406 illustrations of flowers and shrubs including: sabatia, safflower, saffron, sage, sainfoin, saltbush, sassafras, saururus, saxifrage, sedge, sesame, shad scale, shamrock, shooting star, skullcap, sloe, snakeroot, snapdragon, sneezeweed, snowberry, soapwort, sorrel, spurge, squash, St. John's wort, star of Bethlehem, starflower, stonecrop, strawberry, sumac, sundew, sundrops, and sunflower
This perennial is of the sempervivum family; featuring furry central rosettes.
A pink flower that typically blooms in June. The elliptical leaves are dark green, with silver specks…
A high branched flower whoes petal consist of longspiny leaves. Usually bright yellow, orange or red.
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual, usually with…
An autumn-flowering species of crocus. It is ofen called autumnal crocus to distinguish it from a species…
"Sage is a plant much used for flavoring meats, etc. It has blue flowers, and has run into many varieties.…
An extensive genus of plants of the mint family, which are widely distributed in warm regions, embracing…
"Pasture Sage-brush (Artemisia frigida). a, leaf; b, flower-head; c, fertile flower; d, marginal flower."…
Leaves from base of scape bearing evident white flowers in racemes; roots without crss-constrictions.
An arrow-fronded fern with blackish, long leaves. They are common between Venezuela and Brazil.
Cycas revoluta or sago cycad is known as the king sago palm but is not a palm; it is a cycad.
A genus of herbs, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees in the family Chenopodiaceae, native to Africa,…
The saltwort is a native of the U.S. growing along the sandy seashore from New England south to Georgia.…
"Upper part of stem with the inflorescence of Samphire (Crithmum maritimum). (a), a flower; (b), the…
"Sand-vine (Gonolobus lavis). a, flower; b, crown-lobe tipped by a 2-cleft awn; c, stamen-tube; d, follicle…
Plan of a one-celled ovary of three carpel-leaves, with parietal placentae, cut across below, where…
"Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia). a, capsule surrounded by the scarious calyx; b, expanded…
A perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward…
"In 1870, Saxafraga sarmentosa was introduced, being beautifully and more distinctly variegated with…
"Leaves of Sarracenta purpurea. A, attractive surface of lid; B, conducting, C, glandular, and D, detentive…
The dried root or root-stalk of the smilax, a genus of shrubby climbing plants native to tropical America.
"Smilax glycyphylla; 1. a male flower seen from above; 2. a female flower; 3. a transverse section of…
An extensive genus of plants, several of whose species are noted for the medicinal virtues of their…
"Lavradia Vellozii. 1. an expanded flower; 2. the stamens with exterior petaloid scales; 3. a seed;…
The Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis) is a flowering plant of the Lamiaceae family. The image shows…
An extensive genus of hardy perennial herbs, with alternate leaves and simple flower-stems. They are…
"A genus of plants of the natural order Saxifrangeae. This order has a calyx, usually of five sepals…
"Diagram of the flower of Saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites). The calyx and corolla consist of five…