There are an awful lot of plants with botanical names beginning with “S” including Silene, Solidago, & Symphyotrichum! This week’s post is plants in our database with botanical names beginning with “Sa” to “Sm”.  Enjoy the pictures & see how many of these you know.

Photography by Ken Borgfeldt, David Heavner, Richard Holzman, Penny Longhurst, Jim Poling, Lucy Prim, Randy Richardson, & Joe Standaert. Click on any picture to zoom & enter the slide show. Plants that are non-native to North America are indicated by an asterisk (*) placed after the species name.