Root Grafting
"Root grafting in its different stages. a, Scion cut for insertion; b, stock prepared to receive the…
Budding Grafting
"Budding. a, Budstick; b, T-shaped cut in bark of stock; c, bud ready for insertion; d, stock with bud…
Cleft Grafting
"Cleft grafting (Herbaceous). a, Scion ready for insertion; b, stock; c, stock and scion unted; d, the…
Carrot Root
Roots of the carrot are designed to absorb moisture and matter from soil, and to hold nutrients for…
Orchid Root
Roots which never reach the ground are produced by certain plants whose seeds, lodged upon the boughs…
Potato Root
This shows real roots of the potato, as well as several branches of the stem, with potatoes forming…
Radish Root
So the biennial root becomes large and heavy, being a storehouse of nourishing matter, (Gray, 1858).
Solomon's Seal Root
In some perennial herbs, prostrate stems or branches underground are thickened with this store of nourishment…
Turnip Root
Roots of the turnip are designed to absorb moisture and matter from soil, and to hold nutrients for…
Rose of Jericho
Anastatica hierochuntina or the Rose of Jericho is member of the Brassicaceae family.
Florida Rosemary
The Florida Rosemary: "Ceratiola ericoides. 1. a male flower; 2. a female; 3. a view of the ovary, with…
Roxburghia
"Roxburghia gloriosoides; 1. the fruit; 2. a seed; 3. the same divided longitudinally." -Lindley, 1853
Runner
A runner is a very slender, thread-like, leafless stolon, much like a tendril, lying on the ground,…
Sharp-Flowered Rush
"Juncus acutiflorus; 1. a flower; 2. the pistil; 3. a perpendicular section of the ovary; 4. seeds;…
Ruyschia
"Ruyschia amazonica. 1. a calyx and pistil; 2. a section of the ovary; 3. a seed; 4. the same, with…
Ryegrass Leaf with Sheath
Lolium perenne. A sheath, in botany is "the part of an expanded organ that is rolled around a stem or…
Common Sage
"1. Salva officinalis; 2. its corolla laid open; 3. its pistil; 4. the pistil and lower part of the…
Sagebrush
"Pasture Sage-brush (Artemisia frigida). a, leaf; b, flower-head; c, fertile flower; d, marginal flower."…
Sago Cycad
Cycas revoluta or sago cycad is known as the king sago palm but is not a palm; it is a cycad.
Queen Sago
"Cycas circinalis; 1. a portion of a female frond; 2. section of the naked ovule; 3. ripe fruit; 4.…
Prickly Saltwort
"3. a flower of Salsola Kali; 4. its ripe fruit; 5. the same magnified, with a portion of the leafy…
Salvertia
"Salvertia convallariodora. 1. an expanded flower; 2. a portion of the calyx, with the stamens; 3. a…
Indian Sandalwood
Santalum album is a small tropical tree cultivated for its fragrant oil and medicinal uses.
Sandarac Tree
Callitris quadrivalvis (or Tetraclinis articulata) is a coniferous tree in the cypress family known…
Thyme-Leaved Sandwort
"Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia). a, capsule surrounded by the scarious calyx; b, expanded…
Sapodilla
"Sapodilla (Sapota zapotilla). (a), the fruit; (b), the same, transversely cut." -Whitney, 1911
Sweet Sarsaparilla
"Smilax glycyphylla; 1. a male flower seen from above; 2. a female flower; 3. a transverse section of…
Sassafras
"Sassafras (Sassafras sassafras). 1. Branch with fruits. 2. Branch with sterile flowers. a, b, c, different…
Sauvagesia
"Lavradia Vellozii. 1. an expanded flower; 2. the stamens with exterior petaloid scales; 3. a seed;…
Summer Savory
The Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis) is a flowering plant of the Lamiaceae family. The image shows…
Sweet Scabious
"Scabiosa atropurpurea. 1. a flower; 2. the involucre opened to show the ovary and calyx; 3. perpendicular…
Scammony
The scammony (Convolvulus scammonia) is a flowering plant of the bindweed family. R, the root.
Scapes
A scape is a flowering, leafless stem; shown here on two different plants. "1. Wild hyacinth (Scilla…
Scarlet Oak Flowers
This shows the staminate flower of Scarlet Oak, Quercus coccinea, (Keeler, 1915).
Scarlet Oak Flowers
This shows the pistillate flower of Scarlet Oak, Quercus coccinea, (Keeler, 1915).
