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Angel's trumpet

Arum lily

Asthma weed

Autumn crocus

Autumn skullcap

Belladonna lily

Castor Oil Plant

Cherry laurel

Cleavers

Coral tree

Cotoneaster

Cuckoo-pint

Cycads

Daffodil

Daphne

Deadly nightshade

Death cap

Duranta

Flax lily

Fly agaric

Foxglove

Golden Chain

Gympie Gympie

Hellebore

Hemlock

Honeysuckle

Horse chestnut

Hyacinth

Hydrangea

Ivy

Jessamine

Lantana

Lily of the valley

Oleander

Peace lily

Peacock flower

Petty spurge

Plumbago

Privet

Rhododendron

Rhubarb

Rhus

Snowberry

Sweet pea

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White cedar

Wintersweet

Wisteria

Yellow oleander

Yellow stainer

Yew

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Why use scientific names when they are hard to pronounce and/or hard to spell? What is wrong with common names? Well your common name for a plant is not necessarily the same as the next person's. Mountain Ash is a eucalypt in Australia but a rowan tree in Europe; the name lily is commonly used for many unrelated plants some of which are extremely toxic. Same thing with the common name nightshade.

Scientific names are the same worldwide, no matter what the local language(s) and also they indicate the grouping of species into genera which shows relationships.