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Index of Plants sorted by their Species (Botanical) Name
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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Abutilon theophrasti  ( =Abutilon avicennae ) Velvetleaf Maltese name not known Short.
Acacia cyclops  ( =Acacia eglandulosa ) Western Coastal Wattle Akaċja tal-Għajn Short.
Acacia koa  ( =Racosperma koa ) Hawaiian Wattle Akaċja tal-Hawajj Short.
Acacia pycnantha  ( =Racosperma pycnanthum ) Golden wattle Akaċja tal-werqa dejqa Short.
Acacia saligna  ( =Acacia cyanophylla ) Blue-leaved Acacia Akaċja Short.
Acanthocereus tetragonus  ( =Acanthocereus pentagonus ) Barbed Wire Cereus Maltese name not known Short.
Acanthus mollis  ( =Acanthus spinulosus ) Bear's Breech Ħannewija Detailed
Acanthus spinosus  ( =Acanthus spinosissimus ) Spiny Bear's Breeches Ħannewija xewwikija Short.
Achillea collina Mountain Yarrow Maltese name not known Short.
Achillea ligustica  ( =Achillea sylvatica ) Ligurian Yarrow Maltese name not known Short.
Achillea maritima subsp. maritima  ( =Filago maritima ) Cottonweed Santolina tar-ramel Short.
Achyranthes sicula  ( =Achyranthes aspera var. sicula ) Devil's horsewhip Maltese name not known Short.
Adiantum capillus-veneris  ( =Adiantum michelii ) Maidenhair Fern Tursin il-bir Short.
Adonis aestivalis subsp. squarrosa  ( =Adonis squarrosa ) Summer Pheasant's Eye Maltese name not known Short.
Adonis microcarpa  ( =Adonis aestivalis ) Pheasant's Eye Għajn is-Serduq Short.
Aegilops geniculata  ( =Triticum vagans ) Goat Grass Brimba Short.
Aeluropus lagopoides  ( =Dactylis lagopoides ) Cat's foot grass Sieq il-qattus Short.
Aeonium arboreum  ( =Sempervivum arboreum ) Tree Houseleek Kalluwa Short.
Aetheorhiza bulbosa  ( =Leontodon bulbosus ) Bulbous Hawksbeard Qanċlita perenni Short.
Agave americana  ( =Agave milleri ) American Agave Sabbara tal-Amerika Short.
Agave americana var. marginata Agave Sabbara tal-Amerika Short.
Agave attenuata  ( =Agave glaucescens ) Soft-leaved Agave Maltese name not known Short.
Agave parryi  ( =Agave applanata var. parryi ) Parry's Agave Maltese name not known Short.
Agave sisalana  ( =Agave rigida var. sisalana ) Blue Agave Sabbara ta' Sisal Short.
Agrostis stolonifera  ( =Agrostis alba subsp. stolonifera ) Creeping Bent Maltese name not known Short.
Ailanthus altissima  ( =Ailanthus glandulosa ) Tree-of-heaven Xumakk falz Short.
Aira cupaniana  ( =Avena cupaniana ) Southern Hairgrass Ħaxixa rqiqa ta' Kupani Short.
Aira elegans  ( =Aira elegans subsp. ambigua ) Mediterranean Hairgrass Ħaxixa Irqiqa fiddinija Short.
Ajuga iva subsp. iva  ( =Teucrium iva ) Southern Bugle Xantkura Short.
Ajuga iva subsp. pseudoiva  ( =Ajuga iva subsp. Pseudoiva ) Yellow Southern Bugle Xantkura safra Short.
Albizia julibrissin  ( =Acacia julibrissin ) Silk Tree Maltese name not known Short.
Alcea rosea  ( =Alcea ficifolia ) Common Hollyhock Bastun ta' San Ġuzepp Short.
Alisma lanceolatum  ( =Alisma stenophyllum ) Spear-leaved Water Plantain Biżbula tal-Ilma tal-werqa dejqa Short.
Alisma plantago-aquatica  ( =Alisma major ) Water Plantain Biżbula tal-Ilma Short.
Allium ampeloprasum  ( =Porrum ampeloprasum ) Broadleaf Wild Leek Tewm selvaġġ Short.
Allium cepa  ( =Cepa vulgaris ) Garden Onion Basla Short.
Allium chamaemoly  ( =Saturnia chamaemoly ) Dwarf Garlic Tewm qerqni Short.
Allium commutatum  ( =Allium ampeloprasum var. commutatum ) Maritime Wild Leek Kurrat tax-xatt Short.
Allium commutatum polyanthum Hybrid Sea Leek Kurrat tax-xatt bagħal Short.
Allium lojaconoi Maltese Dwarf Garlic Tewm irqiq ta' Malta Short.
Allium neapolitanum  ( =Allium amblyopetalum ) Naples Leek Kurrat ta' Napli Short.
Allium nigrum  ( =Molium nigrum ) Black Garlic Ċuplajs Short.
Allium paniculatum subsp. longispathum  ( =Allium longispathum ) Pale garlic Tewm Safrani Short.
Allium polyanthum  ( =Allium ampeloprasum subsp. polyanthum ) Many-flowered garlic Kurrat selvaġġ Short.
Allium roseum  ( =Allium carneum ) Rosy Garlic Tewm ħamrani Short.
Allium sativum  ( =Porrum sativum ) Garlic Tewm Short.
Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. arvense  ( =Alium arvense ) White Round-headed Garlic Tewm ta' Għawdex Short.
Allium sphaerocephalon subsp. sphaerocephalon  ( =Porrum sphaerocephaluon ) Round-Headed Leek Tewm kaħlani Short.
Allium subhirsutum  ( =Allium hirsutum ) Hairy Garlic Tewm muswaf Short.
Allium subvillosum  ( =Allium vernale ) Spring Garlic Tewm muswaf Rari Short.
Allium trifoliatum  ( =Allium subhirsutum subsp. trifoliatum ) Pink Garlic Tewm tal-linja vjola Short.
Allium triquetrum  ( =Allium medium ) Three-cornered Garlic Maltese name not known Short.
Allocasuarina verticillata  ( =Casuarina stricta ) Drooping She-Oak Kaswarina Short.
Aloe arborescens  ( =Aloe mutabilis ) Krantz Aloe Maltese name not known Short.
Aloe microstigma subsp. microstigma  ( =Aloe saponaria ) Soap Aloe Maltese name not known Short.
Aloe vera  ( =Aloe barbadensis ) Yellow Aloe Sabbara Short.
Alopecurus myosuroides  ( =Alopecurus agrestis ) Slender Foxtail Denb il-Ġurdien it-twil Short.
Alopecurus pratensis  ( =Alopecurus pratensis subsp. pseudonigricans ) Meadow Foxtail Denb il-Ġurdien Short.
Amaranthus blitoides  ( =Galliaria blitoides ) Mat Amaranth Denb id-dib tal-ward ħamrani Short.
Amaranthus blitum  ( =Albersia blitum ) Purple Amaranth Denb id-dib tal-qsari Short.
Amaranthus caudatus  ( =Amaranthus mantegazzianus ) Love-lies-bleeding Denb id-dib lixx Short.
Amaranthus cruentus  ( =Amaranthus paniculatus ) Red Amaranth Denb id-dib vjola zgħir Short.
Amaranthus deflexus  ( =Albersia prostrata ) Large-fruited Amaranth Denb id-dib lixx Short.
Amaranthus gangeticus  ( =Amaranthus melancholicus ) Elephant-head Amaranth Denb id-dib vjola kbir Short.
Amaranthus graecizans  ( =Glomeraria graecizans ) Spreading Pigweed Ghobbejra ħamra Short.
Amaranthus hybridus  ( =Amaranthus chlorostachys ) Prince's Feather Amaranth Denb id-dib bagħal Short.
Amaranthus muricatus  ( =Euloxus muricatus ) African Amaranth Denb id-dib Afrikan Short.
Amaranthus retroflexus  ( =Galliaria retroflexa ) Rough Pigweed Denb id-dib xewwikija Short.
Amaranthus tricolor  ( =Amaranthus tristis ) Joseph's Coat Denb id-dib ta' tlett kuluri Short.
Amaranthus viridis  ( =Amaranthus gracilis ) Slender Amaranth Denb id-dib ħadra Short.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia  ( =Ambrosia elatior ) Sea Ragweed Ambrosja Short.
Ammi majus  ( =Ammi topalii ) Bullwort Dakra Short.
Ammoides pusilla  ( =Seseli pusillum ) Small Bullwort Dakra żgħira Short.
Ammophila arenaria  ( =Ammophila arundinaceae ) Marram Grass Qasba tar-ramel Short.
Ampelodesmos mauritanicus  ( =Arundo mauritanica ) Mauritanian Grass Dis Short.
Anacamptis collina  ( =Orchis collina ) Fan-Lipped Orchid Orkida ħamra Detailed
Anacamptis fragrans  ( =Orchis fragrans ) Scented Bug Orchid Orkida tfuħ Short.
Anacamptis longicornu  ( =Orchis longicornu ) Horned Orchid Orkida tal-qrun Short.
Anacamptis morio  ( =Orchis morio ) Green-winged Orchid Orkida tal-elmu Short.
Anacamptis papilionacea  ( =Orchis papilionacea ) Pink Butterfly Orchid Farfett Short.
Anacamptis pyramidalis  ( =Orchis pyramidalis ) Pyramidal Orchid Orkida piramidali Detailed
Anacamptis pyramidalis subsp. urvilleana  ( =Anacamptis urvilleana ) Maltese Pyramidal Orchid Orkida piramidali ta' Malta Short.
Anacyclus clavatus  ( =Anacyclus tomentosus ) White Anacyclus Anaċiklus Short.
Anacyclus radiatus  ( =Anacyclus valentinus var. bicolor ) Yellow Anacyclus Maltese name not known Short.
Anagyris foetida  ( =Anagyris cretica ) Stinking Bean Trefoil Fula tal-klieb Detailed
Anchusa italica  ( =Anchusa azurea ) Italian Bugloss Lsien il-Fart ikħal Detailed
Andrachne telephioides  ( =Telephioides procumbens ) Andrachne Andrakne Short.
Andropogon distachyos  ( =Pollinia distachya ) Bluestem Grass Barrum aħmar Short.
Andryala integrifolia  ( =Andryala sinuata ) Common Andryala Maltese name not known Short.
Anemone coronaria  ( =Anemone pusilla ) Crown Anemone Kaħwiela Short.
Anemone hortensis  ( =Anemone pavonina ) Broad-leaved Anem Kaħwiela ċara Short.
Anogramma leptophylla  ( =Polypodium leptophyllum ) Jersey Fern Tursin ir-riħ Short.
Anredera cordifolia  ( =Boussingaultia cordifolia ) Madeira Vine Fatata Short.
Anthemis arvensis  ( =Chamaemelum arvense ) Corn Chamomille Bebuna tar-raba Short.
Anthemis cotula  ( =Maruta cotula ) Stinking Chamomille Maltese name not known Short.
Anthemis urvilleana  ( =Anthemis secundiramea subsp. urvilleana ) Maltese Sea Chamomille Bebuna tal-baħar Short.
Anthoxanthum gracile Slender Vernal Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Anthoxanthum odoratum  ( =Anthoxanthum nebrodense ) Sweet Vernal Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Anthyllis circinnata  ( =Medicago circinnata ) Spiny Kidney Vetch Nefel ta' Għawdex Short.
Anthyllis hermanniae subsp. melitensis  ( =Aspalathus cretica ) Maltese Yellow Kidney Vetch Ħatba s-sewda ta' Malta Short.
Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. maura  ( =Anthyllis maritima ) Common Kidney Vetch Silla tal-blat Short.
Antigonon leptopus  ( =Corculum leptopum ) Coral Vine Maltese name not known Short.
Antirrhinum siculum  ( =Antirrhinum majus subsp. Siculum ) Sicilian Snapdragon Papoċċi bojod Detailed
Antirrhinum tortuosum  ( =Antirrhinum majus subsp. tortuosum ) Greater Snapdragon Papoċċi ħomor Detailed
Apium graveolens  ( =Apium dulce ) Wild Celery Karfus Short.
Apium nodiflorum  ( =Helosciadium nodiflorum ) Fool's Water Cress Karfus tal-ilma Short.
Araucaria bidwillii  ( =Columbea bidwillii ) Bunya Pine Awrikarja ta' Bidwill Short.
Araucaria heterophylla  ( =Araucaria excelsa ) Norfolk Island Pine Awrikarja kbira Short.
Arbutus unedo  ( =Arbutus pavarii ) Strawberry Tree Imbrijagla Short.
Arenaria serpyllifolia  ( =Alsinanthus serpillifolius ) Thyme-leaved Sandwort Maltese name not known Short.
Argyranthemum frutescens  ( =Chrysanthemum frutescens ) Marguerite Daisy Maltese name not known Short.
Arisarum vulgare  ( =Arum arisarum ) Friar's Cowl Garni tal-Pipa Detailed
Aristolochia clusii Green-flowered Birthwort Papra selvaġġa Short.
Artemisia absinthium  ( =Absinthium officinale ) Wormwood Assenzju Short.
Artemisia arborescens  ( =Absinthium arborescens ) Silver Wormwood Maltese name not known Short.
Arthrocnemum macrostachyum  ( =Salicornia macrostachya ) Glaucous Glasswort Almeridja tal-blat Short.
Arum italicum  ( =Arum foetidum ) Italian Lords and Ladies Garni Short.
Arundo donax  ( =Arundo scriptoria ) Great Reed Qasba Short.
Arundo plinii  ( =Arundo mediterranea ) False Reed Għaljun Short.
Asclepias curassavica  ( =Asclepias bicolor ) Scarlet Milkweed It-tuffieħ tal-Fodsqa Short.
Asparagus africanus  ( =Protasparagus africanus ) African asparagus Spraġġ tal-Afrika Short.
Asparagus aphyllus  ( =Asparagus aphyllus var. bovei ) Mediterranean Asparagus Spraġġ xewwieki Short.
Asparagus asparagoides  ( =Asparagus medeoloides ) African Asparagus Maltese name not known Short.
Asparagus densiflorus  ( =Asparagus sprengeri ) Bushy Asparagus Maltese name not known Short.
Asparagus falcatus  ( =Protasparagus falcatus ) Asparagus Fern Maltese name not known Short.
Asparagus officinalis  ( =Asparagus sativus ) Wild Asparagus Spraġġ Short.
Asparagus setaceus  ( =Asparagus plumosus ) Plumose Asparagus Maltese name not known Short.
Asparagus stipularis  ( =Asparagus horridus ) Grey Asparagus Spraġġ griż Detailed
Asparagus virgatus  ( =Protasparagus virgatus ) Broom Asparagus Maltese name not known Short.
Asperula aristata subsp. scabra  ( =Asperula cynanchica var. aristata ) Southern Squinancywort Asperula Short.
Asperula cynanchica  ( =Asperula collina ) Squinancywort Maltese name not known Short.
Asphodelus fistulosus  ( =Asphodelus tenuifolius ) Onion Weed Berwieq Żgħir Detailed
Asphodelus ramosus  ( =Asphodelus aestivus ) Branched Asphodel Berwieq Detailed
Asplenium ceterach  ( =Ceterech officinarum ) Rusty-back Fern Felċi tal-ħitan tas-sejjieħ Short.
Asplenium marinum  ( =Trichomanes maritimum ) Sea Spleenwort Fern Felċi tal-baħar Short.
Asplenium sagittatum  ( =Phyllitis sagittata ) Mule's Fern Felċi tal-bir Short.
Asplenium trichomanes  ( =Athyrium trichomanes ) Maidenhair Spleenwort Fern Felċi rqiqa Short.
Asteriscus aquaticus  ( =Nauplius aquaticus ) Golden Star Għajn il-baqra tax-xatt Short.
Astragalus boeticus  ( =Astragalus baeticus ) Yellow Milk Vetch Kafe' Messikan Short.
Astragalus hamosus  ( =Astragalus buceras ) Southern Milk Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Astragalus sesameus  ( =Astragalus saguntinus ) Small-flowered Milk Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Atractylis cancellata  ( =Carthamus cancellatus ) Cage Thistle Xewk tal-gaġġa Short.
Atriplex glabriuscula  ( =Atriplex patula subsp. glabriuscula ) Babington's Orache Bjanka lixxa Short.
Atriplex halimus  ( =Atriplex halimoides ) Shrubby Orache Bjanka Short.
Atriplex lanfrancoi  ( =Cremnophyton lanfrancoi ) Maltese Cliff Orache Bjanka tal-irdum Short.
Atriplex patula  ( =Atriplex erecta ) Common Orache Bjanka skarza Short.
Atriplex portulacoides  ( =Halimus portulacoides ) Sea Purslane Maltese name not known Short.
Atriplex prostrata  ( =Atriplex triangularis ) Spear-leaved Orache Selq il-baħar Short.
Atriplex rosea  ( =Atriplex foliolosa ) Rosy Orache Selq tal-werqa roża Short.
Austrocylindropuntia subulata  ( =Opuntia subulata ) Eve's Needle Maltese name not known Short.
Avellinia festucoides  ( =Avellinia michelii ) Michel's Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Avena barbata  ( =Avena hirsuta ) Barbed Oat Ħafur żgħir Short.
Avena fatua  ( =Avena sativa subsp. fatua ) Common Wild Oat Ħafur tal-Ewropa Short.
Avena sativa  ( =Avena orientalis ) Oat Ħafur tal-egħlieqi Short.
Avena sterilis subsp. atherantha  ( =Avena altherantha ) Sterile oat Ħafur kbir rari Short.
Avena sterilis subsp. ludoviciana  ( =Avena ludoviciana ) Ludovic's Sterile Oat Ħafur kbir ta' Ludovik Short.
Avena sterilis subsp. sterilis  ( =Avena macrocarpa ) Animated Oat Ħafur kbir Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Ballota nigra subsp. ruderalis  ( =Ballota ruderalis ) Black Horehound Marrubja sewda Detailed
Bambusa vulgaris  ( =Arundarbor fera ) Common Bamboo Bambu Short.
Bassia scoparia  ( =Chenopodium scoparia ) Summer Cypress Maltese name not known Short.
Bellardia trixago  ( =Bartsia trixago ) Mediterranean Lineseed Perlina bajda Short.
Bellevalia romana  ( =Hyacinthus romanus ) Roman Hyacinth Ġjacint selvaġġ Short.
Bellis annua  ( =Bellis vandasii ) Annual Daisy Bebuna Detailed
Bellis sylvestris  ( =Bellis hirta ) Southern Daisy Margerita salvaġġa Detailed
Berberis aquifolium  ( =Mahonia aquifolium ) Oregon Grape Maltese name not known Short.
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima  ( =Beta maritima ) Sea Beet Selq tal-kosta Short.
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris  ( =Beta cicla ) Wild Beet Selq Short.
Bifora radians  ( =Coriandrum radians ) Mediterranean Bifora Kosbor selvaġġ Short.
Biscutella didyma subsp. didyma  ( =Biscutella eriocarpa ) Buckler Mustard Xeħt il-forom Short.
