Plants by botanic name
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'r', 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.
| Botanic name | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Ranunculus | Buttercup |
| Ranunculus acris 'Citrinus' | Meadow buttercup |
| Ranunculus ficaria | Lesser celandine |
| Ranunculus hederaceous | Water buttercup, Ivy-leaved crowfoot |
| Raphanus sativus | Radish |
| Raphanus sativus 'April Cross' | Radish |
| Raphanus sativus 'French Breakfast' | Radish |
| Raphanus sativus 'Long Black Spanish' | Radish |
| Raphanus sativus 'Long White Icicle' | Radish |
| Raphanus sativus 'Sparkler' | Radish |
| Reynoutria japonica | Japanese knotweed, Giant knotweed |
| Rhamnus alaternus | Italian buckthorn |
| Rhamnus cathartica | Common buckthorn, Purging buckthorn |
| Rhamnus frangula | Alder buckthorn |
| Rheum palmatum | Rhubarb |
| Rheum palmatum 'Atrosanguineum' | Rhubarb |
| Rheum palmatum 'Goliath' | Rhubarb |
| Rheum palmatum 'Stockbridge Arrow' | Rhubarb |
| Rheum palmatum 'Timperley Early' | Rhubarb |
| Rheum palmatum var. tanguticum | Chinese rhubarb |
| Rhinanthus major | Yellow Rattle |
| Rhododendron 'Barmstedt' | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron 'Bodnant Red' | Azalea |
| Rhododendron 'Curlew' | Azalea |
| Rhododendron 'Elizabeth' | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron 'Princess Anne' | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron (Gowenianum Group) | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron arboreum | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron macabeanum | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron schlippenbachii | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron sinogrande | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Percy Wiseman' | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron yakushimanum Hybrids Mixed | Yakushima rhododendron |
| Rhodohypoxis baurii | Pink star grass |
| Rhus typhina | Stag's horn sumach, The staghorn sumac, velvet sumac, vinegar tree |
| Rhus typhina 'Laciniata' | Stag's horn sumach |
| Rhus verniciflua | Varnish Tree |
| Rhynchospora alba | White beak sedge |
| Rhynchospora fusca | Brown beak sedge |
| Ribes | Whitecurrant |
| Ribes nigrum | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes nigrum 'Baldwin' | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes nigrum 'Ben Gairn' | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes nigrum 'Ben Lomond' | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes nigrum 'Ben Sarek' | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes nigrum 'Boskoop Giant' | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes nigrum 'Jet' | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes nigrum 'Malling Jet' | Blackcurrant, Currant |
| Ribes odoratum | Buffalo currant, Clove currant |
| Ribes rubrum | Redcurrant |
| Ribes sanguineum 'King Edward VII' | Flowering currant |
| Ribes uva-crispa | Gooseberry |
| Ribes uva-crispa 'Invicta' | Gooseberry |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | False acaia, Black locust, common robinia |
| Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia' | False acacia, Locust |
| Romulea columnae | Sand crocus |
| Romulea rosea | Oniongrass |
| Rosa | Rose |
| Rosa 'Abraham Darby' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Alberic Barbier' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Albertine' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Alchymist' | Rose |
| Rosa 'All Gold' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Aloha' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Amber Queen' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Anne Cocker' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Antique' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Auguste Gervais' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Avon' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ballerina' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Bantry Bay' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Belle Hit' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Berkshire' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Betty Prior' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Birthday Girl' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Blairii No. 2' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Blanche Double de Coubert' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Blessings' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Blush Noisette' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Bobbie James' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Bonica' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Breath of Life' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Bright Smile' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Buff Beauty' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Burgundy Ice' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Buttercup' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Cardinal Richeleau' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Chapeau de Napoleon' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Charles de Mills' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Chilterns' | Rose |
| Rosa 'City Lights' | Rose |
| Rosa 'City of Birmingham' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Clarence House' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Climbing Iceberg' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Comte de Chambord' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Constance Spry' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Cornelia' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Cottage Rose' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Cuisse de Nymphe' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Danse du Feu' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Deep Secret' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Diamond' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Dr Herbert Gray' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Duc de Guiche' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Dunwich Rose' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Elmshorn' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ena Harkness' | Rose |
| Rosa 'English Garden' | Rose |
| Rosa 'English Mist' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Essex' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Fancy Hit' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Felicia' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ferdinand Pichard' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ferdy' | Rose |
| Rosa 'First Love' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Flower Carpet' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Flower Power' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Frau Dagmar Hartopp' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Fred Loads' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Freedon' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Fritz Nobis' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Fruhlingsgold' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Fruhlingsmorgen' | Rose |
