Plants by botanic name
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'c', listed by scientific/botanical (Latin) name. Click a letter of the alphabet to see a list of plants with botanic / latin names beginning with that letter. Alternatively click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by common name.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Botanic name | Common name(s) |
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Cynodon incompletus | African Bermuda grass |
Carex vulpinoidea | American fox sedge, Common fox sedge |
Crocosmia paniculata | Aunt Aliza |
Cyathea cooperi | Australian tree fern, Cooper's tree fern, Tree fern |
Cyathea australis | Australian Tree Fern, Rough Tree Fern, Tree Fern |
Crocus nudiflorus | Autumn Crocus |
Chusquea culeou | Bamboo |
Cotoneaster dammeri | Bearberry Cotoneaster |
Capsicum annuum | Bell Pepper, pepper, Capsicum |
Campanula glomerata | Bellflower, Clustered bellflower |
Campanula poscharskyana | Bellflower |
Campanula glomerata Alba | Bellflower |
Citrus bergamia | Bergamote Orange |
Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda Grass |
Crocus speciosus | Bieberstein's Crocus |
Carex ornithopoda | Bird's-foot Sedge |
Celastrus orbiculatus | Bittersweet |
Carex atrata | Black Alpine Sedge |
Carex vesicaria | Bladder Sedge |
Calla palustris | Bog Arum, Marsh Arum |
Carex limosa | Bog Sedge |
Carex rostrata | Bottle Sedge |
Callistemon | Bottlebrush |
Cotula | Brass Buttons |
Cotula coronopifolia | Brass Buttons |
Carex microglochin | Bristle Sedge |
Campanula lactiflora | Broad-leaved bellflower |
Carex siderosticha | Broad-leaved Sedge |
Cirsium rivulare | Brook Thistle, Ornamental Thistle, Thistle |
Cyperus fuscus | Brown Galingale |
Carex disticha | Brown sedge |
Cimicifuga simplex | Bugbane |
Cucubita moschata | Butternut Squash, Butternut |
Ceanothus | Californian Lilac |
Camellia | camellia |
Camellia x williamsii | camellia |
Chamaemelum nobile 'Flore Pleno' | Camomile |
Campanula | campanula |
Campanula lactiflora | Campanula, Milky bellflower |
Cirsium arvense | Canada Thistle, Creeping Thistle |
Canna | Canna lily |
Campanula | Canterbury Bell, Cup and Saucer |
Cynara cardunculus | Cardoon, Artichoke, Globe artichoke |
Carex panicea | Carnation Sedge |
Ceanothus | ceanothus, Californian lilac |
Ceanothus x delileanus | ceanothus |
Ceanothus arboreus | ceanothus, Californian Lilac |
Ceanothus x delileanus | ceanothus, Californian Lilac |
Cedrus libani | cedar, Lebanon Cedar, Cedar of Lebanon |
Celosia argentea | celosia |
Chamaemelum nobile 'Treneague' | Chamomile, Lawn chamomile |
Chasmanthe bicolor | Chasmanthe |
Cichorium intybus | chicory, Common Chicory |
Crinodendron hookerianum | Chilean Lantern Tree |
Capsicum | chilli |
Capsicum anuum | chilli |
Clematis | clematis |
Clematis alpina | clematis |
Clematis x cartmanii | clematis |
Clematis macropetala | clematis |
Clematis montana | clematis |
Clematis orientalis | clematis |
Clematis rehderiana | clematis |
Clematis tangutica | clematis |
Clematis texensis | clematis |
Clematis triternata | clematis |
Clematis viticella | clematis |
Clematis armandii | clematis, Evergreen Clematis |
Corydalis | Climbing Corydalis |
Carex norvegica | Close-headed Alpine Sedge |
Carex buxbaumii | Club Sedge |
Chasmanthe aethiopica | Cobra Lily |