Bituminaria bituminosa  ( =Psoralea bituminosa ) Pitch Trefoil Silla tal-mogħoż Detailed
Blackstonia perfoliata subsp. perfoliata  ( =Gentiana perfoliata ) Yellow-Wort Ċentawrija safra Short.
Bolboschoenus glaucus s.l.  ( =Scirpus glaucus ) Southern Clubrush Simar tal-Africa Short.
Borago officinalis  ( =Borago hortensis ) Common Borage Fidloqqom Detailed
Bothriochloa ischaemum  ( =Andropogon ischaemum ) Yellow Blue Stem Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Bougainvillea glabra  ( =Bougainvillea rubicunda ) Lesser Bougainvillea Buganvilla żgħira Short.
Bougainvillea spectabilis  ( =Bougainvillea brasiliensis ) Bougainvillea Buganvilla Short.
Brachychiton populneus  ( =Sterculia diversifolia ) Kurrajong Maltese name not known Short.
Brachypodium distachyon  ( =Trachynia distachya ) Trachynia Grass Għomma żgħira Short.
Brachypodium hybridum Hybridous Mediterranean False Brome Pinna bagħal Short.
Brachypodium retusum  ( =Bromus retusus ) Mediterranean False Brome Pinna Short.
Brachypodium sylvaticum  ( =Festuca sylvatica ) False Brome Bunixxief tad-dell Short.
Brassica napus  ( =Rapa napus ) Rapeseed Nevew Short.
Brassica nigra  ( =Brassica bracteolata ) Black Mustard Mustarda sewda Short.
Brassica oleracea  ( =Brassica sylvestris ) Wild Cabbage Kaboċċa selvaġġa Short.
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris  ( =Brassica campestris ) Wild Turnip Liftija Detailed
Briza maxima  ( =Macrobriza maxima ) Quaking Grass Beżżulett il-Qattusa Short.
Briza minor  ( =Briza virens ) Pearl Grass Beżżulett il-Qattusa żgħira Short.
Bromus alopecuros  ( =Serrafalcus alopecuros ) Weedy brome Ħurtan dejjaq Short.
Bromus catharticus  ( =Ceratochloa cathartica ) Rescue grass Ħurtan Amerikan Short.
Bromus commutatus subsp. neglectus  ( =Bromus neglectus ) Mediterranean Meadow Brome Ħurtan tal-Mediterran Short.
Bromus diandrus  ( =Anisantha diandra ) Great Brome Bunexxief kbir Short.
Bromus fasciculatus  ( =Anisantha fasciculata ) Mediterranean Brome Bunexxief żgħir Short.
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. divaricatus  ( =Bromus hordeaceus subsp. molliformis ) Southern Brome Ħurtan żgħir Short.
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus  ( =Bromus mollis ) Soft-Brome Ħurtan Short.
Bromus intermedius  ( =Serrafalcus intermedius ) Intermediate Brome Maltese name not known Short.
Bromus lanceolatus  ( =Bromus divaricatus ) Woolly Brome Ħurtan sufi Short.
Bromus madritensis  ( =Anisantha madritensis ) Compact Brome Bunexxief vjola Short.
Bromus racemosus  ( =Serrafalcus racemosus ) Smooth Brome Ħurtan lixx Short.
Bromus rigidus  ( =Anisantha rigida ) Ripgut Brome Bunexxief tar-ramel Short.
Bromus rubens  ( =Anisantha rubens ) Red Brome Bunexxief Short.
Bromus sterilis  ( =Anisantha sterilis ) Barren Brome Maltese name not known Short.
Broussonetia papyrifera  ( =Morus papyrifera ) Paper Mulberry Maltese name not known Short.
Buddleja madagascariensis  ( =Nicodemia madagascariensis ) Yellow Butterfly Bush Maltese name not known Short.
Buglossoides arvensis  ( =Lithospermum arvense ) Field Gromwell Maltese name not known Short.
Bupleurum lancifolium  ( =Bupleurum heterophyllum ) Spear-leaved Hare's Ear Widnet il-fenek Short.
Bupleurum semicompositum  ( =Bupleurum glaucum ) Grey Hare's Ear Maltese name not known Short.

C
Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Caesalpinia spinosa  ( =Tara spinosa ) Tara Maltese name not known Short.
Cakile maritima  ( =Bunias cakile ) Sea Rocket Kromb il-baħar Short.
Calendula arvensis  ( =Calendula sancta ) Field Marigold Suffejra tar-raba Short.
Calendula bicolor Star Marigold Suffejra ta' giex kuluri Short.
Calendula maritima  ( =Calendula suffruticosa subsp. maritima ) Sea Marigold Suffejra tal-baħar Short.
Calendula officinalis  ( =Calendula eriocarpa ) Pot Marigold Suffejra tal-ġonna Short.
Calendula stellata  ( =Calendula cornuta ) Sicilian Marigold Suffejra ta' Sqallija Short.
Calendula suffruticosa subsp. fulgida  ( =Calendula fulgida ) Woody Marigold Suffejra Short.
Callitriche truncata  ( =Callitriche aquatica subsp. truncata ) Southern Water Starwort Erba Gamberaja Short.
Calystegia lucana  ( =Calystegia sepium × C. silvatica ) Hybrid bindweed Leblieb bagħal Short.
Calystegia sepium  ( =Convolvulus sepium ) Hedge bindweed Leblieb kbir roża Short.
Calystegia silvatica  ( =Convolvulus silvaticus ) Great bindweed Leblieb kbir Short.
Calystegia soldanella  ( =Convolvulus soldanella ) Sea bindweed Leblieb tar-ramel Short.
Campanula erinus  ( =Erinus campanulata ) Small Bellflower Kampanula Short.
Capparis orientalis  ( =Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris ) Caper bush Kappar Short.
Capparis spinosa  ( =Capparis parviflora ) Spiny Caper Kappar tax-xewk Short.
Capsella bursa-pastoris  ( =Capsella apetala ) Shepherd's Purse Ġarġir il-ġemel Short.
Capsella rubella  ( =Capsella bursa-pastoris var. rubella ) Red Shepherd's Purse Ġarġir il-ġemel ħamra Short.
Cardamine flexuosa  ( =Cardamine hirsuta subsp. flexuosa ) Wavy Bittercress Maltese name not known Short.
Cardamine hirsuta  ( =Cardamine umbrosa ) Hairy Bittercress Maltese name not known Short.
Cardiospermum grandiflorum  ( =Cardiospermum hirsutum ) Showy Balloon Vine Sfineġ Short.
Cardiospermum halicacabum  ( =Cardiospermum inflatum ) Love-in-a-puff Sfineġ sufi Short.
Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. marmoratus  ( =Carduus arabicus ) Arabian Thistle Ħorfox Short.
Carduus pycnocephalus subsp. pycnocephalus  ( =Carduus acanthoides ) Plymouth Thistle Xewk tal-fjura żgħira Short.
Carduus tenuiflorus  ( =Carduus pycnocephalus var. tenuiflorus ) Winged Plumeless Thistle Xewk tal-fjura żgħira Short.
Carex distans  ( =Carex forficula ) Distant Sedge Sogħda Short.
Carex divisa  ( =Carex lobata ) Divided Sedge Sogħda kommuni Short.
Carex divulsa  ( =Carex muricata var. divulsa ) Grey Sedge Sogħda mifruda Short.
Carex extensa  ( =Carex nervosa ) Long-bracted Sedge Sogħda tal-baħar Short.
Carex flacca subsp. erythrostachys  ( =Carex flacca subsp. serrulata ) Glacuous Sedge Sogħda tax-xagħri Short.
Carex halleriana  ( =Carex alpestris ) Southern Sedge Sogħda tal-Makkja Short.
Carex hispida  ( =Carex acutiformis ) Hispid Sedge Sogħda tat-tafal Short.
Carex otrubae  ( =Carex cuprina ) False Fox Sedge Sogħda kompatta Short.
Carex pairae  ( =Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ) Paira's rough sedge Sogħda ta' Paira Short.
Carica papaya  ( =Papaya vulgaris ) Papaya Papajja Short.
Carlina involucrata  ( =Carlina corymbosa subsp. Involucrata ) African Carline Thistle Sajtun Short.
Carlina lanata  ( =Mitina lanata ) Wooly Carline Thistle Sebqet 'l oOmmha Short.
Carpobrotus acinaciformis  ( =Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme ) Hybrid Glaucous Hottenot Fig Xuxet San Ġwann il-komuni Short.
Carpobrotus acinaciformis s.str.  ( =Mesembryanthemum acinaciforme ) Glaucous Hottenot Fig Xuxet San Ġwann iż-żgħira Short.
Carpobrotus edulis  ( =Mesembryanthemum edule ) Hottenot Fig Xuxet San Ġwann is-safra Short.
Carthamus caeruleus  ( =Carthamus tingitanus ) Blue Thistle Xewk ikhal Short.
Carthamus lanatus  ( =Carthamus lanatus var. algeriensis ) Woolly Carthamus Xewk ta' Kristu Short.
Carthamus tinctorius  ( =Centaurea carthamus ) Orange Carthamus Għosfor Short.
Carya illinoinensis  ( =Carya illinoinensis ) Pecan Nut Ġewża tal-Pekan Short.
Casuarina cunninghamiana  ( =Casuarina tenuissima ) Australian River Oak Maltese name not known Short.
Casuarina equisetifolia  ( =Casuarina litorea ) She-Oak Kaswarina Short.
Catabrosa aquatica  ( =Aira aquatica ) Whorl-Grass Katabrosa Short.
Catananche lutea  ( =Piptocephalum luteum ) Yellow Catananche Katananċe Short.
Catapodium marinum  ( =Festuca marina ) Sea Fern Grass Żwien tax-xatt Short.
Catapodium rigidum subsp. majus  ( =Sclerochloa rigida var. major ) Fern-Grass Żwien Short.
Catapodium rigidum subsp. rigidum  ( =Poa rigida ) Fern-Grass Żwien Short.
Catapodium zwierleinii  ( =Scleropoa zwierleinii ) Zwierlein's Fern Grass Żwien ta' Żwierlein Short.
Catharanthus roseus  ( =Vinca rosea ) Madagascar Periwinkle Pervinka roża Short.
Ceiba speciosa  ( =Chorisia speciosa ) Floss-silk Tree Maltese name not known Short.
Celtis australis  ( =Celtis eriocarpa ) Southern Nettle Tree Bagular Short.
Cenchrus echinatus  ( =Cenchrus pungens ) Southern Sandspur Qanfuda Short.
Centaurea acaulis  ( =Serratula acaulis ) Stemless Star-Thistle Ċentawrija tan-nuffara Short.
Centaurea calcitrapa  ( =Centaurea calcitrapoides ) Red Star-Thistle Maltese name not known Short.
Centaurea cyanus  ( =Cyanus segetum ) Cornflower Maltese name not known Short.
Centaurea diluta  ( =Centaurea diluta var. micracantha ) North African Knapweed Xewk tal-Afrika ta' fuq Short.
Centaurea hyalolepis  ( =Centaurea pallescens subsp. hyalolepis ) Yellow Star-Thistle Maltese name not known Short.
Centaurea jacea  ( =Jacea pratensis ) Brownray Knapweed Maltese name not known Short.
Centaurea melitensis  ( =Centaurea apula ) Maltese Star-Thistle Xewk ta' Malta Short.
Centaurea nicaeensis Mediterranean Star-Thistle Xewk tal-għotba Short.
Centaurea ragusina  ( =Centaurea ragusina subsp. lungensis ) Croatian Centaury Maltese name not known Short.
Centaurea solstitialis  ( =Calcitrapa solstitialis ) Yellow Star-Thistle Maltese name not known Short.
Centaurium erythraea  ( =Erythraea centaurium ) Common Centaury Ċentawrija kbira Short.
Centaurium pulchellum  ( =Erythraea pulchellum ) Lesser Centaury Ċentawrija żgħira Short.
Centaurium tenuiflorum  ( =Erythraea pulchellum var. tenuiflorum ) Slender Centaury Ċentawrija rqiqa Short.
Centranthus calcitrapae  ( =Valeriana calcitrapae ) Annual Valerian Valeriana Roża Short.
Centranthus macrosiphon  ( =Valeriana macrosiphon ) Long-spurred Valerian Maltese name not known Short.
Centranthus ruber  ( =Valeriana rubra ) Red Valerian Toppu tar-reġina Short.
Cerastium brachypetalum  ( =Alsine brachypetala ) Grey Mouse-Ear Widen il-ġurdien abjad Short.
Cerastium glomeratum  ( =Cerastium acutatum ) Broad-leaved Mouse-Ear Widen il-ġurdien idellek Short.
Cerastium ligusticum  ( =Cerastium campanulatum ) Large-flowered Mouse-Ear Maltese name not known Short.
Ceratonia siliqua  ( =Ceratonia coriacea ) Carob Ħarruba Short.
Cercis siliquastrum  ( =Cercis florida ) Judas Tree Siġra ta' Ġuda Short.
Cereus hildmannianus subsp. uruguayanus  ( =Cereus peruvianus ) Spiny hedge cactus Maltese name not known Short.
Cereus jamacaru  ( =Cactus jamacaru ) Mandacaru Mandakaru Short.
Cerinthe major  ( =Cerinthe acuta ) Honeywort Qniepen Detailed
Chaenorhinum minus  ( =Linaria minor ) Dwarf Snapdragon Maltese name not known Short.
Chamaeleon gummifer  ( =Carlina gummifera ) Stemless Atractylis Xewk tal-mixta Short.
Chamaerops humilis  ( =Phoenix humilis ) Dwarf Fan Palm Ġummara Short.
Chasmanthe bicolor  ( =Antholyza bicolor ) Red-and-green cobra lily Kasmanti rqiqa Short.
Chasmanthe floribunda  ( =Antholyza floribunda ) African Flag Kasmanti kommuni Short.
Cheirolophus crassifolius  ( =Palaeocyanus crassifolius ) Maltese Rock-Centaury Widnet il-baħar Short.
Chelidonium majus  ( =Chelidonium laciniatum ) Greater Celandine Ħaxixa tal-felul Short.
Chenopodiastrum hybridum  ( =Chenopodium hybridum ) Maple-leaved goosefoot Maltese name not known Short.
Chenopodiastrum murale  ( =Chenopodium murale ) Nettle-leaved Goosefoot Għobbejra ħadra Short.
Chenopodium album subsp. album  ( =Chenopodium viride ) Fat Hen Għobbejra Bajdanija Short.
Chenopodium album subsp. amaranticolor  ( =Chenopodium giganteum ) Tree Spinach Maltese name not known Short.
Chenopodium ambrosioides  ( =Dysphania ambrosioides ) Mexican Tea Għobbejra Tfuħ Te' Falz Short.
Chenopodium ficifolium  ( =Anserina ficifolia ) Fig-leaved Goosefoot Maltese name not known Short.
Chenopodium opulifolium  ( =Chenopodium album subsp. opulifolium ) Grey Goosefoot Għobbejra griża Short.
Chenopodium strictum  ( =Chenopodium album subsp. striatum ) Striated Fat Hen Għobbejra bajdanija strixxata Short.
Chenopodium vulvaria  ( =Chenopodium foetidum ) Stinking Goosefoot Għobbejra tinten Short.
Chiliadenus bocconei  ( =Jasonia bocconei ) Maltese Fleabane Tulliera ta' Malta Detailed
Chlorophytum comosum  ( =Anthericum comosum ) Spider Plant Rampila Short.
Chondrilla juncea  ( =Chondrilla hispida ) Rush-leaved sow thistle Tfief tar-ramel Short.
Chrozophora tinctoria  ( =Croton tinctorius ) Dyer's Litmus Turnasol Detailed
Chrysanthemum oreastrum  ( =Chrysanthemum zawadskii subsp. coreanum ) Korean Chrysanthemun Maltese name not known Short.
Cichorium endivia  ( =Cichorium crispum ) Endive Indivja Short.
Cichorium intybus  ( =Cichorium sylvestre ) Chicory Ċikwejra Short.
Cichorium spinosum  ( =Acanthophyton spinosum ) Spiny Chicory Qanfuda Short.
Cistus creticus  ( =Cistus incanus subsp. Creticus ) Hoary Rockrose Ċistu roża Short.
Cistus monspeliensis  ( =Stephanocarpus monspeliensis ) White Rockrose Ċistu abjad Short.
Citrus limon  ( =Citrus x limon ) Lemon Siġra tal-lumi Short.
Clematis cirrhosa  ( =Clematis polymorpha ) Evergreen Traveller's Joy Kiesħa jew Bajda Detailed
Clinopodium nepeta  ( =Melissa nepeta ) Lesser Calamint Kalaminta Detailed
Coincya tournefortii  ( =Erucastrum tournefortii ) Tournefort's Cabbage Kaboċċa ta' Twurneforti Short.
Coix lacryma-jobi  ( =Coix lacryma ) Job's Tears Dmugh ta' Ġuno Short.
Colchicum cupanii  ( =Colchicum bertolonii ) Mediterranean meadow saffron Busieq Detailed
Colocasia antiquorum  ( =Colocasia esculenta var. fontanesii ) Elephants Ear Għorgħar Short.
Commelina erecta  ( =Commelina sulcata ) White-mouth dayflower Kommelina Short.
Conium maculatum  ( =Coriandrum maculatum ) Hemlock Ċikuta Short.
Conringia orientalis  ( =Conringia austriaca ) Hare's Ear Mustard Maltese name not known Short.
Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. althaeoides Mallow bindweed Leblieb tax-xagħri roża Short.
Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. tenuissimus  ( =Convolvulus elegantissimus ) Silvery Mallow-Leaved BindWeed Leblieba tax-xagħri ċar Detailed
Convolvulus arvensis  ( =Convolvulus auriculatus ) Field BindWeed Leblieb tar-raba Detailed
Convolvulus cantabrica  ( =Convolvulus terrestris ) Cantabrican morning glory Leblieb skars Short.
Convolvulus lineatus  ( =Convolvulus intermedius ) Narrow-leaved bindweed Leblieb abjad Short.
Convolvulus oleifolius  ( =Convolvulus linearis ) Pink bindweed Leblieb tal-irdum Short.
Convolvulus pentapetaloides  ( =Convolvulus arcuatus ) Two-coloured bindweed Leblieb żgħir Short.
Convolvulus sabatius  ( =Convolvulus mauritanicus ) Blue rock bindweed Leblieb ta' Savona Short.
Convolvulus siculus  ( =Convolvulus ovatus ) Blue bindweed Leblieb tal-werqa tleqq Short.
Convolvulus tricolor  ( =Convolvulus cupanianus ) Three-coloured bindweed Leblieb ikħal Short.
Coriandrum sativum  ( =Selinum coriandrum ) Coriander Kosbor Short.
Cornucopiae cucullatum  ( =Alopecurus cornucopiae ) Hooded Grass Ħaxix tal-kornukopja Short.
Coronilla scorpioides  ( =Arthrolobium scorpioides ) Yellow Crown Vetch Xeħt l-imħabba Short.
Coronilla valentina  ( =Coronilla stipularis ) Shrubby Crown Vetch Koronilla Short.
