Botanical to Common Names
for seeds tested at asurequality
Seeds listed are those commonly found in samples tested by our National Seed Laboratory. Common names are taken from Standard Common Names for Weeds in New Zealand A J Healy, 1984 or are those in common use in New Zealand. Please note that other countries e.g. USA may use different common names for the same seed.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Botanical Name - Common Name
| Botanical Name | Common Name |
| Acacia sp. | Wattle |
| Acaena anserinifolia | piri piri |
| Acaena ovina | Australian sheep |
| Achillea millefolium | yarrow |
| Agropyron repens | couch grass |
| Agrostis capillaris | browntop |
| Agrostis sp. | bent |
| Aira caryophyllea | silvery hairgrass |
| Allium triquetrum | three-cornered garlic |
| Allium vineale | wild onion |
| Alopecurus geniculatus | kneed foxtail |
| Alopecurus myosuroides | black grass |
| Alopecurus pratensis | meadow foxtail |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | alligator weed |
| Amaranthus sp. | amaranth redroot |
| Ambrosia artemisiifolia | annual ragweed |
| Amphibromus neesii | swamp walaby grass |
| Amsinckia calycina | yellow gromwell |
| Anagallis arvensis | scarlet pimpernel |
| Andropogon sp. | andropogon |
| Anthemis arvenis | corn chamomile |
| Anthemis cotula | stinking mayweed |
| Anthoxanthum odoratum | sweet vernal |
| Anthriscus sylvestris | cow parsley |
| Aphanes arvensis | parsley piert |
| Apium sp. | wild celery |
| Arctotheca calendula | cape weed |
| Argemone ochroleuca | Mexican poppy |
| Aristida sp. | wire grass |
| Arrhenatherum elatius | tall oat grass |
| Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum | onion twitch |
| Asphodelus fistulosus | asphodel |
| Aster sp. | Michaelmas daisy |
| Aster subulatus | sea aster |
| Atriplex sp. | salt bushes, orache |
| Avena fatua | wild oat |
| Avena sativa | oat |
| Axonopus sp. | carpet grass |
| Axyris sp. | pigweed |
| Barberea sp. | winter cress |
| Bellis perennis | daisy |
| Beta vulgaris | beet |
| Betula sp. | birch |
| Bidens sp. | beggars ticks cobblers- pegs |
| Bothriochloa dicipiens | pitted bluegrass |
| Brassica sp. | wild turnip |
| Brassica tournefortii | Mediterranean mustard |
| Briza maxima | quaking grass |
| Briza minor | shivery grass |
| Bromus mollis | soft brome |
| Bromus sterilis | barren brome |
| Bromus willdenowii | prairie grass |
| Bulbinella hookeri | Maori onion |
| Bupleurum sp. | slender hares-ear |
| Calandrinia sp. | calandrinia |
| Camelina sativa | false flax |
| Campanula sp. | campanula |
| Capsella bursa-pastoris | shepherds purse |
| Cardaria draba | hoary cress |
| Carduus nutans | noddind thistle |
| Carduus tenuiflorus | winged thistle |
| Carex longebrachiata | Australian sedge |
| Carex sp. | sedges |
| Carrichtera annua | Wards weed |
| Carthamus lanatus | safron thistle |
| Carum carvi | caraway |
| Cassia sp. | cassia |
| Centaurea cyanus | cornflour |
| Centaurea solstitialis | yellow star thistly |
| Centaurium sp. | centaury |
| Cerastium sp. | mouse-ear chickweed |
| Chenopodium album | fathen |
| Chloris acicularis | curly windmill grass |
| Chloris gayana | Rhodes grass |
| Chloris truncata | windmall grass |
| Cichorium sp. | chicory, endive |
| Cirsium arvense | Californian thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Scotch thistle |
| Claytonia perfoliata | miners lettuce |
| Clematis sp. | clematis |
| Collomia sp. | collomia |
