Most Common 'Common' Names
Common Names A to Z
The following is an alphabetical listing of the most common of the common names of the plants featured in the A to Z section of The Poison Garden website.
The names are linked directly to the page concerned so, once you have identified the name of the plant, just click on it to go to the correct plant page.
Note that some common names are applied to several different plant botanical names.
Botanical Name
Eranthis hyemalis Brugmansia suaveolens
Polygonatum odoratum
Solanum melongena
Colchicum autumnale
Actaea spicata
Aristolochia clematitis
Solanum dulcamara
Actaea racemosa
Cimicifuga racemosa
Hyoscyamus niger
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Buxus sempervirens
Rumex obtusifolius
Cimicifuga racemosa
Ranunculus acris
Cannabis sativa
Ricinus communis
Nepeta faassenii
Vitex agnus - castus
Prunus laurocerasus
Helleborus niger
Erythroxylum coca
Aquilegia vulgaris
Symphytum spp.
Urtica dioica
Senecio jacobaea
Aesculus hippocastanum
Malus 'John Downie'
Fritillaria imperialis
Arum maculatum
Narcissus
Lolium temulentum
Atropa belladonna
Mercurialis perennis
Rumex obtusifolius
Dracunculus vulgaris
Bryonia dioica
Digitalis purpurea
Fritillaria meleagris
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Aquilegia atrata
Chelidonium majus
Vinca major
Helleborus viridis
Lithospermum officinale
Helleborus spp.
Conium maculatum
Oenanthe crocata
Cannabis sativa
Hyoscyamus niger
Actaea spicata
Ilex aquifolium
Aesculus hippocastanum
Cynoglossum officinale
Arum italicum
Hedera helix
Arum maculatum
Datura stramonium
Juniperus communis
Catha Edulis
Laburnum anagyroides
Delphinium spp.
Helleborus orientalis
Convallaria majalis
Arum maculatum
Mandragora officinarum
Cannabis sativa
Ranunculus acris
Colchicum autumnale
Daphne mezereum
Viscum album
Aconitum napellus
Verbascum spp.
Colchicum autumnale
Nerium oleander
Papaver somniferum
Pastinaca sativa
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Conium maculatum
Rhus radicans
Toxicodendron radicans
Strychnos nux-vomica
Lactuca serriola
Catha Edulis
Senecio jacobaea
Jacobaea vulgaris
Euphorbia x martinii
Rhododendron
Rheum x hybridum
Abrus precatorius
Rosmarinus officinalis
Ruta graveolens
Salvia divinorum
Scutellaria laterifolia
Fritillaria meleagris
Veratrum album
Symphoricarpos albus
Galanthus nivalis
Polygonatum odoratum
Euonymus europaeus
Urtica dioica
Helleborus foetidus
Leucojum aestivum
Senecio jacobaea
Camellia sinensis
Datura stramonium
Nicotiana sylvestris
Clematis vitalba
Echium vulgare
Chelidonium majus
Cicuta virosa
Oenanthe crocata
Bryonia dioica
Veratrum album
Salix alba
Eranthis hyemalis
Aconitum lycoctonum
Solanum dulcamara
Artemisia absinthium
Thevetia peruviana
Taxus baccata
Common Name
aconiteangel's trumpet
angular Solomon's seal
aubergine
autumn crocus
baneberry
birthwort
bittersweet
black cohosh
black cohosh
black henbane
bluebell
box
broad-leaved dock
bugbane
buttercup
cannabis
castor oil plant
cat-mint
chaste tree
cherry laurel
Christmas rose
cocaine
columbine
comfrey
common nettle
common ragwort
conker
crab apple
crown imperial
cuckoopint
daffodil
darnel
deadly nightshade
dog's mercury
dock
dragon arum
English mandrake
foxglove
fritillary
giant hogweed
granny's bonnet
greater celandine
greater periwinkle
green hellebore
gromwell
hellebore
hemlock
hemlock water-dropwort
hemp
henbane
herb Christopher
holly
horse chestnut
hound's tongue
Italian lords and ladies
ivy
Jack in the pulpit
jimsonweed
juniper
khat
laburnum
larkspur
lenten-rose
lily-of-the-valley
lords and ladies
mandrake
marijuana
meadow buttercup
meadow saffron
mezereon
mistletoe
monkshood
mullein
naked ladies
oleander
opium poppy
parsnip
pasque flower
poinsettia
poison hemlock
poison ivy
poison ivy
poison nut tree
prickly lettuce
qat
ragwort
ragwort
red spurge
rhododendron
rhubarb
rosary pea
rosemary
rue
sage
skullcap
snake's head fritillary
sneezewort
snowberry
snowdrop
Solomon's seal
spindle tree
stinging nettle
stinking hellebore
summer snowflake
tansy ragwort
tea
thorn apple
tobacco
traveller's joy
viper's bugloss
wartwort
water hemlock
water hemlock
white bryony
white hellebore
white willow
winter aconite
wolfsbane
woody nightshade
wormwood
yellow oleander
yew
