Botanicals F-O: Essential Oils and Herbs

Botanical Name (click on name for detail):	Thumbnail Image (click on image for detail):	Latin Names:	Alternate Names:
Fennel		foeniculum vulgare	fenkel, sweet fennel, wild fennel
Ferns		athrythium filix, capillaire commun, dryopteris filixmas, adiantum pedatum, pteridium aquilinum, polypodium vulgare.	male fern, lady fern, maidenhair fern, de montpellier, hair of venus, oak fern, bracken
Feverfew		tanacetum parthenum, chrysanthemum parthenium, pyrethrum parthenium	featherfoil, febrifuge plant, flirtwort, featherfew, bachelor's buttons
Feverweed		aureolaria pedicularia, gerardia pedicularia	yellow false foxglove
Fir Needle		abies alba	birth tree, silver fir
Flax		linum usitatissimum	linseed
Foraha		calophyllum inophyllum	tamanu, kamanu laurel, alexandrian laurel, madagascar
Forget Me Not		myosotis scorpioides
Forsythia		forsythia suspensa	lian giao, weeping forsythia, golden bells
Foxglove		digitalis purpurea	fairy gloves, fairy fingers, dead men's bells, cow-flop, Digitalis, dog's finger, fairy weed, fairy petticoats, fairy ghimbles, floppy-dock, floptop folk's gloves, fox bells, the great herb, mouth, lusmore, lus na mbau side,our lady's glove
Frankincense		boswellia carterii	incense, olibans, olibanum, olibanus
Galangal		alpinia officionalis or a. galanga	low john the conquerer, chewing john, china root, colic root, east india catarrh root, galingal, gargaut, india root, kaempferia gaanga, rhizoma galangae, galanga, kæmpferia galange, siamese ginger.
Gardenia		gardenia jasmenoides
Garlic Chives		allium tuberosum	nira, gow chow, chinese chives
Garlic Mustard		alliaria petiolia	hedge garlic
Garlic		allium sativum	ajo, poor man's treacle, stinkweed
Geranium		pelargonium graveolens	scented geranium, pelargonium, stork's bill
Germander		teucrium canadense	wood sage, creeping germander
Ginger		zingiber officinale	african ginger
Ginkgo Biloba		ginkgo biloba	maidenhair
Ginseng		panax ginseng, panax quinquefolium	sang, wonder of the world root, tartar root, five fingers, red berry, man's health, aralia quinquefolia
Goat's Rue		tephrosia virginiana, galega officinalis, french lilac, french honeysuckle	catgut, goary pea
Goldenrod		solidago virgaurea, solidago sp.	sweet goldenrod, solidago, aaron's rod, woundwort, blue mountaint ea
Goldenseal		hydrastis canadensis	eye root, eye balm, indian dye, jaundice root, ground raspberry, tumeric root, yellow root, yellow eye
Goosefoot		chenopodium glaucum	oak-leaved goosefoot,
Grapefruit, Pink		citrus paradisi
Grapeseed Oil		vitis vinifera
Greek Oregano		origanum vulgaris hirtum
Greek Valerian		polemonium reptans, polemonium humile	abcess root
Green Brier		smilax rotundifolia	horse brier, sarsaparilla, horsebrier
Green Tea		camellia sinensis
Ground Cherry		physalis heterophylla	clammy ground cherry
Ground Ivy		glechoma, glechoma hederacea
Ground Nut		apios americana
Ground Pine		lycopodium clavatum	club moss, foxtail, vegetable sulfur, staghorn, wolf's claw, selago, lycopod, stag's horn moss
Gymnema Sylvestris		gymnema sylvestre
Hawthorn		cratageus spp.	may tree, may blossom, white thorn, bread and cheese tree, gaxels, hagthorn, halves, haw, hazels, huath, ladies meat, may, may bush, mayflower, quick, thorn, tree of chastity.
Hazel		corylus avellana	european filbert, coll.
Hearts a Bustin		euonymus americanus	strawberry bush, american strawberry bush
Heartsease		viola tricolor	johnny jump-ups, ladies' delight, field pansy, pansy, wild pansy, banewort, bullweed
Heather		calluna vulgaris, calluna spp, erica spp.	heath, scottish heather, common heather, ling.
Hedge Apple		maclura pomifera	osage orange
Helichrysum		helichrysum spp.	everlasting, immortelle
Hemp Seed Oil		cannabis sativa
Henbit		lamium amplexicaule	giraffehead, dead-nettle
Hepatica		hepatica nobilis	liverwort, american liverwort
Herb Robert		geranium robertianum	bloodwort, red robin, fox geranium
Hibiscus		hibiscus rosa-sinensis	garden hibiscus, chinese hibiscus
Hibiscus		hibiscus sabdariffa, hibiscus moscheutos	swamp rose mallow
Holly		Ilex aquifolium, Ilex opaca is USA variety	aquifolius, bat's wings, christ's thorn, holy tree, holm chaste, hulm, hulver bush, tinne
Hollyhock		althaea rosea	common garden hollyhock
Holy Basil		ocimum sanctum	tulsi
Honeysuckle		lonicera japonica, lonicera caprifolium	dutch honeysuckle, goat's leaf, woodbine
Hops		humulus lupulus	beer flavor, beer flower, flores de cerveza.
