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Sacred Bamboo
Also known as:
Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina domestica
Saffron
Also known as:
Dutch Crocus, Spring Crocus, Crocus vernus hybrid
Saffron Spike
Also known as:
Aphelandra squarrosa
Sage
Also known as:
SALVIA
Sago Palm
Also known as:
Fern Palm, Giant Fern, Cycas circinalis
SAINTPAULIA
Also known as:
African Violet
Salal
Also known as:
gaultheria shallon
Salix babylonica
Also known as:
Weeping Willow
Salpiglossis sinuata
Also known as:
Painted Tongue
Salvia officinalis 'Berggarten'
Also known as:
Common Sage
Sanchezia parvibracteata 'Ellen'
Also known as:
Bright Golden Herringbone
Sand Dollar
Also known as:
Astrophytum asterias
Sandersonia aurantiaca
Also known as:
Chinese Lantern lily
Sandpaper Vine
Also known as:
PETREA
Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii'
Also known as:
Variegated Snake Plant
Santa Rosa Plum
Also known as:
Plum, Prunus salicina
Sanvitalia
Also known as:
sanvitalia procumbens
Sapphire Flower
Also known as:
Browallia speciosa 'Baugloekenchen'
SARCOCOCCA
Also known as:
Christmas Box
SARRACENIA
Also known as:
Hunter's Horn, Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa
Also known as:
American Pitcher Plant
Saucer Plant
Also known as:
Tree Aeonium, Aeonium arboreum
SAUROMATUM
Also known as:
Monarch of the East
Sauromatum guttatum
Also known as:
Voodoo Lily
Saxifrage
Also known as:
SAXIFRAGA
Scabiosa
Also known as:
scabiosa caucasica
Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae
Also known as:
Blood Lily
Scadoxus puniceus
Also known as:
Pink Paintbrush
Scarlet Bugler
Also known as:
Cleistocactus baumannii
Scarlet Paintbrush
Also known as:
Crassula falcata
Scarlet Plume
Also known as:
Euphorbia fulgens
Scarlet Skullcap
Also known as:
Scutellaria costaricana
Scarlet Trumpetilla
Also known as:
Jasmine Plant, Bouvardia ternifolia
Schefflera
Also known as:
schefflera actinophylla
Schefflera actinophylla variegata
Also known as:
Variegated Umbrella Tree
SCHIZANTHUS
Also known as:
Poor Man's Orchid
Schizanthus pinnatus
Also known as:
Butterfly Flower
Schlumbergera x buckleyi
Also known as:
Christmas Cactus
Scilla peruviana
Also known as:
Blue Squill, Cuban Lily
SCIRPUS
Also known as:
Bulrush, Club Rush
Scirpus cernuus
Also known as:
Miniature Bulrush
SCLEROCACTUS
Also known as:
Fish Hook Cactus
Sclerocactus unguispinus
Also known as:
Bullhorn Fish hook
Scottish Marigold
Also known as:
Pot Marigold, CALENDULA
Screw Pine
Also known as:
Pandanus utilis
Sea Grape
Also known as:
Coccoloba uvifera
Sea Lavender
Also known as:
Marsh Rosemary, Statice, Limonium
Sea Oats
Also known as:
chasmanthium latifolium
Sea Onion
Also known as:
Urginea maritima
Sealing Wax Palm
Also known as:
Cyrtostachys renda
Sedge
Also known as:
CAREX
Sedgeleek
Also known as:
Chives, Allium schoenoprasum
Sedum lanceolatum
Also known as:
Lanceleaf Stone Crop
Sedum morganianum
Also known as:
Beaver's Tail, Burros Tail, Lamb's Tail
Sedum rubrotinctum
Also known as:
Jelly Bean
Sedum spathulifolium ssp pruinosum
Also known as:
Jelly Bean
Sedum spurium
Also known as:
Dragons Blood
Seeds
Also known as:
Caraway
Seersucker Plant
Also known as:
