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Achillea distans
Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
–
tall yarrow
Achillea filipendulina
Lam.
–
fern-leaf yarrow
Achillea maritima
(L.) Ehrend. & Y. P. Guo
–
cottonweed
Achillea millefolium
L.
–
yarrow
Achillea nobilis
L.
–
noble yarrow
Achillea ptarmica
L.
–
sneezewort
Ageratum houstonianum
Mill.
–
flossflower
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
L.
–
ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya
DC.
–
perennial ragweed
Ambrosia trifida
L.
–
giant ragweed
Anaphalis margaritacea
(L.) Benth.
–
pearly everlasting
Antennaria dioica
(L.) Gaertn.
–
mountain everlasting
Anthemis arvensis
L.
–
corn chamomile
Anthemis cotula
L.
–
stinking chamomile
Anthemis punctata
Vahl
–
Sicilian chamomile
Arctium lappa
L.
–
greater burdock
Arctium minus
(Hill) Bernh.
–
lesser burdock
Arctium minus
subsp.
minus
(Hill) Bernh.
–
common lesser burdock
Arctium minus
subsp.
pubens
(Bab.) P. Fourn.
–
downy lesser burdock
Arctium nemorosum
Lej.
–
wood burdock
Arctium tomentosum
Mill.
–
woolly burdock
Arctotheca calendula
(L.) Levyns
–
plain treasureflower
Arctotis aspera
L.
–
white-flowered African daisy
Arnoseris minima
(L.) Schweigg. & Körte
–
lamb’s succory
Artemisia abrotanum
L.
–
southernwood
Artemisia absinthium
L.
–
wormwood
Artemisia annua
L.
–
annual mugwort
Artemisia biennis
Willd.
–
slender mugwort
Artemisia campestris
L.
–
field wormwood
Artemisia dracunculus
L.
–
tarragon
Artemisia maritima
L.
–
sea wormwood
Artemisia norvegica
Fr.
–
Norwegian mugwort
Artemisia stelleriana
Besser
–
hoary mugwort
Artemisia verlotiorum
Lamotte
–
Chinese mugwort
Artemisia vulgaris
L.
–
mugwort
Baccharis halimifolia
L.
–
tree groundsel
Bellis perennis
L.
–
daisy
Bidens bipinnata
L.
–
Spanish-needles
Bidens cernua
L.
–
nodding bur-marigold
Bidens connata
Muhl. ex Willd.
–
London bur-marigold
Bidens ferulifolia
(Jacq.) Sweet
–
fern-leaved beggarticks
Bidens frondosa
L.
–
beggarticks
Bidens pilosa
L.
–
black-jack
Bidens tripartita
L.
–
trifid bur-marigold
Brachyglottis monroi
(Hook. f.) B. Nord.
–
Monro’s ragwort
Brachyglottis repanda
J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.
–
hedge ragwort
Brachyglottis × jubar
P. D. Sell
–
shrub ragwort
Buphthalmum salicifolium
L.
–
willow-leaved yellow oxeye
Buphthalmum speciosum
Schreb.
–
yellow oxeye
Calendula arvensis
L.
–
field marigold
Calendula officinalis
L.
–
pot marigold
Callistephus chinensis
(L.) Nees
–
China aster
Carduus acanthoides
L.
–
broad-winged thistle
Carduus crispus
L.
–
welted thistle
Carduus nutans
L.
–
musk thistle
Carduus pycnocephalus
L.
–
Plymouth thistle
Carduus tenuiflorus
Curtis
–
slender thistle
Carlina vulgaris
L.
–
carline thistle
Carthamus lanatus
L.
–
downy safflower
Carthamus tinctorius
L.
–
safflower
Catananche caerulea
L.
–
blue cupidone
Centaurea aspera
L.
–
rough star-thistle
Centaurea calcitrapa
L.
–
red star-thistle
Centaurea cineraria
L.
–
silver knapweed
Centaurea cyanus
L.
–
cornflower
Centaurea debeauxii
Gren. & Godr.
–
slender knapweed
Centaurea diluta
Aiton
–
lesser star-thistle
Centaurea jacea
L.
–
brown knapweed
Centaurea macrocephala
Muss. Puschk. ex Willd.
–
giant knapweed
Centaurea montana
L.
–
perennial cornflower
Centaurea nigra
L.
–
common knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
L.
–
greater knapweed
Centaurea solstitialis
L.
