for Leonotis leonurus. Originally from Central Asia it is now found worldwide, spread largely due to its use as a...
- A herb, Leonurus cardiaca, of the mint family, LamiaceaeLamiaceaeThe mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
. Also, mugwort. - Mountain spiderwort - Lloydia serotina.
- Mudwort - Limosella aquaticaLimosella aquaticaLimosella aquatica is a widespread species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name water mudwort. It is native to much of the temperate world, where it grows in many types of wet habitat. It is semiaquatic, growing in moist land habitat such as meadows, in mud and wet sand...
, found growing in muddy places. - Mugwort - Artemisia vulgarisArtemisia vulgarisArtemisia vulgaris is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood, Old uncle Henry, Sailor's Tobacco, Naughty Man, Old Man or St...
. - Mulewort - Any plant of the genus Hemionitis.
- NailwortParonychia (plant)Paronychia is a genus of plants in the pink family with over 110 species worldwide, mostly from warm-temperate North America, Eurasia, South America and Africa. They are herbs that are annual or biennial or perennial in life span. Some species have a woody base...
- Any species of ParonychiaParonychia (plant)Paronychia is a genus of plants in the pink family with over 110 species worldwide, mostly from warm-temperate North America, Eurasia, South America and Africa. They are herbs that are annual or biennial or perennial in life span. Some species have a woody base...
. Also Draba vernaDraba vernaSpring draba may also go by the names shadflower, nailwort, vernal whitlow grass, early witlow grass or whitlow-grass. It is a tiny, tiny plant of sagebrush country, in the inland western U.S., most of Europe, including Britain, North Africa and temperate Asia...
, Saxifraga tridactylites. - Navelwort - A succulent plant of the genus Cotyledon.
- Nettlewort - Any plant of the nettle family, UrticaceaeUrticaceaeUrticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...
. - NipplewortNipplewortLapsana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing a single species, Lapsana communis . It is native to Europe and northern Asia.-Growth:...
- Lapsana communis. - Peachwort - Lady's Thumb, Polygonum persicaria.
- PearlwortSaginaSagina is a genus of 20–30 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae. These are flowering herbs native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere extending south to tropical mountain areas at high altitudes, reaching just south of the equator in Africa...
- Pearl grass; pearl plant; any species of the genus Sagina. - PennywortPennywortPennywort is a name given to several completely different plants around the world. In general they all have round leaves and a low-growing habit...
- Linaria cymbalaria. Also, any one of a number of peltate-leaved plants. Watercup; trumpetleaf. Also Gotu Kola (Centella asiaticaCentella asiaticaCentella asiatica is a small herbaceous annual plant of the family Mackinlayaceae or subfamily Mackinlayoideae of family Apiaceae, and is native to India, Sri Lanka, northern Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, and other parts of Asia...
) and species from genus Hydrocotyle. - PepperwortPepperwortLepidium latifolium, known by several common names including Broadleaved Pepperweed, Pepperwort, or Peppergrass, Dittander, Dittany, and Tall Whitetop, is a perennial plant that is a member of the mustard and cabbage family.This plant is native to southern Europe, Mediterranean countries and Asia...
- Lepidium latifolium; Lepidium campestre; Spanish cress, Lepidium cardamines. Peppergrass; cockweed; dittander. - Peterwort - Saint Peter's wort.
- Pilewort - Lesser celandineLesser celandineLesser celandine is a low-growing, hairless perennial plant, with fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves. The plant is found throughout Europe and west Asia and is now introduced in North America. It prefers bare, damp ground and in the UK it is often a persistent garden weed...
. - Pipewort - EriocaulonEriocaulonEriocaulon is a genus of about 400 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical regions, particularly southern Asia and the Americas. A few species extend to temperate...
. - Quillwort - Isoetes, of the quillwort family; certain seedless plants or "fern allies".
- Quinsywort - Asperula cynanchica.