Geogenanthus undatus
Selenicereus grandiflorus
Also known as:
Queen of Darkness, Queen of the Night
Selloum
Also known as:
Philodendron bipinnatifidum
SEMPERVIVUM
Also known as:
House Leek
Sempervivum tectorum
Also known as:
Hen and Chickens
Senecio cineraria
Also known as:
Dusty Miller
Senecio macroglossus 'Variegatus'
Also known as:
Cape Ivy, Natal Ivy, Wax Vine
Senegal Date Palm
Also known as:
Phoenix reclinata
Sensitive Plant
Also known as:
Biophytum sensitivum
Sensitive Plant
Also known as:
Modest Princess, Shame Plant, Mimosa pudica
Sentry Palm
Also known as:
Curly Palm, Howea belmoreana
Seven Fingers
Also known as:
Schefflera digitata
Seven Stars
Also known as:
Ariocarpus retusus
Shamrock
Also known as:
Wood Sorrel, OXALIS
She Oak
Also known as:
Australian Pine, Beefwood, Ironwood, CASUARINA
Shell Ginger
Also known as:
Alpinia zerumbet
Shield Fern
Also known as:
Autumn Fern, Dryopteris erythrosora
Shield Ferns
Also known as:
Buckler Ferns, Male Ferns, DRYOPTERIS
Shingle Plant
Also known as:
Marcgravia rectiflora
Shingle Vine
Also known as:
MARCGRAVIA
Shirley Poppy
Also known as:
papaver rhoeas
Shoestring Fern
Also known as:
Florida Ribbon Fern, Grass Fern, Vittaria lineata
Shoestring Ferns
Also known as:
VITTARIA
Short Leaf Aloe
Also known as:
Aloe brevifolia
Shrimp Plant
Also known as:
Squirrel Tail, Justicia betonica
Siberian Elm
Also known as:
ulmus pumila
Siderasis fuscata
Also known as:
Brown Spiderwort
Silk Oak
Also known as:
Grevillea robusta
Silk Tree
Also known as:
ALBIZIA
Silver Ball Cactus
Also known as:
Notocactus scopa
Silver Chain
Also known as:
Dendrochilum glumaceum
Silver Chirita
Also known as:
Chirita sinensis
Silver Dollar
Also known as:
ASTROPHYTUM
Silver Evergreen
Also known as:
Aglaonema commutatum
Silver Latan palm
Also known as:
Blue Latan Palm, Latania loddigesii
Silver Maple
Also known as:
acer saccharinum
Silver Nerve Plant
Also known as:
Fittonia verschaffeltii 'Argyroneura'
Silver Squill
Also known as:
Ledebouria socialis
Silver Thread
Also known as:
King of Hearts, Homalomena wallisii
Silver Vase
Also known as:
Urn Plant, Aechmea fasciata
Simmondsia chinensis
Also known as:
Coffeeberry, Goat Nut, Jojoba
Sinarundinaria nitida
Also known as:
Fountain Bamboo
Sinningia cardinalis
Also known as:
Cardinal Flower
Sinningia speciosa hybrids
Also known as:
Gloxinia
Skimmia japonica
Also known as:
Japanese Skimmia
Skullcap
Also known as:
Helmet Flower, SCUTELLARIA
Sky Plant
Also known as:
Tillandsia ionantha
Sleeping Hibiscus
Also known as:
Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Sleeping Hibiscus
Also known as:
MALVAVISCUS
Slender Sweet Flag
Also known as:
Japanese Sweet Flag, Minature Sweet Flag, Acorus gramineus 'Mini'
Slipper Flower
Also known as:
Purse Flower, Slipper Wort, CALCEOLARIA
Slipper Orchids
Also known as:
PAPHIOPEDILUM
Slipper Spurge
Also known as:
Jacobs Ladder, Red Bird Cactus, PEDILANTHUS
SMITHIANTHA
Also known as:
Coral Bells
Smithiantha cinnabarina 'Little One'
Also known as:
Temple Bells
Smoke Tree
Also known as:
cotinus coggygria
Snake Palm
Also known as:
Amorphophallus bulbifer
Snake Plant
Also known as:
Mother in law Tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata
Snake Plant
Also known as:
Devil's Tongue, SANSEVIERIA
Snake's beard
Also known as:
Lily-turf, OPHIOPOGON
Snakeweed
Also known as:
Plantain, Ripple Grass, Plantago
Snapdragon
Also known as:
Weasel's Snout, ANTIRRHINUM
Sneezeweed
Also known as:
Helenium autumnale
Snow Bush
Also known as:
BREYNIA
Snow Flake Candytuft
Also known as:
Iberis sempervirens 'Snow Flake'
Snow Rose
Also known as:
SERISSA
Snow Trillium
Also known as:
trillium grandiflorum
Snowball Pincushion Cactus
Also known as:
Mammillaria candida
Snowdrop
Also known as:
GALANTHUS
Snowflake
Also known as:
Tropical Snowflake, TREVESIA
Snowflake Aralia
Also known as:
Trevesia palmata
Society Garlic
Also known as:
Tulbaghia violacea 'Silver Lace'
Solanaceae
Also known as:
Potatoes
SOLANUM
Also known as:
Nightshade, White Jasmine Nightshade
Solanum jasminoides album
Also known as:
Potato Vine
Solanum lycopersicum
Also known as:
Tomatoes
Solanum pseudocapsicum
Also known as:
Jerusalem Cherry
Soleirolia soleirolii
Also known as:
Mind Your Own Business
SOLENOSTEMON
Also known as:
Coleus
Solenostemon scutellarioides
Also known as:
Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle
Solidago
Also known as:
Goldenrod, Solidago Odora
Solitaire Palm
Also known as:
Alexander Palm, Ptychosperma elegans
Solomon's Seal
Also known as:
polygonatum
Sonerila margaritacea
Also known as:
Baby's Tears
Song of India
Also known as:
Dracaena reflexa 'Song of India'
Southern Maidenhair
Also known as:
Common Maidenhair, Venus Hair Fern, Adiantum capillis-veneris
Southern Polypody
Also known as:
Polypodium cambricum
Southernwood
Also known as:
Artemisia abrotanum
Sow Bread
Also known as:
CYCLAMEN
Spanish Shawl
Also known as:
Dissotis rotundifolia
SPARAXIS
Also known as:
Harlequin
Sparaxis grandiflora 'Color Fantasy'
Also known as:
Wand Flower
SPARMANNIA
Also known as:
African Hemp
Sparmannia africana
Also known as:
House Lime
Spathiphyllum 'Mauna Loa'
Also known as:
Peace Lily
Spathiphyllum 'Petite'
Also known as:
Petite Peace Lily
Spathiphyllum 'Sensation'
Also known as:
Peace Lily
Spear Flower
Also known as:
ARDISIA
Spearmint
Also known as:
Mint, Mentha Spicata
Spearmint
Also known as:
Mentha spicata
Spider Cactus
Also known as:
GYMNOCALYCIUM
Spider Cactus
Also known as:
Ocotillo, Fouquieria Splendens
Spider Flower
Also known as:
Peruvian Daffodil, Hymenocallis narcissiflora
Spider Lily
Also known as:
HYMENOCALLIS
Spider Lily
Also known as:
Guernsey Lily, Nerine Bowdenii
Spider Plant
Also known as:
Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum'
Spiderwort
Also known as:
Day Flower, COMMELINA
Spiderworts
Also known as:
TRADESCANTIA
Spike Moss
Also known as:
SELAGINELLA
Spiked Aloe
Also known as:
American Century Plant, Pita, Agave americana
Spinach
Also known as:
Chard, Collards, Greens, Kale, Mustards, Cruciferae Brassica
Spindle Palm
Also known as:
Hyophorbe verschaffeltii
Spineless Yucca
Also known as:
Yucca elephantipes
Spiny Licuala
Also known as:
Licuala spinosa
Spiral Flag
Also known as:
Costus sanguineus
Spiral Ginger
Also known as:
COSTUS
Spire Lily
Also known as:
Galtonia candicans
Spleenwort
Also known as:
ASPLENIUM
Split rock
Also known as:
PLEIOSPILOS
Spotted Chinese Evergreen