Celosia cristata | Cockscomb |
Cocos nucifera | Coconut Palm, Coconut |
Cytisus scoparius | Common Broom, broom |
Cistus grandiflorus | Common gum cistus |
Cistus x cyprius | Common gum cistus |
Carex nigra | Common Sedge |
Convolvulus cneorum | Convolvulus |
Cordyline indivisa | cordyline |
Cordyline australis | cordyline, Cabbage Tree, Torbay Palm |
Coreopsis | Coreopsis |
Coriandrum sativum | coriander |
Corylus avellana | Corkscrew hazel, Harry Lauder's walking stick, Contorted hazel |
Chrysanthemum segetum | Corn Marigold |
Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower |
Cosmos bipinnatus | Cosmos |
Cotoneaster conspicuus | cotoneaster |
Cotoneaster microphyllus | cotoneaster |
Cotoneaster splendens | cotoneaster |
Cucurbita pepo | courgette |
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus | Creeping Blue Blossom |
Cornus canadensis | Creeping dogwood |
Cynosurus cristatus | Crested Dog's Tail |
Crocosmia | crocosmia, Montbretia |
Crocosmia x latifolia | Crocosmia, Montbretia |
Crocosmia masoniorum | crocosmia, Giant montbretia |
Crocosmia pottsii | crocosmia, Montbretia |
Crocus tommasinianus | crocus, Early Crocus |
Crocus pulchellus | crocus, Hairy Crocus |
Cucumis sativus | cucumber |
Carex maritima | Curved Sedge |
Cyclamen | cyclamen |
Cyclamen coum | cyclamen |
Cyclamen europaeum | cyclamen |
Cyclamen fatrense | cyclamen |
Cyclamen hederifolium | Cyclamen, Ivy-leaved cyclamen |
Cyclamen neapolitanum | cyclamen |
Cyclamen persicum | cyclamen |
Cyclamen purpurascens | cyclamen |
Carex pseudocyperus | Cyperus Sedge |
Carex davalliana | Davall's Sedge |
Carex dioica | Dioecious Sedge |
Carex distans | Distant Sedge |
Carex divisa | Divided Sedge |
Cornus alba | Dogwood, Red barked dogwood |
Cornus alternifolia | dogwood |
Cornus kousa | dogwood |
Cornus sanguinea | dogwood |
Cornus stolonifera | dogwood |
Carex punctata | Dotted Sedge |
Carex filiformis | Downy-fruited sedge |
Carex humilis | Dwarf Sedge |
Corallorhiza trifida | Early Coralroot, Coralroot Orchid |
Cercis canadensis | Eastern Redbud |
Carex elongata | Elongated Sedge |
Crataegus monogyna | English Hawthorn, Hawthorn, Quickthorn, May, Whitethorn, Thorn |
Carex recta | Estuarine Sedge |
Carex otrubae | False Fox Sedge |
Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam' | Feather reed grass |
Calamagrostis x acutiflora | Feather reed grass |
Catapodium rigidum | Fern-grass |
Clematis cirrhosa | Fern-leaved Clematis |
Carex pauciflora | Few-flowered sedge |
Carex appropinquata | Fibrous Tussock Sedge |
Carex digitata | Fingered Sedge |
Caryota urens | Fish Tail Palm |
Carex pulicaris | Flea Sedge |
Cornus florida | Flowering dogwood, American box |
Coeloglossum viride | Frog Orchid |
Carmona microphylla | Fukien Tea Tree |
Cyperus longus | Galingale |
Colchicum speciosum | Giant meadow saffron |
Crocosmia masoniorum | Giant Montbretia |
Carex flacca | Glaucous Sedge |
Cynara scolymus | Globe Artichoke |
Chionodoxa forbesii | Glory-of-the-Snow |
Chionodoxa luciliae | Glory-of-the-Snow |
Clarkia | Godetia |
Crocus chrysanthus | Golden Crocus |
Centaurea macroephala | Golden greater knapweed |
Caltha palustris | Golden Kingcups |
Chenopodium bonus-henricus | Good King Henry, Poor-man's Asparagus, Perennial Goosefoot |
Cladium mariscus | Great fen sedge, Saw sedge |
Centaurea scabiosa | Greater knapweed |
