Use of Wildcards in Searches of the PLANTS Database

* - The asterisk is used to represent one to many Characters. It can be used anywhere in the parameter.

{blue*} - Returns all of the records where the parameter begins with "blue."

• Bluegrass
• Blue blade wheat
• NOT - Western bluegrass

{*wheat} - Returns all of the records where the parameter ends with "wheat."

• Wheat
• Blue blade wheat
• NOT - Western wheatgrass

{*Rye*} - Returns all of the records where any part of the parameter contains "rye."

• Rye
• Rye washing grass
• New York Rye
• Western ryegrass

{blue*grass} - Returns all of the records where the parameter begins with "blue" and ends with "grass."

• Bluegrass
• Blue blade grass
• NOT - Western bluegrass

_ - The Underline character is used in the same way as the asterisk, but represents a single character only.

{Blu_grass} - This matches one and only one character

• Bluegrass
• Blubgrass
• NOT - Western bluegrass
• NOT - Blue grass