Plants by A-Z (S)

Safflower (Saffron Thistle)
Carthamus tinctorius

Sage
Salvia officinalis

Sainfoin
Onobrychis viciifolia; Onobrychis spp.

Salad Burnet, Garden Burnet, Small Burnet
Sanguisorba minor

Salvia
Salvia spp.

Sambucus Nigra (Cut Leaved Elder, Common Elder/Elderberry; Black Elder)
Sambucus Nigra

Saxifrage (Stonebreaker, Stone Breaker, Rockfoil, Golden/Opposite Leaved Saxifrage)
Saxifraga spp; but esp. S.fortunei, S. rotundifolia, S. epiphylla, S. stolonifera

Scabious (Scabios, Field Scabious, Pincushion Flower)
Scabiosa spp.; Knautia arvensis

Scarlet Pimpernel (Poor Man's Weatherglass, Red Chickweed)
Anagallis arvensis

Scentless Mayweed (Mayweed, False Chamomile)
Matricaria perforata; Tripleurospermum inodorum

Scilla/Squill
Scilla spp.

Scotch Thistle (Cotton Thistle)
Onopordum acanthium

Scurvy Grass (Scurvy-grass, Scurvygrass, Early/Danish/Estuarine/Common/English Scurvy Grass, Spoonwort, Scruby Grass)
Cochlearia spp.

Sea Holly
Eryngium spp; esp. Eryngium maritimum and Eryngium bourgatii

Seaside Daisy (Sea Daisy, Seaside Fleabane, Beach Aster)
Erigeron glaucus

Sedum (Stonecrop)
Sedum spp.

Sedum Acre (Biting Stonecrop, Gold Moss, Wall Pepper)
Sedum acre

Sedum Album (White Stone Crop)
Sedum album

Sedum Reflexum
Sedum reflexum; syn. Sedum rupestre

Sedum Spurium (Dragon's Blood Sedum; Tricolour Stonecrop; Two Row Stonecrop)
Sedum spurium

Self-heal (Selfheal, Self Heal)
Prunella spp.

Sensitive Plant (Mimosa, Humble Plant, Touch Me Not, Shameplant)
Mimosa pudica

Shasta Daisy (Marguerite, Giant Marguerite)
Leucanthemum superbum, syn. Chrysanthemum superbum; Chrysanthemum maximum

Shepherd's Purse (Shepherds Purse)
Capsella bursa-pastoris

Shining Cranesbill (Shiny Geranium, Shining Geranium, Shining Crane’s-bill)
Geranium lucidum

Shrimp Plant (Mexican Shrimp Plant, False Hop)
Justicia brandegeana; syn. Beloperone guttata

Shrubby Milkwort (Milkwort, Box-leaved Milkwort, Creeping Milkwort)
Polygala chamaebuxus

Silk Tree (Persian Silk Tree, Mimosa)
Albizia julibrissin

Silky Oak (Red Silky Oak/Kahili Tree)
Grevillea banksii

Silver Ragwort (Senecio, Dusty Miller)
Senecio cineraria; Jacobaea maritima

Silver Saxifrage (Encrusted Saxifrage, Stonebreaker, Stone Breaker)
Saxifraga (Section Ligulatae)

Silverweed (Silver Weed, Common Silverweed, Silverweed Cinquefoil)
Potentilla anserina; syn. Argentina answerina

Sisyrinchium (Pale Yellow-eyed Grass, Pale Yellow Eyed Grass, Pale Yellow Eye Grass)
Sisyrinchium striatum

Skimmia (Japanese Skimmia)
Skimmia japonica

Smoke Tree (Smoke Bush, Smokebush, Smoketree, Cotinus)
Cotinus spp (esp. C. coggygria, C. obovatus); syn. Rhus cotinus

Sneezeweed (Helen's Flower, Sneeze Weed, Dogtooth Daisy)
Helenium spp.