Carex riparia | Greater Pond Sedge, Sedge |
Carex paniculata | Greater Tussock Sedge |
Carex binervis | Green-ribbed Sedge |
Corynephorus canescens | Grey Hair Grass |
Carex divulsa | Grey Sedge |
Carex capillaris | Hair Sedge |
Cistus creticus | Hairy rock rose, hoary rock-rose, Cretan rockrose |
Carex hirta | Hairy Sedge |
Chamaerops humilis | Hardy fan palm, Dwarf fan palm |
Carex lachenalii | Hare's-foot Sedge |
Corylus | hazel |
Corylus avellana | hazel |
Corylus avellana | hazel, Cobnut |
Corylus avellana | Hazelnut |
Calluna vulgaris | Heather |
Carpinus betulus | hornbeam |
Carpinus betulus | hornbeam, Common Hornbeam, Horse Beech |
Ceratophyllum demersum | Hornwort |
Catalpa bignonioides | Indian Bean Tree |
Canna indica | Indian shot plant, African arrowroot |
Cichorium intybus | Italian Chicory, Radicchio |
Cupressus sempervirens | Italian Cypress, Cypress |
Cymbalaria muralis | Ivy-leaved Toadflax |
Cryptotaenia japonica | Japanese Parsley |
Chaenomeles x superba | Japanese quince, flowering quince |
Chaenomeles japonica | Japanese Quince, Maule's Quince, Japonica |
Cercis siliquastrum | Judas Tree, Redbud |
Cercidiphyllum japonicum | Katsura |
Centaurea centaurium | Knapweed |
Crocus kotschyanus | Kotschy's Crocus |
Cardamine pratensis | Lady's smock, Cuckoo flower |
Cypripedium calceolus | Lady's slipper orchid |
Carex flava | Large yellow sedge |
Consolida | Larkspur |
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana | Lawson cypress |
Carex buchananii | Leatherleaf Sedge |
Chionodoxa sardensis | Lesser glory-of-the-snow |
Carex acutiformis | Lesser Pond Sedge |
Carex diandra | Lesser Tussock Sedge |
Cupressocyparis leylandii | Leylandii, Leyland Cypress, Cypress |
Convallaria | Lily-of-the-valley |
Convallaria majalis | Lily-of-the-valley |
Carex extensa | Long-bracted Sedge |
Coincya wrightii | Lundy Cabbage |
Calendula officinalis | Marigold, English marigold, Pot marigold |
Calendula officinalis 'Indian Prince' | marigold, Pot marigold |
Cucurbita pepo | marrow, Courgette |
Cucubita pepo | marrow, Courgette |
Caltha palustris | Marsh Marigold, Double Kingcup |
Caltha palustris | Marsh marigold, Double marsh marigold, Water buttercup |
Colchicum | Meadow saffron, Autumn-flowering crocus, Naked ladies |
Colchicum autumnale | Meadow saffron, Naked ladies |
Cucumis melo | melon |
Choisya ternata | Mexican Orange Blossom |
Crataegus laevigata | Midland Hawthorn |
Calibrachoa | Million Bells |
Carex rariflora | Mountain Bog Sedge |
Calamagrostis stricta | Narrow small-reed |
Cephalanthera longifolia | Narrow-leaved Helleborine |
Chenopodium murale | Nettle-leaved Goosefoot |
Carex testacea | New Zealand sedge |
Cephalocereus senilis | Old Man Cactus |
Citrus | Orange, sweet orange, Valencia orange |
Capsicum annuum | Ornamental Pepper, Capsicum |
Chaenomeles speciosa | Ornamental Quince |
Chaenomeles speciosa | Ornamental quince, Chinese flowering quince, Japonica |
Carex ovalis | Oval Sedge |
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | Ox Eye Daisy |
Cyperus eragrostis | Pale Galingale |
Carex pallescens | Pale Sedge |
Cortaderia selloana | Pampas Grass |
Caragana arborescens | Pea Tree, Siberian Pea Shrub |
Carex pendula | Pendulous Sedge |
Capsicum | pepper, Capsicum |
Cereus peruvianus | Peruvian Apple, cactus |
Carex pilulifera | Pill Sedge |
