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.
Botanic name | Common name(s) |
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Sagittaria latifolia | Duck potato |
Sagittaria rigida | Canadian arrowhead |
Sagittaria sagittifolia | Arrowhead |
Sagittaria subulata | Narrow-leaved arrowhead |
Saintpaulia 'Moondust' | African violet |
Salicornia fragilis | Yellow glasswort |
Salix | Willow |
Salix alba | White willow |
Salix alba var. vitellina 'Britzensis' | Willow |
Salix argyrocarpa | Creeping Willow |
Salix babylonica var. pekinensis 'Tortuosa' | Corkscrew willow |
Salix caprea | Willow, Goat willow, Pussy willow |
Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia | Grey willow |
Salix daphnoides | Violet willow |
Salix elaeagnos | Hoary willow |
Salix exigua | Coyote 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 |
Salix x fragilis | Crack willow |
Salvia | Sage |
Salvia 'Dyson's Joy' | Sage |
Salvia 'Joy' | Sage |
Salvia argentea | Silver sage |
Salvia aurea | Golden sage |
Salvia cacaliifolia | Guatemalan leaf sage |
Salvia confertiflora | Sabra spike sage |
Salvia elegans 'Scarlet Pineapple' | Pineapple scented sage |
Salvia forsskaolii | Indigo woodland sage |
Salvia greggii 'Joy' | Sage |
Salvia guaranitica | Sapphire sage, Sage, Hummingbird sage, Anise scented sage |
Salvia guaranitica 'Argentine Skies' | Sapphire sage, Sage, Hummingbird sage, Anise scented sage |
Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' | Sapphire sage, Sage, Hummingbird sage, Anise scented sage |
Salvia guaranitica 'Blue Enigma' | Sapphire sage, Sage, Hummingbird sage, Anise scented sage |
Salvia guaranitica 'Purple Majesty' | Sapphire sage, Sage, Hummingbird sage, Anise scented sage |
Salvia horminum | Painted sage |
Salvia lavandulifolia | Narrow-leaved sage |
Salvia microphylla | Blackcurrant sage |
Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips' | Sage |
Salvia miltiorrhiza | Chinese sage |
Salvia nemorosa 'Lubecca' | Balkan clary |
Salvia nemorosa 'Ostfriesland' | Mother of God's plant |
Salvia officinalis | Sage, Common sage |
Salvia officinalis 'Icterina' | Common sage, Sage |
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' | Purple sage, Purple-leaved sage |
Salvia officinalis 'Tricolor' | Tricolour sage |
Salvia pratensis | Meadow sage, Meadow clary |
Salvia pratensis 'Mittsommer' | Meadow sage, Meadow clary |
Salvia rutilans | Pineapple sage |
Salvia sclarea | Clary sage |
Salvia uliginosa | Bog sage |
Salvia viridis var. comata | Painted sage |
Salvia x jamensis 'Hot Lips' | Sage |
Salvia x superba | Salvia |
Salvia x sylvestris 'Blue Hill' | Blue Hill salvia |
Sambucus nigra | Common Elder, Elder, Elderberry |
Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty' | Elder, Elderberry |
Sambucus nigra 'Strait-Laced'®PBR | Elderberry |
Sambucus nigra 'Thundercloud' | Elder |
Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex | Bloodroot, Double Canada puccoon |
Sanguisorba minor | Salad burnet, Pimpinella |
Sanguisorba officinalis | Great Burnet |
Sanguisorba officinalis 'Lum' | Great Burnet |
Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii | Snake Plant |
Santolina chamaecyparissus | Cotton lavender, Lavender cotton |
Saponaria officinalis | Soapwort, Bouncing Bet |
Sarcococca | Winter-flowering honeysuckle, Christmas box, Sweet box |
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna | Sweet box |
Sarcococca hookeriana WINTER GEM ('Pmoore03' PBR) | Sweet Box, Winter Box |
Sarcococca humilis | Christmas box |
Sasa palmata | Broad-leaved bamboo |
Sasa veitchii | Veitch's bamboo |
Sasaella ramosa | Hairy bamboo |
Sassafras albidum | Sassafras, Ague tree |
Satureja hortensis | Summer savory |
Satureja montana | Winter savory |
Satureja repandra | Creeping savory |
Satureja spicigera | Creeping savory |
Satureja thymbra | Thyme leaved savory |
Saxifraga paniculata | Encrusted Saxifrage |
Saxifraga spathularis | St Patrick's cabbage |
Saxifraga umbrosa | Pyrenean saxifrage |
Saxifraga x urbium | London pride, St Patrick's cabbage, Whimsey |
Scabiosa 'Perfecta blue' | Scabious |
Scabiosa atropurpurea | Scabious |
Scabiosa caucasica 'Chile Black' | Scabious |
Scabiosa columbaria | Small scabious |
Scheuchzeria palustris | Rannoch rush |
Schizostylis coccinea | Kaffir lily, coccinea |
Schizostylis coccinea 'Major' | Crimson flag lily |
Schlumbergera truncata | Christmas cactus, Crab cactus |
Schlumbergera x buckleyi | Christmas cactus, Crab cactus |
Schoenoplectus 'Zebrinus' | Zebra grass |
Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. tabenaemontani | 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 |
Scorzonera hispanica | Black salsify, Spanish salsify, Serpent root, Viper's herb, Viper's grass, Black oyster plant |
Scutellaria lateriflora | Skullcap |
Secale cereale | Rye |
