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