- Common ragwort - Jacobaea vulgaris, and some other plants of the genus JacobaeaJacobaeaJacobaea is a genus of the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. Most if not all of its members used to be placed in the genus Senecio.-Species:*Jacobaea abrotanifolia*Jacobaea adonidifolia Loisel.*Jacobaea alpina...
(once called cankerweed). - Rattlewort - Rattlebox, CrotalariaCrotalariaCrotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae commonly known as rattlepods. Some 600 or more species of Crotalaria are described worldwide, mostly from the tropics; at least 500 species are known from Africa. Some species of Crotalaria are grown as ornamentals...
sagittalis. - RibwortPlantago lanceolataPlantago lanceolata is a species of genus Plantago known by the common names ribwort plantain, English plantain, and narrowleaf plantain. It is a common weed of cultivated land....
- Plantago lanceolata. Hen plant. English plantain, the common plantain introduced into the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
from EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. - Rosewort - A plant of the rose family, RosaceaeRosaceaeRosaceae are a medium-sized family of flowering plants, including about 2830 species in 95 genera. The name is derived from the type genus Rosa. Among the largest genera are Alchemilla , Sorbus , Crataegus , Cotoneaster , and Rubus...
. Also, roseroot, Rhodiola roseaRhodiola roseaRhodiola rosea is a plant in the Crassulaceae family that grows in cold regions of the world. These include much of the Arctic, the mountains of Central Asia, the Rocky Mountains, and mountainous parts of Europe, such as the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathian Mountains, Scandinavia, Iceland, Great...
, whose root has the fragrance of a rose. - Rupturewort - Alternanthera polygonoides.
- SaltwortSaltwortSaltwort is a common name for several genera of flowering plants, including:*Batis, family Bataceae*Salicornia and Salsola, family Amaranthaceae*Salsola kali, prickly saltwort...
- A vague and indefinite name applied to any halophyte of the genus Salsola. Salsola kali is the prickly saltwort. Also, some species of Salicornia, the glasswortGlasswortSalicornia is a genus of succulent, halophyte plants that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, South Africa, and South Asia...
s, are called saltworts. - SandwortArenaria (plant)Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.Species of this genus are among those plants commonly known as "sandworts". Several species formerly classified within Arenaria are now classed in the genera Spergularia, Eremogone and Minuartia.Species include:*Arenaria...
- A plant of the genus Arenaria. One of the Caryophyllaceae. - Sawwort - A plant of the genus Serratula, especially Serratula tinctoriaSerratula tinctoriaSerratula tinctoria, commonly known as Saw-wort, is a species in the genus Serratula. It is a native of Europe. It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall....
. - Scorpionwort - either Ornithopus scorpioides or scorpion grass, the forget-me-notForget-me-notMyosotis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae that are commonly called Forget-me-nots. Its common name was calqued from the French, "ne m'oubliez pas" and first used in English in c. 1532. Similar names and variations are found in many languages.-Description:There are...
. - Scurvywort - Lesser celandineLesser celandineLesser celandine is a low-growing, hairless perennial plant, with fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves. The plant is found throughout Europe and west Asia and is now introduced in North America. It prefers bare, damp ground and in the UK it is often a persistent garden weed...
. - Sea LungwortLungwortThe lungworts are the genus Pulmonaria of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species east to central Asia...
- Mertensia maritima. - Sea Milkwort - Of the primrose family, PrimulaceaePrimulaceaePrimulaceae is a family of flowering plants with about 24 genera, including some favorite garden plants and wildflowers. It is also known as the primrose family.- Genera :...
. - Sea ragwort - Dusty miller, Jacobaea maritimaJacobaea maritimaJacobaea maritima is a perennial plant species in the genus Jacobaea in the family Asteraceae, native to the Mediterranean region...
. - Sea SandwortSandwortSandwort is the common name of several plants, which may be members of the following genera:*Arenaria*Minuartia*MoehringiaSee also Wort plants...
- A plant of the North Atlantic seacoast. - Sea Starwort - Aster Tripolium.
