Plants by botanic name
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 's', 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) |
|---|---|
| Sagittaria latifolia | Duck potato |
| Sagittaria rigida | Canadian arrowhead |
| Sagittaria sagittifolia | Arrowhead |
| Sagittaria subulata | Narrow-leaved arrowhead |
| Saintpaulia | African violet |
| Salicornia fragilis | Yellow glasswort |
| Salix | Willow |
| Salix alba | White willow |
| Salix alba | Willow |
| Salix babylonica | Corkscrew willow |
| Salix caprea | Willow, Goat willow, Pussy willow |
| Salix cinerea | Grey willow |
| Salix daphnoides | Violet willow |
| Salix elaeagnos | Hoary willow |
| Salix exigua | Coyote willow |
| Salix fragilis | Crack willow |
| Salix helvetica | Swiss willow |
| Salix humillis | Prairie willow |
| Salix lanata | Woolly willow |
| Salix lapponum | Downy willow |
| Salix myrsinifolia | Dark-leaved willow |
| Salix pentandra | Bay Willow |
| Salix repens | Creeping willow |
| Salix viminalis | Osier, Common Osier |
| Salvia | Sage |
| Salvia argentea | Silver sage |
| Salvia aurea | Golden sage |
| Salvia confertiflora | Sabra spike sage |
| Salvia elegans 'Scarlet Pineapple' | Pineapple scented sage |
| Salvia guaranitica | Sapphire sage, Sage, Hummingbird sage, Anise scented sage |
| Salvia horminum | Painted sage |
| Salvia jamensis 'Hot Lips' | Sage |
| Salvia lavandulifolia | Narrow-leaved sage |
| Salvia microphylla | Blackcurrant sage |
| Salvia microphylla | Sage |
| Salvia miltiorrhiza 'BLBP 01' (Chinese sage) | Chinese sage |
| Salvia nemorosa | Mother of God's Plant |
| Salvia officinalis | Common sage, Sage |
| Salvia officinalis | Purple sage, Purple-leaved sage |
| Salvia officinalis | Sage, common sage |
| Salvia officinalis | Tricolour sage |
| Salvia pratensis | Meadow sage, meadow clary |
| Salvia rutilans | Pineapple sage |
| Salvia sclarea | Clary sage |
| Salvia uliginosa | Bog sage |
| Salvia viridis | Painted sage |
| Salvia x superba | Salvia |
| Sambucus | Elder |
| Sambucus nigra | Common elder, Elder |
| Sambucus nigra | Elder |
| Sanguisorba minor | Salad burnet, Pimpinella |
| Santolina chamaecyparissus | Cotton lavender, Lavender cotton |
| Saponaria officinalis | Soapwort |
| Sarcococca | Winter flowering honeysuckle, Christmas box |
| Sarcococca humilis | Christmas box |
| Sasa palmata | Broad-leaved bamboo |
| Sasa veitchii | Veitch's bamboo |
| Sasaella ramosa | Hairy bamboo |
| Satureja hortensis | Summer savory |
| Satureja montana | Winter savory |
| Satureja repandra | Creeping savory |
| Satureja spicigera | Creeping savory |
| Satureja thymbra | Thyme leaved savory |
| Saxifraga spathularis | St Patrick's Cabbage |
| Saxifraga umbrosa | Pyrenean saxifrage |
| Saxifraga x urbium | London Pride |
| Scabiosa | Scabious |
| Scabiosa atropurpurea | Scabious |
| Scabiosa caucasica | Scabious |
| Scabiosa columbaria | Small scabious |
| Scheuchzeria palustris | Rannoch rush |
| Schizostylis coccinea | Crimson flag lily |
| Schizostylis coccinea | Kaffir lily |
| Schoenoplectus | Zebra Grass |
| Schoenoplectus lacustris | Common Club Rush |
| Schoenoplectus pungens | Sharp club rush |
| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Grey club rush |
| Schoenoplectus triqueter | Triangular club rush |
| Schoenus ferrugineus | Brown bog rush |
| Schoenus nigricans | Black bog rush |
| Scilla autumnalis | Autumn squill |
| Scilla bifolia | Alpine squill |
| Scilla liliohyacinthus | Pyrenean squill |
| Scilla messeniaca | Greek squill |
| Scilla peruviana | Portuguese squill |
| Scilla siberica | Siberian squill |