| Rosa 'General Kleber' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Gentle Touch' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Gloire de Dijon' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Golden Dawn' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Golden Embelm' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Golden Showers' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Golden Wings' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Graham Thomas' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Grandmere Jenny' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Great Maiden's Blush' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Grouse' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Guinee' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Hampshire' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Handel' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Hannah Gordon' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Hansa' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Hertfordshire' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Hot Chocolate' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Iceberg' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ingenious Mr Fairchild' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ingrid Bergman' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ispahan' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Joie de Vivre' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Just Joey' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Keepsake' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Kiftsgate' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Königin von Dänemark' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Korresia' | Rose |
| Rosa 'L.D. Braithwaite' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Lady Belper' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Little Bo-Peep' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Little Buckaroo' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Louise Odier' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Lovers Meeting' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Macmillan Nurse' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Madame Alfred Carrière' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Madame de la Roche-lambert' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Madame Grégoire Staechelin' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Madame Hardy' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Madame Isaac Pereire' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Madame Louis Leveque' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Magic Carrousel' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Maigold' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Malaga' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Mandarin' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Margaret Greville' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Marie-Boisselot' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Mary Pope' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Mary Rose' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Melody Maker' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Miss Dior' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Moonbeam' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Moonlight' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Mountbatten' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Mr. Bluebird' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Munstead Wood' | Rose |
| Rosa 'mutabilis' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Neige d'Avril' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Nevada' | Rose |
| Rosa 'New Dawn' | Rose |
| Rosa 'New Fashion' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Nozomi' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Nuits de Young' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Orange Sensation' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Orange Sunblaze' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Paul Shirville' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Paul Transon' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Paul's Scarlet' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Paulii' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pax' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Peace Rose' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pearl Drift' | Rose, Shrub rose |
| Rosa 'Peek-a-Boo' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Penelope' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Penny Lane' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Peotical Liz' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pheasant' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Phylis Rose' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Piccadilly' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pink and White Patio' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pink Perpetue' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pink Wave' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Polar Star' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pompon de Bourgogne' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pour Toi' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pride of England' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Prince William' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Princess Alexandra' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Princess Alice' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Prosperity' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pure Bliss' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Pure Hit' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Purple Tiger' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Queen Mother' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Rambling Rector' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Raymond Blanc' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Rebecca Claire' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Red Bells' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Red Blanket' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Red Max Graf' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Redgold' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Regensberg' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Robert le Diable' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Rose Gaujard' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Roseraie de l'hay' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Royal Gold' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Royal Salute' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Royal William' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Ruby Wedding' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Sander's White Rambler' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Scarlet Fire' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Scarlet Patio' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Schoolgirl' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Sea Pearl' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Shocking Blue' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Smarty' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Soleil d'Or' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Southampton' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Souvenir du St. Anne's' | Rose |
