Common plant names.
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'R', listed by common name. Click a letter of the alphabet to see a list of plants with common names beginning with that letter. Alternatively click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by botanic name.
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| Common name | Botanic name |
|---|---|
| Rabbit's ears | Stachys byzantina |
| Rabbit's ears | Stachys lanata |
| Radish | Raphanus sativus |
| Ragged robin | Lychnis flos-cuculi |
| Rain lily, Windflower | Zephyranthes candida |
| Ramanas rose | Rosa rugosa |
| Rannoch rush | Scheuchzeria palustris |
| Rare spring sedge | Carex ericetorum |
| Raspberry | Rubus idaeus |
| Rat's-tail fescue | Vulpia myuros |
| Red barked dogwood, Siberian dogwood | Cornus alba |
| Red betony | Stachys officinalis |
| Red campion | Silene dioica |
| Red corn lily | Ixia campanulata |
| Red fescue | Festuca rubra |
| Red helleborine | Cephalanthera rubra |
| Red horse chestnut | Aesculus x carnea |
| Red horse chestnut, California buckeye | Aesculus x carnea |
| Red hot poker | Kniphofia |
| Red hot poker, Torch lily | Kniphofia |
| Red Japanese Basil | Perilla frutescens |
| Red maple | Acer rubrum |
| Red mint | Mentha x smithiana |
| Red oak | Quercus rubra |
| Red orache | Atriplex hortensis |
| Red pepper | Capsicum |
| Red pondweed | Potamogeton alpinus |
| Red valerian | Centranthus ruber |
| Red-hot poker, Torch lily | Kniphofia 'Samuel's Sensation' |
| Red-hot poker | Kniphofia rooperi |
| Red-hot poker | Kniphofia uvaria |
| Red-hot poker | Kniphofia uvaria 'Nobilis' |
| Red-hot poker, Torch Lily | Kniphofia uvaria 'Royal Castle Hybrids' |
| Red-leaved banana | Musa ensete |
| Redcurrant | Ribes rubrum |
| Reed | Calamagrostis |
| Reed Canary grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| Reed sweet-grass | Glyceria maxima |
| Reflexed saltmarsh grass | Puccinellia distans |
| Regal pelargonium, Geranium | Pelargonium |
| Remote sedge | Carex remota |
| Rescue brome | Bromus cathartica |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron macabeanum |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron schlippenbachii |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron sinogrande |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron yakushimanum |
| Rhodostachys | Fascicularia bicolor |
| Rhubarb | Rheum palmatum |
| Rhubarb | Rheum palmatum 'Stockbridge Arrow' |
| Ribbon-leaved water plantain | Alisma gramineum |
| Rice, Asian rice | Oryza sativa |
| Rice cutgrass | Leersia oryzoides |
| Ripgut brome | Bromus rigida |
| River birch | Betula nigra |
| Rocambole, Sand leek | Allium scorodoprasum |
| Rock hyssop | Hyssopus aristatus |
| Rock rose | Cistus x lenis 'Grayswood Pink' |
| Rock rose | Cistus x argenteus |
| Rock rose | Cistus x argenteus 'Silver Pink' |
| Rock rose, Purple-flowered rock rose | Cistus x purpureus |
| Rock rose | Helianthemum nummularium |
| Rock rose | Cistus 'Grayswood Pink' |
| Rock rose | Cistus 'Grayswood' |
| Rock rose | Cistus parviflorus |
| Rock samphire, Samphire, Sea fennel | Crithmum maritimum |
| Rock sedge | Carex rupestris |
| Roman chamomile | Chamaemelum nobile |
| Romanesco broccoli, Romanesco cauliflower | Brassica oleracea |
| Root chicory | Cichorium intybus var. sativum |
| Rootless duckweed | Wolffia arrhiza |
| Rosa mundi, Rose | Rosa gallica |
| Rosa mundi, French rose | Rosa mundi |
| Rose | Rosa |
| Rose | Rosa 'Albertine' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Aloha' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Blanche Double de Coubert' |
| Rose | Rosa BOSCOBEL ('Auscousin') |
| Rose | Rosa CHARITY ('Auschar') |
| Rose | Rosa DUCHESS OF CORNWALL ('Tan97159' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa GERTRUDE JEKYLL® ('Ausbord') |
