Plants are also listed in the Tale using both English and Japanese names, so two different columns have been provided to best help you find information on the plant you're looking for.
There are plants that flower in the spring or summer, but if they are referred to in the text by their flower properties they are under the "Flower" tab.
There are plants that flower in the spring or summer, but if they are referred to in the text by their flower properties they are under the "Flower" tab.
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Alphabetical by Japanese Name
C
Chigaya
ENG: Cogon Grass Other Names: Asaji
Kana: チガヤ, アサジ Kanji: N/A 
chouji
eng: clove Kana: チョウジ
Kanji: 丁子 Other Notes: Used to make a buff dye (pale yellow brown)
F
Futaba aoi
eng: asarum Other Names: Aoi
Kana: フタバアオイ, アオイ Kanji: 二葉葵 Other Notes: Sacred to Kamo Shrine, translated as Heart to Heart due to Kobun spelling "afuhi" 
H
hozuki
eng: Chinese lantern plant Kana: ホオズキ
Kanji: 酸漿 
houkigi
eng: broom tree Other Names: Hahakigi (archaic), Kokia
Kana: ホウキギ, ハハキギ (archaic),コキア Kanji: N/A 
I
injigo
eng: indigo Kana: インジゴ
Kanji: N/A Other Notes: Used to make a blue dye 
K
karukaya
eng: kangaroo grass Kana: カルカヤ
Kanji: 刈萱 
kodani
eng: kodani* Kana: コダニ Kanji: N/A Other Notes: unidentified vine, remains green well into Autumn *There is no English name for this plant kuzu
eng: kudzu vine Kana: クズ
Kanji: 葛 
M
mikuri
eng: branched burr-weed Kana: ミクリ
Kanji: 実栗 
miru
eng: green sea fingers Other Names: Umimatsu, Stag Seaweed
Kana: ミル,ウミマツ Kanji: 海松 Other Notes: Referring to a girls' hair as seaweed-like was praise 
N
nagame
eng: konbu* Kana: ナガメ Kanji: N/A Other Notes: Exact species unknow *A guess ninniku
eng: garlic Kana: ニンニク
Kanji: 大蒜 
O
ogi
eng: amur silvergrass Kana: オギ
Kanji: 荻 
S
sasa
eng: broad-leaf bamboo Kana: ササ
Kanji: 笹 
sawarabi
eng: bracken shoots Kana: サワラビ
Kanji: 早蕨 
shinobu
eng: squirrel's foot fern Kana: シノブ
Kanji: 忍 Notes: also called "grasses of remembering" 
susuki
eng: maiden grass Kana: ススキ
Kanji: 薄 Other Notes: Also called Chinese Silver Grass or Plume Grass 
T
tokoro
eng: wild yam Kana: トコロ
Kanji: 野老 
tsukushi
eng: horsetail Kana: ツクシ
Kanji: 土筆 
Y
yabukouji
eng: spearflower Kana: ヤブコウジ
Kanji:藪柑子 Other Notes: Known for its bright red berries 
yadorigi
eng: ivy Kana: ヤドリギ
Kanji: N/A 
yamaai
eng: mercurialis Kana: ヤマアイ
Kanji: 山藍 Other Notes: Used to make a green dye 
yomogi
eng: mugwort Kana: ヨモギ
Kanji: N/A Other Notes: Weeds 
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Alphabetical by English Name
A
amur silvergrass
jp: ogi Kana: オギ
Kanji: 荻 
asarum
JP: Futaba aoi Other Names: Aoi
Kana: フタバアオイ, アオイ Kanji: 二葉葵 Other Notes: Sacred to Kamo Shrine, translated as Heart to Heart due to Kobun spelling "afuhi" 
B
bracken shoots
jp: sawarabi Kana: サワラビ
Kanji: 早蕨 
branched burr-weed
jp: mikuri Kana: ミクリ
Kanji: 実栗 
broad-leaf bamboo
jp: sasa Kana: ササ
Kanji: 笹 
broom tree
jp: houkigi Other Names: Hahakigi (archaic), Kokia
Kana: ホウキギ, ハハキギ (archaic),コキア Kanji: N/A 
C
Chinese lantern plant
jp: hoozuki Kana: ホオズキ
Kanji: 酸漿 
clove
jp: chouji Kana: チョウジ
Kanji: 丁子 Other Notes: Used to make a buff dye (pale yellow brown)
Cogon Grass
jp: Chigaya Other Names: Asaji
Kana: チガヤ, アサジ Kanji: N/A 
G
garlic
jp: ninniku Kana: ニンニク
Kanji: 大蒜 
green sea fingers
jp: miru Other Names: Umimatsu, Stag Seaweed
Kana: ミル,ウミマツ Kanji: 海松 Other Notes: Referring to a girls' hair as seaweed-like was praise 
H
horsetail
jp: tsukushi Kana: ツクシ
Kanji: 土筆 
I
indigo
jp: injigo Kana: インジゴ
Kanji: N/A Other Notes: Used to make a blue dye 
ivy
jp: yadorigi Kana: ヤドリギ
Kanji: N/A 
K
kangaroo grass
jp: karukaya Kana: カルカヤ
Kanji: 刈萱 
kodani
jp: kodani* Kana: コダニ Kanji: N/A Other Notes: unidentified vine, remains green well into Autumn *There is no English name for this plant konbu*
jp: nagame Kana: ナガメ Kanji: N/A Other Notes: Exact species unknow *A guess kudzu vine
jp: kuzu Kana: クズ
Kanji: 葛 
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