- Setterwort - HelleborusHelleboreCommonly known as hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae...
foetidus. Pegroots; setter grass; bear's foot. - Sicklewort - Prunella vulgarisPrunella vulgarisPrunella vulgaris, known as common selfheal, heal-all, heart-of-the-earth, is a medicinal plant in the genus Prunella. It grows 5 to 30 cms high , with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at leaf axis...
, the healall. - Sleepwort - LettuceLettuceLettuce is a temperate annual or biennial plant of the daisy family Asteraceae. It is most often grown as a leaf vegetable. It is eaten either raw, notably in salads, sandwiches, hamburgers, tacos, and many other dishes, or cooked, as in Chinese cuisine in which the stem becomes just as important...
, especially Lactuca virosaLactuca virosaLactuca virosa is a plant in the Lactuca genus, ingested often for its mild psychotropic effects which are often described as being similar to that of opium. It is related to common lettuce Lactuca virosa is a plant in the Lactuca (lettuce) genus, ingested often for its mild psychotropic... - Slipperwort - A plant of the genus CalceolariaCalceolariaCalceolaria L. , also called Lady's purse, Slipper flower and Pocketbook flower, or Slipperwort, is a genus of plants in the Calceolariaceae family, sometimes classified in Scrophulariaceae by some authors...
. - SneezewortSneezewortAchillea ptarmica is a species in the genus Achillea. It has loose clusters of white, button-like flowers that bloom from June to August...
- Achillea ptarmica. Goosetongue; Bastard pellitory. - SoapwortSoapwortCommon Soapwort is a vespertine flower, and a common perennial plant from the carnation family . Other common names are Bouncing Bet and Sweet William; locally it is simply "the Soapwort" although there are about 20 species of soapworts altogether.The scientific name Saponaria is derived from the...
- One of the bruiseworts. - Sparrowwort - A general name for the plants of the genus PasserinaPasserinaThe genus Passerina is a group of birds in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae. Although not directly related to buntings in the family Emberizidae, they are sometimes known as the North American buntings .The males show vivid colours in the breeding season; the...
. - Spearwort - A plant of the genus RanunculusRanunculusRanunculus is a large genus of about 600 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine....
. - Spiderwort - Tradescantia virginica.
- Spleenwort - AspleniumAspleniumAsplenium is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider Hymenasplenium separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, a different chromosome count, and structural differences in the rhizomes...
. A large genus of ferns; formerly used for spleen disorders. - Spoonwort - Any plant of the genus Cochlearia, as Cochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalisCochlearia officinalis, or Common Scurvygrass is a flowering plant of the genus Cochlearia in the family Brassicaceae....
. Scurvy grass. - Springwort - Euphorbia lathyrisEuphorbia lathyrisEuphorbia lathyris is a species of spurge native to southern Europe , northwest Africa, and eastward through southwest Asia to western China....
. Caper spurge. - Spurwort - Sherardia arvensis. Field madder.
- Stabwort - Wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.
- Staggerwort - Same as Staverwort .
- Staithwort - Same as colewortCabbageCabbage is a popular cultivar of the species Brassica oleracea Linne of the Family Brassicaceae and is a leafy green vegetable...
. - Standerwort - Standergrass, Orchis mascula.
- Starwort - Any plant of the genus Aster.
- Staverwort - Staggerwort; ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris.
- Stinkwort - Helleborus foetidus L. Stinking helleboreHelleboreCommonly known as hellebores, members of the genus Helleborus comprise approximately 20 species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, within which it gave its name to the tribe of Helleboreae...
. - Stinkwort - DittrichiaDittrichiaDittrichia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It was formed relatively recently by splitting genus Inula.-Species:This genus contains two species:*Dittrichia graveolens, stinkwort, sticky stinkweed...
graveolens (L.) W. Greuter - StinkwortDatura stramoniumDatura stramonium, known by the common names Jimson weed, devil's trumpet, devil's weed, thorn apple, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, locoweed, datura, pricklyburr, devil's cucumber, Hell's Bells, moonflower and, in South Africa, malpitte and mad seeds, is a common weed in the...