Sedum | Stonecrop, Ice plant |
Sedum acre | Biting stonecrop, Common stonecrop |
Sedum Herbstfreude Group 'Herbstfreude' | Stonecrop, Ice plant |
Sedum spectabile | Ice plant |
Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy' | Stonecrop |
Sedum x rubrotinctum | Christmas cacti, Pork and Beans, Jelly bean plant |
Selinum wallichianum | Wallich milk parsley |
Sempervivum | Houseleek, Hens and chicks |
Sempervivum textorum | Houseleek |
Senecio candidans 'Angel Wings' | Angel wings, Sea cabbage |
Senecio cineraria 'Silver Dust' | Cineraria |
Senecio jacobaea | Stinking nanny, Ragwort, Cankerwort |
Senecio x hybridus | Cineraria |
Senecio x hybridus 'Silver Dust' | Cineraria |
Senegalia senegal | Gum arabic, Three-thorned Acacia |
Serissa japonica | Tree of a thousand stars |
Serratula tinctoria | Saw-wort |
Serratula tinctoria var. seoanei | Saw-wort |
Sesleria autumnalis | Moor grass |
Sesleria caerulea | Blue moor-grass |
Setaria italica 'Hylander' | Foxtail Millet, Foxtail Grass |
Setaria viridis | Green bristle grass |
Sherardia arvensis | Field Madder |
Sidalcea 'Elsie Heugh' | False mallow |
Silene chalcedonica | Maltese cross |
Silene dioica | Red campion |
Silene dioica 'Clifford Moor' | Red Campion |
Silene fimbriata | Fringe-flowered campion |
Silene latifolia | White campion |
Silybum marianum | Milk thistle |
Simethis planifolia | Kerry lily |
Simmondsia chinensis | Jojoba |
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 |
Skimmia japonica | Japanese skimmia |
Smyrnium olusatrum | Alexanders |
Solanum capsicastrum | Christmas cherry |
Solanum crispum 'Glasnevin' | Potato vine |
Solanum jasminoides | Potato vine |
Solanum jasminoides 'Album' | Potato vine |
Solanum lycopersicum | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Ailsa Craig' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Alfresco' F1 hybrid | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Alicante' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Andine Cornue' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Aviditas' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Beefmaster' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Black Cherry' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Black Krim' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Black Russian' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Brandywine' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Cherry Baby' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Chocolate Cherry' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Costoluto Fiorentino' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Country Taste' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Crimson Cherry' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Crimson Crush' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Crimson Plum' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Dombello' F1 hybrid | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Fandango' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Garden Pearl' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Gardener's Delight' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Gold Nugget' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Golden Sunrise' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Indigo Rose' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Marmande' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Moneymaker' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Montello' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Olivade' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Orange Rapture' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Outdoor Girl' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Patio Plum' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Pear Drop' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Pink Temptation' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Premio' F1 hybrid | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Purple Calabash' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Red Alert' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Roma' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'San Marzano' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Santonio' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Shirley' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Sugardrop' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Summer Sweet' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Sungold' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Super Marmande' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Sweet Aperitif' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Sweet Million' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Tasty Tumbler' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'The Amateur' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Tiger' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Tornado' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum 'Tumbling Tom' | Tomato |