Sneezewort - Garden (Sneezeweed, Fair Maid of France, European/Bastard/Wild Pellitory)
Achillea ptarmica

Sneezewort - Wild (Sneezeweed, Fair Maid of France, European/Bastard/Wild Pellitory)
Achillea ptarmica

Snow in Summer
Cerastium tomentosum

Snowberry
Symphoricarpos spp.

Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis

Snowflake (Summer Snowflake, Spring Snowflake, Loddon Lily)
Leucojum spp.

Soapwort (Bouncing Bet, Wild Sweet William, Soapweed)
Saponaria officinalis

Solomon's Seal (Solomons Seal)
Polygonatum spp.

Sorrel (Common Sorrel, Sheep Sorrel, Sheep's Sorrel )
Rumex acetosa

Sow Thistle (Smooth Sowthistle, Annual Sow Thistle, Hare's Colwort, Prickly Sowthistle, Field Sowthistle, Perennial Sow Thistle, Spiny Sow Thistle)
Sonchus spp. esp. Sonchus oleraceus

Spear Thistle (Bull Thistle, Fuller's Thistle, Scotch Thistle, Common Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare

Speedwell
Veronica spp., esp. Veronica arvensis

Sphagnum Moss
Sphagnum spp.

Spider Flower ( Mountain Bee Plant, African Spider Flower, Cleome)
Cleome; esp. Cleome hassleriana

Spider Plant
Chlorophytum comosum

Spiked Speedwell (Beach Speedwell, Garden Speedwell, Veronica Speedwell)
Veronica longifolia; syn. V. spicata, Pseudolysimachion longifolium, P. maritimum

Spinach
Spinacia oleracea

Spiraea (Baby's Breath Spirea, Steeplebush, Spirea)
Spiraea spp.

Spotted Deadnettle (Spotted Dead Nettle, Spotted Henbit)
Lamium maculatum

Spotted Laurel, Japanese Laurel, Japanese Aucuba
Aucuba japonica

Spotted Spurge (Creeping Spurge, Prostrate Spurge, Milk Purslane, Spotted Sandmat, Eyebane, Blotched Spurge)
Euphorbia spp. esp. E. maculata, E. serpens

Spring Starflower (Ipheion)
Ipheion uniflorum

Spurrey (Spurry; Sand, Sea, Rock, Corn Spurrey)
Spergularia spp.

Squash
Cucurbita spp. esp. Cucurbita pepo; Cucurbita maxima; Cucurbita moschata

St John's Wort (St Johns Wort, Rose of Sharon, Tutsan, Sweet Amber)
Hypericum spp.

Staghorn Sumac (Stag's Horn Sumach)
Rhus typhina; syn. Rhus hirta

Star Jasmine (Confederate Jasmine)
Trachelospermum jasminoides

Statice (Sea Lavender)
Limonium spp.

Stinking Mayweed (Dog's Fennel; Stinking Chamomile)
Anthemis cotula

Stitchwort (Stitch Wort, Greater/Lesser Stitchwort, Chickweed)
Stellaria spp.

Stocks (Night Scented Stock)
Matthiola spp.

Storksbill (Common Storksbill; Redstem Filaree)
Erodium cicutarium

Strawberry
Fragaria spp.

Striped Squill (Puschkinia, Squill)
Puschkinia scilloides

Sunflower
Helianthus annuus

Swede (Rutabaga, Yellow Turnip, Neep, Turnip, Swedish Turnip)
Brassica napus; syn. Brassica napobrassica

Sweet Box (Christmas Box)
Sarcococca confusa

Sweet Chestnut (Chestnut, Marron)
Castanea spp.

Sweet Pea
Lathyrus odoratus

Sweet Pepper (Green Pepper, Pepper, Capsicum, Bell Pepper)
Capsicum spp.

Sweet Potato
Ipomoea batatas

Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum

Swinecress (Wartcress; Lesser Swinecress; Lesser Wartcress)
Coronopus squamatus; Coronopus didymus

Sycamore ( Sycamore Maple)
Acer pseudoplatanus