| Scilla verna | Spring squill |
| Scirpus holoschoenus | Round-headed club rush |
| Scirpus sylvaticus | Wood club rush |
| Scutellaria lateriflora | Skullcap |
| Sedum | Stonecrop |
| Sedum | Stonecrop, Ice plant |
| Sedum | Stonecrop, Ice plant |
| Sedum acre | Biting stonecrop, Common stonecrop |
| Sedum spectabile | Ice plant |
| Sedum x rubrotinctum | Christmas cacti, Pork and Beans |
| Sempervivum | Houseleek, Hens and Chicks |
| Sempervivum textorum | Houseleek |
| Senecio cineraria | Cineraria |
| Senecio jacobaea | Stinking nanny, Ragwort, Cankerwort |
| Senecio x hybridus | Cineraria |
| Serissa japonica | Tree of a Thousand Stars |
| Sesleria caerulea | Blue moor grass |
| Setaria viridis | Green bristle grass |
| Sidalcea | False Mallow |
| Silene dioica | Red campion |
| Silene latifolia | White campion |
| Silybum marianum | Milk thistle |
| Simethis planifolia | Kerry lily |
| Sisymbrium alliaria | Garlic mustard |
| Sisyrinchium bermudiana | Blue-eyed grass |
| Sisyrinchium californicum | Yellow-eyed grass |
| Sisyrinchium laxum | Veined yellow-eyed grass |
| Sisyrinchium montanum | American blue-eyed grass |
| Sisyrinchium striatum | Pale yellow-eyed grass |
| Smyrnium olusatrum | Alexanders |
| Solanum crispum | Potato vine |
| Solanum jasminoides | Potato vine |
| Solanum melongena | Aubergine, Egg plant |
| Solanum pseudocapsicum | Winter cherry, Jerusalem cherry |
| Soleirolia soleirolii | Baby's tears, Mind-your-own business |
| Solenostemon | Coleus |
| Solidago | Golden rod |
| Sophora | Kowhai |
| Sorbus | Sorbus |
| Sorbus aria | Whitebeam |
| Sorbus aucuparia | Mountain ash, Rowan, Sorbus |
| Sorbus torminalis | Wild service tree |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnson grass |
| Sparaxis grandiflora | Plain harlequin flower |
| Sparganium angustifolium | Floating bur reed |
| Sparganium emersum | Unbranched bur reed |
| Sparganium erectum | Branched bur reed |
| Sparganium natans | Least bur reed |
| Spartina alterniflora | Smooth cord grass |
| Spartina anglica | Common cord grass |
| Spartina maritima | Small cord grass |
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie cord grass |
| Spathiphyllum | Peace lily |
| Spinacia oleracea | Spinach |
| Spinacia oleracea | Spinach, Summer spinach |
| Spiraea | Bridal wreath, Foam of May |
| Spiraea x arguta | Bridal wreath, Foam of May |
| Spiranthes aestivalis | Summer lady's tresses |
| Spiranthes romanzoffiana | Irish lady's tresses |
| Spiranthes spiralis | Autumn lady's tresses |
| Spirodela polyrhiza | Greater duckweed |
| Stachys affinis | Chinese artichoke, Artichoke |
| Stachys byzantina | Rabbit's ears |
| Stachys lanata | Rabbit's ears |
| Stachys officinalis | Red betony |
| Staphylea colchica | Bladder nut |
| Stellaria holostea | Greater Stitchwort |
| Stenocereus marginatus | Mexican fencepost cactus |
| Sternbergia lutea | Autumn daffodil, Winter daffodil |
| Stipa | Giant stipas |
| Stipa arundinacea | Pheasant grass, Pheasant's tail grass, Ornamental grass |
| Stipa gigantea | Golden cat grass, Golden oats |
| Stipa neesiana | American needle grass |
| Stipa tenacissima | Needle grass |
| Stipa tenuissima | Feather grass, Mexican feather grass, Texas needle grass |
| Stratiotes aloides | Water soldier |
| Streptocarpus | Cape primrose |
| Succisa pratensis | Devil's bit scabious |
| Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry |
| Symphytum | Comfrey |
| Symphytum caucasicum | Nitbone, Blue Comfrey |
| Syringa | Lilac |
| Syringa meyeri | Lilac |
| Syzygium aromaticum | Clove tree, Clove |
