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Native plants in Rome

238 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

55 of them need no watering beyond Rome’s own rainfall

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Trees33

Canopy and structure

European Beech

Fagus sylvatica

Photo: Stuart · CC0 1.0

European Hornbeam

Carpinus betulus

Photo: Beth · CC BY 4.0

Smoketree

Cotinus coggygria

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Bay Laurel

Laurus nobilis

Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0

English Oak

Quercus robur

Photo: Łucja Borsuk · CC BY 4.0

English Yew

Taxus baccata

Photo: Sascha Nunheim · CC BY 4.0

Littleleaf Linden

Tilia cordata

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Olive

Olea europaea

No watering needed Photo: Rafael Medina · CC BY 4.0

Chaste Tree

Vitex agnus-castus

No watering needed Photo: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0

English Holly

Ilex aquifolium

Photo: Marton Berntsen · CC BY 4.0

Common Hazel

Corylus avellana

Photo: Ivan Celikov · CC BY 4.0

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0

Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

Cornus mas

Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Silver Birch

Betula pendula

Photo: Valerii Glazunov · CC BY 4.0

Strawberry Tree

Arbutus unedo

No watering needed Photo: Anis Dris · CC BY 4.0

Hedge Maple

Acer campestre

Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan · CC0 1.0

Common Pear

Pyrus communis

Photo: Oleksandr Shynder · CC BY 4.0

Rowan Mountain Ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

European Fan Palm

Chamaerops humilis

No watering needed Photo: Nadezhda Bortnikova · CC BY 4.0

Holm Oak

Quercus ilex

No watering needed Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 1.0

Judas Tree

Cercis siliquastrum

No watering needed Photo: Vsevolod Rudyi · CC BY 4.0

Common Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

Photo: Paulius Rupšas · CC BY 4.0

White Willow

Salix alba

Photo: Naturforvaltning Lørenskog kommune · CC BY 4.0

Sycamore Maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 1.0

Sweet Cherry

Prunus avium

Photo: Jon Sullivan · CC BY 4.0

Black Alder

Alnus glutinosa

Photo: guywallbanks · CC BY 4.0

English Hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata

Photo: Stephan Mende · CC BY 4.0

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Photo: Michal Honskus · CC BY 4.0

Black Poplar

Populus nigra

Photo: Timo Walcher · CC BY 4.0

Sessile Oak

Quercus petraea

Photo: Morgan Amundsen · CC BY 4.0

Field Elm

Ulmus minor

Photo: Benjamin Schedl · CC BY 4.0

Shrubs54

Backbone planting

English Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Photo: ahabo · CC BY 4.0

Oleander

Nerium oleander

No watering needed Photo: Chris Wyse · CC0 1.0

Smoketree

Cotinus coggygria

Photo: Илья Руденко · CC BY 4.0

Bay Laurel

Laurus nobilis

Photo: Zac Peterson · CC BY 4.0

Common Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens

Photo: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0

European Cranberrybush

Viburnum opulus

Photo: Albert Cardona · CC BY 4.0

Laurustinus

Viburnum tinus

No watering needed Photo: zebedeugalinha · CC BY 4.0

Sage

Salvia officinalis

Photo: Thomas Gyselinck · CC BY 4.0

English Yew

Taxus baccata

Photo: Sascha Nunheim · CC BY 4.0

Spanish Lavender

Lavandula stoechas

No watering needed Photo: Franck Cabot · CC BY 4.0

Olive

Olea europaea

No watering needed Photo: Rafael Medina · CC BY 4.0

Evergreen Candytuft

Iberis sempervirens

Photo: jhatfield · CC BY 4.0

Chaste Tree

Vitex agnus-castus

No watering needed Photo: Tyler Cannon · CC BY 4.0

Gray Santolina

Santolina chamaecyparissus

No watering needed Photo: Chris Webb · CC BY 4.0

French Lavender

Lavandula dentata

No watering needed Photo: Dietmar K. L. Moser · CC BY 4.0

Heather

Calluna vulgaris

Photo: Виктор · CC BY 4.0

Mediterranean Spurge

Euphorbia characias

No watering needed Photo: Joan C. Hinojosa · CC0 1.0

Silverbush

Convolvulus cneorum

No watering needed Photo: Gianmaria Bonari · CC BY 4.0

Tree Germander

Teucrium fruticans

No watering needed Photo: Daniel Cahen · CC BY 4.0

English Holly

Ilex aquifolium

Photo: Marton Berntsen · CC BY 4.0

Common Thyme Garden Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

No watering needed Photo: Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0

Dusty miller

Jacobaea maritima

No watering needed Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa · CC BY 4.0

Cretan Rockrose

Cistus creticus

No watering needed Photo: Mehdi Chetibi · CC BY 4.0

Common Hazel

Corylus avellana

Photo: Ivan Celikov · CC BY 4.0

Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

Cornus mas

Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Strawberry Tree

Arbutus unedo

No watering needed Photo: Anis Dris · CC BY 4.0

Hedge Maple

Acer campestre

Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan · CC0 1.0

European Fan Palm

Chamaerops humilis

No watering needed Photo: Nadezhda Bortnikova · CC BY 4.0

Bloodtwig Dogwood

Cornus sanguinea

Photo: Sarah Adamson · CC0 1.0

Common Myrtle

Myrtus communis

No watering needed Photo: Johannes · CC0 1.0

Common Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Photo: 謝麗霦 · CC BY 4.0

