| ROCKROSE | Common name of cistus (4,4) |
| ROCKROSES | These plants of the genus Cistus (9) |
| CERCIS | Judas tree genus - part Acer, Cistus (6) |
| ROCK | Cistus plant or - - - - rose with five-petalled, papery blooms (4) |
| HIROHITO | More common name of Emperor Showa of Japan, who ruled for much of the 20th Century (8) |
| GEOFFROY | The one-word name for this French zoologist inspired the common name of a small cat, found in mountainous regions of South America. |
| ICEPLANT | Common name of Delosperma cooperi 'Jewel of Desert Peridott' (3,5) |
| STURGEON | Common name of a ganoid fish, such as a beluga or sevruga, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass (8) |
| HAYFEVER | Common name of allergic rhinitis or pollinosis, given as the title of a play by Noel Coward (3,5) |
| SOAPWORT | Common name of Saponaria officinalis - sort of wraps, too (8) |
| LORIKEET | What is the common name of the Trichoglossus with feathers the colour of the rainbow? (8) |
| TOADFLAX | Common name of linaria (8) |
| PRIMROSE | Common name of Primula vulgaris (8) |
| BLUEBELL | Common name of Hyacinthoides non-scripta (8) |
| BREECHES | 'Bears ___', common name of acanthus (8) |
| SNOWBALL | Common name of Viburnum opulus (8,4) |
| BERBERIS | Common name of prickly shrubs in genus Berberis (8) |
| BARBERRY | Common name of prickly shrubs in genus Berberis (8) |
| SNOWDROP | Common name of the winter-flowering Galanthus (8) |
| SYCAMORE | Common name of the tree Acer pseudoplatanus (8) |
