Welcome to our free online plant information database

Plants are vital to the world at all levels, from staple foods to the aesthetics of making a more pleasant living space. We believe that information about plants should be freely available to everyone that needs it. So this web database is our contribution.

Of course we also think our PC software enables even better access and more features, for just a small cost. We hope you take a look at it.

Please remember that plant information is offered in good faith, as with all plant references the details may not definitive or complete. Living things tend to behave differently depending on local area and climate factors, so some data is only an approximation.

Find plants by name:

Enter all or part of the name

Tips:

All names are searched, botanical (latin), common names and also synonyms. Note however, that results are always listed by the current botanical name - if you get unexpected plants in the result list then it will be due to the search term matching a common name or synonym.

Names are matched from the start character and all plants containing the search term are returned.

You can also use * (asterisk) as a "wild-card" anywhere in the name, including at the beginning so that your seach term may occur anywhere in the name.

Cultivar names may be entered with or without enclosing single-quotes, though including them might give slightly more precise results.

For greater control over the search, using a wide range of criteria, please use the Advanced Search page.