User:DCDuring/WP "wort" plants

See also

• List of wort plants on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

A

• adderwort, adder's wort - Persicaria bistorta.
• American lungwort - Mertensia virginica}.
• asterwort - Any composite plant of the family Asteraceae.
• awlwort - Subularia aquatica. The plant bears awl-shaped leaves.

B

• banewort - Ranunculus flammula or Atropa belladonna
• barrenwort - Epimedium, especially Epimedium alpinum .
• bearwort - Meum athamanticum
• bellwort - Uvularia or Campanulaceae.
• birthwort - Aristolochia. Also, birthroot (Trillium erectum).
• birthwort - Aristolochiaceae, the birthwort family.
• bishop's wort - Stachys officinalis. Also, fennel flower.
• bitterwort - Gentiana lutea.
• bladderwort - Utricularia (aquatic plants).
• blawort - Centaurea cyanus "A flower, commonly called harebell. Also, a certain plant bearing blue flowers."
• bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis, a member of Papaveraceae, as are poppies. Produces escharotic alkaloids that corrode skin, leaving wounds. Also redroot, bloodroot or tetterwort.
• blue navelwort - A species of the genus Omphalodes, Cynoglossum
• blue throatwort - Trachelium caeruleum.
• blushwort - A member of the gentian family. shame flower.
• bogwort - The bilberry or whortleberry Vaccinium myrtillus.
• boragewort - Any plant of the borage family, Boraginaceae.
• bridewort - Filipendula ulmaria. The common meadowsweet.; Spiraea spp.
• brimstonewort - Same as sulphurwort.
• brotherwort - wild thyme.
• brownwort - Scrophularia vernalis . yellow figwort.
• bruisewort - Any plant considered to be useful in treating bruises, as herb Margaret.
• bullwort - Ammi majus, bishop's wood.
• bullock's lungwort or cow's lungwort - Verbascum thapsus, the common mullein.
• burstwort - Herniaria glabra. Formerly used to treat rupture.
• butterwort - Pinguicula vulgaris.

C

• cancerwort - Linaria vulgaris. toadflax.
• catwort - A plant of the genus Nepeta. catnip.
• clown's ringwort - plant featured in the 1605 panel of the w:New World Tapestry.
• colewort - Brassica oleracea. cabbage.
• coralwort - Lathraea squamaria, tooth violet
• crosswort - Eupatorium perfoliatum. Lysimachia quadrifolia . boneset. Also, maywort, a species of Galium, Phuopsis, Phuopsis stylosa.

D, E

• damewort - Hesperis matronalis. dame's violet or damask violet or dame's rocket.
• danewort - Sambucus ebulus. The dwarf elder. Also, daneweed.
• dragonwort - An Artemisia, or Polygonum bistorta
• dropwort - Filipendula vulgaris. A European herb.
• dungwort - Helleborus foetidus. stinking hellebore.
• ebony spleenwort - Fern.
• elderwort - Sambucus ebulus.
• European pillwort - Pilularia globulifera. peppergrass.

F

• felonwort - Solanum dulcamara. felonwood or bittersweet.
• feltwort - Another common name for the mullein, the genus Verbascum.
• felwort/fellwort - A common name for various species of gentian.
• feverwort - horse gentian Triosteum.
• figwort - Some plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, including Euphrasia officinalis (eyebright); Veronica officinalis (speedwell or fluellen); Veronica anagullis (water speedwell); Gratiola officinalis (herb of grace) (hedge hyssop); Herpestis monniera ([[water hyssop}}); Scoparia dulcis (sweet broomweed), or Ilysanthes riparia (false pimpernel).
• fleawort - A Plantago plantain; marsh fleawort
• flukewort - Hydrocotyle vulgaris.
• French lungwort or golden lungwort - Hieracium murorum.
• frostwort - Helianthemum canadense . frostweed or rockrose.
• fumewort - Genus Corydalis.

G

• galewort - Myrica gale. sweet gale.
• garlicwort - Alliaria officinalis. garlic mustard The hedge garlic.
• gentianwort - Any plant of the family Gentianaceae.
• German madwort - Asperugo procumbens.
• gipsywort - Any plant of the genus Lycopus, as Lycopus europaeus. gipsy herb, horehound.
• glasswort - frog grass. Also, a seaweed yielding kelp.
• golden ragwort - Senecio aureus. squawweed.
• goutwort - Aegopodium podagraria. acheweed; herb Gerard; goat's foot; bishop weed; goutweed.
• greater spearwort - Ranunculus lingua.
• gutwort - Globularia alypum Used as a purgative.

