Worts: their botanical & other common names

• BIRTHWORT – Aristolochia clematitis

• CATWORT – Nepeta cataria, catnip

• danewort – Sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder, wallwort

• dropwort – Filipendula vulgaris

• elderwort – Sambucus nigra, elder

• FIGWORT – Scrophularia nodusa

• Fleawort – Plantago psyllium, plantain

• FLIRTWORT – Tanacetum parthenium, feverfew or bachelor’s buttons

• GIPSYWORT – Lycopus europaeus

• HAZELWORT – Asarum europaeum

• HONEYWORT – Cerinthe major

• Kidneywort – Anemone hepatica

• Latherwort – Saponaria officinalis

• Liverwort – name for many moss-like plants

• LUNGWORT – Pulmonaria sp.

• MILKWORT – Polygala vulgaris

• MONEYWORT – Lysimachia nummularia

• MOTHERWORT – Leonurus cardiaca

• MUGWORT – Artemisia vulgaris

• nipplewort – Lapsana communis

• Pennywort – Centella asiatica

• SCABWORT – Inula helenium, elecampane

• SHOVELWORT – Capella bursa-pastoris, shepherd’s purse • SICKLEWORT – Prunella vulgaris, self-heal, heal-all

• Smearwort – Chenopodium bonus-henricus, good King Henry • Sneezewort – Achillea ptarmica, yarrow

• SOAPWORT – Saponaria officinalis

• Spiderwort – Tradescantia virginiana

• STITCHWORT – Stellaria media, chickweed

• Talewort – Borago officinalis, borage

• THOROUGHWORT – Eupatorium perfoliatum, boneset • wallwort – Sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder, danewort

• white MUGWORT – Artemisia lactiflora

• woundwort – Achillea millefolium, yarrow

These worts are currently on the NZ banned plant list and should be removed from the garden:

• BLOODWORT – Hieracium pilosella, mouse-eared hawkweed

• Pewterwort – Equisetum sp., horsetail

• ragwort – Jacobaea vulgaris

• ST JOHN’S wort – Hypericum perforatum

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