A WIDER WORLD OF FLOWERS

The botanical directory

From familiar garden flowers to species you have yet to meet. Explore the flowering plant tree through accepted scientific names, botanical families, and synonyms.

Accepted species
347,476
Synonym names
710,971
Botanical families
430
Genera
13,895

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Flowering species, botanical families, photographs, and available florist guides
PhotoSpeciesFamily & genusFlower guides
No photo yetSalvia corianaQuedensley & VélizAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia corrugataVahlAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia costaricensisOerst.Accepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia costataEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia coulteriFernaldAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia crinigeraGand.Accepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia crucisEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cruckshanksiiBenth.Accepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cryptocladaBakerAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cryptodontaFernaldAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cualensisJ.G.GonzálezAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cuatrecasasianaEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cubensisBritton & P.WilsonAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia curtaEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia curticalyxEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia curvifloraBenth.Accepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cuspidataRuiz & Pav.Accepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cyananthaEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cyanescensBoiss. & BalansaAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cyanicalyxEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cyanocephalaEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cyanotrophaEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cyclostegiaE.PeterAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
No photo yetSalvia cylindrifloraEplingAccepted speciesLamiaceaeSalvia genus
Related genus guidesSalvia Rosemary View all 10
THE SOURCE & THE SCOPE

A living reference.
A documented starting point.

Taxonomy changes as plants are studied. This directory preserves the accepted names and synonym relationships in a specific World Flora Online release, so you can trace every entry to its source.

View the June 2026 source dataset

What is included?

All 347,476 accepted species classified under Angiosperms in this snapshot, plus 710,971 names treated as synonyms of those species. Flowering trees, grasses, and other less familiar flowering plants belong here too.

Is this every flower that has ever existed?

No complete list of every historical or undiscovered species exists. This collection excludes unresolved names, subspecies and varieties as separate records, non-flowering plants, and most cultivated forms. It is not a complete fossil or cultivar register.

Can I order these flowers?

A botanical record does not establish cut-flower availability or suitability for an arrangement. Our 480 florist guides cover commercial flowers, specialty garden cuts, and foliage, with design notes, photos, and calculator links. Calculator selection uses that florist collection; other ingredients can be entered as custom items.

Taxonomy: World Flora Online Consortium · CC0 public domain · Published June 21, 2026. Photographs and editorial florist guides have separate credits.