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• darling pea, poison bush go
  either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep
  
• blue star, Amsonia tabernaemontana go
  subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes
  
• periwinkle go
  chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
  
• wild sarsaparilla, false sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla, Aralia nudicaulis go
  common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla
  
• American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa go
  unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels
  
• bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder, Aralia hispida go
  bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
  
• bloodleaf go
  any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage
  
• prince's-plume, desert plume, Stanleya pinnata, Cleome pinnata go
  perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers
  
• matilija poppy, California tree poppy, Romneya coulteri go
  tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers
  
• burdock, clotbur go
  any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
  
• marguerite, marguerite daisy, Paris daisy, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Argyranthemum frutescens go
  perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers
  
• wormwood go
  any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium
  
• sagebrush, sage brush go
  any of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium
  
• sticktight, bur marigold, burr marigold, beggar-ticks, beggar's-ticks go
  any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
  
• centaury go
  any plant of the genus Centaurea
  
• matchweed, matchbush go
  any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches
  
• guayule, Parthenium argentatum go
  much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico
  
• American feverfew, wild quinine, prairie dock, Parthenium integrifolium go
  stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers
  
• chaffweed, bastard pimpernel, false pimpernel go
  weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
  
• thrift go
  any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
  
• sea lavender, marsh rosemary, statice go
  any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers
  
• corchorus go
  any of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers
  
• diapensia go
  any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia
  
• loosestrife go
  any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
  
• deer grass, meadow beauty go
  any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers
  
• St John's wort go
  any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves
  
• false heather, golden heather, Hudsonia ericoides go
  North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
  
• beach heather, poverty grass, Hudsonia tomentosa go
  small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America
  
• partridge pea, sensitive pea, wild sensitive plant, Chamaecrista fasciculata, Cassia fasciculata go
  tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch
  
• sicklepod, Senna obtusifolia, Cassia tora go
  cosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods
  
• tick trefoil, beggar lice, beggar's lice go
  any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
  
• sweet vetch, Hedysarum boreale go
  perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
  
• French honeysuckle, sulla, Hedysarum coronarium go
  perennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop
  
• horseshoe vetch, Hippocrepis comosa go
  European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
  
• cube go
  any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
  
• compass plant, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil, Lotus americanus go
  North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
  
• coral gem, Lotus berthelotii go
  low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers
  
• bacon and eggs, bird's foot trefoil, bird's foot clover, babies' slippers, Lotus corniculatus go
  European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
  
• wild lupine, sundial lupine, Indian beet, old-maid's bonnet, Lupinus perennis go
  stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
  
• restharrow, rest-harrow, Ononis repens go
  European woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots
  
• restharrow, rest-harrow, Ononis spinosa go
  Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots
  
• hoary pea go
  a plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods
  
• prince's-feather, prince's-plume, princess feather, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale go
  annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers
  
• eriogonum go
  any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
  
• mountain avens, Dryas octopetala go
  creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers
  
• avens go
  any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
  
• Western sand cherry, Rocky Mountains cherry, Prunus besseyi go
  dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
  
• woodruff go
  any plant of the genus Asperula
  
• twinflower, Linnaea borealis go
  creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs
  
• milkwort go
  any of various plants of the genus Polygala
  
• caltrop, devil's weed, Tribulus terestris go
  tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets
  
• pachysandra go
  any plant of the genus Pachysandra
  
• pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii go
  perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
  
• phlomis go
  any of various plants of the genus Phlomis
  
• Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa go
  a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers
  
• germander go
  any of various plants of the genus Teucrium
  
• blue curls go
  any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers
  
• eryngo, eringo go
  any plant of the genus Eryngium