Plants

Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.

Articles in this category: 1131 Updated: April 29, 2026 Page 19 / 24

Ranunculales

Ranunculales — an order of flowering plants

Rapeseed

Rapeseed (Brassica napus) — oilseed crop overview

Rapid plant movement

Rapid plant motions: mechanisms, examples and biological limits

Raspberry

Red huckleberry

Red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)

Red pine

Red pine (Pinus resinosa)

Redcurrant

Redcurrant (Ribes rubrum): description, uses and cultivation

Redwood

Reed

Reed: plant, musical, and mechanical meanings

Reed (plant)

Reed (plant): ecology, uses, and cultural history

Resin

Rhododendron

Rhododendron: overview, characteristics, history and uses

Rhododendron niveum

Rhododendron niveum: a high‑altitude rhododendron of the eastern Himalaya

Rhododendron ponticum

Rhododendron ponticum — pontic or common rhododendron

Rhopalostylis sapida

Rhopalostylis sapida (nīkau) — New Zealand's native palm

Rhubarb

Rhynia

Rhynia — Early Devonian fossil genus of simple vascular plants

Ribes

Ribes: the genus of currants and gooseberries

Richea

Richea: Tasmanian and Australian genus of the heath family

Romaine lettuce

Romaine lettuce (cos): characteristics, uses, and cultivation

Rooibos

Root

Root hair

Root hair: structure, function, development, and importance

Root vegetable

Root vegetable: definition, types, uses and cultivation

Rosaceae

Rosaceae: the rose family — overview, traits, fruits, and uses

Rosales

Rosales (order of flowering plants)

Rose

Rose (Rosa) — Biology, Cultivation, Uses, and Cultural Significance

Rose garden

Rosemary

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) — aromatic evergreen herb

Rosewood

Rosewood (Dalbergia): characteristics, species, uses and conservation

Rosidae

Rosidae — a historical subclass of flowering plants

Rosids

Rosmarinus

Rosmarinus (rosemary): overview, characteristics, and uses

Rosoideae

Rosoideae: the rose subfamily of the Rosaceae family

Rowan

Rowan (Sorbus) — cool‑climate fruiting trees of the rose family

Rubiaceae

Rubiaceae: the madder, bedstraw and coffee family

Rubus

Rubus: the brambles and berries of the rose family

Rutaceae

Rutaceae: the rue and citrus family

Rye

Rye (Secale cereale): grain, cultivation, uses and history

Sacred fig

Saintpaulia

Saintpaulia (African violets): overview, care, and varieties

Salak

Salak (Salacca zalacca) — snake fruit of Southeast Asia

Salal

Salal (Gaultheria shallon): description, distribution, uses and ecology

Salicaceae

Salicornia

Salicornia: the glassworts — salt-tolerant succulents of coasts and marshes

Salmonberry

Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis): appearance, habitat, and uses

Salvia

Salvia — the sage genus of the mint family

Salvia pratensis

Salvia pratensis (Meadow Clary): description, habitat and uses