H, I

• hammerwort - Parietaria officinalis. The plant pellitory.
• hartwort - Any of certain plants of the genera Seseli, Tordylium, and Bupleurum.
• heathwort - Any plant of the genus Erica, the heath family.
• hemlock dropwort - Oenanthe fistulosa . A plant of the parsley family, Apiaceae or Umbelliferae.
• hillwort - wild thyme, or Mentha pulegium, a kind of pennyroyal.
• hogwort - Croton capitatus.
• holewort, hollowwort. Corydalis cava .
• honewort - A plant used as a remedy for hone.
• honeywort - A bee plant of the genus Cerinthe.
• hoodwort - Scutellaria lateriflora. Also called skullcap and madweed.
• hornwort - Ceratophyllum demersum, rigid hornwort
• ironwort - A plant of the genus Sideritis.

K

• kelpwort - Macrocystis pyrifera, a kind of glasswort.
• kidneywort - Cotyledon umbilicus. Also called Umbilicus rupestris pennywort and navelwort.
• knotwort - Any plant of the genus Illecebrum.

L

• laserwort - Any plant of the genus Laserpitium.
• lazarwort - laserwort.
• leadwort - Any plant of the genus Plumbago.
• lesser spearwort - Ranunculus flammula. banewort.
• lichwort - The wall pellitory pellitory of the wall, Parietaria officinalis.
• lilywort - A plant of the genus Funkia. Day lily. Also, any plant of the family Liliaceae.
• liverwort - Any species of Marchantiophyta, a division of non-vascular plants (a type of bryophyte). Also, plants that resemble the liverworts; as, liverleaf (Hepatica).
• lousewort - Pedicularis canadensis. cockscomb; head betony; wood betony (herb Christopher). Any plant of the genus Pedicularis, as Pedicularis palustris (rattle).
• lungwort - A plant of the genus Mertensia, the lungworts. Also, a boraginaceous plant of the genus Pulmonaria.
• lustwort - Any plant of the genus Drosera; the sundew.

M

• madderwort - Any plant of the madder family, Rubiaceae.
• madwort - Alyssum saxitile, gold dust.
• maidenhair spleenwort - Asplenium trichomanes
• mallowwort - Any plant of the mallow family, Malvaceae.
• marsh pennywort - Hydrocotyle vulgaris.
• marsh St.-John's-wort - Elodes virginica .
• marshwort - Vaccinium oxycoccus, the creeping cranberry. Also, a European umbelliferous plant.
• masterwort - Peucedanum (formerly Imperatoria) Ostruthium or Astrantia major. Also, in the United States, Heracleum lanatum, the cow parsnip.
• maudlinwort - Leucanthemum vulgare.
• maywort - bedstraw or mugweed. A species of Galium. Also, crosswort, Lysimachia quadrifolia .
• meadowwort - A variety of meadowsweet.
• milkwort - Polygalaceae, the milkwort family, one of which Securidaca longipedunculata yields buaze, a strong fiber. Polygala vulgaris is the milkwort of Europe.
• 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 Lysimachia, especially Lysimachia nummularia , of the primrose family, Primulaceae.
• moonwort - honesty, a herb of the genus Lunaria. Also, any fern of the genus Botrychium.
• motherwort - A herb, Leonurus cardiaca, of the mint family, Lamiaceae. Also, mugwort.
• mountain spiderwort - Lloydia serotina .
• mudwort - Limosella aquatica, found growing in muddy places.
• mugwort - Artemisia vulgaris.
• mulewort - Any plant of the genus Hemionitis.

N

• nailwort - Any species of Paronychia. Also Draba verna, Saxifraga tridactylites
• navelwort - A succulent plant of the genera Cotyledon and Omphalodes.
• nettlewort - Any plant of the nettle family, Urticaceae.
• nipplewort - Lapsana communis.

P, Q

• peachwort - lady's thumb, Polygonum persicaria.
• pearlwort - pearl grass; pearl plant; any species of the genus Sagina
• pennywort - Linaria cymbalaria. Also, any one of a number of peltate-leaved plants. watercup; trumpetleaf. Also gotu kola (Centella asiatica) and species from genus Hydrocotyle.
• pepperwort - Lepidium latifolium; Lepidium campestre; Spanish cress, Lepidium cardamines. peppergrass; cockweed; dittander.
• Peterwort, peterwort - Saint Peter's wort.
• pilewort - lesser celandine.
• pipewort - Eriocaulon
• quillwort - Isoetes, of the quillwort family; certain seedless plants or "fern allies".
• quinsywort - Asperula cynanchica .

R

• common ragwort - Jacobaea vulgaris, and some other plants of the genus Jacobaea (once called cankerweed).
• rattlewort - rattlebox, Crotalaria sagittalis .
• ribwort - Plantago lanceolata. hen plant. English plantain, the common plantain introduced into the United States from Europe.
• rosewort - A plant of the rose family, Rosaceae. Also, roseroot, Rhodiola rosea, whose root has the fragrance of a rose.
• rupturewort - Alternanthera polygonoides; also species of Herniaria, such as smooth rupturewort, Hernaria glabra.