Cortaderia selloana  ( =Arundo selloana ) Dwarf Pampas Grass Kortaderja Short.
Crassula tillaea  ( =Crassula muscosa ) Mossy Stonecrop Maltese name not known Short.
Crassula vaillantii  ( =Bulliarda vaillantii ) Narrow-leaved Mossy Stonecrop Maltese name not known Short.
Crataegus azarolus  ( =Mespilus azarolus ) Crete Hawthorn Għanżalor Short.
Crataegus monogyna  ( =Crataegus oxyacantha ) Common Hawthorn Żagħrun Short.
Crataegus ruscinonensis  ( =C. azarolus × C. monogyna ) Hybrid Hawthorn Żagħrun bagħal Short.
Crepis bursifolia  ( =Crepis hirta ) Italian Hawksbeard Maltese name not known Short.
Crepis neglecta  ( =Crepis cernua ) Hawksbeard Maltese name not known Short.
Crepis pusilla  ( =Melitella pusilla ) Maltese Hawksbeard Melitella Short.
Crepis vesicaria subsp. hyemalis  ( =Crepis hyemalis ) Beaked Hawksbeard Krepis Sqalli Short.
Cressa cretica  ( =Cressa humifusa ) Mediterranean bindweed Kressa Short.
Crithmum maritimum  ( =Cachrys maritima ) Rock Samphire Bużbież il-baħar Short.
Crocus longiflorus  ( =Crocus odorus ) Yellow-throated Crocus Żagħfran selvaġġ skars Detailed
Crucianella maritima  ( =Crucianella maritima subsp. rupestris ) Rock Crucianella Kruċanella Short.
Crupina crupinastrum  ( =Centaurea crupinastrum ) Southern Crupina Maltese name not known Short.
Crypsis aculeata  ( =Schoenus aculeatus ) Pricklegrass Kripsi tas-salmastru Short.
Crypsis schoenoides  ( =Phleum schoenoides ) Swamp Picklegrass Kripsi tal-ilma Short.
Cucurbita pepo  ( =Cucurbita aurantia ) Pumpkin Qargħa ħamra Short.
Cupressus arizonica  ( =Cupressus glabra ) Arizona Cypress Ċipress ta' Arizona Short.
Cupressus sempervirens  ( =Cupressus pyramidalis ) Italian Cypress Ċipress Short.
Cuscuta campestris  ( =Cuscuta pentagona ) Western Field Dodder Pittma tal-Amerika Short.
Cuscuta epithymum  ( =Cuscuta europaea var. epithymum ) Dodder Pittma Short.
Cuscuta monogyna  ( =Monogynella monogyna ) One-seeded dodder Maltese name not known Short.
Cutandia maritima  ( =Triticum maritimum ) Cutandia Grass Kutandja Short.
Cyclamen persicum  ( =Cyclamen latifolium ) Persian cyclamen Ċiklamini tal-Lvant Short.
Cydonia oblonga  ( =Cydonia vulgaris ) Quince Sfarġel Short.
Cymbalaria muralis  ( =Linaria cymbalaria ) Ivy-leaved Toadflax Ċimbalarja Short.
Cymodocea nodosa  ( =Zostera mediterranea ) Lesser Neptune Grass Alka rqiqa Short.
Cynara cardunculus  ( =Cynara corsica ) Wild Artichoke Qaqoċċ tax-xewk Short.
Cynara scolymus  ( =Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus ) Globe Artichoke Qaqoċċ Short.
Cynara scolymus cardunculus Globe Artichoke (hybrid) Qaqoċċ bagħal Short.
Cynodon dactylon  ( =Panicum dactylon ) Bermuda Grass Niġem Short.
Cynoglossum creticum  ( =Cynoglossum amplexicaule ) Blue Hound's Tongue Ilsien il-kelb Short.
Cynomorium coccineum General's Root Għerq il-ġeneral Short.
Cynosurus cristatus  ( =Phleum cristatum ) Crested Dog's Tail Denb il-kelb Short.
Cynosurus echinatus  ( =Falona echinata ) Rough Dog's Tail Denb il-kelb xewwieki Short.
Cyperus alternifolius  ( =Cyperus frondosus ) Umbrella Papyrus Bordi tal-umbrella Short.
Cyperus capitatus  ( =Galilea mucronathus ) Capitate Galingale Bordi tar-ramel Short.
Cyperus esculentus  ( =Cyperus sieberianus ) Yellow Nutsedge Maltese name not known Short.
Cyperus fuscus  ( =Cyperus compressus ) Brown Galingale Bordi żgħir Short.
Cyperus involucratus  ( =Cyperus flabelliformis ) Dwarf Papyrus Grass Bordi tal-umbrella Short.
Cyperus laevigatus subsp. distachyos  ( =Cyperus distachyos ) Mediterranean Galingale Bordi Iswed Short.
Cyperus longus subsp. badius  ( =Cyperus longus subsp. badius ) Compact Galingale Bordi tal-wied żgħir Short.
Cyperus longus subsp. longus  ( =Cyperus speciosus ) Sweet Galingale Bordi tal-wied Short.
Cyperus papyrus  ( =Papyrus siculus ) Papyrus Papiru Short.
Cyperus rotundus  ( =Cyperus olivaris ) Round Galingale Bordi tat-toroq Short.
Cyrtomium falcatum  ( =Polystichum falcatum ) Japanese Holly Fern Felċi Ġappuniża Short.
Cyrtomium fortunei  ( =Polystichum fortunei ) Asian Netvein Holly Fern Felċi Asjatika Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Dactylis glomerta subsp. glomerata  ( =Dactylis glaucescens ) Cock's Foot Grass Dekkuka Short.
Dactylis glomerta subsp. hispanica  ( =Dactylis hispanica ) Spanish Cock's Foot Dekkuka ta' Spanja Short.
Dactyloctenium aegyptium  ( =Cynosurus aegyptius ) Egyptian Crofwoot Grass Sieq iċ-ċawl Eġizjana Short.
Damasonium bourgaei  ( =Alisma bourgaei ) Mediterranean Starfruit Plantain Damażonju Short.
Datura innoxia  ( =Datura meteloides ) Downy Thorn Apple Siġret ir-rizzi Short.
Datura stramonium  ( =Datura tatula ) Common Thorn Apple Maltese name not known Short.
Daucus carota  ( =Daucus foliosus ) Wild Carrot Zunnarija salvaġġa Short.
Daucus carota subsp. sativus  ( =Daucus sativus ) Carrot Zunnarija Short.
Daucus gingidium  ( =Daucus carota subsp. drepanensis ) Sea Carrot Zunnarija tal-baħar Short.
Daucus lopadusanus  ( =Daucus carota var. lopadusanus ) Lampedusa Carrot Zunnarija ta' Lampedusa Short.
Daucus pumilus  ( =Caucalis pumila ) Small Carrot Zunnarija tar-ramel Short.
Daucus rupestris  ( =Daucus carota subsp. rupestris ) Cliff Carrot Zunnarija tal-blat Short.
Delosperma cooperi  ( =Mesembryanthemum cooperi ) Though Trailing Ice Plant Maltese name not known Short.
Delphinium ajacis  ( =Delphinium ambiguum ) Doubtful knight's spur Sieq il-ħamiema l-kbira Short.
Delphinium halteratum  ( =Delphinium longipes ) Winged Larkspur Sieq il-ħamiema Detailed
Delphinium hispanicum  ( =Consolida orientalis ) Eastern Larkspur Sieq il-ħamiema tal-Lvant Short.
Delphinium staphisagria  ( =Staphisagria macrosperma ) Short-spurred Larkspur Żerrigħet il-qamel Short.
Descurainia sophia  ( =Sisymbrium sophia ) Flixweed Maltese name not known Short.
Desmazeria sicula  ( =Cynosurus siculus ) Pignatti's Fern Grass Żwien ta' Malta Short.
Digitaria ciliaris  ( =Panicum ciliare ) Southern Crab Grass Diġitarja rqiqa Short.
Digitaria sanguinalis  ( =Panicum sanguinale ) Crab Grass Diġitarja ħamra Short.
Dimorphotheca jucunda  ( =Osteospermum jucundum ) African Daisy Maltese name not known Short.
Dioscorea communis  ( =Tamus cretica ) Black Bryony Brijonja sewda Short.
Diospyros kaki  ( =Diospyros chinensis ) Kaki Siġra tal-Kaaki Short.
Diospyros lotus  ( =Dactylus trapezuntinus ) Date-Plum Maltese name not known Short.
Diplotaxis erucoides  ( =Sinapis erucoides ) White Wall Rocket Ġarġir abjad Detailed
Diplotaxis tenuifolia  ( =Diplotaxis fruticulosa ) Perennial Wall Rocket Ġarġir isfar Detailed
Diplotaxis viminea  ( =Diplotaxis prolongoi ) Southern Rocket Aruka selvaġġa Short.
Disphyma crassifolium  ( =Mesembryanthemum crassifolium ) Rounded Noon Flower Maltese name not known Short.
Dittrichia graveolens  ( =Cupularia graveolens ) Lesser Samphire Żagħżigħa safra Short.
Dittrichia viscosa  ( =Dittrichia viscosa subsp. maritima ) False Yellowhead Tulliera komuni Detailed
Dodonaea viscosa  ( =Dodonaea ehrenbergii ) Hop Bush Maltese name not known Short.
Dolichandra unguis-cati  ( =Bignonia unguis ) Cat-claw ivy Dwiefer il-qattus Short.
Draba verna  ( =Erophila vulgaris ) Common Whitlow Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Dracunculus vulgaris  ( =Arum dracunculus ) Giant Lords-and-Ladies Garni qoxret is-serp Short.
Drimia pancration  ( =Uriginea maritima ) Sea Squill Basal tal-għansar Detailed
Drosanthemum hispidum  ( =Mesembryanthemum hispidum ) Hairy Dewflower Kristallina vjola iż-żgħira Short.
Duranta erecta  ( =Duranta repens ) Golden Dewdrop Maltese name not known Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Ecballium elaterium  ( =Momordica elaterium ) Squirting Cucumber Faqqus il-ħmir Detailed
Echinaria capitata  ( =Cenchrus capitatus ) Hedgehog Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Echinochloa colonum  ( =Panicum colonum ) Millet Grass Xrika Short.
Echinochloa crus-galli  ( =Panicum crus-galli ) Cockspur Xrika mlewna Short.
Echinochloa frumentacea  ( =Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentacea ) Barnyard Millet Maltese name not known Short.
Echinophora spinosa  ( =Selinum spinosum ) Prickly Parsnip Bużbież xewwieki tar-ramel Short.
Echinops siculus  ( =Echinops ritros subsp. sicula ) Sicilian Globe Thistle Maltese name not known Short.
Echium arenarium  ( =Echium diffusum ) Coastal Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart tar-ramel Short.
Echium candicans  ( =Echium fastuasum ) Pride of Madeira Maltese name not known Short.
Echium italicum  ( =Echium pyrenaicum ) Pale Bugloss Ilsien il-fart abjad Short.
Echium parviflorum  ( =Echium calycinum ) Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart żgħir Short.
Echium plantagineum  ( =Echium lycopsis ) Purple Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart vjola Short.
Echium sabulicola  ( =Echium sabulicola var. gussonei ) Sand Viper's Bugloss Lsien il-fart tax-xatt Short.
Eclipta prostrata  ( =Verbesina prostrata ) False Daisy Eklipta Short.
Eichhornia crassipes  ( =Pontedera crassipes ) Water Hyacinth Wardet in-Nil Short.
Elaeagnus angustifolia  ( =Elaeagnus argentea ) Russian olive Elanjus Short.
Elatine gussonei  ( =Elatine hydropiper var. gussonei ) Maltese Waterwort Elatine Detailed
Eleocharis ovata  ( =Scirpus compressus ) Southern Spikerush Simar tal-Għadajjar Short.
Eleocharis palustris  ( =Eleocharis intersita ) Common Spikerush Simar tat-toppu Short.
Eleusine indica  ( =Cynosurus indicus ) Yard Grass Elusin Short.
Elymus athericus  ( =Elytrigia atherica ) Sea Couch Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Elymus repens  ( =Elytrigia repens ) Couch Grass Sikrana skarsa Short.
Emex spinosa  ( =Rumex spinosus ) Spiny Dock Selq xewwieki Short.
Enarthrocarpus pterocarpus  ( =Raphanus pterocarpus ) Winged Radish Ravanell tal-Eġittu Short.
Ephedra fragilis  ( =Ephedra altissima ) Joint-Pine Efedra Short.
Epilobium parviflorum  ( =Epilobium molle ) Hoary Willowherb Maltese name not known Short.
Epilobium tetragonum subsp. tournefortii  ( =Epilobium adnatum ) Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobju Short.
Equisetum ramosissimum  ( =Hippochaete ramosissima ) Branched Horsetail Denb iż-żiemel Short.
Eragrostis cilianensis  ( =Poa cilianensis ) Stink Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Erica multiflora  ( =Erica dianthera ) Mediterranean Heath Erika Detailed
Erigeron bonariensis  ( =Leptilon bonariense ) Flax-Leaved Fleabane Żagħżigħa selvaġġa Detailed
Erigeron canadensis  ( =Conyza canadensis ) Canadian Horseweed Żagħżigħa Kanadiża Short.
Erigeron sumatrensis  ( =Conyza albida ) Guernsey fleabane Żagħżigħa ċara Short.
Eriobotrya japonica  ( =Mespilus japonica ) Loquat Naspli Short.
Erodium acaule  ( =Erodium romanum ) Stemless Storkbill Maltese name not known Short.
Erodium alnifolium  ( =Erodium chium var. crassifolium ) Alder-leaved storksbill Maltese name not known Short.
Erodium chium  ( =Geranium murcicum ) Mediterranean Storkbill Maltese name not known Short.
Erodium ciconium  ( =Erodium viscosum ) Sand Storkbill Maltese name not known Short.
Erodium cicutarium  ( =Geranium cicutarium ) Common Storkbill Maltese name not known Short.
Erodium laciniatum  ( =Erodium chium var. laciniatum ) Cut-leaved Storkbill Moxt tar-ramel Short.
Erodium malacoides  ( =Geranium malacoides ) Mallow-Leaved Stork's Bill Moxt Short.
Erodium moschatum  ( =Geranium moschatum ) Musk Stork's Bill Ħaxixa tal-Misk Short.
Eruca vesicaria  ( =Eruca sativa ) Salad Mustard Aruka Short.
Eryngium maritimum  ( =Eryngium marinum ) Sea Holly Xewk ir-ramel Short.
Erysimum cheiri  ( =Cheiranthus cheiri ) Wallflower Ġiżi safra Short.
Erythrostemon gilliesii  ( =Poinciana gilliesii ) Yellow Bird of Paradise Maltese name not known Short.
Eucalyptus camaldulensis  ( =Eucalyptus acuminata ) Red Gum Eucalyptus Ewkaliptus Short.
Eucalyptus gomphocephala  ( =Eucalyptus gomphocephala var. rhodoxylon ) Tuart Tree Ewkaliptus Short.
Eucalyptus leucoxylon Blue Gum Ewkaliptus Short.
Eupatorium cannabinum  ( =Eupatorium soleirolii ) Hemp-Agrimony Maltese name not known Short.
Euphorbia aleppica  ( =Tithymalus aleppicus ) Aleppo Spurge Tengħud ta' Aleppo Short.
Euphorbia bicompacta  ( =Synadenium compactum ) Clustered Spurge Tengħud tal-werqa wiesgħa Short.
Euphorbia canariensis  ( =Euphorbia tribuloides ) Canary Islands Spurge Tengħud tal-gżejjer tal-Kanarji Short.
Euphorbia chamaesyce  ( =Chamaesyce canescens ) Small Spurge Ġemmugħa Short.
Euphorbia characias  ( =Tithymalus characias ) Large Mediterranean Spurge Tengħud tal-ħaġar Short.
Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii  ( =Euphorbia melapetala ) Large Sicilian Spurge Tengħud tal-ħaġar Sqalli Short.
Euphorbia dendroides  ( =Tithymalus dendroides ) Tree Spurge Tengħud tas-siġra Short.
Euphorbia exigua  ( =Euphorbia pycnophylla ) Dwarf Spurge Tenghud Irqiq Short.
Euphorbia helioscopia  ( =Tithymalus helioscopius ) Sun Spurge Tengħud raddiena Short.
Euphorbia hirsuta  ( =Euphorbia pubescens ) Hairy Spurge Tengħud aħrax Short.
Euphorbia hypericifolia  ( =Euphorbia glomerifera ) Graceful spurge Tengħud arbuxxel Short.
Euphorbia ingens  ( =Euphorbia similis ) Candelabra tree Tengħud Oħxon Short.
Euphorbia maculata  ( =Chamaesyce maculata ) Spotted Spurge Ġemmugħa ħamra Short.
Euphorbia mauritanica  ( =Tithymalus flaccidus ) Smooth Creeping Milkweed Tengħud tal-gżejjer tal-Mawrizju Short.
Euphorbia melitensis  ( =Euphorbia spinosa var. melitensis ) Maltese Spurge Tengħud tax-xagħri Short.
Euphorbia paralias  ( =Tithymalus paralias ) Sea Spurge Tengħud tar-ramel Short.
Euphorbia peplis  ( =Chamaesyce peplis ) Purple Spurge Ġemmugħa tar-ramel Short.
Euphorbia peplus  ( =Tithymalus auriculatus ) Petty Spurge Tengħud tal-ġonna Short.
Euphorbia peplus var. minima  ( =Tithymalus peploides ) Dwarf Petty Spurge Tengħud ċkejken tal-ġonna Short.
Euphorbia prostrata  ( =Chamaesyce prostrata ) Prostate Spurge Ġemmugħa sufija Short.
Euphorbia pulcherrima  ( =Poinsettia pulcherrima ) Poinsettia Punsjetta Short.
Euphorbia segetalis var. pinea  ( =Tithymalus pineus ) Pine Spurge Tengħud komuni Short.
Euphorbia serpens  ( =Chamaesyce serpens ) Matted sandmat Ġemmugħa tat-toroq Short.
Euphorbia terracina  ( =Tithymalus terracinus ) Coastal Spurge Tengħud tax-xatt Short.
Euphorbia tirucalli  ( =Tirucalia indica ) Indian tree spurge Tengħud tal-lapes Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Fagopyrum esculentum  ( =Polygonum fagopyrum ) Buckwheat Maltese name not known Short.
Fallopia aubertii  ( =Bilderdykia aubertii ) Silver Lace Vine Maltese name not known Short.
Fallopia convolvulus  ( =Fallopia baldschuanica ) Black bindweed Leblieba ħadra Short.
Ferula melitensis Maltese Giant Fennel Ferla ta' Malta Short.
Festuca cinerea  ( =Festuca glaucina ) Blue Fescue Żwien Short.
Ficus auriculata  ( =Ficus oligodon ) Moreton Bay fig Fikus taz-zokk kbir Short.
Ficus carica  ( =Ficus carica var. domestica ) Fig tree Tina Short.