| Rose | Rosa 'Hansa' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Kiftsgate' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Königin von Dänemark' |
| Rose | Rosa LADY OF SHALOTT ('Ausnyson') |
| Rose | Rosa 'Louise Odier' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Macmillan Nurse' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Madame Alfred Carrière' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Madame Louis Leveque' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Paul's Himalayan Musk' |
| Rose | Rosa PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT® ('Ausmerchant') |
| Rose | Rosa 'Princess Alice' |
| Rose | Rosa PRINCESS ANNE ('Auskitchen' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa 'Rambling Rector' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Sander's White Rambler' |
| Rose | Rosa SUSAN WILLIAMS-ELLIS ('Ausquirk') |
| Rose | Rosa 'The Queen of Denmark' |
| Rose | Rosa VANESSA BELL ('Auseasel') |
| Rose | Rosa 'William Lobb' |
| Rose | Rosa x alba 'Maiden's Blush' |
| Rose | Rosa x alba |
| Rose | Rosa centifolia |
| Rose | Rosa chinensis |
| Rose | Rosa x damascena |
| Rose | Rosa davidii |
| Rose | Rosa 'Buff Beauty' |
| Rose | Rosa moyesii |
| Rose | Rosa nitida |
| Rose | Rosa rubrifolia |
| Rose | Rosa rugosa |
| Rose | Rosa virginiana |
| Rose | Rosa xanthina |
| Rose | Rosa xanthina 'Canary Bird' |
| Rose | Rosa EMILY BRONTË ('Ausearnshaw' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa HARLOW CARR ('Aushouse') |
| Rose | Rosa GABRIEL OAK ('Auscrowd') |
| Rose | Rosa 'Claire Austin' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Charles Darwin' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Frau Dagmar Hartopp' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Souvenir du St. Anne's' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Peotical Liz' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Hot Chocolate' |
| Rose | Rosa WHITE STAR ('Harquill') |
| Rose | Rosa OLIVIA ROSE AUSTIN® ('Ausmixture' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa DESDAMONA® ('Auskindling') |
| Rose | Rosa THOMAS à BECKET ('Auswinston') |
| Rose | Rosa ROALD DAHL® ('Ausowlish' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa ELIZABETH ('Ausmajesty' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa QUEEN OF SWEDEN ('Austiger' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa WILLIAM AND CATHERINE ('Ausrapper' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa 'Blush Noisette' |
| Rose | Rosa 'Clarence House' |
| Rose | Rosa JAMES L. AUSTIN® ('Auspike') |
| Rose | Rosa WISLEY 2008® ('Ausbreeze' PBR) |
| Rose | Rosa SILAS MARNER® ('Ausraveloe') |
| Rose | Rosa GENTLE HERMIONE ('Ausrumba') |
| Rose campion | Lychnis coronaria |
| Rose of sharon, Aaron's Beard | Hypericum calycinum |
| Rosebud cherry | Prunus x subhirtella |
| Rosebud cherry, Higan cherry | Prunus x subhirtella |
| Roselle | Hibiscus sabdariffa |
| Rosemary | Rosmarinus officinalis |
| Rosy garlic | Allium roseum |
| Rough bent | Agrostis scabra |
| Rough dog's tail | Cynosurus echinatus |
| Rough meadow grass | Poa trivialis |
| Round fruited rush | Juncus compressus |
| Round-headed club rush | Scirpus holoschoenus |
| Round-headed leek, Bristol onion | Allium sphaerocephalon |
| Round-leaved sundew, Youth grass | Drosera rotundifolia |
| Royal fern | Osmunda regalis |
| Rubber plant, Indian rubber tree, Rubber fig, Rubber bush, Rubber tree | Ficus elastica 'Robusta' |
| Ruby chard | Beta vulgaris |
| Rudbeckia | Rudbeckia 'Prairie Sun' |
| Rue | Ruta graveolens |
| Runner bean | Phaseolus coccineus |
| Runner bean | Phaseolus coccineus 'Firestorm' |
| Rush | Juncus |
| Rush-leaved fescue | Festuca arenaria |
| Russet sedge | Carex saxatilis |
| Russian comfrey | Symphytum x uplandicum |
| Russian sage | Perovskia atriplicifolia |
| Russian snowdrop | Galanthus woronowii |
| Rye brome | Bromus secalinus |
| Ryegrass | Lolium |