–
yellow star-thistle
Centaurea × gerstlaueri
Erdner
–
hybrid knapweed
Chamaemelum nobile
(L.) All.
–
chamomile
Chrysocoma coma-aurea
L.
–
shrub goldilocks
Cicerbita alpina
(L.) Wallr.
–
Alpine blue sow-thistle
Cicerbita bourgaei
(Boiss.) Beauverd
–
Pontic blue sow-thistle
Cicerbita macrophylla
(Willd.) Wallr.
–
common blue sow-thistle
Cicerbita plumieri
(L.) Kirschl.
–
hairless blue sow-thistle
Cichorium endivia
L.
–
endive
Cichorium intybus
L.
–
chicory
Cirsium acaule
Scop.
–
dwarf thistle
Cirsium arvense
(L.) Scop.
–
creeping thistle
Cirsium dissectum
(L.) Hill
–
meadow thistle
Cirsium eriophorum
(L.) Scop.
–
woolly thistle
Cirsium erisithales
(Jacq.) Scop.
–
yellow thistle
Cirsium heterophyllum
(L.) Hill
–
melancholy thistle
Cirsium oleraceum
(L.) Scop.
–
cabbage thistle
Cirsium palustre
(L.) Scop.
–
marsh thistle
Cirsium tuberosum
(L.) All.
–
tuberous thistle
Cirsium vulgare
(Savi) Ten.
–
spear thistle
Coreopsis grandiflora
Hogg ex Sweet
–
large-flowered tickseed
Coreopsis tinctoria
Nutt.
–
golden tickseed
Cosmos bipinnatus
Cav.
–
Mexican aster
Cota austriaca
(Jacq.) Sch. Bip.
–
Austrian chamomile
Cota tinctoria
(L.) J. Gay
–
yellow chamomile
Cotula alpina
(Hook. f.) Hook. f.
–
upland leptinella
Cotula australis
(Sieber ex Spreng.) Hook. f.
–
annual buttonweed
Cotula coronopifolia
L.
–
buttonweed
Cotula dioica
(Hook. f.) Hook. f.
–
hairless leptinella
Cotula sessilis
(Ruiz & Pav.) Stace
–
jo-jo weed
Cotula squalida
(Hook. f.) Hook. f.
–
leptinella
Crepis biennis
L.
–
rough hawk’s-beard
Crepis capillaris
(L.) Wallr.
–
smooth hawk’s-beard
Crepis foetida
L.
–
stinking hawk’s-beard
Crepis mollis
(Jacq.) Asch.
–
northern hawk’s-beard
Crepis nicaeensis
Balb.
–
French hawk’s-beard
Crepis paludosa
(L.) Moench
–
marsh hawk’s-beard
Crepis praemorsa
(L.) Walther
–
leafless hawk’s-beard
Crepis setosa
Haller f.
–
bristly hawk’s-beard
Crepis tectorum
L.
–
narrow-leaved hawk’s-beard
Crepis vesicaria
L.
–
beaked hawk’s-beard
Cynara cardunculus
L.
–
globe artichoke
Dahlia × hortensis
Guillaumin
–
dahlia
Delairea odorata
Lem.
–
German ivy
Dittrichia graveolens
(L.) Greuter
–
stinking fleabane
Dittrichia viscosa
(L.) Greuter
–
woody fleabane
Doronicum columnae
Ten.
–
leopard’s bane
Doronicum pardalianches
L.
–
leopard’s-bane
Doronicum plantagineum
L.
–
plantain-leaved leopard’s-bane
Doronicum × excelsum
(N. E. Br.) Stace
–
Harpur Crewe’s leopard’s-bane
Doronicum × willdenowii
(Rouy) A. W. Hill
–
Willdenow’s leopard’s-bane
Echinops bannaticus
Rochel ex Schrad.
–
blue globe-thistle
Echinops exaltatus
Schrad.
–
globe thistle
Echinops sphaerocephalus
L.
–
glandular globe-thistle
Erigeron acris
L.
–
blue fleabane
Erigeron annuus
(L.) Pers.
–
tall fleabane
Erigeron bonariensis
L.
–
Argentine fleabane
Erigeron borealis
(Vierh.) Simmons
–
Alpine fleabane
Erigeron canadensis
L.
–
Canadian fleabane
Erigeron floribundus
(Kunth) Sch. Bip.
–
Bilbao fleabane
Erigeron glaucus
Ker Gawl.
