LIST OF SCIENTIFIC AND COMMON NAMES OF THE RARE
VASCULAR PLANTS OF INSULAR NEWFOUNDLAND

The following list of scientific names is largely based on the Bouchard et al. (1991) publication.  In it these species are designated as having various degrees of rarity.  As our flora becomes better known, a few of these plants will be dropped from the list and a few new ones will be added.  But to encounter any of these species in the field, whether extremely rare or only borderline, is always a treat for the botanical enthusiast.  For more detailed information on Newfoundland plant rarity, Bouchard et al. (1991) should be consulted.

The common names listed here are those used in the most recent Newfoundland plant list by Meades et al. (2000).  In some cases the scientific names used in the Meades et al. (2000) publication will differ from the ones used here, but alternate names can be found listed in the synonyms for those species.

Numerical Listing of Rare Newfoundland Plants

1.	Claytonia caroliniana – Carolina spring beauty (spring beauty)
2.	Drosera linearis – slenderleaf sundew (sundew)
3.	Cypripedium reginae – showy ladyslipper (orchid)
4.	Listera borealis – northern twayblade  (orchid)
5.	Amerorchis rotundifolia – small roundleaf orchis (orchid)
6.	Sagittaria latifolia – broadleaf arrowhead (arrowhead)
7.	Cypripedium calcelous var. planipetalum – large yellow ladyslipper [flat-petalled yellow ladyslipper] (orchid)
8.	Anemone canadensis – Canada anemone (anemone)
9.	Anemone multifidia – cutleaf anemone (anemone)
10.	Anemone riparia – riverbank anemone (anemone)
11.	Impatiens pallida – pale jewelweed (jewelweed)
12.	Parnassia glauca – fen grass-of-Parnassus (bluish grass-of-Parnassus)
13.	Parnassia kotzebuei – Kotzebue’s grass-of-Parnassus (grass-of-Parnassus)
14.	Chimaphila umbellata – Pipsissewa (pipsissewa)
15.	Maianthemum racemosum– false Solomon’s seal (Solomon’s seal)
16.	Mitchella repens – twoeyed berry (twoeyed berry)
17.	Apocynum cannabinum – Indian hemp (hemp)
18.	Bartsia alpina – velvetbells (velvetbells)
19.	Pedicularis flammea – red-tipped lousewort [flame lousewort] (lousewort)
20.	Allium schoenoprasum – chives (chives)
21.	Erigeron compositus – cutleaf fleabane (fleabane)
22.	Dryas drummondii – yellow mountain avens (mountain avens)
23.	Lesquerella arctica – arctic bladderpod (bladderpod)
24.	Valeriana dioica – northern valerian (valerian)
25.	Senecio pauciflorus – alpine ragwort (ragwort)
26.	Alisma triviale – northern waterplantain (waterplantain)
27.	Prenanthes racemosa – rattlesnakeroot (rattlesnakeroot)
28.	Calypso bulbosa – calypso orchid (orchid)
29.	Coeloglossum viride var. viride  – longbracted frog orchid (orchid)
30.	Malaxis monophylla var. brachypoda – white aldersmouth (orchid)
31.	Goodyera oblongifolia – Menzie’s rattlesnake plantain (orchid)
32.	Potentilla pulchella [P. usticapensis] – Burnt Cape cinquefoil (cinquefoil)
33.	Crepis nana – dwarf hawk’s beard (hawk’s beard)
34.	Oxytropis deflexa – pendantpod oxytrope (oxytrope)
35.	Gentianella propinqua – fourpart gentian (gentian)
36.	Pseudorchis albida ssp. straminea – Newfoundland orchid (orchid)
37.	Lysimachia thyrsiflora – tufted loosestrife (loosestrife)
38.	Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenzii – Mackenzie’s sweetvetch (sweetvetch)
39.	Calla palustris – wild calla (calla)
40.	Sibbaldia procumbens – creeping sibbaldia (sibaldia)
41.	Oxyria digyna – mountain sorrel (sorrel)
42.	Oxalis montana – common woodsorrel (woodsorrel)
43.	Potentilla pensylvanica – coastal cinquefoil (cinquefoil)
44.	Limonium carolinianum – sea lavender (lavender)
45.	Brasenia schreberi – water shield (water shield)
46.	Nymphoides cordata – floatingheart (floatingheart)
47.	Utricularia purpurea – purple bladderwort (bladderwort)
48.	Utricularia geminiscapa – hidden fruit bladderwort (bladderwort)
49.	Sparganium eurycarpum – giant burreed (burreed)
50.	Acorus americanus – sweetflag (sweetflag)
51.	Corallorhiza striata - striped coralroot (coralroot)
52.	Cornus alternifolia - alternateleaf dogwood (dogwood)
53.	Osmorhiza depauperata - blunt sweet cicely (sweet cicely)
54.	Osmorhiza berteroi - tapering sweet cicely (sweet cicely)
55.	Cynoglossum virginianum - northern wild comfrey (wild comfrey)
56.	Hudsonia ericoides - golden heather (golden heather)
57.	Galium kamtschaticum - northern wild licorice (northern wild licorice)
58.	Braya fernaldii - Fernald's braya (braya)
59.	Braya longii - Long's braya (braya)
60.	Saxifraga rivularis - alpine brook saxifrage (saxifrage)
61.	Bartonia virginica - yellow screwstem
62.	Braya humilis - low northern rockcress