| Conium maculatum | hemlock |
| Conringia orientalis | hares ear mustard |
| Convolvulus arvensis | field bindweed |
| Conyza sp. | fleabane |
| Coprosma sp. | coprosma |
| Coriaria sp. | tutu |
| Coronilla varia | crownvetch |
| Coronopus didymus | twin cress |
| Coronopus squmatus | wart cress |
| Cotula sp. | cotula soldiers button |
| Crepis capillaris | hawkesbeard |
| Crotalaria sp. | crotalaria |
| Cuscuta epithymum | clover dodder |
| Cuscuta sp. | dodder |
| Cynodon dactylon | Indian doab |
| Cynosurus cristatus | crested dogstail |
| Cynosurus echinatus | rough dogstail |
| Cyperus sp. | sedges |
| Cytisus scoparius | broom |
| Dactylis glomerata | cocksfoot |
| Datura stramonuim | thorn apple |
| Daucus carota | wild carrot |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | tufted hair grass |
| Desmodium sp. | tick clover |
| Deyeuxia avenoides | mountain oat grass |
| Dianthus armerica | Deftford pink |
| Dichanthium sericeum | Queensland bluegrass |
| Dichelachne crinita | long-hair plume grass |
| Digitalis purpurea | foxglove |
| Digitaria sp. | summer grass |
| Diplotaxis muralis | wall rocket |
| Dracocephalum parviflorum | American dragonhead |
| Echinochloa crus-galli | barnyard grass |
| Echinochloa utilis | Japanese millet |
| Echium plantagineum | Patersons curse |
| Echium vulgare | vipers bugloss |
| Eleocharis sp. | spike rushes |
| Eleusine indica | crowfoot grass |
| Emex australis | spiny emex |
| Epilobium sp. | willow herb |
| Eragrostics cilianensis | stink grass |
| Eragrostis sp. | bay grass |
| Erechtites sp. | fire weed |
| Erigeron annuus | white-top |
| Eriochloa sp. | cup grass |
| Erodium botrys | long storksbill |
| Erodium cicutarium | storksbill |
| Erodium moschatum | musky storksbill |
| Eruca vesicaris | rocket |
| Erysimum sp. | treacle mustards |
| Eschscholzia califonica | Califonian poppy |
| Euphorbia peplus | milkweed |
| Euphorbia sp. | spurge |
| Euphrasia sp. | eyebright |
| Festuca arundinacea | tall fescue |
| Festuca pratensis | meadow fescue |
| Festuca rubra | Chewings fescue, red rescue |
| Fimbristylis sp. | fimbristylis |
| Foeniculum vulgare | fennel |
| Fragaria sp. | wild strawberry |
| Fumaria sp. | fumitory |
| Galega officinalis | goats rue |
| Galeopsis tetrahit | hemp nettle |
| Galinsoga parviflora | galinsoga |
| Galium aparine | cleavers |
| Galium divaricatum | slender bedstraw |
| Galium mollugo | hedge bedstraw |
| Gentiana sp. | gentian |
| Geranium dissectum | cut-leaved geranium |
| Geranium molle | doves foot |
| Geranium pussilum | small-flowered geranium |
| Geranium robertianum | herb-Robert |
| Geum sp. | geum |
| Glaucium flavum | horned poppy |
| Glyceria sp. | cudweed |
| Hainardia cylindrica | barb grass |
| Haloragis erecta | shrubby haloragis |
| Heliotropium europaeum | common heliotrope |
| Hibiscus sp. | hibiscus |
| Hieracium sp. | hawkweed |
| Hirschfeldia incana | hoary mustard |
| Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire fog |
| Holcus mollis | creeping fog |
| Hordeum vulgare | barley |
| Hordeum murinum | barley grass |
| Hydrocotyle sp. | hydrocotyle |
| Hypericum sp. | St Johns wort tutsan |
| Hypochoeris glabra | smooth catsear |
| Hypochoeris radicata | catsear |
| Juncas bufonius | toadrush |
| Lachnagrostis filiformis | N.Z. windgrass |
| Lactuca sp. | wild lettuce |
| Lagurus ovatus | harestail |
| Lamium sp. | henbit dead nettle |
| Lapsana communis | nipple work |