–
seaside daisy
Erigeron karvinskianus
DC.
–
Mexican fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
L.
–
Robin’s plantain
Erigeron speciosus
(Lindl.) DC.
–
showy fleabane
Erigeron sumatrensis
Retz.
–
Guernsey fleabane
Eupatorium cannabinum
L.
–
hemp agrimony
Euphrosyne xanthiifolia
(Nutt.) A. Gray
–
marsh elder
Euthamia graminifolia
(L.) Elliott
–
grass-leaved goldenrod
Felicia bergeriana
(Spreng.) O. Hoffm. ex Zahlbr.
–
kingfisher daisy
Filago germanica
L.
–
common cudweed
Filago lutescens
Jord.
–
red-tipped cudweed
Filago pyramidata
L.
–
broad-leaved cudweed
Gaillardia × grandiflora
Van Houtte
–
blanketflower
Galactites tomentosus
Moench
–
Mediterranean thistle
Galatella linosyris
(L.) Rchb. f.
–
goldilocks aster
Galinsoga parviflora
Cav.
–
gallant soldier
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Ruiz & Pav.
–
shaggy soldier
Gamochaeta purpurea
(L.) Cabrera
–
American cudweed
Gazania rigens
(L.) Gaertn.
–
treasureflower
Glebionis coronaria
(L.) Cass. ex Spach
–
crown daisy
Glebionis segetum
(L.) Fourr.
–
corn marigold
Gnaphalium uliginosum
L.
–
marsh cudweed
Grindelia stricta
DC.
–
coastal gumplant
Guizotia abyssinica
(L. f.) Cass.
–
niger
Helenium × clementii
Verloove & Lambinon
–
sneezeweed
Helianthus annuus
L.
–
sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris
Nutt.
–
lesser sunflower
Helianthus tuberosus
L.
–
Jerusalem artichoke
Helianthus × laetiflorus
Pers.
–
perennial sunflower
Helianthus × multiflorus
L.
–
thin-leaved sunflower
Helichrysum bellidioides
(G. Forst.) Willd.
–
New Zealand everlasting-flower
Helichrysum italicum
(Roth) G. Don
–
Italian everlasting-flower
Helichrysum petiolare
Hilliard & B. L. Burtt
–
silver-bush everlasting-flower
Helminthotheca echioides
(L.) Holub
–
bristly oxtongue
Hieracium
sect.
Alpestria
(Fr.) Arv.-Touv.
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Alpina
(Griseb.) Gremli
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Amplexicaulia
(Griseb.) Scheele
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Andryaloidea
Monnier
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Cerinthoidea
Monnier
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Foliosa
(Fr.) Arv.-Touv.
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Hieracioides
Dumort.
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Hieracium
L.
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Oreadea
(Fr.) Dahlst.
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Prenanthoidea
W. D. J. Koch
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Sabauda
(Fr.) Arv.-Touv.
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Stelligera
Zahn
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Subalpina
Pugsley
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Tridentata
(Fr.) Arv.-Touv.
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Villosa
(Griseb.) Gremli
–
hawkweeds
Hieracium
sect.
Vulgata
(Griseb.) Willk. & Lange
–
hawkweeds
Homogyne alpina
(L.) Cass.
–
purple coltsfoot
Hypochaeris glabra
L.
–
smooth cat’s-ear
Hypochaeris maculata
L.
–
spotted cat’s-ear
Hypochaeris radicata
L.
–
cat’s-ear
Inula conyzae
(Griess.) Meikle
–
ploughman’s spikenard
Inula helenium
L.
–
elecampane
Inula hookeri
C. B. Clarke
–
Hooker’s fleabane
Inula oculus-christi
L.
–
hairy fleabane
Inula orientalis
Lam.
–
eastern fleabane
Inula salicina
L.
–
Irish fleabane
Ismelia carinata
(Schousb.) Sch. Bip.
–
tricolour daisy
Jacobaea aquatica
(Hill) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
–
marsh ragwort
Jacobaea erucifolia
(L.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
–
hoary ragwort
Jacobaea maritima
(L.) Pelser & Meijden
–
silver ragwort
Jacobaea paludosa
(L.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
–
fen ragwort
Jacobaea vulgaris
Gaertn.
–
common ragwort
Lactuca saligna
L.
–
least lettuce
Lactuca sativa
L.
–
garden lettuce
Lactuca serriola
L.