Ficus elastica  ( =Ficus elastica var. decora ) Indian Rubber Tree Maltese name not known Short.
Ficus lyrata  ( =Ficus pandurata ) Fiddle leaf fig Fikus tal-werqa mżaqqa Short.
Ficus microcarpa  ( =Ficus nitida ) Chinese Banyan Tree Fikus tat-toroq Short.
Ficus rubiginosa  ( =Ficus leichhardtii ) Rusty-leaved fig Fikus tal-werqa msadda Short.
Ficus rubiginosa var. glabrescens  ( =Ficus australis ) Hairless Port Jackson fig Fikus tal-Awstralja Short.
Filago lojaconoi  ( =Oglifa lojaconoi ) Maltese Cudweed Kabuccinella ta' Malta Short.
Filago pygmaea  ( =Filago acaulis ) Pygmy Cudweed Evaks Short.
Filago pyramidata  ( =Filago gussonei ) Broad-leaved Cudweed Maltese name not known Short.
Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum  ( =Foeniculum piperitum ) Bitter Fennel Bużbież salvaġġ Short.
Foeniculum vulgare subsp. vulgare  ( =Foeniculum dulce ) Fennel Bużbież Short.
Frankenia hirsuta  ( =Frankenia laevis var. hirsuta ) Hairy Sea Heath Erba Franka Short.
Frankenia laevis  ( =Frankenia leonardorum ) Sea Heath Maltese name not known Short.
Frankenia pulverulenta  ( =Frankenia nodiflora ) Annual Sea Heath Maltese name not known Short.
Fraxinus angustifolia  ( =Fraxinus oxycarpa ) Narrow-leaved Ash Fraxxnu Short.
Freesia kewensis Red river Freesia Friżja tal-ġonna Short.
Freesia laxa  ( =Gladiolus laxus ) African Lapeyrousia Friżja irqiqa Short.
Freesia leichtlinii  ( =Freesia muirii ) Leichtlin's Freesia Friżja selvaġġa kommuni Short.
Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba  ( =Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba ) White Freesia Friżja selvaġġa bajda Short.
Fumana arabica  ( =Helianthemum arabicum ) Mediterranean Rock Rose Ċistu isfar Short.
Fumana laevipes  ( =Cistus laevipes ) Narrow-leaved needle sunrose Ċistu tal-blat Short.
Fumana laevis  ( =Fumana laevis subsp. juniperina ) Smooth Thyme Rock Rose Ċistu isfar lixx Short.
Fumana thymifolia  ( =Helianthemum thymifolium ) Thyme Rock Rose Ċistu żgħir Short.
Fumaria agraria  ( =Fumaria embergeri ) Field Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria barnolae  ( =Fumaria bella ) Baronola's fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria bastardii  ( =Fumaria affinis ) Tall Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria bicolor  ( =Fumaria rupestris var. maritima ) Two-coloured Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria capreolata  ( =Fumaria officinalis subsp. capreolata ) White Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria densiflora  ( =Fumaria micrantha ) Dense-flowered Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria flabellata  ( =Fumaria capreolata subsp. flabellata ) Southern Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria gaillardotii  ( =Fumaria agraria subsp. major ) Italian Fumitory Daħnet L-art kbira Short.
Fumaria muralis  ( =Fumaria capreolata subsp. muralis ) Common Ramping Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria officinalis  ( =Fumaria viciosoi ) Common Fumitory Daħnet L-art medja Short.
Fumaria parviflora  ( =Fumaria leucantha ) Fine-leaved Fumitory Daħnet l-art żgħira Short.
Fumaria schleicheri  ( =Fumaria laggeri ) Schleicher's fumitory Maltese name not known Short.
Fumaria vaillantii  ( =Fumaria caespitosa ) Few-flowered Fumitory Maltese name not known Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Galactites tomentosa  ( =Lupsia galactites ) Mediterranean Thistle Xewk abjad Short.
Galium aparine  ( =Aparine vulgaris ) Cleavers Ħarxajja komuni Short.
Galium murale  ( =Sherardia muralis ) Yellow Bedstraw Ħarxajja safra Short.
Galium spurium  ( =Galium pauciflorum ) False Cleavers Ħarxajja Short.
Galium tricornutum  ( =Galium tricorne ) Corn Cleavers Ħarxajja ta' tlett iqran Short.
Galium verrucosum  ( =Galium saccharatum ) Southern Cleavers Ħarxajja tal-felul Short.
Gasteria acinacifolia  ( =Gasteria linita ) Gasteria Maltese name not known Short.
Gastridium phleoides  ( =Lachnagrostis phleoides ) Nit Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Gastridium ventricosum  ( =Gastridium scabrum ) Nit Grass Mustaċċi tal-qattus Short.
Geranium dissectum  ( =Geranium parviflorum ) Cut-leaved Crane's Bill Ġeranju tal-weraq bil-pizzi Short.
Geranium molle  ( =Geranium villosum ) Dove's foot Crane's Bill Ġeranju tal-weraq artab Short.
Geranium purpureum  ( =Geranium robertianum subsp. purpureum ) Little Robin Ġeranju roża Short.
Geranium robertianum  ( =Robertiella robertiana ) Herb Robert Maltese name not known Short.
Geranium rotundifolium  ( =Geranium viscidulum ) Round-Leaved Crane's Bill Ġeranju tal-werqa tonda Short.
Geropogon hybridus  ( =Tragopogon hybridus ) Hairless Goatsbeard Leħjet il-bodbod Short.
Gladiolus communis s.l.  ( =Gladiolus gussonei ) Eastern gladiolus Ħabb il-qamħ tal-blat Detailed
Gladiolus italicus  ( =Gladiolus segetum ) Field Gladiolus Ħabb il-qamħ tar-raba Detailed
Glaucium flavum  ( =Glaucium luteum ) Yellow Horned Poppy Peprin isfar Short.
Glebionis coronaria  ( =Chrysanthemum coronarium ) Crown Daisy Lellux Detailed
Glebionis segetum  ( =Chrysanthemum segetum ) Corn Daisy Lellux tar-raba Short.
Glyceria notata  ( =Glyceria fluitans var. plicata ) Plicate Sweet Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Gomphocarpus fruticosus  ( =Asclepias fruticosa ) Swan Plant Milkweed Siġret it-tuffieħ tal-Fodsqa Short.
Gossypium herbaceum  ( =Gossypium stocksii ) Levant Cotton Qotton Malti Short.
Gossypium hirsutum  ( =Gossypium mexicanum ) American Cotton Qotton ta' Gallipoli Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Hainardia cylindrica  ( =Rottboellia cylindrica ) Barbgrass Monerma Short.
Halophila stipulacea  ( =Zostera stipulacea ) Halophila seagrass Ħalofila Short.
Harpullia arborea  ( =Harpullia imbricata ) Tulip Wood-Tree Maltese name not known Short.
Hedera helix  ( =Hedera communis ) Ivy Liedna Short.
Hedypnois cretica  ( =Hedypnois rhagadioloides subsp. cretica ) Variable Hyoseris Maltese name not known Short.
Hedypnois rhagadioloides  ( =Hedypnois mauritanica ) Variable Hyoseris Maltese name not known Short.
Helianthus annuus  ( =Helianthus lenticularis ) Sunflower Warda tax-xemx Short.
Helianthus tuberosus  ( =Helianthus serotinus ) Jerusalem Artichoke Artiċokk Short.
Helichrysum melitense  ( =Helichrysum rupestre var. melitense ) Maltese Helichrysium Sempreviva ta' Għawdex Short.
Heliotropium curassavicum  ( =Heliotropium glaucum ) Salt Heliotrope Vanilja bajda tal-baħar Short.
Heliotropium europaeum  ( =Heliotropium majus ) Common Heliotrope Vanilja bajda Detailed
Helminthotheca echioides  ( =Helminthia echioides ) Bristly Oxtongue Ilsien il-baqra xewwikija Short.
Herniaria hirsuta Hairy Rupture-Wort Maltese name not known Short.
Herniaria hirsuta subsp. cinerea  ( =Herniaria cinerea ) Grey Rupture-Wort Maltese name not known Short.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis  ( =Hibiscus festalis ) Rose of China Babiskuwa Short.
Himantoglossum robertianum  ( =Barlia robertiana ) Giant Orchid Orkida kbira Detailed
Hippocrepis biflora  ( =Hippocrepis unisiliquosa subsp. biflora ) Two-flowered Horseshoe Vetch Xintilli żgħira Short.
Hippocrepis ciliata  ( =Hippocrepis dicarpa ) Lesser Horseshoe Vetch Xintilli muswaf Short.
Hippocrepis emerus  ( =Coronilla emerus ) Pale Crown Vetch Xintilli tas-siġra Short.
Hippocrepis multisiliquosa  ( =Hippocrepis ambigua ) Many-flowered Horseshoe Vetch Xintilli komuni Short.
Hirschfeldia incana  ( =Brassica adpressa ) Hoary Mustard Mustarda selvaġġa Detailed
Homalocladium platycladum  ( =Muehlenbeckia platyclada ) Centipede plant Maltese name not known Short.
Hordeum bulbosum  ( =Critesion bulbosum ) Bulbous Barley Maltese name not known Short.
Hordeum distichon  ( =Hordeum vulgare subsp. distichon ) Two-rowed Barley Xgħir tal-birra Short.
Hordeum marinum subsp. gussoneanum  ( =Hordeum geniculatum ) Mediterranean Barley Bunixxief tal-Mediterran Short.
Hordeum marinum subsp. marinum  ( =Hordeum maritimum ) Sea Barley Bunexxief tal-baħar Short.
Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum  ( =Hordeum leporinum ) Mouse Barley Bunexxief komuni Short.
Hordeum murinum subsp. murinum  ( =Hordeum rubens ) Wall Barley Bunexxief tat-tafal Short.
Hordeum vulgare  ( =Hordeum hexastichum ) Barley Xgħir Short.
Hornungia procumbens subsp. revelierei  ( =Hutchinsia procumbens forma sommieri ) Maltese Hymenolobus Ġargir ta' Kemmuna Short.
Hyacinthus orientalis  ( =Scilla coronaria ) Garden Hyacinth Ġjacint Short.
Hyoscyamus albus  ( =Hyoscyamus minor ) White Henbane Mammażejża Detailed
Hyoscyamus niger  ( =Hyoscyamus lethalis ) Henbane Maltese name not known Short.
Hyoseris frutescens  ( =Hyoseris lucida subsp. frutescens ) Maltese Hyoseris Żigland ta' Għawdex Short.
Hyoseris radiata  ( =Rhagadiolus stellatus ) Perennial Hyoseris Żigland tal-pizzi Short.
Hyoseris scabra  ( =Hyoseris aspera ) Annual Hyoseris Żigland Short.
Hyparrhenia hirta  ( =Andropogon hirtus ) Beard Grass Barrum tax-xagħri Short.
Hypecoum imberbe  ( =Hypecoum grandiflorum ) Beardless Hypecoum Maltese name not known Short.
Hypecoum procumbens  ( =Hypecoum arcuatum ) Sickle-fruited Hypecoum Maltese name not known Short.
Hypericum aegypticum  ( =Triadenia aegyptica ) Shrubby St. John's Wort Fexfiex tal-irdum Short.
Hypericum australe  ( =Hypericum humifusum subsp. australe ) Southern St John's-wort Maltese name not known Short.
Hypericum pubescens  ( =Hypericum tomentosum ) Pubescent St. John's Wort Fexfiex sufi Short.
Hypericum triquetrifolium  ( =Hypericum crispum ) Wavy-leaved Saint John's Wort Fexfiex tar-Raba Detailed
Hypochaeris achyrophorus  ( =Hedypnois aetnensis ) Mediterranean Catsear Żigland żgħir Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Ipomoea alba  ( =Ipomoea bona-nox ) Moonflower vine Kampanella bajda Short.
Ipomoea batatas  ( =Convolvulus batatas ) Sweet potato vine Patata Ħelwa Short.
Ipomoea cairica  ( =Ipomoea palmata ) Cairo morning glory Kampanella tal-Eġittu Short.
Ipomoea indica  ( =Ipomoea cathartica ) Blue morning Glory Kampanella tal-Indja Short.
Ipomoea purpurea  ( =Ipomoea diversifolia ) Purple morning glory Kampanella komuni Short.
Ipomoea tricolor  ( =Ipomoea rubro-caerulea ) Morning glory Kampanella kaħla Short.
Iris albicans  ( =Iris madonna ) Cemetery Iris Fjurduliż abjad Short.
Iris foetidissima  ( =Xiphion foetidissimum ) Stinking Iris Fjurduliż tal-bosk Short.
Iris germanica  ( =Iris spectabilis ) German bearded Iris Fjurduliż ikħal Short.
Iris pseudacorus  ( =Iris lutea ) Yellow Iris Fjurduliż tal-ilma Short.
Iris pseudopumila  ( =Iris lutescens ) Southern Dwarf Iris Bellus Detailed
Iris sicula Sicilian Iris Fjurduliż Sqalli Short.
Iris tectorum  ( =Tectiris tectorum ) Japanes roof Iris Maltese name not known Short.
Iris xiphium  ( =Xiphion vulgare ) Spanish Iris Fjurduliż tal-ġonna Short.
Isoetes gymnocarpa  ( =Isoetes histrix var. subinermis ) Sand Quillwort Isoetes Short.
Isolepis cernua  ( =Scirpus cernuus ) Slender Clubrush Simar irqiq Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Jacaranda mimosifolia  ( =Jacaranda acutifolia ) Blue Jacaranda Maltese name not known Short.
Jacobaea maritima subsp. sicula  ( =Senecio bicolor subsp. cineraria ) Sicilian Silver Ragwort Kromb il-baħar isfar Short.
Jasminum azoricum  ( =Jasminum trifoliatum ) Azores Jasmine Maltese name not known Short.
Juglans regia  ( =Juglans fallax ) Walnut Ġewża Short.
Juncus acutus  ( =Juncus multibracteatus ) Sharp-Pointed Rush Simar Lixx Short.
Juncus articulatus  ( =Juncus polycephalus ) Jointed Rush Simar Short.
Juncus bufonius  ( =Juncus aletaiensis ) Toad Rush Simar żgħir Short.
Juncus capitatus  ( =Juncus mutabilis ) Dwarf Rush Maltese name not known Short.
Juncus effusus  ( =Tristemon conglomeratus ) Soft Rush Maltese name not known Short.
Juncus hybridus  ( =Juncus bufonius subsp. hybridus ) Hybrid Toad Rush Simar żgħir Short.
Juncus maritimus  ( =Juncus ponticus ) Sea Rush Simar tal-baħar Short.
Juncus sorrentinii  ( =Juncus bufonius subsp. sorrentinii ) Sorrentini's Rush Maltese name not known Short.
Juncus subulatus  ( =Juncus multiflorus ) Somerset Rush Simar tal-ilma Short.
Juniperus phoenicea  ( =Juniperus terminalis ) Phoenician Juniper Ġnibru Short.
Justicia adhatoda  ( =Adhatoda vasica ) Malabar Nut Ġustizja Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Kalanchoe daigremontiana  ( =Bryophyllum daigremontianum ) Devil's Backbone Denb il-Wiżgħa tat-toroq Short.
Kalanchoe delagoensis  ( =Bryophyllum tubiflorum ) Mother of Millions Denb il-Wiżgħa tal-ġonna Short.
Kalanchoe houghtonii  ( =Kalanchoe daigremontiana × K. delagoensis ) Houghton's Mother of Millions Denb il-Wiżgħa ta' Ħewton Short.
Kickxia commutata  ( =Linaria commutata ) Mediterranean Fluellen Xatbet l-art vjola Short.
Kickxia elatine  ( =Linaria elatine ) Round-leaved Fluellen Xatbet l-art skars Short.
Kickxia spuria  ( =Linaria spuria ) Round leaved Fluellen Xetbet l-art safra Detailed
Krubera peregrina  ( =Capnophyllum peregrinum ) Common name unknown Krubera Short.
Kundmannia sicula  ( =Sium siculum ) Kundmannia Kudmannja ta' Sqallija Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Lactuca saligna  ( =Lactuca virgata ) Least Lettuce Ħass salvaġġ tal-werqa dejqa Short.
Lactuca sativa  ( =Lactuca capitata ) Lettuce Ħass Short.
Lactuca serriola  ( =Lactuca scariola ) Prickly Lettuce Ħass salvaġġ tal-pizzi Detailed
Lagunaria patersonia  ( =Hibiscus patersonii ) Primrose Tree Lagunarja Short.
Lagurus ovatus  ( =Lagurus nitens ) Hare's Tail Grass Denb il-fenek Short.
Lamarckia aurea  ( =Cynosurus aureus ) Golden Grass Xkupilja Short.
Lamium amplexicaule  ( =Pollichia amplexicaulis ) Henbit Dead Nettle Kapilliera Short.
Lampranthus aureus  ( =Mesembryanthemum aureum ) Golden Vygie Maltese name not known Short.
Lampranthus multiradiatus  ( =Mesembryanthemum multiradiatum ) Creeping Ice Plant Maltese name not known Short.
Lampranthus spectabilis  ( =Mesembryanthemum spectabile ) Trailing Ice Plant Maltese name not known Short.
Lantana camara  ( =Lantana armata ) Lantana Lantana Short.
Lantana montevidensis  ( =Lantana selloi ) Trailing Lantana Lantana xeblieka Short.
Lathyrus annuus  ( =Lathyrus chius ) Annual Pea Maltese name not known Short.
Lathyrus aphaca  ( =Lathyrus affinis ) Yellow Vetchling Porvlina Short.
Lathyrus cicera  ( =Lathyrus aegeus ) Chickling Vetch Ġilbiena tas-serp Short.
Lathyrus clymenum  ( =Lathyrus articulatus var. clymenum ) Crimson Pea Ġilbiena tas-serp Short.
Lathyrus gorgoni  ( =Lathyrus amoenus ) R Pea Maltese name not known Short.
Lathyrus inconspicuus  ( =Lathyrus erectus ) Inconspicuous Pea Maltese name not known Short.
Lathyrus ochrus  ( =Pisum ochrus ) Pale Pea Ġilbiena bajda Short.
Lathyrus odoratus  ( =Lathyrus cyprius ) Sweet Pea Maltese name not known Short.
Lathyrus setifolius  ( =Lathyrus gouanii ) Red Pea Maltese name not known Short.
Lathyrus sphaericus  ( =Lathyrus coccineus ) Round Pea Maltese name not known Short.
Laurus nobilis  ( =Laurus undulata ) Bay Laurel Siġra tar-rand Short.
Lavandula angustifolia  ( =Lavandula officinalis ) Common Lavender Spika tal-Kamla Short.
Lavandula dentata  ( =Stoechas dentata ) French Lavender Spika Franċiża Short.
Lavandula multifida  ( =Lavandula pinnatifida ) Fern-leaved Lavender Spika tal-weraq maqtugħ Short.
Legousia hybrida var. foliosa  ( =Specularia hybrida ) Venus looking Glass Maltese name not known Short.
Lemna minor  ( =Lemna cyclostasa ) Common Duckweed Lemna komuni Short.
