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Salt-adapted herbs

Various halophytic species

Salt marsh fleabane

Pluchea odorata

Salvia Golden Delicious

Salvia officinalis 'Golden Delicious'

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Salvia lubecca

Salvia huberi subsp. lubecca

Sandspur

Cenchrus species

Sarmentosum

Hoja Santa

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Sawgrass

Cladium jamaicense

Scented Geranium

Pelargonium species (various)

Scented Geranium Mint

Pelargonium × hortorum (mint-scented cultivar)

Scented Geranium Mint Apple

Pelargonium graveolens var. 'Mint Apple'

Scented Geranium Mint Lemon

Pelargonium graveolens × citrosum hybrids

Scented-leaved Geranium

Pelargonium species

Crispy Wave

Schismatoglottis crispata

Schismatoglottis podophyllum

Hawaiian Marsh Sedge

Scirpus hawaiicus

Scrub Mint

Mentha austroafricana

Seabreeze

Ocimum basilicum 'Seabreeze'

Sea Oats

Uniola paniculata

Seashore Paspalum

Paspalum vaginatum

Seashore Paspalum Aloha

Paspalum vaginatum 'Aloha'

Seashore paspalum grass

Paspalum vaginatum

Seashore Paspalum 'Seadjoe'

Paspalum vaginatum 'Seadjoe'

Sedges and Rushes

Carex spp. (sedges); Juncus spp. (rushes)

Seedling Ferns

Various Pteridophyta species

Selaginella

Selaginella species

Resurrection Plant

Selaginella lepidophylla

Clubmoss, Spike Moss

Selaginella martensii

Spikemoss

Selaginella species

Spikemoss, Peacock fern, Tamarisk fern

Selaginella tamariscina

Blue Spikemoss

Selaginella uncinata

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Peacock Fern

Selaginella willdenowii

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Sensitive Plant

Mimosa pudica

Serenita Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Serenita'

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Serenita Deep Purple

Ocimum basilicum 'Serenita Deep Purple'

Sesbania

Sesbania rostrata

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Dhaincha

Sesbania cannabina

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Red Sesbania

Sesbania rostrata

Dhaincha, Egyptian Riverhemp

Sesbania sesban

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Crimson Fountain Grass

Setaria sphacelata

Splendida Fountaingrass

Setaria sphacelata cv. 'Splendida'

Shade-loving Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet, Zingiber mioga, Asarum spp., and other shade-tolerant ginger species

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Shade-tolerant Ginger

Zingiber officinale and related species

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Shallow-rooted herbs (Basil and Parsley)

Ocimum basilicum and Petroselinum crispum

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Shampoo Ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

Shamrock Ivy

Oxalis triangularis

Shiso

Perilla frutescens

Siamese Sweet Basil

Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflorum

Siam Queen Basil

Ocimum basilicum 'Siam Queen'

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