- Datura stramoniumDatura stramoniumDatura stramonium, known by the common names Jimson weed, devil's trumpet, devil's weed, thorn apple, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, locoweed, datura, pricklyburr, devil's cucumber, Hell's Bells, moonflower and, in South Africa, malpitte and mad seeds, is a common weed in the...
L. - StinkwortStinkwortStinkwort is the common name given to plants of several species:* Datura stramonium L.* Helleborus fœtidus L.* Dittrichia graveolens W. Greuter, genus Dittrichia , family Asteraceae...
- InulaInulaInula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The genus is thought by some to be paraphyletic, based on the study of the different phenolic compounds the various species have.They are mostly perennial herbs that vary...
graveolens (L.) Desf - StitchwortStitchwortStitchwort is the common name of several plants of the following genera:* Minuartia* Stellaria...
- Any of several plants of the genus StellariaStellariaStellaria is a genus of about 90-120 species flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include stitchwort and chickweed.-Food use:...
. Stichwort. - St. James' Wort - Senecio jacobaea or Senecio aureusSenecio aureusPackera aurea , commonly known as Golden Ragwort, is a perennial flower in family Asteraceae. It is also known as Life Root, Squaw Weed, Golden Sececio, ragwort, uncum root, waw weed, uncum, false valerian, cough weed, female regulator, cocash weed, ragweed, staggerwort, and St...
, two species of ragwortSenecioSenecio is a genus of the daisy family that includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters...
. - St. John's Wort - Can refer to any species of hypericumHypericumHypericum is a genus of about 400 species of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae ....
. - Stonewort - A general name for plants of the genus Chara; water horsetailWater HorsetailThe water horsetail , also known as the Swamp Horsetail, is a perennial horsetail that commonly grows in dense colonies along freshwater shorelines or in shallow water, growing in ponds, swamps, ditches, and other sluggish or still waters with mud bottoms...
. - St. Peter's Wort - Any plant of the genus Ascyrum. Hypericum quadrangulum. The cowslip.
- Strapwort - Carrigiola littoralis.
- Sulphurwort - Peucedanum officinale. Hog fennel.
- Swallowwort - The Greater CelandineGreater celandineChelidonium majus is a herbaceous perennial plant, the only species in the genus Chelidonium...
, Chelidonium majus. Also, any plant of the genus AsclepiasAsclepiasAsclepias L. , the milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous plants that contains over 140 known species...
or CynanchumCynanchumCynanchum is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family Apocynaceae. The taxon name comes from Greek kynos and anchein , referring to the toxicity of these plants. Hence the common name for several species is dog-strangling vine...
. - Sweetwort - Any plant of a sweet taste.
- Talewort - Borago officinalis. Formerly considered a valuable remedy.
- Tetterwort - According to 1913 Webster's Dictionary, Chelidonium majus in England or Sanguinaria canadensisBloodrootBloodroot is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, United States...
in the Americas. A wort plant used to treat tetter. - Thoroughwort - Eupatorium perfoliatumEupatorium perfoliatumEupatorium perfoliatum or Boneset is a common perennial plant native to the Eastern United States and Canada, with a range from Nova Scotia to Florida, as well as from Louisiana and Texas through North Dakota. It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant"...
. Boneset. - Throatwort - A name for one or two plants of the genus CampanulaCampanulaCampanula is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell"....
. - Thrumwort - Amaranthus caudatusAmaranthus caudatusAmaranthus caudatus is a species of annual flowering plant. It goes by common names such as love-lies-bleeding, love-lies-a'bleeding, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, velvet flower, foxtail amaranth, and quelite...
; velvet flower or love-lies-bleedingAmaranthus caudatusAmaranthus caudatus is a species of annual flowering plant. It goes by common names such as love-lies-bleeding, love-lies-a'bleeding, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, velvet flower, foxtail amaranth, and quelite...