Lemna minuta  ( =Lemna valdiviana ) Least Duckweed Lemna iż-żgħira Short.
Leontodon tuberosus  ( =Thrincia tuberosa ) Tuberous Hawkbit Żigland tal-għerq Short.
Lepidium didymum  ( =Cochlearia humifusa ) Lesser Swine Cress Koronopu tal-wied Short.
Lepidium draba  ( =Lepidium arvense ) Whitetop Plant Maltese name not known Short.
Lepidium graminifolium  ( =Lepidium suffruticosum ) Grass-leaved Pepperwort Buttuniera wieqfa Short.
Lepidium sativum  ( =Nasturtium sativum ) Garden Cress Maltese name not known Short.
Lepidium squamatum  ( =Cochlearia coronopus ) Swine Cress Koronopu Short.
Leucaena leucocephala  ( =Leucaena glauca ) Lead Tree Gażżija Bajda Short.
Leucanthemum vulgare  ( =Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ) Oxe-eye Daisy Maltese name not known Short.
Limbarda crithmoides  ( =Inula crithmoides ) Golden Samphire Xorbett Detailed
Limonium melitense Maltese Sea Lavender Limonju ta' Malta Short.
Limonium serotinum  ( =Limonium vulgare subsp. serotinum ) Narbonne's Sea Lavander Limonju l-kbir Short.
Limonium sinuatum  ( =Statice sinuata ) English Statice Limonju tal-Ġonna Short.
Limonium virgatum  ( =Limonium oleifolium ) Violet Sea Lavender Limonju tal-baħar Short.
Limonium zeraphae Zerapha's Sea Lavender Limonju ta' Żerafa Short.
Linaria chalepensis  ( =Antirrhinum chalepensis ) Mediterranean Toadflax Maltese name not known Short.
Linaria pseudolaxiflora Maltese Toadflax Papoċċi ta' Malta Detailed
Linaria triphylla  ( =Antirrhinum triphyllum ) Three-coloured Toadflax Papoċċi tat-tlett werqiet Short.
Linum bienne  ( =Linum angustifolium ) Pale Flax Kittien ikħal Short.
Linum decumbens  ( =Linum gomezii ) Ascending Flax Kittien aħmar Short.
Linum grandiflorum  ( =Linum rubrum ) Scarlet Flax Maltese name not known Short.
Linum strictum  ( =Linum sessiliflorum ) Upright Flax Kittien tal-imħarbat Short.
Linum trigynum  ( =Linum gallicum ) Southern Flax Kittien isfar irqiq Short.
Linum usitatissimum  ( =Linum humile ) Common Flax Kittien Short.
Lippia nodiflora  ( =Lippia repens ) Lippia Maltese name not known Short.
Lobularia maritima  ( =Alyssum maritimum ) Sweet Alyssum Buttuniera Detailed
Lolium multiflorum  ( =Lolium aristatum ) Italian Rye Grass Sikrana tal-Italja Short.
Lolium perenne  ( =Festuca perennis ) Perennial Rye Grass Sikrana Short.
Lolium rigidum  ( =Lolium strictum ) Stiff Rye Grass Sikrana iebsa Short.
Lolium temulentum  ( =Festuca temulenta ) Darnel Grass Sikrana Short.
Lonicera implexa  ( =Caprifolium adenocarpum ) Evergreen Honeysuckle Qarn il-mogħża Short.
Lonicera japonica  ( =Lonicera chinensis ) Japanese Honeysuckle Maltese name not known Short.
Lotus cytisoides  ( =Lotus creticus subsp. cytisoides ) Grey Birdsfoot Trefoil Għantux tal-blat Short.
Lotus edulis  ( =Lotus edulus ) Edible Birdsfoot Trefoil Qrempuċ Short.
Lotus halophilus  ( =Lotus pusillus ) Sand Restharrow Għantux tar-Ramel Short.
Lotus ornithopodioides  ( =Lotea ornithopodioides ) Clustered Birdsfoot Trefoil Għantux sieq l-għasfur Short.
Lotus preslii  ( =Lotus corniculatus subsp. preslii ) Presli's bird's-foot trefoil Għantux Short.
Lotus tetragonolobus  ( =Tetragonolobus purpureus ) Crimson Dragon's Teeth Fiġġiela ħamra Short.
Lycium barbarum  ( =Lycium halimifolium ) Chinese Wolfberry Għawseġ tax-xarq Short.
Lycium europaeum  ( =Lycium chinense ) Mediterranean Tea Tree Għawseġ tal-Mediterran Short.
Lycium ferocissimum  ( =Lycium macrocalyx ) African Tea Tree Għawseġ tal-Afrika Short.
Lycium intricatum  ( =Lycium shawii ) Southern Tea Tree Għawseġ tal-ħitan Short.
Lygeum spartum  ( =Lygeum spathaceum ) Esparto Grass Ħalfa Short.
Lysimachia arvensis  ( =Anagallis latifolia ) Scarlet Pimpernel Ħarira ħamra Short.
Lythrum hyssopifolia  ( =Salicaria hyssopifolia ) Grass-Poly Litrum tal-għadajjar Short.
Lythrum junceum  ( =Lythrum graefferi ) Creeping Loosestrife Litrum tal-ilma Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Maclura pomifera  ( =Toxylon pomiferum ) Osage Orange Maltese name not known Short.
Malephora crocea  ( =Mesembryanthemum croceum ) Red Ice Plant Kristallina kbira l-oranġo Short.
Malephora lutea  ( =Mesembryanthemum luteum ) Rocky Point Ice Plant Kristallina kbira is-safra Short.
Malephora purpureo-crocea  ( =Crocanthus purpureocroceus ) Tequila Sunrise Ice Plant Kristallina ta' żewġ ilwien Short.
Malephora species (hybrid) Pink-flowered hybrid Malephora Maltese name not known Short.
Malope malacoides  ( =Malva pedunculata ) Hairy Mallow Maltese name not known Short.
Malope trifida  ( =Malope ciliata ) Annual Malope Maltese name not known Short.
Malus domestica  ( =Malus sylvestris subsp. mitis ) Cultivated Apple Tuffieħ selvaġġ Short.
Malus sylvestris  ( =Malus communis subsp. sylvestris ) Crab Apple Tuffieħ Short.
Malva arborea  ( =Lavatera veneta ) Tree Mallow Ħobbejża tas-siġra Short.
Malva cretica  ( =Althaea hirsuta ) Mediterranean Mallow Ħobbejża tat-toroq Short.
Malva multiflora  ( =Malva pseudolavatera ) Cornish Mallow Ħobbejża wieqfa Short.
Malva nicaeensis  ( =Malva montana ) Southern Mallow Ħobbejża mitfija Short.
Malva parviflora  ( =Malva microcarpa ) Least Mallow Ħobbejża tal-warda żgħira Short.
Malva setigera  ( =Althaea mutica ) Hispid Marshmallow Ħobbejża sufija Short.
Malva sylvestris  ( =Malva hirsuta ) Common Mallow Ħobbejża tar-raba Short.
Malva trimestris  ( =Stegia lavatera ) Rose Mallow Ħobbejża tal-warda kbira Short.
Marrubium vulgare  ( =Marrubium apulum ) White Horehound Marrubja bajda Short.
Matricaria aurea  ( =Chamomilla aurea ) Golden Mayweed Kamumilla nana Short.
Matricaria chamomilla  ( =Matricaria recutita ) Scented Mayweed Kamumilla Short.
Matthiola incana subsp. incana  ( =Matthiola glabra ) Hoary Stocks Giżi Short.
Matthiola incana subsp. melitensis Maltese Stocks Giżi ta' Malta Short.
Matthiola longipetala  ( =Cheiranthus longipetalus ) Night-scented Stock Giżi ta' lejl Short.
Matthiola lunata  ( =Matthiola glandulosa ) Spanish stocks Giżi ta' Spanja Short.
Matthiola tricuspidata  ( =Cheiranthus tricuspidatus ) Three-horned Stocks Ġiżi tal-baħar Short.
Medicago arabica  ( =Medicago maculata ) Spotted Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago arborea  ( =Rhodusia arborea ) Tree Medick Siġret in-nefel Short.
Medicago ciliaris  ( =Medicago intertexta subsp. ciliata ) Ciliate Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago doliata  ( =Medicago aculeata ) Straight-spined Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago intertexta  ( =Medica intertexta ) Prickly Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago littoralis  ( =Medicago arenaria ) Coastal Medick Nefel tax-xtut Short.
Medicago lupulina  ( =Medicago lupulina subsp. cupianiana ) Black Medick Nefel iswed Short.
Medicago marina  ( =Medica tomentosa ) Sea Medick Nefel tar-ramel Short.
Medicago minima  ( =Medicago arabica var. echinata ) Burr Medick Nefel żgħir Short.
Medicago monspeliaca  ( =Trigonella monspeliaca ) Hairy Trigonella Nefel Short.
Medicago murex  ( =Medicago sicula ) Spiny Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago orbicularis  ( =Medicago marginata ) Round-fruited Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago polymorpha  ( =Medicago apiculata ) Toothed Medick Nefel komuni Short.
Medicago polymorpha var. brevispina  ( =Medicago denticulata var. brevispina ) Short-Toothed Medick Nefel komuni Short.
Medicago rigidula  ( =Medicago agrestis ) Field Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago rugosa  ( =Medicago elegans ) Rugose Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago sativa  ( =Medicago sylvestris ) Alfalfa Nefel Short.
Medicago tornata  ( =Medicago italica ) Hairy Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago truncatula  ( =Medicago tentaculata ) Mediterranean Medick Nefel Short.
Medicago turbinata  ( =Medicago tuberculata ) Southern Medick Nefel Short.
Melaleuca citrina  ( =Callistemon citrinus ) Crimson Bottlebrush Maltese name not known Short.
Melia azedarach  ( =Melia japonica ) Indian Lilac Siġra tat-tosku Short.
Melica ciliata  ( =Melica lutescens ) Ciliate Melick Melika sufija Short.
Melica minuta  ( =Melica arrecta ) Small Melick Melika kommuni Short.
Melilotus elegans  ( =Melilotus collinus ) Elegant Melilot Maltese name not known Short.
Melilotus indicus  ( =Melilotus parviflorus ) Small Melilot Trew tat-toroq Short.
Melilotus infestus  ( =Melilotus rigidus ) Round-fruited Melilot Trew Short.
Melilotus italicus  ( =Trifolium italicum ) Italian Melilot Maltese name not known Short.
Melilotus segetalis  ( =Melilotus sulcatus subsp. segetalis ) Corn Melilot Trew Short.
Melilotus siculus  ( =Melilotus messanensis ) Southern Melilot Trew Short.
Melilotus sulcatus  ( =Melilotus compactus ) Mediterranean Melilot Trew komuni Short.
Melissa officinalis  ( =Thymus melissa ) Balm Nagħniegħ in-naħal Short.
Mentha aquatica  ( =Mentha adspersa ) Water Mint Nagħniegħ selvaġġ Short.
Mentha piperita  ( =Mentha ×balsamea ) Peppermint Nagħniegħ tas-seba' rwejjaħ Short.
Mentha pulegium  ( =Mentha exigua ) Peppermint Plejju Short.
Mentha spicata  ( =Mentha viridis ) Spear Mint Nagħniegħ Short.
Mentha suaveolens  ( =Mentha rotundifolia ) Round-leaved Mint Nagħniegħ Selvaġġ Short.
Mercurialis ambigua  ( =Mercurialis annua var. ambigua ) Spanish mercury Burikba falza Short.
Mercurialis annua  ( =Mercurialis ciliata ) Annual Mercury Burikba Short.
Mesembryanthemum cordifolium  ( =Aptenia cordifolia ) Heart-leaved Ice Plant Widnet il-ħanżir Short.
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum  ( =Cryophytum crystallinum ) Crystal Ice Plant Kristallina tar-ramel Short.
Mesembryanthemum lancifolium  ( =Aptenia lancifolia ) Lance-leaved Ice Plant Qrun il-baqra Short.
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum  ( =Cryophytum nodiflorum ) Lesser Crystal Ice Plant Kristallina tal-blat Short.
Mespilus germanica  ( =Mespilus sylvestris ) Medlar Fomm il-lipp Short.
Micromeria graeca  ( =Satureja graeca ) Greek Savory Sagħtrija Griega Short.
Micromeria microphylla  ( =Satureja microphylla ) Maltese savory Xpakkapietra Short.
Milium effusum  ( =Milium confertum ) Wood Millet Maltese name not known Short.
Minuartia geniculata  ( =Rhodalsine geniculata ) Woody Sandwort Ramlina Għawdxija Short.
Minuartia mediterranea  ( =Arenaria mucronata ) Mediterranean Sandwort Maltese name not known Short.
Mirabilis jalapa  ( =Mirabilis odorata ) Four o'clock Flower Ħummejr Short.
Misopates calycinum  ( =Orontium calycinum ) Pale Lesser Snapdragon Papoċċi skars Short.
Misopates orontium  ( =Antirrhinum orontium ) Lesser Snapdragon Papoċċi rqiq Detailed
Monstera deliciosa  ( =Philodendron pertusum ) Swiss Cheese Plant Sieq l-iljun Short.
Moraea sisyrinchium  ( =Gynandriris sisyrinchium ) Barbary Nut Iris Fjurduliż salvaġġ Short.
Morus alba  ( =Morus intermedia ) White Mulberry Ċawsla Short.
Morus nigra  ( =Morus siciliana ) Black Mulberry Tuta Short.
Musa paradisiaca  ( =Musa sapientum ) Banana Banana Short.
Muscari commutatum  ( =Hyacinthus commutatus ) Dark Grape Hyacinth Muskari skuri Detailed
Muscari comosum  ( =Leopoldia comosa ) Tassel Grape Hyacinth Basal il-ħnieżer Short.
Muscari neglectum  ( =Muscari compactum ) Southern Grape Hyacinth Maltese name not known Short.
Muscari parviflorum  ( =Muscari autumnale ) Autumn Grape Hyacinth Ġjaċint tal-ħarifa Detailed
Myoporum insulare  ( =Myoporum serratum ) Blueberry tree Mijoporum Short.
Myoporum laetum  ( =Myoporum tenuifolium ) Mousehole Tree Mijoporum tal-werqa wiesgħa Short.
Myosotis ramosissima  ( =Myosotis collina ) Early Forget-me-not Widnet il-ġurdien Short.
Myriophyllum verticillatum  ( =Myriophyllum pectinatum ) Whorl-leaf Water-milfoil Maltese name not known Short.
Myrtus communis  ( =Myrtus latifolia ) Common Myrtle Riħan Short.
Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina  ( =Myrtus tarentina ) Tarentum Myrtle Riħan tal-werqa żgħira Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Narcissus deficiens  ( =Narcissus serotinus subsp. deficiens ) Triparted-crown late Narcissus Narċis imwaħħar Detailed
Narcissus elegans  ( =Narcissus obsoletus ) Elegant Narcissus Narċis imwaħħar skars Short.
Narcissus papyraceus  ( =Hermione papyracea ) White Narcissus Narċis abjad Short.
Narcissus serotinus  ( =Hermione serotina ) Late Narcissus Narċis imwaħħar ta sitt qasmiet Detailed
Narcissus tazetta subsp. italicus  ( =Hermione chlorotica ) Garden Narcissus Narċis pallidu Short.
Narcissus tazetta subsp. tazetta  ( =Hermione taxetta ) French Daffodil Narċis Detailed
Nasturtium officinale  ( =Nasturtium aquaticum ) Watercress Krexxuni Short.
Neatostema apulum  ( =Lithospermum apulum ) Yellow Gromwell Maltese name not known Short.
Neotinea lactea  ( =Orchis lactea ) Milky Orchid Orkida bajda tat-tikek Short.
Neotinea maculata  ( =Orchis intacta ) Dense-flowered Orchid Orkida rqiqa Short.
Nerium oleander  ( =Oleander vulgaris ) Oleander Difla Short.
Neslia paniculata subsp. thracica  ( =Neslia apiculata ) Ball mustard Maltese name not known Short.
Nicotiana glauca  ( =Siphaulax glabra ) Glaucous Tobacco Tabakk tas-swar Short.
Nigella damascena  ( =Nigella arvensis subsp. minor ) Love-in-a-mist Sieq il-brimba Short.
Noccaea perfoliata  ( =Thlaspi perfoliatum ) Perfoliate Penny Cress Maltese name not known Short.
Nothoscordum borbonicum  ( =Nothoscordum inodorum ) Fragrant False Garlic Tewm tal-qsari Short.
Notobasis syriaca  ( =Cirsium syriacum ) Horse Thistle Xewk tax-xitan Short.
Nymphaea marliacea Marlia's Waterlily Warda tal-ilma ta' Marlia Short.
Nymphaea sp. Water Lily species Warda tal-ilma Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Ocimum basilicum  ( =Ocimum album ) Basil Ħabaq Short.
Oenanthe globulosa  ( =Globocarpus oenanthoides ) Round-headed Water Dropwort Karfus il-wied Short.
Olea europaea  ( =Olea racemosa ) Olive Siġra taż-Żebbuġ Short.
Olea europaea subsp. oleaster  ( =Olea europaea var. sylvestris ) Wild Olive Żebbuġa selvaġġa Short.
Ononis alopecuroides  ( =Ononis baetica ) Foxtail Restharrow Maltese name not known Short.
Ononis biflora  ( =Ononis geminiflora ) Two-flowered Restharrow Broxka ta' żewġ fjuri Short.
Ononis mitissima  ( =Ononis scariosa ) Mediterranean Restharrow Broxka tat-tafal Short.
Ononis oligophylla  ( =Ononis bonanniana ) Few-leaved Restharrow Trew tat-tafal Short.
Ononis ornithopodioides  ( =Passaea ornithopoides ) Bird Restharrow Maltese name not known Short.
Ononis ramosissima  ( =Ononis natrix subsp. ramosissima ) Bush Restharrow Broxka ta' Għawdex Short.
Ononis reclinata  ( =Ononis inclusa ) Small Restharrow Broxka Short.
Ononis sieberi  ( =Ononis viscosa subsp. sieberi ) Sieber's restharrow Maltese name not known Short.
Ononis variegata  ( =Ononis euphrasiifolia ) Villous Restharrow Maltese name not known Short.
Ononis viscosa subsp. viscosa  ( =Anonis viscosa ) Sticky Restharrow Maltese name not known Short.
Onopordum tauricum  ( =Onopordum argolicum ) Argolian Cotton Thistle Xewk ta' Għawdex Short.
Ophrys apifera  ( =Ophrys arachnites ) Bee Orchid Naħla Short.
Ophrys bertolonii  ( =Ophrys romolini ) Bertoloni's Bee Orchid Dubbiena ta' Bertoloni Short.
Ophrys bombyliflora  ( =Ophrys tabanifera ) Bumble-Bee Orchid Brimba griża Detailed
Ophrys bombyliflora var. parviflora  ( =Ophrys bombyliflora var. parviflora ) Small-flowered Bumble-Bee Orchid Brimba griża żgħira Short.
