Scutellaria orientalis ( Helmut Flower )

Rhizomatous perennial with a woody base and hairy gray rooting stems. Leaves are oval, toothed, dark green on top and hairy and gray beneath. Racemes of bright yellow flowers with red marks on lower lips and yellowish green or purple […]

Scutellaria baicalensis ( Helmet Flowers )

Bushy, perennial with reclining to upright stems tinged with purple. Leaves are borne on short stalks and have lance-shaped, hairy, medium green leaves. Racemes of hairy flowers with dark blue uppers lips and paler blue beneath bloom from early summer […]

Scrophularia auriculata ( Water Figwort )

Perennial that can be aquatic. Stems are square and straight and produce lance-shaped, wrinkled, toothed leaves. Panicle-like, yellowish green flowers are borne in cymes from early summer to early fall. Fragrance emitted may be malodorous. Also known as S. aquatica.

Scrophularia aquatica ( Water Figwort )

Perennial that can be aquatic. Stems are square and straight and produce lance-shaped, wrinkled, toothed leaves. Panicle-like, yellowish green flowers are borne in cymes from early summer to early fall. Fragrance emitted may be malodorous. Also known as Scrophularia auriculata.

Scolopendrium vulgare ( Hart’s Tongue Fern )

Evergreen fern with creeping rhizomes. Fronds are bright green, leathery, shiny, and resemble badminton birdies. The bases of the fronds are heart-shaped with wavy margins. Also known as Asplenium scolopendrium, or Phyllitis scolopendrium.

Scoliopus bigelovii ( Stink Pod )

Perennial that is compact and herbaceous. Leaves are broad and oval, boldly veined, and dark green with purple splotches. Umbels of flowers that look like trilliums are upright, and have dark purple inner tepals and greenish white outer tepals with […]

Scirpus holoschoenus ( Round-Headed Club-Rush )

Perennial that is tufted and rounded with upright, medium green stems that turn orange to brown in fall. Occasionally, leaves are linear and basal. Umbels of round flower heads made up of brown spikelets on long stalks are produced from […]

Scirpoides holoschoenus ( Round-Headed Club-Rush )

Perennial that is tufted and rounded with upright, medium green stems that turn orange to brown in fall. Occasionally, leaves are linear and basal. Umbels of round flower heads made up of brown spikelets on long stalks are produced from […]

Scilla tubergeniana ( Scilla )

Dwarf bulbous perennial with lance-shaped, basal leaves borne in late winter or early spring. At the same time, racemes of star-shaped, silvery blue flowers bloom. Good for naturalizing. Also known as Scilla mischtschenkoana.