–
prickly lettuce
Lactuca tatarica
(L.) C. A. Mey.
–
blue lettuce
Lactuca virosa
L.
–
great lettuce
Laphangium luteoalbum
(L.) Tzvelev
–
Jersey cudweed
Lapsana communis
L.
–
nipplewort
Leontodon hispidus
L.
–
rough hawkbit
Leontodon saxatilis
Lam.
–
lesser hawkbit
Leucanthemella serotina
(L.) Tzvelev
–
autumn ox-eye
Leucanthemum vulgare
Lam.
–
ox-eye daisy
Leucanthemum × superbum
(Bergmans ex J. W. Ingram) D. H. Kent
–
Shasta daisy
Ligularia dentata
(A. Gray) H. Hara
–
leopardplant
Ligularia przewalskii
(Maxim.) Diels
–
Przewalski’s leopard-plant
Limbarda crithmoides
(L.) Dumort.
–
golden samphire
Logfia gallica
(L.) Coss. & Germ.
–
narrow-leaved cudweed
Logfia minima
(Sm.) Dumort.
–
small cudweed
Matricaria chamomilla
L.
–
scented mayweed
Matricaria discoidea
DC.
–
pineapple-weed
Mauranthemum paludosum
(Poir.) Vogt & Oberprieler
–
annual marguerite
Mycelis muralis
(L.) Dumort.
–
wall lettuce
Olearia avicenniifolia
(Raoul) Hook. f.
–
mangrove-leaved daisy-bush
Olearia macrodonta
Baker
–
New Zealand holly
Olearia paniculata
(J. R. Forst. & G. Forst.) Druce
–
akiraho
Olearia traversii
(F. Muell.) Hook. f.
–
ake ake
Olearia × haastii
Hook. f.
–
daisy bush
Omalotheca norvegica
(Gunnerus) Sch. Bip. & F. W. Schultz
–
Highland cudweed
Omalotheca supina
(L.) DC.
–
dwarf cudweed
Omalotheca sylvatica
(L.) Sch. Bip. & F. W. Schultz
–
heath cudweed
Onopordum acanthium
L.
–
cotton thistle
Osteospermum jucundum
(E. Phillips) Norl.
–
Cape daisy
Pericallis hybrida
B. Nord.
–
cineraria
Petasites albus
(L.) Gaertn.
–
white butterbur
Petasites hybridus
(L.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.
–
butterbur
Petasites japonicus
(Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
–
giant butterbur
Petasites pyrenaicus
(L.) G. López
–
winter heliotrope
Picris hieracioides
L.
–
hawkweed oxtongue
Pilosella aurantiaca
(L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.
–
fox and cubs
Pilosella aurantiaca
subsp.
aurantiaca
(L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.
–
greater fox-and-cubs
Pilosella aurantiaca
subsp.
carpathicola
(Nägeli & Peter) Soják
–
common fox-and-cubs
Pilosella caespitosa
(Dumort.) P. D. Sell & C. West
–
yellow fox-and-cubs
Pilosella flagellaris
(Willd.) P. D. Sell & C. West
–
spreading mouse-ear hawkweed
Pilosella officinarum
F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.
–
mouse-ear hawkweed
Pilosella peleteriana
(Mérat) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.
–
shaggy mouse-ear hawkweed
Pilosella praealta
(Vill. ex Gochnat) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.
–
tall mouse-ear hawkweed
Pilosella × floribunda
(Wimm. & Grab.) Arv.-Touv.
–
Irish fox-and-cubs
Plecostachys serpyllifolia
(P. J. Bergius) Billiard & B. L. Burtt
–
Cape everlasting-flower
Pseudognaphalium undulatum
(L.) Hilliard & B. L. Burtt
–
Cape cudweed
Pulicaria dysenterica
(L.) Bernh.
–
common fleabane
Pulicaria vulgaris
Gaertn.
–
small fleabane
Rhaponticum repens
(L.) Hidalgo
–
Russian knapweed
Rudbeckia hirta
L.
–
black-eyed-Susan
Rudbeckia laciniata
L.
–
coneflower
Santolina chamaecyparissus
L.
–
lavender cotton
Saussurea alpina
(L.) DC.
–
Alpine sawwort
Scolymus hispanicus
L.
–
golden thistle
Scorzonera hispanica
L.
–
garden scorzonera
Scorzonera humilis
L.