Ophrys caesiella  ( =Ophrys gazella ) Maltese Brown Orchid Dubbiena bikrija ta' Malta Detailed
Ophrys gaulosana  ( =Ophrys melitensis x tenthredinifera ) Gozitan Bee orchid Dubbiena ta' Għawdex Short.
Ophrys incubacea  ( =Ophrys sphegodes subsp. atrata ) Spider orchid Brimba tal-ġwienaħ Detailed
Ophrys iricolor subsp. lojaconoi  ( =Ophrys lojaconoi ) Lojaconoi's Rainbow Bee Orchid Dubbiena ta' Lojakono Short.
Ophrys iricolor subsp. mesaritica  ( =Ophrys iricolor subsp. hospitalis ) Cretan Rainbow Bee Orchid Dubbiena ta' Kreta Detailed
Ophrys iricolor subsp. vallesiana  ( =Ophrys vallesiana ) Valles' Rainbow Bee Orchid Dubbiena ta' Tuneż Short.
Ophrys lacaitae  ( =Ophrys fuciflora subsp. lacaitae ) Yellow Spider Orchid Brimba safra Short.
Ophrys lunulata  ( =Ophrys aranifera subsp. lunulata ) Moon Spider Orchid Brimba tal-qamar Short.
Ophrys lupercalis  ( =Ophrys fusca subsp. luperclaes ) Lupercales Bee Orchid Dubbiena tax-xitwa Short.
Ophrys lutea subsp. lutea  ( =Ophrys insectifera var. lutea ) Yellow bee orchid Żunżana safra l-kbira Short.
Ophrys lutea subsp. phryganae  ( =Ophrys phyrganae ) Phyrgana Yellow Bee Orchid Żunżana safra tal-frigana Short.
Ophrys lutea subsp. sicula  ( =Ophrys lutea subsp. galilaea ) Sicilian Yellow Bee Orchid Żunżana safra ż-żgħira Short.
Ophrys melitensis  ( =Ophrys sphegodes subsp. melitensis ) Maltese Spider Orchid Brimba s-sewda Detailed
Ophrys oxyrrhynchos subsp. calliantha  ( =Ophrys calliantha ) Elegant Spider Orchid Brimba tal-fjuri sbieħ Short.
Ophrys oxyrrhynchos subsp. oxyrrhynchos  ( =Ophrys fuciflora subsp. oxyrrhynchos ) Beaked Spider Orchid Brimba ta' Sqallija Short.
Ophrys passionis  ( =Ophrys sphegodes subsp. passionis  ) Passion-of-Christ Spider Orchid Brimba tal-Passjoni ta' Kristu Short.
Ophrys speculum  ( =Ophrys ciliata ) Mirror Orchid Dubbiena kaħla Short.
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora  ( =Ophrys grandiflora ) Large-flowered Sawfly Orchid Naħla kbira Short.
Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. tenthredinifera  ( =Ophrys tenoreana ) Sawfly bee orchid Naħla kbira bikrija Short.
Ophrys tumentia  ( =Ophrys pectus ) Breasted Bee orchid Dubbiena ta' sidirha kbir Short.
Opuntia dejecta  ( =Nopalea dejecta ) Salm-Dyk Maltese name not known Short.
Opuntia ficus-indica  ( =Opuntia ficus-barbarica ) Prickly Pear Bajtar tax-xewk Short.
Opuntia humifusa  ( =Opuntia vulgaris ) Prickly Pear Cactus Maltese name not known Short.
Opuntia microdasys  ( =Opuntia macrocalyx ) Bunny Ears Cactus Maltese name not known Short.
Opuntia pilifera  ( =Opuntia pilifera var. aurantiisaeta ) Cocoche Loco Maltese name not known Short.
Opuntia stricta  ( =Opuntia dillenii ) Erect Prickly Pear Maltese name not known Short.
Orchis italica  ( =Orchis undulatifolia ) Naked Man Orchid Ħajja u mejta tal-werqa Fdewxa Short.
Origanum dictamnus  ( =Dictamnus creticus ) Dittany Rieġnu ta' Ġnien il-kbir Short.
Origanum majorana  ( =Majorana hortensis ) Marjoram Merqtux Short.
Origanum onites  ( =Majorana onites ) White Marjoram Riegnu abjad Short.
Origanum vulgare  ( =Origanum floridum ) Oregano Riegnu selvaġġ Short.
Ornithogalum arabicum  ( =Ornithogalum latifolium ) Large Star of Bethlehem Ħalib it-tajr kbir Short.
Ornithogalum divergens  ( =Ornithogalum umbellatum subsp. divergens ) Lesser Star of Bethlehem Ħalib it-tajr skars Detailed
Ornithogalum narbonense  ( =Ornithogalum lacteum ) Southern Star of Bethlehem Ħalib it-tajr żgħir Short.
Orobanche canescens  ( =Orobanche flavidiflora ) Yellow Broomrape Maltese name not known Short.
Orobanche caryophyllacea  ( =Orobanche vulgaris ) Bedstraw Broomrape Maltese name not known Short.
Orobanche cernua  ( =Orobanche media ) Drooping Broomrape Maltese name not known Short.
Orobanche clausonis  ( =Orobanche hesperina ) Glandular Broomrape Budebbus vjola u abjad Short.
Orobanche crenata  ( =Orobanche speciosa ) Bean Broomrape Budebbus tal-ful Short.
Orobanche hederae  ( =Orobanche stenantha ) Ivy Broomrape Maltese name not known Short.
Orobanche minor  ( =Orobanche barbata ) Common Broomrape Maltese name not known Short.
Orobanche picridis  ( =Orobanche loricata ) Ox-tongue Broomrape Budebbus isfar Short.
Orobanche pubescens  ( =Orobanche versicolor ) Hairy Broomrape Budebbus muswaf Short.
Orobanche sanguinea  ( =Orobanche crinita ) Bloody Broomrape Budebbus demmi Short.
Oxalis corniculata  ( =Oxalis micrantha ) Creeping Wood Sorrel Ingliża żgħira Short.
Oxalis debilis  ( =Oxalis corymbosa ) Pink Wood Sorrel Maltese name not known Short.
Oxalis pes-caprae  ( =Oxalis lybica ) Bermuda Buttercup Ħaxixa Ingliża Detailed
Oxalis stricta  ( =Oxalis fontana ) Yellow Wood Sorrel Ingliża Wieqfa Detailed
Oxybasis urbica  ( =Chenopodium urbicum ) Upright Goosefoot Għobbejra Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Paliurus spina-christi  ( =Rhamnus paliurus ) Christ's Thorn Tree Xewk tal-kuruna ta' Kristu Short.
Pallenis spinosa  ( =Asteriscus spinosus ) Spiny Golden Star Għajn il-baqra xewwikija Short.
Pancratium foetidum  ( =Pancratium collinum ) Stinking Sea Daffodil Pankrazju tal-ħarifa Short.
Pancratium maritimum  ( =Hymenocallis maritima ) Sea Daffodil Pankrazju selvaġġ Detailed
Panicum miliaceum  ( =Milium panicum ) Millet Plant Panikum skars Short.
Panicum repens  ( =Panicum arenarium ) Torpedo Grass Panikum tal-ilma Short.
Papaver dubium  ( =Papaver rhoeas subsp. dubium ) Long-headed Poppy peprin tal-frotta twila Short.
Papaver hybridum  ( =Papaver hispidum ) Rough poppy Peprin tal-Lanzit Detailed
Papaver pinnatifidum  ( =Papaver rhoeas subsp. pinnatifidum ) Mediterranean Poppy peprin tal-istammi sofor Short.
Papaver rhoeas  ( =Papaver aegadicum ) Red Poppy Peprina ħamra Detailed
Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum  ( =Papaver setigerum ) Opium Poppy Xaħxieħ Vjola Detailed
Parapholis filiformis  ( =Rottboellia filiformis ) Hard-Grass Lixxa Short.
Parapholis incurva  ( =Aegilops incurva ) Curved hard-grass Nokkli Short.
Parapholis marginata Marginated Hard-Grass Lixxa skarsa Short.
Paraserianthes lophantha  ( =Albizia lophantha ) Cape Leeuwin Wattle Maltese name not known Short.
Parentucellia viscosa  ( =Bellardia viscosa ) Yellow Bartsia Perlina safra Short.
Parietaria cretica  ( =Parietaria bracteata ) Cretan Pellitory-of-the-wall Maltese name not known Short.
Parietaria judaica  ( =Parietaria diffusa ) Pellitory-of-the-wall Xeħt ir-riħ komuni Short.
Parietaria lusitanica Mediterranean Pellitory-of-the-wall Xeħt ir-riħ komuni tad-dell Short.
Paronychia argentea  ( =Ferriera mediterranea ) Silvery Paronychia Maltese name not known Short.
Paronychia macrosepala  ( =Paronychia capitata subsp. macrosepala ) Mediterranean nailwort Maltese name not known Short.
Paspalum dilatatum  ( =Digitaria dilatata ) Golden Crown Grass Paspalum wiesgħa Short.
Paspalum distichum  ( =Paspalum digitaria ) Water Couch Grass Paspalum Short.
Passiflora caerulea  ( =Granadilla coerulea ) Passion Flower Fjura tal-passjoni kaħla Short.
Passiflora perfoliata  ( =Passiflora murucuia ) Leafy Passion Flower Fjura tal-passjoni taj-Ġamajka Short.
Passiflora violacea  ( =Passiflora racemosa × P. caerulea ) Violet Passion flower Fjura tal-passjoni vjola Short.
Pelargonium hortorum  ( =Pelargonium x hybridum ) Garden Geranium Sardinell Short.
Pennisetum setaceum  ( =Cenchrus setaceus ) African Feather Grass Penniżetum Short.
Pennisetum villosum  ( =Cenchrus longisetus ) Feathertop Fountain Grass Rixa qasira Short.
Periploca angustifolia  ( =Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia ) African Wolfbane Siġret il-ħarir Detailed
Persicaria decipiens  ( =Polygonum salicifolium ) Willow-leaved Knotgrass Persikarja tal-baħrija Short.
Persicaria lanigera  ( =Polygonum lapathifolium subsp. lanigera ) African Persicaria Persikarja roża Short.
Persicaria lapathifolia  ( =Polygonum lapathifolium ) Pale Persicaria Maltese name not known Short.
Persicaria senegalensis  ( =Polygonum senegalensis ) Senegalese Knotgrass Maltese name not known Short.
Petrosedum sediforme  ( =Sedum altissimum ) Mediterranean Stonecrop Sedum Short.
Petroselinum crispum  ( =Petroselinum sativum ) Wild Parsley Tursin Short.
Phagnalon rupestre subsp. graecum  ( =Phagnalon graecum ) Eastern Phagnalon Lixka komuni Short.
Phagnalon rupestre subsp. rupestre  ( =Phagnalon spathulatum ) Rock Phagnalon Lixka tal-blat Short.
Phalaris brachystachys  ( =Phalaris canariensis subsp. brachystachys ) Shortspike Canary Grass Skalora selvaġġa skarsa Short.
Phalaris canariensis  ( =Phalaris ovata ) Canary Grass Skalora Short.
Phalaris coerulescens  ( =Phalaris tuberosa ) Purple Canary Grass Skalora tal-ilma Short.
Phalaris minor  ( =Phalaris mauritii ) Lesser Canary Grass Skalora selvaġġa Short.
Phalaris paradoxa  ( =Phalaris praemorsa ) Mediterranean Canary Grass Skalora tat-tafal Short.
Phalaris truncata  ( =Phalaris aquatica ) Truncate Canary Grass Skalora kbira Short.
Phaseolus vulgaris  ( =Phaseolus nanus ) Common Bean Fażola Short.
Phedimus stellatus  ( =Sedum deltoideum ) Starry Stonecrop Maltese name not known Short.
Phelipanche lavandulacea  ( =Kopsia lavandulacea ) Lavender Broomrape Budebbus vjola Short.
Phelipanche mutelii  ( =Phelipanche mutelii ) Dwarf Broomrape Budebbus tal-Ingliża qasir Short.
Phillyrea latifolia  ( =Olea latifolia ) Mock Privet Olivastru tal-werqa wiesgħa Short.
Phlomis fruticosa  ( =Phlomis latifolia ) Great Sage Salvja tal-Madonna Short.
Phoenix canariensis  ( =Phoenix jubae ) Canary Islands Date Palm Palma tal-kannizzati Short.
Phoenix dactylifera  ( =Palma dactylifera ) Date Palm Palma tat-tamar Short.
Phragmites australis  ( =Arundo australis ) Lesser Reed Qasbet ir-riħ Short.
Phymosia umbellata  ( =Sphaeralcea umbellata ) Mexican Bush Mallow Maltese name not known Short.
Physalis peruviana  ( =Physalis pubescens var. peruviana ) Peruvian Cape Gooseberry Tuffieħ tal-fanal Short.
Phytolacca americana  ( =Phytolacca decandra ) American Pokeweed Russett Short.
Phytolacca dioica  ( =Phytolacca arborea ) Ombu Siġra tal-Qlalet Short.
Picris hieracioides subsp. spinulosa  ( =Picris kelleriana ) Hawkweed Oxtongue Maltese name not known Short.
Pimpinella anisum  ( =Anisum officinale ) Anise Anisi Short.
Pimpinella peregrina  ( =Anisum italicum ) Southern Burnet Saxifrage Sensiela Short.
Pinus brutia  ( =Pinus persica ) Calabrian Pine Żnuber tal-Lvant Short.
Pinus canariensis Canary Islands Pine Żnuber tal-gżejjer Kanarji Short.
Pinus halepensis  ( =Pinus maritima ) Aleppo Pine Żnuber Short.
Pinus pinaster  ( =Pinus maritima ) Maritime pine Żnuber tal-kosta Short.
Pinus pinea  ( =Pinus maderiensis ) Stone Pine Żnuber tal-ikel Short.
Piptatherum coerulescens  ( =Oryzopsis coerulescens ) Blue Rice Grass Barrum kaħlani Short.
Piptatherum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum  ( =Oloptum miliaceum ) Rice Grass Barrum komuni Short.
Piptatherum miliaceum subsp. thomasii  ( =Oloptum thomasii ) Many-branched Rice Grass Barrum komuni kbir Short.
Pistacia atlantica  ( =Pistacia mutica ) Mount Atlas Pistachio Deru tal-Atlantiku Short.
Pistacia lentiscus  ( =Lentiscus vulgaris ) Lentisk Deru Short.
Pistacia saportae  ( =P. lentiscus x terebinthus ) Hybrid Mastic Tree Deru bagħal Short.
Pistacia terebinthus subsp. terebinthus  ( =Lentiscus terebinthus ) Terebinth Tree Skornabekk Short.
Pistacia vera  ( =Pistacia narbonnensis ) Pistacio Tree Siġra tal-Pistacja Short.
Pittosporum tobira  ( =Euonymus tobira ) Japanese Mock Orange Pittosporum Short.
Plantago afra  ( =Plantago psyllium ) Glandular Plantain Żerrigħet il-briegħed Short.
Plantago albicans  ( =Plantago velutina ) Downy Plantain Maltese name not known Short.
Plantago altissima  ( =Plantago crassipes ) Narrow-leaved Plantain Maltese name not known Short.
Plantago bellardi  ( =Plantago pilosa ) Hairy Plantain Maltese name not known Short.
Plantago coronopus  ( =Plantago coronopifolia ) Buck's horn Plantain Biżbula tal-baħar Short.
Plantago crypsoides North-african plantain Maltese name not known Short.
Plantago lagopus  ( =Plantago lusitanica ) Mediterranean Plantain Biżbula komuni Short.
Plantago lanceolata  ( =Plantago dubia ) Ribwort Plantain Biżbula selvaġġa Short.
Plantago major  ( =Plantago minima ) Greater Plantain Biżbula kbira Short.
Plantago serraria  ( =Plantago gracilis ) Toothed Plantain Biżbula tas-snien Short.
Plantago weldenii  ( =Plantago coronopus subsp. Weldenii ) Welden's Plantain Salib l-art Short.
Platanus hispanica  ( =Platanus occidentalis × P. orientalis ) European Plane Tree Siġra tad-Dorf Short.
Platycladus orientalis  ( =Thuja orientalis ) Thuya Tujja Short.
Plectranthus amboinicus  ( =Coleus amboinicus ) Cuban oregano Maltese name not known Short.
Plocama calabrica  ( =Asperula calabrica ) Stinking Madder Putorja Short.
Plumbago auriculata  ( =Plumbago capensis ) Cape Leadwort Pjombini tal-ġonna Short.
Plumbago europaea  ( =Plumbago lapathifolia ) European Plumbago Pjombina selvaġġa Short.
Poa angustifolia  ( =Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia ) Narrow-leaved Meadow Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Poa annua  ( =Ochlopoa annua ) Annual Meadow Grass Mellieġ kommuni Short.
Poa bulbosa  ( =Poa crispa ) Bulbous Meadow Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Poa infirma  ( =Ochlopoa infirma ) Early Meadowgrass Maltese name not known Short.
Poa pratensis  ( =Poa attica ) Smooth Meadowgrass Mellieġ tal-egħlieqi Short.
Poa trivialis  ( =Poa sylvicola ) Rough Meadowgrass Maltese name not known Short.
Podospermum laciniatum  ( =Scorzonera laciniata ) Divided-leaved Viper's Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Polycarpon alsinifolium  ( =Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. alsinifolium ) Few-flowered Allseed Maltese name not known Short.
Polycarpon diphyllum  ( =Polycarpon tetraphyllum subsp. diphyllum  ) Two-leaved Allseed Maltese name not known Short.
Polycarpon tetraphyllum  ( =Mollugo tetraphylla ) Four-leaved Allseed Maltese name not known Short.
Polygala monspeliaca  ( =Polygala glumacea ) Mediterranean Milkwort Maltese name not known Short.
Polygala myrtifolia  ( =Polygala x dalmaisiana ) African Milkwort Maltese name not known Short.
Polygonatum multiflorum  ( =Convallaria multiflora ) Solomon's Seal Maltese name not known Short.
Polygonum arenastrum  ( =Polygonum microspermum ) Prostrate Knotgrass Lewża tat-toroq Short.
Polygonum aviculare  ( =Polygonum neglectum ) Knotgrass Lewża tar-raba Short.
Polygonum bellardii  ( =Polygonum rectum ) Narrow-leaved Knotgrass Lewża ta' Bellardi Short.
Polygonum equisetiforme Horsetail Knotweed Lewża ta' skarsa Short.
Polygonum maritimum  ( =Polygonum chilense ) Sea Knotgrass Lewża tal-baħar Short.
Polygonum rurivagum  ( =Polygonum aviculare subsp. rurivagum ) Narrow-leaved Knotgrass Lewża tal-werqa wiesgħa Short.
Polypodium vulgare subsp. melitense Maltese Polypody Felċi ta' Malta Short.
Polypogon maritimus  ( =Alopecurus maritimus ) Sea Beard Grass Denb il-liebru tax-xatt Short.
Polypogon monspeliensis  ( =Alopecurus monspeliensis ) Annual Beard Grass Denb il-liebru kbir Short.