| Leontodon autumnalis | autumn hawkbit |
| Leontodon taraxacoides | hawkbit |
| Lepidium campestre | field cress |
| Lepidium sp. | narrow-leaved cress |
| Leptospermum scoparium | manuka |
| Lespedeza sp. | lespedeza |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | ox-eye daisy |
| Limnanthes alba | meadowfoam |
| Linaria vulgaris | toadflax |
| Linum bienne | Australian flax |
| Linum cartharticum | purgng flax |
| Linum usitatissimum | linen flax and linseed |
| Lithospermum arvense | corn gromwell |
| Lolium temulentum | darnel |
| Lolium sp. | ryegrass |
| Lotus corniculatus | birdsfoot trefoil |
| Lotus suaveolens | hairy birdsfoot trefoil |
| Lotus uliginosus | lotus |
| Lupinus sp. | lupins |
| Luzula sp. | wood rushes |
| Lycium sp. | boxthorn |
| Lythrum hyssopifolia | loosestrife |
| Malva sp. | mallow |
| Marrubium vulgare | horehound |
| Matricaria matricarioides | rayless chamomile |
| Maticaria perforata | scentless chamomile |
| Medicago arabica | spotted bur medick |
| Medicago lupulina | black medick |
| Medicago polymorpha | bur medick |
| Medicago sativa | lucerne |
| Melilotus alba | sweet clover |
| Melilotus indica | King Island melilot |
| Melinis minutiflora | molasses grass |
| Mentha pulegium | penny royal |
| Microlaena stipoides | meadow rice grass |
| Modiola caroliniana | creeping mallow |
| Montia sp. | dwarf montia |
| Myosotis sp. | forget-me-not |
| Nasturtium sp. | water cress |
| Navarretia sqarrosa | Californian stinkweed |
| Nepeta cataria | catmint |
| Nicandra physalodes | apple of Peru |
| Oenothera sp. | evening primrose |
| Onobrychis viciifolia | sainfoin |
| Ornithopus perpusillus | wild serradella |
| Ornithopus sativus | seradella |
| Orobanche minor | broom rape |
| Oxalis sp. | oxalis |
| Panicum sp. | witchgrass |
| Papaver rhoeas | field poppy |
| Papaver somniferum | opium poppy |
| Parapholis incurva | sickle grass |
| Parentucellia viscosa | tarweed |
| Paspalum dilatatum | paspalum |
| Pastinaca sativa | wild parsnip |
| Pennisetum clandestinum | kikuyu grass |
| Phacelia sp. | phacelia |
| Phalaris aquatica | phalaris |
| Phalaris canariensis | canary grass |
| Phalaris minor | lesser canary grass |
| Phalaris paradoxa | gnawed canary grass |
| Phleum pratense | timothy |
| Phlox sp. | phlox |
| Physalis peruviana | cape gooseberry |
| Phytolacca octandra | inkweed |
| Picris echioides | ox tongue |
| Pisum sativum | pea |
| Plantago coronopus | bucks-horn plantain |
| Plantago lanceolata | narow-leaved plantain |
| Plantago major | broad-leaved plantain |
| Poa annua | annual poa |
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky bluegrass |
| Poa trivialis | rough stalk meadow grass |
| Polycarpon sp. | allseed |
| Polygonum aviculare | wireweed |
| Polygonum convolvulus | cornbind |
| Polygonum hydropiper | water pepper |
| Polygonum lapathifolium | pale willow weed |
| Polygonum persicaria | willow weed |
| Polypogon monspeliensis | beard grass |
| Portulaca oleracea | wild portulace, purslane |
| Potentilla norvegia | Norwegian cinquefoil |
| Potentilla recta | tall cinquefoil |
| Prunella vulgaris | selfheal |
| Psoralea sp. | psoralea |
| Puccinellia sp. | salt grass |
| Ranunculus flammula | spearwort |
| Ranunculus parviflorus | small-flowered buttercup |
| Ranunculus repens | creeping buttercup |
| Ranunculus sardous | hairy buttercup |
| Ranunculus sceleratus | celery-leaved buttercup |
| Raphanus raphanistrum | wild radish |