–
viper’s grass
Scorzoneroides autumnalis
(L.) Moench
–
autumn hawkbit
Senecio cambrensis
Rosser
–
Welsh groundsel
Senecio doria
L.
–
golden ragwort
Senecio doronicum
(L.) L.
–
chamois ragwort
Senecio glastifolius
L. f.
–
woad-leaved ragwort
Senecio grandiflorus
P. J. Bergius
–
purple ragwort
Senecio inaequidens
DC.
–
narrow-leaved ragwort
Senecio minimus
Poir.
–
toothed fireweed
Senecio ovatus
(P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.) Willd.
–
wood ragwort
Senecio pterophorus
DC.
–
shoddy ragwort
Senecio sarracenicus
L.
–
broad-leaved ragwort
Senecio smithii
DC.
–
Magellan ragwort
Senecio squalidus
L.
–
Oxford ragwort
Senecio sylvaticus
L.
–
heath groundsel
Senecio vernalis
Waldst. & Kit.
–
eastern groundsel
Senecio viscosus
L.
–
sticky groundsel
Senecio vulgaris
L.
–
groundsel
Serratula tinctoria
L.
–
sawwort
Sigesbeckia serrata
DC.
–
western St. Paul’s wort
Silybum marianum
(L.) Gaertn.
–
milk thistle
Sinacalia tangutica
(Maxim.) B. Nord.
–
Chinese ragwort
Solidago canadensis
L.
–
Canadian goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Aiton
–
early goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Mill.
–
rough-stemmed goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens
L.
–
seaside goldenrod
Solidago virgaurea
L.
–
goldenrod
Sonchus arvensis
L.
–
perennial sow-thistle
Sonchus asper
(L.) Hill
–
prickly sow-thistle
Sonchus oleraceus
L.
–
smooth sow-thistle
Sonchus palustris
L.
–
marsh sow-thistle
Symphyotrichum laeve
(L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
–
glaucous Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum
(Willd.) G. L. Nesom
–
narrow-leaved Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
(L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
–
hairy Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
(L.) G. L. Nesom
–
confused Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum pilosum
(Willd.) G. L. Nesom
–
frost Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum puniceum
(L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
–
purple-stemmed Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum squamatum
(Spreng.) G. L. Nesom
–
saltmarsh aster
Symphyotrichum × salignum
(Willd.) G. L. Nesom
–
common Michaelmas daisy
Symphyotrichum × versicolor
(Willd.) G. L. Nesom
–
late Michaelmas daisy
Tagetes erecta
L.
–
African marigold
Tagetes minuta
L.
–
southern marigold
Tagetes patula
L.
–
French marigold
Tanacetum balsamita
L.
–
costmary
Tanacetum macrophyllum
(Waldst. & Kit.) Sch. Bip.
–
rayed tansy
Tanacetum parthenium
(L.) Sch. Bip.
–
feverfew
Tanacetum vulgare
L.
–
tansy
Taraxacum
sect.
Celtica
A. J. Richards
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Crocea
M. P. Christ.
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Erythrosperma
(H. Lindb.) Dahlst.
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Hamata
H. Øllg.
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Naevosa
M. P. Christ.
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Obliqua
(Dahlst.) Dahlst.
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Palustria
(H. Lindb.) Dahlst.
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Spectabilia
(Dahlst.) Dahlst.
–
dandelions
Taraxacum
sect.
Taraxacum
F. H. Wigg.
–
dandelions
Tephroseris integrifolia
(L.) Holub
–
field fleawort
Tephroseris integrifolia
subsp.
integrifolia
(L.) Holub
–
field fleawort
Tephroseris integrifolia
subsp.
maritima
(Syme) B. Nord.
–
South Stack fleawort
Tephroseris palustris
(L.) Fourr.
–
marsh fleawort
Tragopogon porrifolius
L.
–
salsify
Tragopogon pratensis
L.
–
goat’s-beard
Tripleurospermum inodorum
(L.) Sch. Bip.
–
scentless mayweed
Tripleurospermum maritimum
(L.) W. D. J. Koch
–
sea mayweed
Tripolium pannonicum
(Jacq.) Dobrocz.
–
sea aster
Tussilago farfara
L.
–
coltsfoot
Xanthium ambrosioides
Hook. & Arn.
–
Argentine cocklebur
Xanthium spinosum
L.
–
spiny cocklebur
Xanthium strumarium
L.
–
rough cocklebur
Xerochrysum bracteatum
(Vent.) Tzvelev
–
strawflower