The a to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants (45 page)

glory flower
Clerodendrum bungei

Gloxinia speciosa
Lodd. =
Sinningia speciosa

gloxinia
Sinningia speciosa
.
creeping
Lophospermum erubescens

Glyceria
R. Br. (Poaceae). glie-
seer
-reeuh. From Gk. sweet, referring to the sweet seeds of
G. fluitans
. 40 spp.
grasses. N temp. regs., S Am., Australia, NZ.

aquatica
L. =
G. maxima

canadensis
(Michx.) Trin. kan-uh-
den
-sis. Rattlesnake grass. Lat. of Canada. Canada, E USA.

grandis
S. Watson.
gran
-dis. American manna grass. Lat. large. Canada, USA.

maxima
(Hartm.) Holmb.
max
-imuh. Reed meadow grass. Lat. largest. Eur., W Asia.

Glycine
Willd. (Fabaceae). glie-
seen
-ee. From Gk. sweet, referring to the edible tubers of
Apios americana
, which used to be included in the genus. 10 spp. herbs. E Asia.

max
(L.) Merr.
max
. Soya bean. Lat. large (the pods and seeds). Cult.

Glycirrhiza
L. (Fabaceae). glis-ee-
rie
-zuh. From Gk. sweet root. 20 spp. herbs. Eur., Asia, N and S Am., Australia.

glabra
L.
glab
-ruh. Liquorice. Lat. glabrous (the leaves). Medit., SW Asia.

goat’s beard
Aruncus dioicus

goat’s rue
Galega officinalis

goatnut
Simmondsia chinensis

Godetia
Spach =
Clarkia

golden club
Orontium aquaticum

golden pothos
Epipremnum aureum

golden ragwort
Packera aurea

golden rain tree
Koelreuteria paniculata, Laburnum

golden Spaniard
Aciphylla aurea

golden trumpet
Allamanda cathartica

goldeneye
Heliomeris

goldenrod
Solidago
.
prairie
S. ptarmicoides

goldentop, common
Euthamia graminifolia

Gomphrena
L. (Amaranthaceae). gom-
free
-nuh. Gk. name for a species of
Amaranthus
. 100 spp. herbs. Widespread, warm temp. to trop. regs.

globosa
L. glo-
boh
-suh. Globe amaranth. Lat. globose (the flowerheads). Tropics.

Goniolimon
Boiss. (Plumbaginaceae). gon-ee-oh-
lee
-mon. From Gk. angled and
Limonium
, referring to the angled shoots. 20 spp. herbs. Eur., N Africa, W Asia to China.

tataricum
(L.) Boiss. tuh-
ta
-ri-koom. Tatarian statice. From the reg. of C and E Asia once called Tartary. E Eur., N Africa, W Asia.

good King Henry
Chenopodium bonus-henricus

gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa

goosefoot
Chenopodium album

gorse
Ulex europaeus
.
dwarf
U. gallii
.
Spanish
Genista hispanica

gourd, silver-seed
Cucurbita argyrosperma
.
wax
Benincasa hispida

goutweed
Aegopodium podagraria

granadilla
Passiflora edulis

grapefruit
Citrus
×
aurantium

grapevine
Vitis vinifera

grass, African love
Eragrostis curvula
.
alkali
Anticlea elegans
.
American beach
Ammophila breviligulata.
American manna
Glyceria grandis
.
autumn moor
Sesleria autumnalis
.
Balkan moor
S. heufleriana
.
bear
Xerophyllum tenax
.
blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis.
blue moor
Sesleria caerulea
.
blue oat
Helictotrichon sempervirens
.
bottlebrush
Elymus hystrix
.
buffalo
Bouteloua dactyloides.
Canary
Phalaris canariensis.
common quaking
Briza media
.
creeping soft
Holcus mollis
.
Elliott’s love
Eragrostis elliottii
.
false oat
Arrhenatherum elatius
.
fountain
Pennisetum setaceum
.
foxtail bristle
Setaria italica
.
great quaking
Briza maxima
.
holy
Hierochloe odorata
.
Indian rice
Achnatherum hymenoides
.
Kentucky blue
Poa pratensis
.
love
Eragrostis
.
Lyme
Leymus arenarius
.
marram
Ammophila arenaria
.
meadow
Poa pratensis
.
millet
Milium effusum
.
oat
Arrhenatherum
.
pampas
Cortaderia selloana
.
porcupine
Hesperostipa spartea
.
poverty oat
Danthonia spicata
.
prairie cord
Spartina pectinata.
purple fountain
Pennisetum
×
advena
‘Rubrum’.
purple love
Eragrostis spectabilis
.
purple moor
Molinia caerulea.
quaking
Briza
.
rattlesnake
Glyceria canadensis
.
Ravenna
Saccharum ravennae
.
reed canary
Phalaris arundinacea
.
reed meadow
Glyceria maxima
.
sideoats grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
.
swamp meadow
Poa palustris
.
sweet vernal
Anthoxanthum odoratum
.
switch
Panicum virgatum
.
tussock
Deschampsia cespitosa
.
weeping love
Eragrostis curvula
.
wood meadow
Poa nemoralis

green and gold
Chrysogonum virginianum

green dragon
Arisaema dracontium

Grevillea
R. Br. ex Knight (Proteaceae). gruh-
vil
-ee-uh. After Charles Francis Greville (1749–1809), English MP and collector of antiquities. 360 spp., shrubs, trees. Australia to Sulawesi.

