North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Scientific Names Starting with Letter a

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Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Common name, link to Portrait	Scientific name	Native / Alien ⁽¹⁾
Yarrow, Milfoil	Achillea millefolium	Alien
White Baneberry, Doll Eyes	Actaea pachypoda	Native
Black Cohosh	Actaea racemosa (=Cimicifuga racemosa)	Native
Northern Maidenhair	Adiantum pedatum	Native
Red Buckeye	Aesculus pavia	Native
painted buckeye	Aesculus sylvatica	Native
Scaleleaf False Foxglove	Agalinis aphylla	Native Significantly Rare
White Snakeroot	Ageratina altissima (=Eupatorium rugosum)	Native
Mimosa, Silk Tree	Albizia julibrissin	Alien INVASIVE
Colicroot, Stargrass	Aletris farinosa	Native
Ramps	Allium tricoccum	Native
Allegheny Serviceberry, Juneberry, Shadbush	Amelanchier laevis	Native
Fly Poison	Amianthium muscaetoxicum	Native
Bluestar, Blue Dogbane, Willow Amsonia	Amsonia tabernaemontana	Native
Wood Anemone	Anemone quinquefolia	Native
Thimbleweed; Tall anemone	Anemone virginiana	Native
Hairy Angelica	Angelica venenosa	Native
pussy toes	Antennaria plantaginifolia	Native
Mayweed, Stinking Chamomile	Anthemis cotula	Native
Puttyroot, Adam & Eve	Aplectrum hyemale	Native
Wild columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	Native
Bog Rose	Arethusa bulbosa	Native Endangered
Green Dragon	Arisaema dracontium	Native
Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Arisaema triphyllum	Native
Virginia snakeroot	Aristolochia serpentaria	Native
Wild Ginger	Asarum canadense	Native
poke milkweed	Asclepias exaltata	Native
fourleaf milkweed	Asclepias quadrifolia	Native
Common Milkweed	Asclepias syriaca	Native
Butterfly Weed	Asclepias tuberosa	Native
St. Andrew's Cross	Ascyrum hypericoides (=Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides)	Native
dwarf pawpaw	Asimina parviflora	Native
pawpaw	Asimina triloba	Native
Walking Fern	Asplenium rhizophyllum	Native Rare
false goat's beard	Astilbe biternata	Native
False Foxglove	Aureolaria laevigata	Native