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