alpina
Lindl. al-
pie
-nuh. Lat. alpine. SE Australia.

juniperina
R. Br. jue-ni-puh-
ree
-nuh. Lat. like
Juniperus
(the foliage). SE Australia (NSW). subsp.
sulphurea
(A. Cunn.) Makinson. sul-
few
-reeuh. Lat. sulphur-yellow (the flowers).

lanigera
A. Cunn. ex R. Br. luh-
ni
-juh-ruh. Lat. woolly (the foliage). SE Australia.

robusta
A. Cunn. ex R. Br. roh-
bus
-tuh. Silky oak. Lat. robust. E Australia.

rosmarinifolia
A. Cunn. roz-ma-ri-ni-
foh
-lee-uh. Lat. with leaves like
Rosmarinus
. SE Australia.

×
semperflorens
F. E. Briggs ex Mulligan. sem-per-
flaw
-ruhnz. Lat. always flowering.
G. juniperina
subsp.
sulphurea
×
G. thelmanniana
. Cult.

victoriae
F. Muell. vik-
tor
-ree-ie. Royal grevillea. After Queen Victoria (1819–1901). SE Australia.

grevillea, royal
Grevillea victoriae

Griselinia
J. R. & G. Forst. (Griseliniaceae). griz-uh-
lin
-ee-uh. After Francesco Griselini (1717–1787), Italian botanist. 6 spp., trees, shrubs. NZ, S Am.

littoralis
(Raoul) Raoul. li-to-
rah
-lis. Lat. of coasts. NZ.

ground elder
Aegopodium podagraria

groundsel, tree
Baccharis halimifolia

guava, pineapple
Acca sellowiana

guavasteen
Acca sellowiana

guelder rose
Viburnum opulus

gum
Eucalyptus
.
alpine cider
E. archeri
.
cider
E. gunnii
.
lemon-scented
Corymbia citriodora
.
mountain
E. dalrympleana
.
snow
E. pauciflora
.
spinning
E. perriniana
.
Tasmanian blue
E. globulus
.
Tasmanian snow
E. coccifera
.
Tingiringi
E. glaucescens

gum cistus
Cistus ladanifer

Gunnera
L. (Gunneraceae).
gun
-uhruh. After Johan Ernst Gunner (1718–1773), Norwegian marine biologist and correspondent of Linnaeus. 50 spp. herbs. E and S Africa, S Am., Malaysia to Tasmania, NZ.

chilensis
Lam. =
G. tinctoria

hamiltonii
Kirk. ham-il-
tohn
-ee-ee. After William Stewart Hamilton of Invercargill, who discovered it ca. 1884 and collected the type specimen. NZ (S.I.).

magellanica
Lam. maj-uh-
lan
-i-kuh. Of the Magellan reg. S S Am., Falkland Is.

manicata
Linden ex Delchev. man-i-
kah
-tuh. Lat. long-sleeved (the long leaf stalks). Brazil.

prorepens
Hook.f. proh-
ree
-puhnz. Lat. creeping forward. NZ.

tinctoria
(Molina) Mirb. tink-
tor
-reeuh. Lat. of dyers (the roots give a black dye). Chile.

Gymnocarpium
Newman (Woodsiaceae). jim-noh-
kar
-pee-oom. Gk. naked fruit (the sori are not covered). 8 spp. ferns. Temp. regs. of N Am., Eur., Asia.

dryopteris
(L.) Newman. drie-
op
-teris. Oak fern. From Gk. oak fern.

Gymnocladus
Lam. (Fabaceae). jim-noh-
klah
-doos. Gk. naked shoot (the type species is deciduous, producing its leaves late and losing them early). 4 spp. trees. USA, S Asia.

dioica
(L.) K. Koch. die-
oy
-kuh. Kentucky coffee tree. Gk. dioecious. C USA.

Gynura
Cass. (Asteraceae). gie-
new
-ruh. From Gk. female, tail, referring to the long style branches. 40 spp., herbs, subshrubs. Africa, Asia, Australia.

aurantiaca
(Blume) DC. o-ran-tee-
ah
-kuh. Velvet plant. Lat. orange (the flowers). Indonesia.

Gypsophila
L. (Caryophyllaceae). jip-
sof
-i-luh. From Gk. liking chalk or gypsum. 150 spp. herbs. Eur., Asia.