Grasses8

Movement and texture

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

No watering needed Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

European wood sedge

Carex divulsa

Photo: empressmoth · CC0 1.0

Pendulous Sedge

Carex pendula

Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0

Common Reed

Phragmites australis

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Orchard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Photo: Karen Fry · CC BY 4.0

Wood Small-Reed

Calamagrostis epigejos

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Hairy Crabgrass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Photo: harrylurling · CC BY 4.0

Perennials152

Seasonal colour

Carpet Bugle

Ajuga reptans

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 1.0

Bloody Cranesbill

Geranium sanguineum

Photo: Victor Heng · CC BY 4.0

Lily of the Valley

Convallaria majalis

Photo: Павлик Лисицын · CC BY 4.0

Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum

Photo: adamcvean · CC0 1.0

Snow-in-summer

Cerastium tomentosum

No watering needed Photo: Ljaž · CC BY 4.0

Sweet William

Dianthus barbatus

Photo: Pavel Komkov · CC BY 4.0

Evergreen Candytuft

Iberis sempervirens

Photo: jhatfield · CC BY 4.0

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Photo: Юлия · CC BY 4.0

Strawberry

Fragaria vesca

Photo: myarobilliard · CC0 1.0

Common Columbine

Aquilegia vulgaris

Photo: Sarah Adamson · CC0 1.0

Sweet Alyssum

Lobularia maritima

No watering needed Photo: Adam Wachtel · CC0 1.0

Stonecrop

Sedum acre

Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0

White Stonecrop

Sedum album

Photo: Robert H. Wardell · CC0 1.0

Sweet Violet

Viola odorata

Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Christmas Rose

Helleborus niger

Photo: Thomas Ebner · CC BY 4.0

Snowdrop

Galanthus nivalis

Photo: T. Pedro Hafermann · CC0 1.0

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

Photo: Sim Elliott · CC0 1.0

English Daisy

Bellis perennis

Photo: Emma · CC BY 4.0

Corn Poppy

Papaver rhoeas

Photo: Nicola Crockford · CC BY 4.0

Johnny Jump Up

Viola tricolor

Photo: Екатерина Гущина · CC BY 4.0

Stinking Hellebore

Helleborus foetidus

Photo: Bastien Le Mort · CC BY 4.0

Wild Daffodil

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Photo: Paul Braun · CC0 1.0

Winter Aconite

Eranthis hyemalis

Photo: GBIF contributor · CC BY 4.0

Spring Crocus

Crocus vernus

Photo: Franco Folini · CC BY 4.0

Annual Honesty

Lunaria annua

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 1.0

Pincushion Flower

Scabiosa atropurpurea

No watering needed Photo: Dave Richardson · CC BY 4.0

Love-In-A-Mist

Nigella damascena

Photo: Heather Seal · CC BY 4.0

Daffodil 'Pink Charm'

Narcissus papyraceus 'Pink Charm'

No watering needed

Paperwhite

Narcissus tazetta

No watering needed Photo: Simon Tamblyn · CC BY 4.0

Dusty miller

Jacobaea maritima

No watering needed Photo: Jose Gutierrez Higa · CC BY 4.0

Grape Hyacinth

Muscari botryoides

Photo: andrew2285 · CC0 1.0

Common Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Photo: rappman · CC BY 4.0

Vines15

Verticals and screens

Italian Clematis

Clematis viticella

Photo: milan kořínek · CC BY 4.0

Periwinkle

Vinca minor

Photo: rmjb · CC BY 4.0

Common Periwinkle Vinca

Vinca major

No watering needed Photo: Naturgucker Tom · CC0 1.0

Common hop

Humulus lupulus

Photo: Stanislav Murashkin · CC BY 4.0

Dog Rose

Rosa canina

Photo: Charles Joynson · CC0 1.0

Italian Woodbine

Lonicera caprifolium

Photo: Наталья Пикалова · CC BY 4.0

English Ivy

Hedera helix

Photo: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0

Grape

Vitis vinifera

Photo: Katrin Simon · CC BY 4.0

Evergreen Rose

Rosa sempervirens

Photo: zebedeugalinha · CC BY 4.0

Old Man's Beard

Clematis vitalba

Photo: Radosław Puchałka · CC0 1.0

Cow Vetch

Vicia cracca

Photo: Константин Селивёрстов · CC BY 4.0

Cleavers

Galium aparine

Photo: Dan Johnson · CC BY 4.0

Bittersweet Nightshade

Solanum dulcamara

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium

Photo: Arnim Littek · CC BY 4.0

Black bindweed

Fallopia convolvulus

Photo: Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0

Ferns6

Shade and damp

Hart's Tongue Fern

Asplenium scolopendrium

Photo: Kian Hayles-Cotton · CC0 1.0

Common Polypody

Polypodium vulgare

Photo: Julia · CC BY 4.0

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Photo: Piermario Maculan · CC0 1.0

Cretan Brake Fern

Pteris cretica

Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Photo: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0

Ladder Brake

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan'

Succulents5

Dry and architectural

Stonecrop

Sedum acre

Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0

White Stonecrop

Sedum album

Photo: Robert H. Wardell · CC0 1.0

Hens and Chicks

Sempervivum tectorum

Photo: Isabella Paleari · CC BY 4.0

Tasteless Stonecrop

Sedum sexangulare

Photo: Bobo-X · CC BY 4.0

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Photo: Caleb Catto · CC BY 4.0

Other native plants1

No growth type given

Poppy Anemone

Anemone coronaria

No watering needed Photo: Marios Thoma · CC BY 4.0

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