Also known as:
Aglaonema costatum
Spotted Chinese Evergreen
Also known as:
Aglaonema 'Silver Queen'
Spotted Dead Nettle
Also known as:
Lamium maculatum 'Nancy White'
Spotted Flowering Maple
Also known as:
Abutilon pictum
Spotted Gasteria
Also known as:
Gasteria maculata 'Little Warty'
Spottedlaurel
Also known as:
Variegated Laurel, Aucuba japonica 'Variegata'
spreading yew
Also known as:
Buddhist Pine, Japanese Yew, Podocarpus macrophyllus
Sprekelia formosissima
Also known as:
Aztec Lily, Jacobean Lily
Sprengeri Fern
Also known as:
Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
Spring Star Flower
Also known as:
Ipheion uniflorum
Squill
Also known as:
LEDEBOURIA
Squill
Also known as:
URGINEA
Squill
Also known as:
SCILLA
St. John's Wort
Also known as:
Hypericum Perforatum
St. Martin's Flower
Also known as:
Widow's Tears, ALSTROEMERIA
Staghorn Fern
Also known as:
Platycerium bifurcatum 'Netherlands'
STAPELIA
Also known as:
Carrion Flowers
Stapelia grandiflora
Also known as:
Carrion Flower
Star Flower
Also known as:
Flower of the Incas, IPHEION
Star Flower
Also known as:
Stapelia leendertziae
Star Jasmine
Also known as:
Jasminum multiflorum
Star Jessamine
Also known as:
TRACHELOSPERMUM
Star Leaf
Also known as:
Dwarf Umbrella Tree, Parasol Plant, Schefflera arboricola
Star Lily
Also known as:
Rock Lily, ARTHROPODIUM
Star of Bethlehem
Also known as:
Ornithogalum arabicum 'Dubium'
Star of Bethlehem
Also known as:
Italian Bellflower, Campanula isophylla
Star of Bethlehem Orchid
Also known as:
Comet Orchid, ANGRAECUM
Star of Persia
Also known as:
Allium christophii 'Purple Sensation'
Star Thistle
Also known as:
Knapweed, CENTAUREA
Stenandrium lindenii
Also known as:
Pinklet
STENOCACTUS
Also known as:
Wavy-ribbed cactus
Stenocactus multicostatus
Also known as:
Brain Cactus
STENOCHLAENA
Also known as:
Climbing Ferns
Stenochlaena palustris
Also known as:
Climbing Fern
Stenotaphrum secundatum 'Variegatum'
Also known as:
Variegated St. Augustine Grass
Stephanotis
Also known as:
Bridal Wreath
Stephanotis floribunda
Also known as:
Madagascar Jessamine
Sting Nose
Also known as:
Horseradish, Armoracia rusticana
Stock
Also known as:
MATTHIOLA
Stone Bamboo
Also known as:
Phyllostachys angusta
Stone Face
Also known as:
Lithops turbiniformis
Stonecrop
Also known as:
SEDUM
Stonecrop
Also known as:
Sedum
Strap Cactus
Also known as:
EPIPHYLLUM
Strap Flower
Also known as:
Crystal Anthurium, Anthurium crystallinum
Strawberry Everlasting
Also known as:
Helipterum eximium
Strawberry Geranium
Also known as:
Pedlar's Basket, Rowing Sailor, Saxifraga stolonifera 'Harvest Moon'
Strawberry Guava
Also known as:
Psidium littorale var longipes
Strelitzia nicolai
Also known as:
Giant Bird of Paradise, White Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia reginae
Also known as:
Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower
STREPTOCARPUS
Also known as:
Cape Primroses
Streptocarpus cooperi
Also known as:
Cape Primrose
Streptosolen jamesonii
Also known as:
Marmalade Bush
String of Hearts
Also known as:
Rosary Vine, Ceropegia woodii
String of Pearls
Also known as:
Senecio rowleyanus
Stripe Star
Also known as:
Dwarf Rose, Cryptanthus bromelioides 'Tricolor'