Polypogon subspathaceus  ( =Polypogon maritimus subsp. subspathaceus ) Greater Annual Beard Grass Denb il-liebru żgħir Short.
Polypogon viridis  ( =Polypogon semiverticillatus ) Water Bent Grass Denb il-liebru Short.
Populus alba  ( =Populus canadensis ) White Poplar Siġra tal-Luq Short.
Populus nigra  ( =Populus caudina ) Black Poplar Siġra tal-Luq sewda Short.
Portulaca oleracea  ( =Portulaca retusa ) Purslane Burdlieqa Short.
Posidonia oceanica  ( =Zostera oceanica ) Posidonia Alka Short.
Potentilla reptans  ( =Tormentilla reptans ) Creeping Cinquefoil Frawla selvaġġa Short.
Poterium sanguisorba  ( =Sanguisorba vulgaris ) Salad Burnet Tursin il-għawl Short.
Prasium majus  ( =Prasium minus ) White Hedge-Nettle Te` Sqalli Short.
Prospero autumnale  ( =Scilla autumnalis ) Autumn Squill Għansar tal-ħarifa Detailed
Prunus armeniaca  ( =Armeniaca vulgaris ) Apricot Berquqa Short.
Prunus cerasifera  ( =Prunus divaricata ) Cherry Plum Għanbaqar Short.
Prunus cerasus  ( =Prunus acida ) Dwarf Cherry Amarena Short.
Prunus domestica subsp. domestica  ( =Prunus communis ) Plum Pruna Short.
Prunus dulcis  ( =Prunus amygdalus ) Almond Lewża Short.
Prunus insititia  ( =Prunus domestica subsp. Insititia ) Bullace Maltese name not known Short.
Prunus mahaleb  ( =Cerasus mahaleb ) Mahaleb Cherry Maltese name not known Short.
Prunus persica  ( =Persica vulgaris ) Peach Ħawħa Short.
Prunus persica var. nucipersica Nectarine Nuċiprisk Short.
Prunus spinosa  ( =Prunus acacia ) Blackthorn Prajn tax-xewk Short.
Pteranthus dichotomus  ( =Pteranthus echinatus ) Pteranthus Maltese name not known Short.
Pteridium aquilinum  ( =Pteris aquilinum ) Bracken Fern Feliċilla Short.
Pteris cretica  ( =Pycnodoria cretica ) Cretan Brake Pteris Short.
Pteris vittata  ( =Pteris longifolia ) Ladder Brake Pteris Short.
Puccinellia fasciculata  ( =Poa fasciculata ) Borrier's Saltmarsh Grass Puċċinelja Short.
Pulicaria dysenterica  ( =Inula dysenterica ) Common Fleabane Maltese name not known Short.
Pulicaria odora  ( =Inula odora ) Mediterranean Fleabane Maltese name not known Short.
Punica granatum  ( =Punica nana ) Pomegranate Rummiena Short.
Pyrus amygdaliformis  ( =Pyrus nivalis ) Almond-leaved Pear Lanġas selvaġġ Short.
Pyrus communis  ( =Pyrus sativa ) Common Pear Lanġas Short.
Pyrus communis var. bambinella Small Maltese June Pear Bambinella Short.
Pyrus pyraster  ( =Pyrus communis subsp. achras ) Wild Pear Lanġas Bagħal Short.
Pyrus syriaca  ( =Pyrus bovei ) Syrian Pear Lanġas tal-Vant Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Quercus ilex  ( =Quercus calicina ) Evergreen Oak Balluta Short.
Quercus robur  ( =Quercus pedunculata ) Pedunculate Oak Balluta ingliża Short.
Quercus rotundifolia  ( =Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia ) Iberian Oak Balluta Iberika Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Ranunculus arvensis  ( =Ranunculus tuberculatus ) Corn Buttercup Maltese name not known Short.
Ranunculus bulbosus subsp. aleae  ( =Ranunculus aleae ) Bulbous Buttercup Ċfolloq tal-basla Short.
Ranunculus bullatus  ( =Ranunculus semicalvus ) Autumn Buttercup Ċfolloq tal-ħarifa Detailed
Ranunculus chius  ( =Ranunculus incrassatus ) Eastern Buttercup Maltese name not known Short.
Ranunculus ficaria  ( =Ficaria ranunculoides ) Lesser Celandine Fomm il-għeliem Short.
Ranunculus macrophyllus  ( =Ranunculus palustris subsp. macrophyllus ) Large-leaved Buttercup Ċfolloq tal-Werqa kbira Short.
Ranunculus muricatus  ( =Notophilus muricatus ) Scilly Buttercup Ċfolloq tat-tajn Short.
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius  ( =Ranunculus uliginosus ) Adder's tongue Buttercup Ċfolloq tal-Għadajjar Short.
Ranunculus paludosus  ( =Ranunculus marchesinii ) Fan-Leaved Buttercup Ċfolloq tax-xagħri Short.
Ranunculus saniculifolius  ( =Ranunculus peltatus subsp. fucoides ) Sanicle-leaved Water Crowfoot Ċfolloq ta' l-ilma Short.
Ranunculus sardous  ( =Ranunculus parvulus ) Hairy Buttercup Maltese name not known Short.
Ranunculus trichophyllus  ( =Batrachium trichophyllum ) Thread-leaved Water Crowfoot Ċfolloq tal-widien Short.
Ranunculus trilobus  ( =Ranunculus vilaenadalis ) Three-leaved Buttercup Maltese name not known Short.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. landra  ( =Raphanistrum landra ) Italian Wild Radish Maltese name not known Short.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. maritimus  ( =Raphanus maritimus ) Maritime Wild radish Ravanell salvaġġ tal-baħar Short.
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. raphanistrum  ( =Raphanus sylvestris ) Wild Radish Ravanell salvaġġ Detailed
Raphanus sativus  ( =Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus ) Garden Radish Ravanell Short.
Rapistrum rugosum  ( =Myagrum rugosum ) Annual Bastard Cabbage Mustarda taż-żibeġ Short.
Reichardia intermedia  ( =Picridium intermedium ) Mediterranean Reichardia Maltese name not known Short.
Reichardia picroides  ( =Picridium vulgare ) Common Reichardia Kanċlita Short.
Reseda alba  ( =Reseda fruticulosa ) White Mignonette Denb il-ħaruf abjad Short.
Reseda lutea  ( =Reseda mucronata ) Wild Mignonette Denb il-ħaruf isfar Short.
Rhagadiolus stellatus  ( =Rhagadiolus edulis ) Star Hyoseris Tfief tal-istilla Short.
Rhamnus alaternus  ( =Rhamnus clusii ) Mediterranean Buckthorn Alaternu Short.
Rhamnus oleoides  ( =Rhamnus lycoides subsp. oleoides ) Olive-leaved Buckthorn Żiju Short.
Rheum hybridum Rhubarb Rabarbu Short.
Rhus coriaria  ( =Toxicodendron coriaria ) Sumach Tree Xumakk tal-konz Short.
Rhus lancea  ( =Searsia lancea ) African Sumach Xumakk tal-Afrika Short.
Ricinus communis  ( =Croton spinosus ) Castor Oil Tree Riġnu Short.
Ridolfia segetum  ( =Meum segetum ) False fennel Bużbież il-qamħ Short.
Robinia pseudoacacia  ( =Robinia acacia ) False Acacia Robinja Short.
Romulea bulbocodium  ( =Crocus bulbocodium ) Mediterranean sand crocus Żagħfran tal-blat kbir Detailed
Romulea columnae  ( =Trichonema columnae ) Lesser sand crocus Żagħfran tal-blat ċar Short.
Romulea melitensis Maltese tufted sand crocus Zagħfran tal-blat ta' Malta mqanfed Short.
Romulea ramiflora  ( =Ixia ramiflora ) Sand Crocus (branched) Żagħfran tal-blat skars Short.
Romulea variicolor Maltese Sand Crocus Żagħfran tal-blat ta' Malta Short.
Rosa canina  ( =Rosa prutensis ) Dog Rose Maltese name not known Short.
Rosa gallica  ( =Rosa crenulata ) Provence Rose Warda taż-żejt Short.
Rosa rubiginosa  ( =Rosa eglanteria ) Sweet Briar Warda tal-weraq ifuħ Short.
Rosa sempervirens  ( =Rosa sylvestris ) Evergreen Rose Girlanda tal-wied Short.
Rosmarinus officinalis  ( =Rosmarinus angustifolius ) Rosemary Klin Short.
Rostraria cristata  ( =Lophochloa cristata ) Annual Cat's Tail Denb il-qattus Short.
Rubia peregrina  ( =Rubia tinctorium ) Wild Madder Ħarxajja selvaġġa Short.
Rubus caesius  ( =Selnorition cesius ) Dewberry Maltese name not known Short.
Rubus ulmifolius  ( =Rubus rusticanus ) Bramble Għollieq Short.
Rumex bucephalophorus  ( =Acetosa bucephalophora ) Red Dock Selq ħamrani Short.
Rumex conglomeratus  ( =Rumex glomeratus ) Clustered Dock Qarsajja tal-ilma Short.
Rumex crispus  ( =Rumex elongatus ) Curly Dock Maltese name not known Short.
Rumex cristatus  ( =Rumex graecus ) Crested Dock Qarsajja kbira Short.
Rumex obtusifolius  ( =Rumex acutus ) Broad-leaved Dock Maltese name not known Short.
Rumex pulcher  ( =Rumex lyratus ) Fiddle Dock Maltese name not known Short.
Rumex sanguineus  ( =Lapathum sanguineum ) Red-Veined Dock Maltese name not known Short.
Ruppia drepanensis  ( =Ruppia aragonensis ) Lesser Tassel-Pondweed Ruppja tal-Għadira Short.
Ruppia maritima  ( =Ruppia brachypus ) Beaked Tassel Pondweed Ruppja tas-salini Short.
Ruscus aculeatus  ( =Ruscus flexuosus ) Butcher's Broom Niggiżet il-far Short.
Ruscus hypophyllum  ( =Ruscus trifoliatus ) Greater Butcher's Broom Belladonna Short.
Ruta chalepensis  ( =Ruta bracteosa ) Wall Rue Fejġel Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Sagina apetala  ( =Sagina depressa ) Annual Pearlwort Maltese name not known Short.
Sagina maritima  ( =Sagina stricta ) Sea Pearlwort Ġawhra tax-xatt Short.
Sagina procumbens  ( =Sagina fasciculata ) Procumbent Pearlwort Maltese name not known Short.
Salicornia ramosissima  ( =Salicornia appressa ) Twiggy Glasswort Almeridja Short.
Salix alba  ( =Argorips alba ) White Willow Żafżafa kbira Short.
Salix pedicellata  ( =Salix libanii ) Mediterranean Willow Żafżafa ż-żgħira Short.
Salsola kali  ( =Kali australis ) Saltwort Ħaxixa tal-irmied xewwikija Short.
Salsola melitensis  ( =Darniella melitensis ) Maltese Salt Tree Xebb Short.
Salsola soda  ( =Kali soda ) Opposite-leaved Saltwort Ħaxixa tal-irmied Short.
Salvia fruticosa  ( =Salvia triloba ) Three-lobed Sage Salvja ta' Sqallija Short.
Salvia officinalis  ( =Salvia grandiflora ) Common Sage Salvja tal-ikel Short.
Salvia verbenaca  ( =Salvia horminioides ) Wild Sage Salvja selvaġġa Short.
Salvinia natans  ( =Marsilea natans ) Floating Water Moss Salvinja Short.
Sambucus ebulus  ( =Sambucus humilis ) Dwarf Elder Sebuqa Selvaġġa Short.
Sambucus nigra  ( =Sambucus laciniata ) Common Elder Sebuqa Kbira Short.
Samolus valerandi  ( =Samolus aquaticus ) Brookweed Ħarira tal-ilma Short.
Santolina chamaecyparissus  ( =Santonlina incana ) Lavender Cotton Maltese name not known Short.
Sarcocornia fruticosa  ( =Salicornia europaea var. fruticosa ) Shrubby Glasswort Almeridja arbuxxel tal-blat Short.
Sarcopoterium spinosum  ( =Poterium spinosum ) Thorny Burnet Tursin il-Għul Xewwiek Short.
Saxifraga tridactylites  ( =Saxifraga barbuloides ) Rue-leaved Saxifrage Maltese name not known Short.
Scabiosa atropurpurea  ( =Scabiosa maritima ) Sweet Scabiosa Skabjoża ħamra Short.
Scandix pecten-veneris  ( =Pecten veneris ) Shepherd's needle Maxxita Short.
Schedonorus arundinaceus  ( =Festuca arundinacea ) Tall Fescue Żwien Short.
Schefflera polybotrya  ( =Schefflera eurhyncha ) Schefflera Xefflera Short.
Schenkia spicata  ( =Gentiana spicata  ) Spiked Centaury Ċentawrija tal-virga Short.
Schinus molle  ( =Schinus bituminosus ) Drooping False Pepper Siġra tal-bżar tal-friegħi mdendlin Short.
Schinus terebinthifolia  ( =Schinus rhoifolia ) Brazilian pepper Siġra tal-bżar Short.
Schoenoplectus lacustris  ( =Scirpus lacustris ) Common Clubrush Maltese name not known Short.
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani  ( =Scirpus tabernaemontani ) Grey Clubrush Maltese name not known Short.
Schoenus nigricans  ( =Schoenus bonanni ) Black Bog Rush Simar iswed Short.
Scilla peruviana  ( =Scilla clusii ) Portuguese Squill Għansar tal-ġonna Short.
Scilla sicula  ( =Scilla peruviana var. sicula ) Sicilian Squill Għansal ikħal Short.
Scirpoides holoschoenus  ( =Scirpus holoschoenus ) Round-headed Clubrush Simar tal-boċċi Short.
Scolymus grandiflorus  ( =Scolymus hispanicus subsp. grandiflorus ) Large-flowered Golden Thistle Xewk isfar kbir Short.
Scolymus hispanicus  ( =Scolymus aggregatus ) Common Golden Thistle Xewk isfar Short.
Scolymus maculatus  ( =Scolymus paniculatus ) Spotted Golden Thistle Xewk isfar tar-riga bajda Short.
Scorpiurus muricatus  ( =Scorpiurus subvillosus ) Many-flowered Scorpiurus Widna Short.
Scrophularia auriculata  ( =Scrophularia aquatica ) Water Figwort Fiswet il-kelb tal-ilma Detailed
Scrophularia peregrina  ( =Scrophularia geminiflora ) Nettle-leaved Figwort Fiswet il-kelb Short.
Secale cereale  ( =Triticum cereale Salisb. ) Cereal Rye Segala Short.
Sedum album subsp. rupi-melitense Maltese White Stonecrop Beżżulet il-baqra bajda ta' Malta Short.
Sedum caeruleum  ( =Sedum heptapetalum ) Azure Stonecrop Beżżulet il-baqra Short.
Sedum cespitosum  ( =Sedum rubrum ) Broad-leaved Stonecrop Maltese name not known Short.
Sedum dasyphyllum  ( =Sedum burnatii ) Thick-leaved Stonecrop Maltese name not known Short.
Sedum litoreum  ( =Sedum marichalii ) Coastal Stonecrop Beżżulet il-baqra safra Short.
Sedum rubens  ( =Sedum ibicense ) Red Stonecrop Beżżulet il-baqra ħamra Short.
Selaginella denticulata  ( =Lycopodium denticulatum ) Tooth-leaved Clubmoss Selaġinella Short.
Selenicereus undatus  ( =Cereus undatus ) Red Pitaya Maltese name not known Short.
Senecio angulatus  ( =Senecio macropodus ) Creeping Groundsel Liedna s-safra Short.
Senecio leucanthemifolius  ( =Senecio incrassatus ) Coastal Ragwort Kromb Tax-Xatt Detailed
Senecio pygmaeus  ( =Senecio leucanthemifolius var. pygmaeus ) Pygmy Ragwort Kubrita nana Short.
Senecio vulgaris Common Groundsel Kubrita Detailed
Senna alexandrina  ( =Cassia alexandrina ) Alexandrian Senna Maltese name not known Short.
Senna pendula  ( =Cassia bicapsularis ) Christmas Senna Maltese name not known Short.
Serapias bergonii  ( =Serapias vomeracea subsp. laxiflora ) Eastern Ploughshare Orkida tal-Ilsien tal-Lvant Short.
Serapias cordigera  ( =Serapias ovalis ) Heart-flowered Tongue Orchid Orkida tal-qalb Short.
Serapias lingua  ( =Serapias columnae ) Tongue Orchid Orkida tal-ilsien Short.
Serapias parviflora  ( =Serapias lingua subsp. parviflora ) Small-flowered Tongue Orchid Orkida tal-ilsien iż-żgħira Short.
Serapias vomeracea  ( =Serapias longipetala ) Long-lipped Tongue Orchid Orkida tal-ilsien il-kbira Short.
Setaria italica  ( =Panicum italicum ) Italian Bristle Grass Xrika tal-Mediterran Short.
Setaria palmifolia  ( =Setaria paniculifera ) Malaysian Palm Grass Xrika bil-weraq tal-palm Short.
Setaria pumila  ( =Panicum pumilum ) Yellow Foxtail Xrika sufija Short.
Setaria verticillata  ( =Panicum adhaerens ) Sticky Bristle Grass Xrika komuni Short.
Setaria viridis  ( =Panicum viride ) Green Bristle Grass Xrika ħadra Short.
Sherardia arvensis  ( =Sherardia umbellata ) Field Madder Ħarxajja tal-għelieqi Short.
Sideritis romana  ( =Hesiodia romana ) Common Siderits Sideritis Short.
Silene behen  ( =Silene reinholdii ) Hairless Catchfly Maltese name not known Short.
Silene bellidifolia  ( =Silene vespertina ) Dense-flowered Catchfly Maltese name not known Short.
Silene coeli-rosa  ( =Lychnis coeli-rosa ) Rose Catchfly Maltese name not known Short.
Silene colorata  ( =Silene bipartita ) Pink Pirouette Ilsien l-għasfur Detailed
Silene fruticosa Woody Catchfly Lsien l-Għasfur tal-blat Short.
Silene gallica  ( =Silene anglica ) Small-flowered Catchfly Maltese name not known Short.
Silene nocturna  ( =Cucubalus reflexus ) Night-flowering Catchfly Lsien l-għasfur ta' bil-lejl Short.
Silene pendula  ( =Silene cisplatensis ) Drooping Catchfly Maltese name not known Short.
Silene sedoides Hairy Catchfly Lsien l-għasfur irqiq Short.
Silene vulgaris subsp. angustifolia  ( =Silene angustifolia ) Narrow-leaved Bladder Campion Qasqejża tal-weraq dojjoq Short.
Silene vulgaris subsp. vulgaris  ( =Cucubalus behen ) Bladder Campion Qasqejża Detailed
Silybum marianum  ( =Silybum eburneum ) Milk Thistle Xewk tal-Madonna Short.
Sinapis alba  ( =Brassica alba ) White Mustard Mustarda Detailed
Sinapis arvensis  ( =Brassica arvensis ) Charlock Mustarda selvaġġa Short.