S

• 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 glassworts, are called saltworts.
• sandwort - A plant of the genus Arenaria. One of the Caryophyllaceae.
• sawwort - A plant of the genus Serratula, especially Serratula tinctoria. Also, plants in the genus Saussurea.
• scorpionwort - either Ornithopus scorpioides or scorpion grass, the forget-me-not.
• scurvywort - lesser celandine.
• sea lungwort - Mertensia maritima .
• sea milkwort - Of the primrose family, Primulaceae.
• sea ragwort - dusty miller, Jacobaea maritima.
• sea sandwort - A plant of the North Atlantic seacoast.
• sea starwort - Aster tripolium .
• setterwort - Helleborus foetidus pegroots; setter grass; bear's foot.
• sicklewort - Prunella vulgaris, the healall.
• sleepwort - lettuce, especially Lactuca virosa
• slipperwort - A plant of the genus Calceolaria.
• sneezewort - Achillea ptarmica. goosetongue; bastard pellitory.
• soapwort - One of the bruiseworts.
• sparrowwort - A general name for the plants of the genus Passerina.
• spearwort - A plant of the genus Ranunculus.
• spiderwort - Tradescantia virginica; also, Commelina spp., such as blue spiderwort, Commelina coelestis
• spleenwort - Asplenium. A large genus of ferns; formerly used for spleen disorders.
• spoonwort - Any plant of the genus Cochlearia, as Cochlearia officinalis. scurvy grass.
• springwort - Euphorbia lathyris. caper spurge.
• spurwort - Sherardia arvensis. field madder.
• stabwort - wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.
• staggerwort - Same as staverwort.
• staithwort - Same as colewort.
• standerwort - standergrass, Orchis mascula.
• starwort - Any plant of the genus Aster.
• staverwort - staggerwort; ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris.
• stinkwort - Helleborus foetidus L. stinking hellebore.
• stinkwort - Dittrichia graveolens (L.) W. Greuter
• stinkwort - Datura stramonium L.
• stinkwort - Inula graveolens (L.) Desf
• stitchwort - Any of several plants of the genus Stellaria. stichwort.
• St. James' wort - Senecio jacobaea or Senecio aureus.
• St. John's wort - Can refer to any species of Hypericum.
• stonewort - A general name for plants of the genus Chara and Nitella; water horsetail.
• St. Paul's wort - Sigesbeckia spp., eg, eastern St. Paul's wort - Sigesbeckia orientalis
• St. Peter's wort - Any plant of the genus Ascyrum. Hypericum quadrangulum. The cowslip.
• strapwort - Corrigiola litoralis
• sulphurwort - Peucedanum officinale. hog fennel.
• swallowwort - The greater celandine, Chelidonium majus. Also, any plant of the genus Asclepias or Cynanchum. black swallow-wort Vincetoxicum nigrum
• sweetwort - Any plant of a sweet taste.

T

• talewort - Borago officinalis (borage). Formerly considered a valuable remedy.
• tetterwort - According to 1913 Webster's Dictionary, Chelidonium majus (greater celandine) in England or Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot) in the Americas. A plant used to treat tetter.
• thoroughwort - Eupatorium perfoliatum. boneset.
• throatwort - A name for one or two plants of the genus Campanula.
• thrumwort - Amaranthus caudatus: velvet flower or love-lies-bleeding.
• toothwort - Lathraea squamaria and Lathraea clandestina; also Dentaria diphylla ⇒ Cardamine diphylla . crinkleroot or pepper root.
• towerwort - the tower mustard and some allied species of Arabis.
• tree lungwort - Lobaria pulmonaria, a lichen.
• trophywort - The Indian cress; nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus.

V, W, Y

• Venus's-navelwort - Either blue navelwort or white navelwort. Omphalodes linifolia
• wall pennywort - navelwort. Umbilicus rupestris
• wartwort - An attractive European weed which has flowers that turn towards the sun.
• water dropwort - Oenanthe fistulosa, Oenanthe phellandrum ⇒ Oenanthe aquatica, or any plant of that genus.
• water figwort - Scrophularia auriculata (water betony Shargacucullia scrophulariae (moth)).
• water pennywort - Hydrocotyle; marsh pennywort.
• water starwort - Callitriche verna ⇒ Callitriche palustris, of the water milfoil family. common water-starwort Callitriche stagnalis
• waterwort - An aquatic plant of the genus Elatine. Any plant of the family Philydraceae.
• white navelwort - A plant of the genus Omphalodes.
• white swallowwort - Vincetoxicum officinale ⇒ Vincetoxicum hirundinaria.
• willowwort - Any plant of the willow family, Salicaceae; Lythrum hyssopifolia grass-poly; a variety of loosestrife.
• woundwort - The name of several plants of the genus Stachys heal-all, self-heal, betony, lamb's ears, edgenettle, a genus of labiate plants. Also, Anthyllis vulneraria.
• yellow starwort - elecampane, elfdock, horse-heal Inula helenium.
• yellow-wort - Chlora perfoliata ⇒ Blackstonia perfoliata, Gentianaceae