Amaranth (Family Amaranthaceae)
redroot pigweed
Amaryllis (Family Amaryllidaceae)
Narcissus spp.
Arum (Family Araceae)
arrow arum
Jack-in-the-pulpit
skunk cabbage
Aster (Family Asteraceae)
annual ragweed
blackeyed susan
blue mistflower
blue-stem goldenrod
bull thistle
Canadian horseweed
Canada lettuce
Canada thistle
Carolina elephantsfoot
chicory
common burdock
common dandelion
common fleabane
cutleaf coneflower
daisy fleabane
false boneset
field pussytoes
golden ragwort
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
lanceleaf tickseed
late purple aster
meadow hawkweed
mouse-ear hawkweed
ox-eye daisy
New York ironweed
nodding thistle
prickly lettuce
purplestm aster
rattlesnake weed
redseeded dandelion
spotted joe pye weed
tall goldenrod
wingstem
yarrow
yellow crownbeard
yellow goat's beard
Barberry (Family Berberidaceae)
mayapple
Bellflower (Family Campanulaceae)
American bellflower
clasping Venus' looking-glass
great blue lobelia
Indian tobacco
Borage (Family Boraginaceae)
true-forget-me-not
viper's bugloss
Virginia bluebells
wild comfrey
Broomrape (Family Orobanchaceae)
American cancer-root
Buckwheat (Family Polygonaceae)
arrowleaf tearthumb
climbing false buckwheat
curly dock
jumpseed
lady's thumb
Oriental lady's thumb
Buttercup (Family Ranunculaceae)
bulbous buttercup
littleleaf buttercup
roundlobe hepatia
rue anemone
tall thimbleweed
Carrot (Family Apiaceae)
poison hemlock
Queen Anne's lace
sanicle spp.
Colchicum (Family Colchicaceae)
Indianhemp
Evening Primrose (Family Onagraceae)
biennial beeblossom
common evening primrose
Figwort (Family Scrophulariaceae)
Allegheny monkeyflower
butter-and-eggs
common mullen
foxglove beardtongue
moth mullen
pale beardtongue
Fumitory (Family Fumariaceae)
yellow fumewort
Geranium (Family Geraniaceae)
longstalk cranesbill
wild geranium
Iris (Family Iridaceace)
blackberry lily
iris spp.
narrowleaf blue-eyed grass
yellow iris
Lily (Family Liliaceae)
common grape hyacinth
false Solomon's seal
orange daylily
star-of-Bethlehem
troutlily
white trillium
wild garlic
Madder (Family Rubiaceae)
cleavers
longleaved bluets
Piedmont bedstraw
purple bedstraw
Mallow (Family Malvaceae)
common mallow
velvetleaf
Milkweed (Family Asclepiadaceae)
butterfly milkweed
common milkweed
four-leaved milkweed
poke milkweed
swamp milkweed
Mint (Family Lamiaceae)
basal bee-balm
bugleweed
Canada germander
catnip
gill-over-the-ground
heal-all
henbit
motherwort
purple deadnettle
showy skullcap
wild bergamot
yellow giant hyssop
Mustard (Family Brassicaceae)
common winter cress
cutleaved toothwort
dames rocket
field pennycress
garlic mustard
hedge mustard
Orchid (Family Orchidaceae)
showy orchis
Pea (Family Fabaceae)
American senna
blue wild indigo
hairy small-leaf ticktrefoil
panicled tick trefoil
partridge pea
rabbit-foot clover
red clover
sericea lespedeza
trailing lespedeza
white clover
white sweet clover
yellow sweet clover
Phlox (Family Polemoniaceae)
Greek valerian
Pink (Family Caryophyllaceae)
bladder campion
bouncing bet
common chickweed
deptford pink
grass-like starwort
mouseear chickweed
Pennsylvania catchfly
star chickweed
white campion
Plantain (Family Plantaginaceae)
common plantain
common speedwell
English plantain
green field speedwell
ivyleaf speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
Pokeweed (Family Phytolaccaceae)
pokeweed
Poppy (Family Papaveraceae)
bloodroot
Potato (Family Solanaceae)
climbing nightshade
horse nettle
jimsonweed
Virginia groundcherry
Primrose (Family Primulaceae)
scarlet pimpernel
whorled loosestrife
Purslane (Family Portulacaceae)
Carolina spring beauty
spring beauty
Rose (Family Rosaceae)
agrimony spp.
Indian strawberry
rough avens
rough-fruited cinquefoil
Virginia strawberry
Saint John's Wort (Family Hypericaceae)
common St. John's wort
Saxifrage (Family Saxifragaceae)
early saxifrage
foamflower
Shinleaf (Family Pyrolaceae)
spotted wintergreen
Spiderwort (Family Commelinaceae)
asiatic dayflower
Spurge (Family Euphorbiaceae)
flowering spurge
prostrate spurge
Virginia threeseed mercury
Teasel (Family Dipsacaceae)
teasel
Touch-me-not (Family Balsaminaceae)
spotted jewelweed
Verbena (Family Verbenaceae)
American lopseed
Violet (Family Violaceae)
common blue violet
Confederate blue violet
early blue violet
birdfoot violet
field pansy
downy yellow violet
striped cream violet
Waterleaf (Family Hydrophyllaceae)
Water-plantain (Family Alismataceae)
broadleaf arrowhead
Woodsorrel (Family Oxalidaceae)
common yellow oxalis
Inventory of Herb/Forb Families and Species
For information pertaining to a herb/forb family, click on the scien-
tific name (e.g., Amaranthacese) or the common name (Amaranth).
For information pertaining to a specific species of herb/forb, click
on the common species name (e.g., redroot pigweed).
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