Plant Name Cross Reference Guide

Our plant library is organized by the botanical name. This cross reference list should help reduce confusion and help you locate plants among our perennials, ornamental grasses and groundcovers. When researching plants online, its best to use the botanical name, as common names for plants can refer to totally different plants and will vary by region.

Perennials

Common NameBotanical Name
Adam’s NeedleYucca
Anise HyssopAgastache
AsterAster
AvensGeum
BeardtonguePenstemon
Bee BalmMonarda
Bell FlowerCampanula
Black-Eyed SusanRudbeckia
Blanket FlowerGaillardia
Blanket HeartDicentra
Blue StarAmsonia
Bugbane/SnakerootActaea/Cimicifuga
Butterfly WeedAsclepias
CalamintCalamintha
CatmintNepeta
ColumbineAquilegia
ConeflowerEchinacea
Coral BellsHeuchera
CranesbillGeranium
Creeping PhloxPhlox subulata
Cushion SpurgeEuphorbia
DaylilyHemerocallis
Evening PrimroseOenothera
False Forget-Me-NotBrunnera
False IndigoBaptisia
False SpireaAstilbe
False Sunflower/Ox-EyeHeliopsis
FernFern
Foam FlowerTiarella
Foamy BellsHeucherella
Garden PhloxPhlox paniculata
Gayfeather/Blazing StarLiatris
Goat’s BeardAruncus
Common NameBotanical Name
GoldenrodSolidago
Hens and ChicksSempervivum
IrisIris
Jacob’s LadderPolemonium
Joe Pye WeedEupatorium
Lady’s MantleAlchemilla
Lamb’s EarStachys
LarkspurDelphinium
Leopard Plant/RagwortLigularia
LilyLilium
LobeliaLobelia
LungwortPulmonaria
LupineLupinus
Obedient PlantPhysostegia
Ornamental OnionAllium
PeonyPaeonia
PigsqueakBergenia
Pink/Sweet WilliamDianthus
Plantain LilyHosta
Rose MallowHibiscus
Russian SagePerovskia
SageSalvia
Shasta DaisyLeucanthemum
SneezeweedHelenium
SpeedwellVeronica
SpikenardAralia
StonecropSedum
TickseedCoreopsis
TurtleheadChelone
WindflowerAnemone
Woodland PhloxPhlox divaricata
ArtemisiaArtemisia
YarrowAchillea

Ornamental Grasses

Common NameBotanical Name
Big BluestemAndropogon
Blue OatHelictotrichon
Feather ReedCalamagrostis
FescueFestuca
Fountain GrassPennisetum
Japanese Forest GrassHakonechloa
Little BluestemSchizachyrium
Maiden GrassMiscanthus
Moor GrassMolina
Prairie DropseedSporobolus
SedgeCarex
Switch GrassPanicum
Tufted Hair GrassDeschampsia

Groundcovers

Common NameBotanical Name
BugleweedAjuga
Creeping ThymeThymus
DeadnettleLamium
Japanese SpurgePachysandra
MoneywortLysimachia
PeriwinkleVinca
Snow on the MountainAegopodium
StonecropSedum