. - ToothwortToothwortToothwort is a small genus of five to seven species of flowering plants, native to temperate Europe and Asia. They are parasitic plants on the roots of other plants, and are completely lacking chlorophyll. They are classified in the family Orobanchaceae. In addition, Cardamine concatenata is also...
- Lathraea squamariaLathraea squamariaCommon Toothwort is a species of Toothwort.It is parasitic on the roots of hazel and alder, occasionally on beech, in shady places such as hedge sides...
; also Dentaria diphyllaCardamineCardamine , is a large genus in the family Brassicaceae. It contains more than 150 species of annuals and perennials. The genus grows worldwide in diverse habitats, except in the Antarctic. Genus Dentaria is a synonym for Cardamine.The leaves can have different forms, going from minute to...
. Crinkleroot or Pepper RootCardamine diphyllaCardamine diphylla is a plant is native to North America.C...
. - Towerwort - the tower mustard and some allied species of ArabisArabisArabis , or rockcress, is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Brassicaceae, subfamily Brassicoideae.Though traditionally recognized as a large genus with many Old World and New World members, more recent evaluations of the relationships among these species using genetic data suggest that...
. - Tree lungwortLungwortThe lungworts are the genus Pulmonaria of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, with one species east to central Asia...
- Sticta pulmonaria, a lichenLichenLichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
. - Trophywort - The Indian cress; nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus.
- Venus's-navelwort - Either blue navelwort or white navelwort.
- Wall PennywortUmbilicus rupestrisUmbilicus rupestris is a fleshy, perennial, edible flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae so named for its umbilicate leaves....
- Navelwort. - Wartwort - An attractive European weed which has flowers that turn towards the sun.
- Water dropwortWater dropwortThe water dropworts, Oenanthe , are a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae. Most of the species grow in damp ground, in marshes or in water....
- Oenanthe fistulosa, Oenanthe phellandrum, or any plant of that genus. - Water Figwort - Water betony.
- Water PennywortHydrocotyleHydrocotyle sometimes called water pennywort, Indian Pennywort, Marsh Penny, Thick-leaved Pennywort and even White Rot...
- HydrocotyleHydrocotyleHydrocotyle sometimes called water pennywort, Indian Pennywort, Marsh Penny, Thick-leaved Pennywort and even White Rot...
; marsh pennyworts. - Water Starwort - Callitriche verna, of the water-milfoil family.
- Waterwort - An aquatic plant of the genus ElatineElatineElatine is one of only two genera in the plant family Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of aquatic plants known generally as waterworts...
. Any plant of the family Philydraceae. - White Navelwort - A plant of the genus OmphalodesOmphalodesOmphalodes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae.The genus is widely distributed on the Northern Hemisphere, with some species in North America, and many species in East-Asia and the Meditteranean.Some species:...
. - White Swallowwort - Vincetoxicum officinale.
- Willowwort - Any plant of the willow familyWillowWillows, sallows, and osiers form the genus Salix, around 400 species of deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere...
, SalicaceaeSalicaceaeSalicaceae are a family of flowering plants. Recent genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 55 genera....
. A species of LythrumLythrumLythrum is a genus commonly known as loosestrife. It is one of 32 genera of the family Lythraceae.-Selected species:-Formerly placed here:*Cuphea carthagenensis J.F.Macbr....
. Grasspoly; a variety of loosestrife. - Woundwort - The name of several plants of the genus StachysStachysStachys is one of the largest genera in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae. Estimates of the number of species in the genus vary from about 300, to about 450. The type species for the genus is Stachys sylvatica. Stachys is in the subfamily Lamioideae...
, a genus of labiate plants. Also, the kidney vetch. - Yellow starwort - Elecampane, Inula helenium.
- Yellow-wort - Chlora perfoliata, GentianaceaeGentianaceaeGentianaceae are a family of flowering plants of 87 genera and over 1500 species. Flowers are actinomorphic and bisexual with fused sepals and petals. The stamens are attached to the inside of the petals and alternate with the corolla lobes. There is a glandular disk at the base of the gynoecium,...