Solanum lycopersicum ‘Rainbow Cascade’ | Tomato |
Solanum melongena | Aubergine, Eggplant, Egg plant, Brinjal |
Solanum melongena 'Baby Belle' | Aubergine, Egg plant, Brinjal |
Solanum melongena 'Long Purple' | Aubergine, Egg plant |
Solanum melongena 'Moneymaker' | Aubergine, Eggplant |
Solanum melongena 'Ophelia' | Aubergine, Egg plant |
Solanum melongena 'Pintung Long' | Aubergine, Egg plant |
Solanum melongena 'Scorpio' F1 hybrid | Aubergine, Eggplant |
Solanum pseudocapsicum | Christmas cherry, Ornamental orange, Winter cherry, Jerusalem cherry, Ipecac Nightshade, Madeira winter cherry |
Solanum tuberosum | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Charlotte' | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Desiree' | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Jersey Royal' | Jersey Royals |
Solanum tuberosum 'Maris Piers' | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Maris Piper' | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Pentland Javelin' | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Salad Blue' | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Setanta' | Potato |
Solanum tuberosum 'Wilja' | Potato |
Soleirolia soleirolii | Baby's tears, Mother of thousands, mind-your-own-business, Pollyanna vine, bread and cheese |
Solenostemon KONG RED (Kong Series) | Coleus |
Solidago | Goldenrods |
Solidago 'Crown of Rays' | Golden rod |
Solidago 'Goldenmosa' | Goldenrods |
Solidago 'Linner Gold' | Golden rod |
Solidago ('Little Lemon'PBR) | Golden Rod |
Sollya heterophylla 'Ultra Blue' | Bluebell creeper |
Sophora microphylla 'Sun King' | Kowhai |
Sorbus | Sorbus |
Sorbus aria | Whitebeam |
Sorbus aria 'Magnifica' | Whitebeam |
Sorbus aria var. hostii | Whitebeam |
Sorbus aucuparia | Mountain ash, Rowan, Sorbus |
Sorbus torminalis | Wild service tree |
Sorghastrum nutans | Indian Grass |
Sorghastrum nutans 'Indian Steel' | Indian Grass |
Sorghum bicolor | Durra, Sorghum, Great millet |
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 |
Spartina pectinata 'Aureomarginata' | Striped Prairie Cord Grass, Golden-Edged Prairie Cord Grass |
Spathiphyllum wallisii | Peace lily |
Sphaeropteris medullaris | Black tree fern, mamaku |
Spinacia oleracea | Spinach |
Spinacia oleracea 'Bloomsdale' | Spinach, Summer spinach |
Spinacia oleracea 'King of Denmark' | Spinach |
Spinacia oleracea 'New Zealand' | Spinach |
Spinacia oleracea 'Novires' F1 hybrid | Spinach |
Spiraea | Spirea (a common and often used misspelling), Meadowsweet |
Spiraea 'Arguta' | Bridal wreath, Foam of May |
Spiraea nipponica 'June Bride' | Bridal wreath |
Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound' | Bridal wreath |
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 byzantina 'Silver Carpet' | Lamb's ear |
Stachys lanata | Rabbit's ears |
Stachys officinalis | Red betony |
Staphylea colchica | Bladder nut |
Stellaria holostea | Greater stitchwort |
Stellaria media | Chickweed |
Stenocereus marginatus | Mexican fencepost cactus |
Sternbergia lutea | Autumn daffodil, Winter daffodil |
Stewartia pseudocamellia | Deciduous camelia |
Stipa | Giant stipa |
Stipa arundinacea | Pheasant grass, Pheasant's tail grass |
Stipa gigantea | Golden cat grass, Golden oats |
Stipa neesiana | American needle grass |
Stipa tenacissima | Needle grass, Algerian grass, halfa, esparto grass, Esparto, Esparto grass, Halfah grass, Alfa grass |
Stipa tenuissima | Feather grass, Mexican feather grass, Texas needle grass |
Stratiotes aloides | Water soldier |
Strelitzia reginae | Bird-of-paradise flower |
Streptocarpus | Cape primrose |
Strobilanthes wallichii | Kashmir acanthus, Wild petunia, hardy Persian shield |
Strongylodon macrobotrys | Jade Vine |
Stylophorum diphyllum | Celandine poppy, Wood poppy |
Succisa pratensis | Devil's bit scabious |
Symphoricarpos orbiculatus | Coralberry |
Symphytum | Comfrey |
Symphytum caucasicum | Nitbone, Blue comfrey |
Symphytum grandiflorum | Dwarf comfrey, Ornamental Comfrey |
Symphytum ibericum | Dwarf comfrey |
Symphytum officinale | Common comfrey, True comfrey |
Symphytum x uplandicum | Russian comfrey |
Symphytum x uplandicum 'Variegatum' | Variegated Russian comfrey |
Syringa | Lilac |
Syringa hyacinthiflora | Hyacinth lilac |
Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' | Lilac |
Syringa microphylla | Dwarf or Littleleaf lilac |
Syringa reticulata | Japanese tree lilac |
Syringa vulgaris | Common lilac |
Syringa vulgaris 'Madame Lemoine' | Common lilac |
Syringa vulgaris 'Sensation' | Common lilac |
Syzygium aromaticum | Clove tree, Clove |