Sisymbrium altissimum  ( =Sisymbrium pannonicum ) Tumble Mustard Maltese name not known Short.
Sisymbrium irio  ( =Sisymbrium erysimastrum ) London Rocket Libsiena komuni Short.
Sisymbrium officinale  ( =Erysimum officinale ) Hedge Mustard Mustarda rqiqa Detailed
Sisymbrium orientale  ( =Sisymbrium columnae ) Oriental Hedge Mustard Maltese name not known Short.
Smilax aspera  ( =Smilax mauritanica ) Mediterranean Smilax Zalza pajżana Detailed
Smyrnium olusatrum  ( =Smyrnium vulgare ) Alexanders Karfus il-ħmir Short.
Solanum elaeagnifolium  ( =Solanum saponaceum ) Silver-leaf Nightshade Maltese name not known Short.
Solanum linnaeanum  ( =Solanum sodmeum ) Brown Nightshade Maltese name not known Short.
Solanum lycopersicum  ( =Lycopersicum esculentum ) Tomato Tadama Short.
Solanum nigrum  ( =Solanum exaratum ) Black Nightshade Għeneb id-dib iswed Short.
Solanum tuberosum  ( =Solanum andigenum ) Potato Patata Short.
Solanum villosum  ( =Solanum sinaicum ) Yellow Nightshade Għeneb id-dib isfar Short.
Sonchus asper  ( =Sonchus oleraceus var. asper ) Prickly Sow Thistle Tfief ċar Short.
Sonchus oleraceus  ( =Sonchus angustissimus ) Smooth Sow Thistle Tfiefa komuni Detailed
Sonchus tenerrimus  ( =Sonchus tenerrimus var. perennis ) Mediterranean Sow Thistle Tfief fin Short.
Sorbus aucuparia  ( =Pyrus aucuparia ) Rowan Żorba Selvaġġa Short.
Sorbus domestica  ( =Pyrus domestica ) Service Tree Żorba Short.
Sorghum bicolor  ( =Hyparrhenia dichroa ) Sweet Sorghum Qaraboċċ Short.
Sorghum halepense  ( =Holcus halepense ) Aleppo Millet Qaraboċċ selvaġġ Short.
Sparganium erectum  ( =Sparganium ramosum ) Branched Bur-Reed Maltese name not known Short.
Spartium junceum  ( =Genista juncea ) Spanish Broom Ġenista safra Short.
Spergularia bocconei  ( =Spergularia bocconi ) Boccone's Sea-Spurrey Maltese name not known Short.
Spergularia diandra  ( =Spergularia salsuginea ) Southern Sea-Spurrey Maltese name not known Short.
Spergularia marina  ( =Spergularia salina ) Lesser Sea-Spurrey Maltese name not known Short.
Spergularia media  ( =Spergularia marginata ) Greater Sea-Spurrey Arenarja Short.
Spergularia purpurea  ( =Arenaria purpurea ) Purple Sand-Spurrey Maltese name not known Short.
Spergularia rubra  ( =Spergularia campestris ) Sand Spurrey Arenarja roża Short.
Sphenopus divaricatus  ( =Poa divaricata ) Coastal Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Spinacia oleracea  ( =Spinacia glabra ) Spinach Spinaċi Short.
Spiranthes spiralis  ( =Spiranthes autumnalis ) Autumn Lady's Tresses Ħajja u mejta tal-ħarifa Detailed
Spirodela oligorrhiza  ( =Lemna oligorrhiza ) Dotted Duckweed Lemna ta' ftit gheruq Short.
Sporobolus pungens  ( =Agrostis pungens ) Sand Dropseed Niġem tar-ramel Short.
Stachys ocymastrum  ( =Stachys hirta ) Hairy Woundwort Betonika Short.
Stellaria apetala  ( =Stellaria pallida ) Lesser Chickweed Ħarira bajda Short.
Stellaria media  ( =Alsine avicularum ) Common Chickweed Maltese name not known Short.
Stellaria media subsp. cupaniana  ( =Stellaria cupaniana ) Cupani's chickweed Maltese name not known Short.
Stellaria neglecta  ( =Stellaria media subsp. neglecta ) Greater Chickweed Maltese name not known Short.
Stenotaphrum secundatum  ( =Ischaemum secundatum ) St. Augustine's Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Stipa capensis  ( =Stipa humilis ) Common Awn Grass Nixxief tal-isteppa Short.
Stipa pennata  ( =Stipa disjuncta ) Southern Awn Grass Maltese name not known Short.
Stuckenia pectinata  ( =Potamogeton helveticus ) Fennel Pondweed Maltese name not known Short.
Styphnolobium japonicum  ( =Sophora japonica ) Japanese pagoda tree Sofora taż-żibeġ Short.
Suaeda maritima  ( =Chenopodium maritimum ) Common Seablite Swejda tal-baħar Short.
Suaeda vera  ( =Suaeda fruticosa subsp. vera ) Shrubby Seablite Swejda Short.
Sulla coronaria  ( =Hedysarum coronarium ) Sulla Silla Short.
Sulla glomerata  ( =Hedysarum capitatum ) Clustered Sulla Silla selvaġġa Short.
Sulla spinosissima  ( =Echinolobium spinosissimum ) Spiny Sulla Silla bix-xewk Short.
Symphyotrichum squamatum  ( =Symphyotrichum subulatum var. squamatum ) Narrow-leaved Aster Settembrina salvaġġa Detailed

T
Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Tamarix africana  ( =Tamarix hispanica ) African Tamarisk Bruka Short.
Tamarix gallica  ( =Tamarix anglica ) Common Tamarisk Bruka Franċiża Short.
Tamarix parviflora  ( =Tamarix cretica ) Small-flowered Tamarisk Bruka roża Short.
Taraxacum minimum  ( =Taraxacum briganti ) Early Dandelion Ċikwejra selvaġġa Short.
Tecoma capensis  ( =Tecomaria capensis ) Cape Honeysuckle Maltese name not known Short.
Tecoma smithii  ( =Stenolobium alatum ) Orange Trumpet Flower Maltese name not known Short.
Tecoma stans  ( =Stenolobium stans ) Yellow Trumpet Flower Maltese name not known Short.
Tetraclinis articulata  ( =Thuja articulata ) Sandarac Gum Tree Siġra tal-Għargħar Short.
Teucrium flavum  ( =Chamaedrys flava ) Yellow Germander Borgħom komuni Short.
Teucrium fruticans  ( =Teucrium tomentosum ) Olive-leaved Germander Żebbuġija Short.
Teucrium scordium subsp. scordioides  ( =Teucrium scordioides ) Water Germander Borgħom tal-ilma Short.
Theligonum cynocrambe  ( =Cynocrambe prostrata ) Dog Cabbage Ħabaq il-ħnieżer Short.
Thesium humile  ( =Thesium graecum ) Field Bastard Toadflax Maltese name not known Short.
Thevetia peruviana  ( =Cascabela thevetia ) Yellow Oleander Tevja Short.
Thinopyrum elongatum  ( =Elytrigia scirpea ) Flaccid-leaf Couch Grass Sikana tal-bwar Short.
Thinopyrum junceum  ( =Elytrigia juncea ) Sand Couch Grass Sikrana tar-ramel Short.
Thymbra capitata  ( =Thymbrus capitatus ) Mediterranean Thyme Sagħtar Short.
Tordylium apulum  ( =Condylocarpus apulus ) Mediterranean Hartwort Ħaxixet it-trieraħ Short.
Torilis arvensis  ( =Caucalis arvensis ) Spreading Hedge Parsley Tursin selvaġġ Short.
Torilis nodosa  ( =Caucalis nodiflora ) Knotted Hedge Parsley Tursin xewwieki Short.
Trachelium caeruleum  ( =Trachelium azureum ) Trachelium Maltese name not known Short.
Tribulus terrestris  ( =Tribulus lanuginosus ) Maltese Cross Salib tal-art Short.
Trifolium angustifolium  ( =Triphylloides angustifolia ) Narrow-leaved Clover Xnien tal-werqa rqieqa Short.
Trifolium campestre  ( =Trifolium procumbens ) Hop Clover Xnien isfar Short.
Trifolium fragiferum  ( =Galearia fragifera ) Strawberry Clover Maltese name not known Short.
Trifolium lappaceum  ( =Trifolium rhodense ) Bur Clover Maltese name not known Short.
Trifolium lucanicum  ( =Trifolium scabrum var. lucanicum ) Lucana's clover Maltese name not known Short.
Trifolium nigrescens  ( =Amoria nigrescens ) Small White Clover Xnien abjad Short.
Trifolium pratense  ( =Lagopus pratensis ) Red Clover Xnien ta' l-eghlieqi Detailed
Trifolium repens  ( =Amoria repens ) White Clover Maltese name not known Short.
Trifolium resupinatum  ( =Trifolium clusii ) Reversed Clover Maltese name not known Short.
Trifolium scabrum  ( =Trifolium trichodontium ) Rough Clover Xnien inħaxlet Short.
Trifolium squarrosum  ( =Trifolium dipsaceum ) Squarrose Clover Maltese name not known Short.
Trifolium stellatum  ( =Trifolium xanthicum ) Starry clover Xnien ta' l-istilla Short.
Trifolium subterraneum  ( =Triphylloides comosa ) Subterranean Clover Xnien midfun Short.
Trifolium suffocatum  ( =Microphyton suffocatum ) Suffocated Clover Xnien moħbi Short.
Trifolium tomentosum  ( =Trifolium curvisepalum ) Woolly Clover Xnien tar-raba Short.
Triglochin barrelieri  ( =Triglochin bulbosa subsp. barrelieri ) Bulbous Arrowgrass Ħaxixa tal-baħar tar-rebbiegħa Short.
Triglochin laxiflora  ( =Triglochin bulbosa subsp. laxiflora ) Lesser Arrowgrass Ħaxixa tal-baħar tal-ħarifa Detailed
Trigonella maritima  ( =Trigonella dura ) Sea Trigonella Maltese name not known Short.
Triplachne nitens  ( =Agrostis nitens ) Shining Grass Triplanke Short.
Tripodion tetraphyllum  ( =Anthyllis tetraphylla ) Annual Kidney Vetch Silla tal-bżieżel Short.
Trisetaria aurea  ( =Trisetum aureum ) Golden Oat Trisetarja Short.
Triticum aestivum  ( =Triticum vulgare ) Bread Wheat Qamħ tomni Short.
Triticum turgidum subsp. durum  ( =Triticum durum ) Macaroni Wheat Qamħ ta' Malta Short.
Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum  ( =Triticum aestivum var. turgidum ) Rivet Wheat Qamħ tal-Awstralja Short.
Tropaeolum majus  ( =Trophaeum majus ) Garden Nasturtium Kapuċċinella Detailed
Tulbaghia violacea  ( =Tulbaghia cepacea ) Society Garlic Tewm vjola Short.
Tulipa cypria  ( =Tulipa sylvestris subsp. australis ) Cyprus Tulip Tulipan ta Ċipru Short.
Tulipa sylvestris subsp. australis  ( =Tulipa australis ) Southern Tulip Tulipan selvaġġ Short.
Typha domingensis  ( =Typha brownii ) Southern Bulrush Buda Short.

U
Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Ulmus americana  ( =Ulmus alba ) American Elm Ulmu Amerikan Short.
Ulmus canescens  ( =Ulmus minor subsp. canescens ) Hoary Elm Nemmiesa Short.
Ulmus glabra  ( =Ulmus montana ) Wych Elm Ulmu Short.
Ulmus minor  ( =Ulmus procera ) Small-leaved Elm Ulmu Short.
Umbilicus horizontalis  ( =Umbilicus intermedium ) Narrow Navelwort Żokret l-għaġuża Short.
Umbilicus rupestris  ( =Umbilicus vulgaris ) Wall Navelwort Żokret l-għaġuża tal-irdum Short.
Urochloa panicoides  ( =Panicum urochloa ) Liverseed Grass Uruklowa Short.
Urospermum picroides  ( =Tragopogon picroides ) Prickly Golden Fleece Tfief xewwieki Short.
Urtica dioica  ( =Urtica submitis ) Common Nettle Maltese name not known Short.
Urtica membranacea  ( =Urtica dubia ) Large-leaved Nettle Ħurrieqa komuni Short.
Urtica pilulifera  ( =Urtica balearica ) Roman Nettle Ħurrieq taż-żibeġ Short.
Urtica urens  ( =Urtica parvula ) Small Nettle Ħurrieq żgħir Short.

V
Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Vaccaria hispanica  ( =Vaccaria pyramidata ) Cowherb Maltese name not known Short.
Vachellia farnesiana  ( =Mimosa farnesiana ) Sweet Acacia Gażżija tax-xewk żgħir Short.
Vachellia karroo  ( =Mimosa reticulata ) Karroo Thorn Gażżija tax-xewk kbir Short.
Valantia hispida  ( =Valantia filiformis ) Hairy Valantia Valantja niggieża Short.
Valantia muralis  ( =Valantia quadriflora ) Wall Valantia Valantja komuni Short.
Valeriana eriocarpa  ( =Fedia eriocarpa ) Hairy-fruited cornsalad Valerjanella Short.
Valeriana graciliflora  ( =Fedia graciliflora ) Lesser horn-of-plenty Sieq il-ħamiema Short.
Valerianella abyssinica  ( =Valerianella microcarpa ) Small-fruited Cornsalad Maltese name not known Short.
Valerianella muricata  ( =Valerianella truncata ) Oblique-fruited Cornsalad Maltese name not known Short.
Verbascum creticum  ( =Celsia cretica ) Glandular Mullein Maltese name not known Short.
Verbascum sinuatum  ( =Thapsus sinuatum ) Wavy-leaved Mullein Xatbet l-andar Short.
Verbascum thapsus  ( =Verbascum alatum ) Great Mullein Maltese name not known Short.
Verbena officinalis  ( =Verbena officinalis ) Common Verbena Buqexrem Short.
Veronica agrestis  ( =Pocilla agrestis ) Green Field Speedwell Maltese name not known Short.
Veronica anagallis-aquatica  ( =Veronica palustris ) Blue Water Speedwell Veronika tal-ilma Short.
Veronica arvensis  ( =Veronica polygonoides ) Wall Speedwell Maltese name not known Short.
Veronica cymbalaria  ( =Veronica cuneata ) Pale Speedwell Veronika bajda Short.
Veronica hederifolia  ( =Pocilla hederifolia ) Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronika tal-weraq tal-liedna Short.
Veronica panormitana  ( =Veronica cymbalaria var. panormitana ) Palermo Speedwell Maltese name not known Short.
Veronica persica  ( =Veronica buxbaumii ) Common Field Speedwell Maltese name not known Short.
Veronica polita  ( =Veronica didyma ) Grey-leaved Speedwell Veronika żgħira Short.
Viburnum tinus  ( =Tinus laurifolius ) Laurustinus Viburnum Short.
Vicia bithynica  ( =Lathyrus bithynicus ) Bithynian Vetch Ġilbiena ħoxna Short.
Vicia faba  ( =Faba vulgaris ) Broad Bean Fula Short.
Vicia hirsuta  ( =Ervum hirsutum ) Hairy Tare Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia leucantha  ( =Vicia bivonea ) Brown-fruited Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia lutea  ( =Vicia hirta ) Yellow Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia monantha  ( =Vicia biflora ) Barn Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia narbonensis  ( =Vicia latifolia ) Narbonne Vetch Ġilbiena ħoxna Short.
Vicia pannonica  ( =Vicia purpurascens ) Hungarian Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia peregrina  ( =Vicia leptophylla ) Slender-leaved Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia sativa subsp. nigra  ( =Vicia angustifolia ) Common Vetch Ġilbiena sewda Short.
Vicia sativa subsp. sativa  ( =Vicia communis ) Common Vetch Ġilbiena sewda Short.
Vicia tenuissima  ( =Vicia parviflora ) Fine-leaved Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia tetrasperma  ( =Vicia gemella ) Smooth Tare Maltese name not known Short.
Vicia villosa  ( =Vicia godronii ) Fodder Vetch Maltese name not known Short.
Vinca major  ( =Pervinca major ) Greater Periwinkle Pervinka Short.
Viola odorata  ( =Viola stolonifera ) Sweet Violet Vjola Short.
Visnaga daucoides  ( =Daucus visnaga ) Toothpick-plant Busnaga Short.
Vitex agnus-castus  ( =Vitex latifolia ) Chaste Tree Siġret il-virgi Short.
Vitis berlandierii  ( =Vitis cinerea ) Grapevine Rootstock Maltese name not known Short.
Vitis rupestris  ( =Vitis rupestris var. dissecta ) Mountain grape Maltese name not known Short.
Vitis vinifera  ( =Vitis laciniosa ) Grape Vine Dielja Short.
Vitis vulpina  ( =Vitis amara ) American Grape Vine Maltese name not known Short.
Vulpia bromoides  ( =Festuca bromoides ) Squirrel-tailed Fescue Maltese name not known Short.
Vulpia ciliata  ( =Festuca ciliata ) Ciliate Fescue Sufija Short.
Vulpia fasciculata  ( =Festuca fasciculata ) Dune Fescue Ħortan tar-ramel Short.

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Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Washingtonia filifera  ( =Brahea filifera ) California Fan Palm Palma tal-imrewħa Messikana Short.
Washingtonia robusta  ( =Washingtonia gracilis ) Mexican Fan Palm Palma tal-imrewħa Amerikana Short.
Wigandia urens  ( =Hydrolea urens ) Wigandia Maltese name not known Short.
Withania somnifera  ( =Physalis somnifera ) Mediterranean Withania Maltese name not known Short.
Wolffia arrhiza  ( =Lemna arrhiza ) Rootless Duckweed Maltese name not known Short.

X
Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Xanthium spinosum  ( =Acanthoxanthium spinosum ) Spiny Cocklebur Maltese name not known Short.
Xanthium strumarium  ( =Xanthium chinense ) Rough Cocklebur Maltese name not known Detailed

Y
Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Yucca aloifolia  ( =Yucca yucatana ) Spanish Bay Yukka Short.
Yucca gloriosa  ( =Yucca superba ) Spanish Dagger Yukka Short.
Z
Species name Common Name Maltese Name Profile
Zannichellia major  ( =Zannichellia palustris subsp. major ) Greater Horned Pondweed Ħarira tal-widien Short.
Zannichellia melitensis  ( =Zannichellia palustris subsp. palustris ) Maltese Horned Pondweed Ħarira tal-ilma ta' Malta Short.
Zantedeschia aethiopica  ( =Calla aethiopica ) Arum Lily Buqar Short.
Zea mays  ( =Zea segetalis ) Maize Qamħ ir-rum Short.
Ziziphus jujuba  ( =Zizyphus sativa ) Jujube Żinżel Short.
Zostera marina  ( =Zostera stenophylla ) Eelgrass Alka tas-salini Short.
Zostera noltii  ( =Zostera nodosa ) Dwarf Eelgrass Alka tal-Pwales Short.
Zygophyllum creticum  ( =Fagonia hispanica ) Fagonia Fagonja Short.


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