Horehound		marrubium vulgave	bull's blood, eye of the star, haran, hoarhound, huran, llwyd y cwn, marrubium, baruil, seed of horus, soldier's tea, white horehound
Horse Balm		collinsonia canadensis	stone root, richweed, ox balm
Horse Chestnut		aesculus hippocastanum	buckeye, castagno d'india, eschilo
Horsetail		equisetum arvense, equisetum japonica	scouring rush, shave grass, corn cob plant, bottle brush, cola de caballo
Hydrangea, Wild		hydrangea arborescens	seven barks, hydrangea, common hydrangea
Hyssop		hyssopus officinalis	hyssop herb, isopo, ysopo, Yysop
Indian Heliotrope		heliotropium indicum
Indian Hemp		apocynum cannabinum
Indian Pinks		spigelia marilandica	worm grass, wormweed, pinkroot, starbloom
Indian Turnip		arisaema triphyllum	jack in the pulpit. arum, dragonroot, wake-robin
Ipecac, American		gillenia stipulata
Iris		iris sp.
Ironweed		veronia glauca	broadleaf ironweed.
Ivy		hedera helix	common ivy, gort, hedera
Japanese Knotweed		polygonelia cuspidatum	hu zhang
Jasmine		jasminum officinale	jessamine, yasmin, moonlight on the grove
Jerusalem Artichoke		helianthus atrorubens, helianthus tuberosus	sunflower artichoke, aardpeer, almazah
Jewelweed		impatiens capensis, impatiens biflora	jewel weed, wild touch-me-not, spotted jewelweed
Jimson Weed		datura stramonium	thornapple, angel's trumpet, apple of peru, mad apple, stinkweed, jamestown weed
Joe Pye Weed		eupatorium fistulosum, eupatorium purpureum	gravel root, queen of the meadow, trumpet-weed
Jojoba		simmondsia chinensis
Juniper		juniperus communis	enegro, gemeiner wachholder, geneva, gin berry, ginepro, gin plant, genévrier,
Katrafay		cedrolopsis grevei baill	katrafy
Kudzu		pueraia lobata	ge-gen
Kukui Nut Oil		aleurites moluccana
Lady Slipper		cypriedium acaule	nerveroot, lady's slipper, moccasin flower, american valerian
Lantana Camara		lantana camara	red sage, yellow sage, shrub verbena
Lavender, Spanish		lavendula staechas
Lavender		lavandula. lavendula officinalis	elf leaf, nard, nardus, spike.
Leafcup		polymnia sp.	bearsfoot
Lemon Balm		melissa officinalis	melissa, balm, bee balm, sweet balm, sweet melissa
Lemon Myrtle		backhousia citriodora
Lemon Verbena		aloysia triphylla syn. lippia citriodora, verbena triphylla, lippia triphylla	yerba louisa, cedron, herb louisa, verveine citronelle or odorante, lemon-scented verbena
Lemon		citrus limon	citrus medica, citrus limoum, citronnier, neemoo lemoo, limoun, limone
Lemongrass		cymbopogon citratus	melissa grass, sereh
Licorice		glycyrrhiza glabra
Lilac		syringa vulgaris	common lilac
Lily of the Valley		convallaria majalis	may lily, our-lady's tears
Lime		citrus limata	citrus acris, limettæ fructus
Linden		tilia spp.	lime tree, linden flowers, linn flowers, common lime, flores tiliæ, tilleul
Litsea Cubeba		litsea cubeba	may chang, litsea citrata, tropical verbena
Lobelia		lobelia inflata	indian tobacco, asthma weed, gagroot, pukeweed
Loosestrife		lythrum salicaria	blooming sally, lythrum, partyke, purple willow herb, rainbow weed, sage willow, salicaire
Lotus		nelumbo nucifera, nymphaea lotus	sacred lotus
Lousewort		pedicularis canadensis	wood betony
Lungwort		pulmonaria saccharata, pulmonaria officinalis	jerusalem sage, bethlehem sage
Macadamia Oil		macadamia integrifolia
Mace		myristica fragrans	arillus myristicæ, myristica officinalis, myristica moschata, macis, muscadier
Mad Dog Skullcap		scutellaria lateriflora	scullcap, virginia skullcap, madweed, blue pimpernel, helmet flower, hoodwort, blue skullcap
Magnolia		magnolia virginiana	sweetbay, laurel magnolia
Maidenhair Fern		andiantum pedatum, adiantum capillus-veneris	northern maidenhair, rock fern, venus'-hair fern
Mandarin, Red		citrus reticulata
Mandrake		podophyllum sp.	may apple, ducks foot, wild lemon, umbrella plant, racoon berry, love apples, indian apple, hog apple
Mango Butter		mangifera indica
Manuka		leptospermum scoparium	New Zealand Tea Tree
Marigold		calendula officinalis	calendula, holigold, pot marigold, bride of the sun, drunkard, goldes, husbandman's dial, marybud, marygold, mary gowles, ruddes, oculis chrisi, ruddles, spousa solis, summer's bride.