| Rosa 'St Nicholas' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Suffolk' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Summer Wine' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Summertime' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Sun Hit' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Super Star' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Susan' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Sutter's Gold' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Teasing Georgia' | Rose |
| Rosa 'The Fairy' | Rose |
| Rosa 'The Garland' | Rose |
| Rosa 'The Queen of Denmark' | Rose |
| Rosa 'The Times Rose' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Tip Top' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Top Marks' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Toynbee Hall' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Troika' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Trumpeter' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Tuscany Superb' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Tuscany' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Tynwald' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Valiant Prince' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Variegata di Bolagna' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Violet Hit' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Warm Welcome' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Westerland' | Rose |
| Rosa 'William Lobb' | Rose |
| Rosa 'William Morris' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Windrush' | Rose |
| Rosa 'Zéphirine Drouhin' | Rose |
| Rosa AGATHA CHRISTIE ('Kormeita') | Rose |
| Rosa arvensis | Field rose |
| Rosa BOSCOBEL ('Auscousin'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa canina | Dog rose |
| Rosa CHARITY 'Auschar' | Rose |
| Rosa CHARLES DARWIN 'Auspeet' | Rose |
| Rosa chinensis | China rose |
| Rosa chinensis 'Cecile Brunner' | Rose |
| Rosa CITY OF YORK ('Direktör Benschop') | Rose |
| Rosa CLAIRE AUSTIN ('Ausprior') | Rose |
| Rosa davidii | Rose |
| Rosa DESDAMONA® ('Auskindling'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa DUCHESS OF CORNWALL ('Tan97159'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa ELIZABETH ('Ausmajesty' PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa EMILY BRONTË ('Ausearnshaw'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa foetida | Austrian yellow |
| Rosa foetida 'Bicolor' | Austrian copper |
| Rosa GABRIEL OAK® ('Auscrowd') | Rose |
| Rosa gallica 'Versicolor' | Rosa mundi, Rose |
| Rosa gallica var. officinalis | Apothecary's rose, Old red damask, Red rose of Lancaster, Crimson damask rose, French rose |
| Rosa GENTLE HERMIONE 'Ausrumba' | Rose |
| Rosa GERTRUDE JEKYLL® ('Ausbord' PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa glauca | The red-leaved rose |
| Rosa HARLOW CARR ('Aushouse'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa JAMES L. AUSTIN® 'Auspike' | Rose |
| Rosa LADY OF SHALOTT® ('Ausnyson') | Rose |
| Rosa moschata | Musk rose |
| Rosa moyesii | Rose |
| Rosa moyesii 'Geranium' | Rose |
| Rosa mundi 'Versicolor' | Rosa mundi, French rose |
| Rosa nitida | Rose |
| Rosa OLIVIA ROSE AUSTIN® ('Ausmixture'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa pimpinellifolia var. harisonii | Scotch rose |
| Rosa PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT® 'Ausmerchant' | Rose |
| Rosa PRINCESS ANNE ('Auskitchen' PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa QUEEN OF SWEDEN ('Austiger' PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa ROALD DAHL® ('Ausowlish'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa ROYAL JUBILEE ('Auspaddle' PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet briar rose |
| Rosa rubrifolia | Rose |
| Rosa rugosa | Ramanas rose |
| Rosa rugosa 'Alba' | Rose |
| Rosa rugosa 'Mrs A Walker' | Rose |
| Rosa rugosa 'Sarah Van Fleet' | Rose |
| Rosa rugosa 'Typica' | Rose |
| Rosa SILAS MARNER® 'Ausraveloe' | Rose |
| Rosa spinosissima | Scotch Rose |
| Rosa SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS ('Ausquirk'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa THOMAS À BECKET 'Auswinston' | Rose |
| Rosa VANESSA BELL ('Auseasel'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa virginiana | Rose |
| Rosa WHITE STAR ('Harquill'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa WILLIAM AND CATHERINE ('Ausrapper'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa WISLEY 2008® ('Ausbreeze'PBR) | Rose |
| Rosa x alba 'Celestial' | White rose of York |
| Rosa x alba 'Maiden's Blush' | Rose |
| Rosa x alba 'Maxima' | Rose |
| Rosa x alba 'Semiplena' | The white rose of York |
| Rosa x centifolia | Cabbage rose |
| Rosa x centifolia 'De Meaux' | Rose |
| Rosa x centifolia 'Fantin Latour' | Rose |
| Rosa x centifolia 'Henri Martin' | Rose |
| Rosa x damascena | Rose |
| Rosa xanthina | Rose |
| Rosa xanthina 'Canary Bird' | Rose |
| Rosmarinus lavandulaceous | Prostrate rosemary |
| Rosmarinus officinalis | Common rosemary, Rosemary |
| Rosmarinus officinalis 'Green Ginger' | Rosemary |
| Rosmarinus officinalis 'Miss Jessop's Upright' | Rosemary |
| Rosmarinus officinalis 'Prostratus' | Prostrate rosemary |
| Rosmarinus officinalis 'Roseus' | Pink rosemary |
| Rosmarinus officinalis 'Severn Sea' | Rosemary |
| Rosmarinus officinalis 'Sudbury Blue' | Rosemary |
| Rubia tinctorum | Madder |
| Rubus | Bramble, Blackberry |
| Rubus 'Cascade' | Bramble, Blackberry |
| Rubus 'Little Black Prince' | Bramble, Blackberry |
| Rubus 'Tayberry' | Tayberry |
| Rubus aboriginum | Garden dewberry |
| Rubus biflorus | Ornamental blackberry |
| Rubus cockburnianus | White-Stemmed Bramble |
| Rubus fruticosus 'Darts Ambassador' | Blackberry |
| Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Ness' | Blackberry |
| Rubus idaeus | Raspberry |
| Rubus idaeus 'All Gold' | Raspberry |
| Rubus idaeus 'Autumn Bliss' | Raspberry |
| Rubus idaeus 'Chemainus' | Raspberry |
| Rubus idaeus 'Malling Jewel' | Raspberry |
| Rubus idaeus 'Malling Promise' | Raspberry |
| Rubus odoratus | Ornamental raspberry, Thimbleberry |
| Rubus phoenicolasius | Japanese wineberry |
| Rubus thibetanus | Ghost berry |
| Rubus tricolor | Blackberry, Bramble |
| Rubus x loganbaccus thornless | Loganberry |
| Rudbeckia | Coneflower, North American daisy, Black-eyed susan |
| Rudbeckia 'Prairie Sun' | Rudbeckia |
| Rudbeckia fulgida | Black-eyed Susan |
| Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' | Black-eyed Susan, Coneflower, Rudbeckia |
| Rudbeckia hirta | Coneflower, Rudbeckia, Black-eyed susan |
| Rudbeckia laciniata 'Goldquelle' | Coneflower, Cut-leaved coneflower, Thimbleweed |
| Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstsonne' | Coneflower |
| Rudbeckia maxima | Giant coneflower |
| Rudbeckia occidentalis | Western coneflower, Rudbeckia |
| Rudbeckia occidentalis 'Green Wizard' | Western coneflower, Rudbeckia |
| Rumex acetosa | Sorrel, Broad-leaved sorrel |
| Rumex crispus | Curly dock, Yellow dock, Curled dock |
| Rumex obtusifolius | Bitter dock, Broad-leaved dock, Dock leaf |
| Rumex scutatus | Buckler leaf sorrel |
| Rumex scutatus | Normandy sorrel, Buckler-leaved sorrel |
| Ruppia cirrhosa | Spiral tasselweed |
| Ruppia maritima | Beaked tasselweed |
| Ruscus aculeatus | Butcher's broom |
| Ruscus hypoglossum | Spineless butcher's broom |
| Russelia equisetiformis | Coral plant |
| Ruta graveolens | Common rue |
| Ruta graveolens 'Jackman's Blue' | Rue |
| Ruta graveolens 'Variegata' | Variegated rue |