| Rapistrum rugosum | turnip weed |
| Reseda lutea | cut-leaved mignonette |
| Reseda luteola | wild mignonette |
| Romula rosea | onion grass |
| Rubus fruticosus | blackberry |
| Rudbeckia hirta | black-eyed Susan |
| Rumex acetosella | sheeps sorrel |
| Rumex. sp | dock |
| Rumex obtusifolius | borad-leaved dock |
| Rytidosperma sp. | danthonia |
| Sagina sp. | pearlwort |
| Salsola kali | saltwort |
| Salvia reflexa | mintweed |
| Salvia verbenaca | wild sage |
| Sambucus nigra | elder |
| Sanguisorba minor | sheeps burnet |
| Scabiosa sp. | scabious |
| Schoenus sp. | bogrush |
| Scirpus sp. | club-rush |
| Scleranthus sp. | scleranthus |
| Secale cereale | ryecorn |
| Selliera radicans | selliera |
| Senecio jacobaea | ragwort |
| Senecio vulgaris | groundsel |
| Sasamum indicum | sesame |
| Setaria sp. | bristle grass |
| Sherardia arvensis | field madder |
| Sida sp. | sida |
| Silene gallica | catchfly |
| Silene latifolia | white campion |
| Silene noctiflora | night-flowering catchfly |
| Silene pratensis | white champion |
| Silene vulgaris | bladder campion |
| Silybum marianum | variegated thistle |
| Sinapis alba | white mustard |
| Sinapis arvensis | chalock |
| Sisymbrium officinale | hedge mustard |
| Sisymbrium orientale | oriental mustard |
| Sisyrinchium iridifolium | purple-eyed grass |
| Solanum nigrum | black nightshade |
| Soliva sp. | Onehunga weed |
| Sonchus arvensis | perennial sow thistle |
| Sonchus asper | prickly sow thistle |
| Sonchus oleraceus | sow thistle |
| Sorghum bicolor | sorghum |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnson grass |
| Sorghum sudanense | Sudan grass |
| Spergula arvensis | Spurrey |
| Spergularia maritima | sea spurrey |
| Spergularia rubra | sand spurrey |
| Sporobolus africanus | ratstail |
| Stachys arvensis | stagger weed |
| Stellaria graminea | stitchwort |
| Stellaria media | chickweed |
| Stipa trichotoma | nasella tussock |
| Stipa sp. | needle grass |
| Stylosanthes sp. | stylosanthes |
| Taraxacum officinale | dandelion |
| Teucrium botrys | cut-leaf germander |
| Thlaspi arvense | penny cress |
| Torillis nodosa | hedgehog parsley |
| Trianthema sp. | pigweed |
| Trifolium ambiguum | caucasian clover |
| Trifolium arvense | Haresfool trefoin |
| Trifolium campestre | hop trefoil |
| Trifolium dubium | suckling clover |
| Trifolium fragiferum | strawberry clover |
| Trifolium glomeratum | clustered clover |
| Trifolium hybridum | alsike clover |
| Trifolium incarnatum | crimson clover |
| Trifolium micranthum | lesser suckling clover |
| Trifolium ornithopodioides | trigonel |
| Trifolium pratense | red clover |
| Trifolium repens | white clover |
| Trifolium resupinatum | reversed clover |
| Trifolium striatum | striated clover |
| Trifolium subterraneum | subterranean clover |
| Triticum aestivum | wheat |
| Triticum drum | durum wheat |
| Ulex europaeus | gorse |
| Urtica sp. | nettle |
| Vaccaria parviflora | cow cockle |
| Valerianella sp. | corn salad |
| Verbascum sp. | mullein |
| Verbena officinalis | verain |
| Veronica sp. | speedwell |
| Vicia faba | broad bean, tick bean, horse bean |
| Vicia sp. | vetches |
| Viola arvensis | field pansy |
| Vulpia sp. | vulpia hair grass |
| Wahlenbergia sp. | harebell |
| Xanthium spinosum | Bathurst bur |
| Zea mays | maize, sweet corn |
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For seeds not listed try-
"500 Popular Garden Plants for New Zealand Gardens" pub. Viking 1997.