STROBILANTHES
Also known as:
Cone Head
Strobilanthes dyeranus
Also known as:
Persian Shield
Sturdy Davallia
Also known as:
Davallia solida
Stylophorum diphyllum
Also known as:
Celandine Poppy
Sugar Maple
Also known as:
Acer Distichum
Sumac
Also known as:
Rhus
Summer Hyacinth
Also known as:
Galtonia Candicans
Summer Hyacinth
Also known as:
GALTONIA
Summer Jasmine
Also known as:
Common White Jasmine, Poet's Jasmine, Jasminum officinale 'Affine'
Summer Savory
Also known as:
Garden Savory, Satureja Hortensis
Summer Torch
Also known as:
Billbergia pyramidalis
Sun Cactus
Also known as:
Heliocereus speciosus
Sun Plant
Also known as:
Portulaca grandiflora
Sundew
Also known as:
Moorwort, DROSERA
Sunray
Also known as:
Paper Daisy, HELIPTERUM
Sunshine Palm
Also known as:
Veitchia montgomeryana
Sunshower Hibiscus
Also known as:
Hibiscus rosa sinensis 'Sunshower'
Superba of the Orinoco
Also known as:
Cattleya violacea
Surinam Cherry
Also known as:
Eugenia uniflora
Swamp Cypress
Also known as:
Bald Cypress, Taxodium distichum
Swan Orchid
Also known as:
Cycnoches chlorochilon
Sweat Fern
Also known as:
Arborvitae Fern, Selaginella pallescens
Swedish Ivy
Also known as:
Plectranthus coleoides 'Marginatus'
Sweet Alyssum
Also known as:
Lobularia maritima
Sweet Balm
Also known as:
Bee Herb, Dropsy Plant, Honey Plant, Lemon Balm, Sweet Mary, Melissa officinalis
Sweet Basil
Also known as:
Ocimum basilicum 'Green Globe'
Sweet Bay
Also known as:
Laurus nobilis
Sweet Box
Also known as:
Sarcococca ruscifolia
Sweet Cicely
Also known as:
Sweetroot, Osmorhiza
Sweet Dreams
Also known as:
Sweet Pea, Lathyrus Odoratus
Sweet Flag
Also known as:
Sweet Myrtle, Acorus Calamus
Sweet Grass
Also known as:
Grass Myrtle, Rat Myrtle, Sweet Sedge, ACORUS
Sweet Gum Tree
Also known as:
Alligator Tree, Gumtree, Incense Tree, Liquidambar Styraciflua
Sweet Marjoram
Also known as:
Origanum majorana
Sweet Marjoram
Also known as:
Origanum Marjorana
Sweet Nancy
Also known as:
Sweet Yarrow, AGERATUM
Sweet Olive
Also known as:
Osmanthus fragrans
Sweet Pea
Also known as:
LATHYRUS
Sweet Potato
Also known as:
Ipomoea Batatas
Sweet Potato Vine
Also known as:
Ipomoea batatas 'Blackie'
Sweet Rush
Also known as:
Sweet Flag, Sweet Myrtle, Acorus calamus
Sweet Violet
Also known as:
Viola odorata
Sweet William
Also known as:
Poet's Pink, Sweet John, Dianthus Barbatus
Sweet Woodruff
Also known as:
Master of the Woods, Wild Baby's Breath, Asperula Odorata
Sweetheart Plant
Also known as:
Heart Leaf Philodendron, Philodendron scandens oxycardium
Swiss Cheese Plant
Also known as:
Ceriman, Fruit Salad Plant, Monstera deliciosa
Swiss Moutain Pine
Also known as:
Mugo Pine, Pinus Mugo
Switch Grass
Also known as:
Panicum Virgatum
Sword Brake Fern
Also known as:
Pteris ensiformis 'Victoriae'
Sword Fern
Also known as:
Polystichum minutum
Sword Ferns
Also known as:
NEPHROLEPIS
Sword Lilies
Also known as:
GLADIOLUS
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Also known as:
Cocos Plumosus, Queen Palm
Symbol Flower
Also known as:
Gardenia taitensis
Synadenium grantii 'Rubra'
Also known as:
African Milk Bush
Syngonium podophyllum hybrids
Also known as:
Arrowhead Vine, Goosefoot Plant
Syringa
Also known as:
Lilac