Marijuana		cannabis sativa	cannabis, hemp, grass, ganha, pot, reefer, mary jane, ma fen, huang ma
Marjoram		origanum majorana	majorana hortensis, knotted Marjoram, sweet marjoram, wintersweet, pot marjoram, joy of the mountain, knotted marjorane, marjorlaine, mountain mint - o. onites.
Mastic		pistachia lentiscus	gum mastic, masticke, lentisk.
Meadowsweet		filipendula ulnaria	queen of the meadow, gravel root, meadowwort, bride of the meadow, bridewort, dollof, meadwort, gravel root, little queen, steeplebush, trumpet weed.
Melissa		melissa officinalis	balm leaf
Mexican Coriander		eryngium foetidum	long leafed coriander, sawtooth coriander, thai coriander, thorny coriander, ngo gai
Mexican Tarragon		tagetes lucida	texas tarragon, pericon, sweet mace
Mexican Tea		chenopodium ambrosioides	wormseed, american wormseed, jerusalem oak, stinking weed, feather geranium, goosefoot
Milk Thistle		silybum marianum	silybum, silymarin, mary's thistle
Mimosa		acacia mirensi, mimosa spp.
Mint		mentha spicata, sativa, aquatica, and others	garden mint, mackerel mint, brandy mint, and many others.
Mistletoe		viscum album - European Mistletoe. phoradendron flavenscens - American Mistletoe	birdlime, all-heal, druid's herb, golden bough, holy wood, misseltoe, thunderbesem, witches broom, wood of the cross, devil's fuge, donnerbesen, herbe de la croi, mystyldyne, lignum crucis, korean mistletoe
Morel Mushroom		morchella sp.
Morning Glory		ipomoea purpurea	ipomoea, vona-nox
Motherwort		leonurus cardiaca	lion's tail, heartwort
Mountain Laurel		kalmia latifolia
Mountain Mint		pyncanthemem virginianum, pycanthemum incanum, pycanthemum muticum	virginia mountain mint, short toothed mountain mint
Mugwort		artemisia vulgaris	sailor's tobacco, witch herb, old man, artemis herb, hartemisia, felon herb, muggons, naughty man, old uncle henry, st. john's plant, cingulum sancti johannis.
Mulberry		morus alba
Mullein		verbascum thapsus	hag's taper, candlewick plant, aaron's rod, velvet plant, shepherd's club, blanket leaf, flannel pland, graveyard dust, hedge taper, jupiter's staff, lady's foxglove, old man's fennel, Peter's staff, shepherd's herb, torches, velvetback, velvet plant
Mustard		sinapis alba	pepper grass, hedge mustard, white mustard, yellow mustard
Myrrh		comniphora myrrha	called gum myrrh tree, daran, mirra balsom odendron, mirra, morr-didin, didthin, bowl
Myrtle		myrtus communis
Nashville Breadroot		pediomemum subacaule
Nasturtium		tropaeolum majus	capuchina, capucine, climbing nasturtium, indian cress, yellow larkspur
Neem Seed Oil		azadirachta indica	nimba, margosa, indian tulip tree oil
Neroli		citrus aurantium
Nettle		urtica dioica	stinging nettle
New Jersey Tea		ceanothus americanus	red root, ceanote, wild snowball
niaouli		melaleuca quinquenervia viridiflora
Nigella		nigella sativa	black cumin
Nightshade, Black		solanum nigrum	common nightshade, lanman
Nutmeg		myristica fragrans. myristica offinalis	nux moschata, myristica, yristica aromata
Oak		quercus alba, quercus spp.	tanner's bark, white oak, common oak
Oakmoss		pseudevernia prunastri
Okra		hibiscus esculentus	gombo, bendee
Olive Oil		olea europaea
Opoponax		commiphora guidotti
Orange Bitter		citrus aurantifolia ssp.	orange bigarade
Orange, Sweet		citrus sinensis	citrus vulgaris, citrus bigaradia, citrus aurantium amara, bigaradier, gigarade orange, bitter orange, seville orange, portugal orange, china oange, citrus dulcis, love fruit
oregano		origanum vulgare
Oregon Grape		mohonia aquifolium, mahonia nervosa, berberis aquifolium	mountain grape, oregon grape, ot-to-gue
Orpine		sedum telephium, sedum purpureum	live forever, live long, midsummer men, stonecrop, evergreen, frog plant, witches'-moneybags
Orris Root		Iris germanica var.florentina	florentine iris, queen elizabeth root