Chamaemelum | Plant's physician |
Crocosmia pottsii | Potts' Montbretia |
Carex muricata | Prickly Sedge |
Cucurbita pepo | pumpkin |
Crocus flavus | Pure Yellow Crocus |
Corylus maxima | Purple Hazel |
Calamagrostis canescens | Purple small-reed |
Cistus x purpureus 'Alan Fradd' | Purple-flowered rock rose |
Camassia leichtlinii | Quamash |
Carex ericetorum | Rare Spring Sedge |
Cornus alba | Red barked dogwood, Siberian dogwood |
Cephalanthera rubra | Red Helleborine |
Capsicum | Red pepper |
Centranthus ruber | Red Valerian |
Calamagrostis | Reed |
Carex remota | Remote Sedge |
Cistus x argenteus | Rock Rose |
Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink' | Rock Rose |
Cistus x purpureus | Rock Rose, Purple-flowered rock rose |
Crithmum maritimum | Rock Samphire, samphire, sea fennel |
Carex rupestris | Rock Sedge |
Chamaemelum nobile | Roman chamomile |
Cynosurus echinatus | Rough Dog's Tail |
Carex saxatilis | Russet Sedge |
Carthamus tinctoria | Safflower |
Carex arenaria | Sand Sedge |
Calamagrostis purpurea | Scandinavian small-reed |
Carex atrofusca | Scorched Alpine Sedge |
Calamagrostis scotica | Scottish small-reed |
Catapodium marinum | Sea Fern-grass |
Crambe maritima | Sea Kale |
Carex flagellifera | sedge |
Cyperus alternifolius | Sedge |
Carex | Sedges |
Coprinus comatus | Shaggy Inkcap |
Carex vaginata | Sheathed Sedge |
Cerastium nigrescens | Shetland Mouseear |
Cornus alba 'Sibirica Variegata' | Siberian dogwood |
Crocus sieberi | Sieber's Crocus |
Carex lasiocarpa | Slender Sedge |
Carex acuta | Slender Tufted Sedge |
Cotinus coggygria | Smoke Bush |
Carex laevigata | Smooth-stalked Sedge |
Cerastium tomentosum | Snow in Summer |
Carex montana | Soft-leaved Sedge |
Chasmanthe floribunda | South African Cornflag |
Carex spicata | Spiked Sedge |
Crocus vernus | Spring Crocus |
Carex caryophyllea | Spring Sedge |
Chimonobambusa quadrangularis | Square-stemmed Bamboo |
Cucubita maxima | Squash |
Cucurbita | squash |
Carex echinata | Star Sedge |
Carex depauperata | Starved wood sedge |
Carex bigelowii | Stiff Sedge |
Carex chordorrhiza | String Sedge |
Cistus | Sun Rose |
Castanea sativa | Sweet chestnut |
Capsicum | Sweet Pepper |
Capsicum | Sweet pepper, Yellow pepper |
Carex magellanica | Tall Bog Sedge |
Carex hostiana | Tawny sedge |
Carex strigosa | Thin-spiked wood sedge |
Coreopsis verticillata | Thread Leaf Coreopsis, tickseed |
Carex trinervis | Three-nerved Sedge |
Coreopsis grandiflora | Tickseed |
Coreopsis tinctoria | Tickseed |
Cortaderia fulvida | Toetoe |
Cortaderia richardii | Toetoe |
Cyathea cunninghamii | Tree Fern |
Chenopodium giganteum | Tree Spinach |
Carmona | Tropical Tea Tree |
Carex vulpina | True Fox Sedge |
Campsis | Trumpet Vine |
Carex elata | Turfted Sedge |
Cyperus involucratus | Umbrella palm |
Carex morrowi | Variegated Sedge |
Cotoneaster horizontalis | Wall-spray |
Cheiranthus cheiri | Wallflower |
Carex aquatilis | Water sedge |
Crataegus monogyna | Weeping Hawthorn |
Cephalanthera damasonium | White Helleborine |
Carex curta | White sedge |
Catabrosa aquatica | Whorl-grass |
Chimonanthus praecox | Wintersweet |
Corokia cotoneaster | Wire-netting bush |
Carex oshimensis | Wood Sedge |
Carex sylvatica | Wood sedge |
Calamagrostis epigejos | Wood small-reed |
Capsicum | Yellow pepper |
Carex viridula | Yellow sedge |