Plants by botanic name
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'l', listed by scientific/botanical (Latin) name. Click a letter of the alphabet to see a list of plants with botanic / latin names beginning with that letter. Alternatively click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by common name.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Botanic name | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Laburnum x watereri | Golden Rain, Voss's laburnum |
| Lactuca sativa | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa | Lettuce |
| Lagarosiphon major | Curly waterweed |
| Lagurus ovatus | Hare's-tail grass |
| Lamiaceae | Deadnettle |
| Lamium | Dead nettle |
| Lamium | Deadnettle |
| Lamium orvala | Deadnettle |
| Larix decidua | Larch |
| Lathyrus | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus vernus | Spring pea, Bitter vetch |
| Lathyrus odoratus | Sweet pea |
| Laurus | Laurel, Bay tree |
| Laurus nobilis | Bay, Sweet bay, Bay laurel |
| Lavandula | English lavender |
| Lavandula | French lavender |
| Lavandula | French Lavender, Lavender |
| Lavandula | Lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia | Dwarf white lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia | English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia | English lavender, Old English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia | Pink lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula dentata | Fringed lavender (green form) |
| Lavandula dentata | Fringed Lavender (Silver form) |
| Lavandula dentate | Fringed Lavender |
| Lavandula dentate | Fringed lavender, French lavender |
| Lavandula lanata | Woolly Lavender, Lavender |
| Lavandula latifolia | Portuguese lavender, Spike lavender |
| Lavandula pinnata | Fernleaf lavender, Egyptian lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas | French Lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas | Lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas | Papillon or butterfly lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas | Spanish lavender, French lavender |
| Lavandula viridis | Green lavender |
| Lavandula x chaytoriae | Woolley lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia | Dutch lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia | Lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavatera thuringiaca | Lavatera |
| Leccinum versipelle | Orange birch bolete |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice cutgrass |
| Lemna | Duckweed |
| Lemna gibba | Fat duckweed |
| Lemna minor | Common duckweed |
| Lemna minuta | Least duckweed |
| Lemna triscula | Ivy-leaved duckweed |
| Leonurus cardiaca | Motherwort |
| Lepidium sativum | Cress |
| Leptospermum | Manuka, Tea-tree, New Zealand tea-tree |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-eye daisy |
| Leucanthemum x superbum | Shasta daisy |
| Leucojum aestivum | Summer snowflake, Loddon lily |
| Leucojum vernum | Spring snowflake |
| Levisticum officinale | Lovage |
| Leycesteria formosa | Himalayan honeysuckle, Pheasent berry |
| Leymus arenarius | Lyme grass |
| Liatris spicata | Gay feathers |
| Libertia elegans | Lesser Chilean iris |
| Libertia formosa | Chilean iris |
| Ligustrum ovalifolium | Oval Leaf privet, Privet |
| Ligustrum vulgare | Common pivet |
| Lilium | Lily |
| Lilium candidum | Lily, Madonna Lily |
| Lilium martagon | Martagon lily |
| Lilium pyrenaicum | Pyrenean lily |
| Linaria | Toadflax |
| Linaria Cymbalaria | Ivy-leafed toadflax, Pennywort |
| Linaria purpurea | Purple toadflax |
| Linaria vulgaris | Common toadflax |
| Linum perenne | Flax |
| Liparis | False twayblade |
| Liparis loeselii | Fen orchid |
| Lippia citriodora, Lemon Beebrush | Lemon Beebrush |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweet gum |
| Liriodendron tulipfera | Tulip tree |
| Liriodendron tulipifera | Tulip tree |
| Liriope muscari | Lilyturf |
| Listera cordata | Lesser twayblade |
| Listera ovata | Twayblade, common twayblade |
| Livistona chinensis | Chinese Fan Palm |
| Lloydia serotina | Snowdon lily |
| Lobelia | Lobelia |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower, Lobelia |
| Lobelia x gerardii | Lobelia |
| Lobularia maririma | Sweet alyssum |
| Loiseleuria procumbens | Alpine azalea, Trailing azalea |
| Lolium | Ryegrass |
| Lolium multiflorum | Italian ryegrass |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial ryegrass |
| Lonicera | Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera | Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera caprifolium | Perfoliate honeysuckle, Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera fragrantissima | Shrubby honeysuckle, Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera hildebrandiana | Giant honeysuckle |
| Lonicera japonica | Evergreen honeysuckle |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle |
| Lonicera nitida | Box Honeysuckle, Shubby Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera nitida | Chinese honeysuckle, Poor man's box |
| Lonicera periclymenum | Dutch honeysuckle |
| Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle, Common honeysuckle, Woodbine |
| Lonicera pileata | Privet honeysuckle |
| Lunaria annua | Honesty |
| Lupinus | Lupin |
| Lupinus chamissonis | Dune lupin |
| Luronium natans | Floating water-plantain |
| Luzula arcuata | Curved wood rush |
| Luzula campestris | Field wood rush |
| Luzula forsteri | Southern wood rush |
| Luzula luzuloides | White wood rush |
| Luzula maxima | Greater wood rush |
| Luzula multiflora | Heath wood rush |
| Luzula nivea | Snowy wood rush |
| Luzula pallidula | Fen wood rush |
| Luzula pilosa | Hairy wood rush |
| Luzula spicata | Spiked wood rush |
| Luzula sylvatica | Greater wood rush |
| Luzula sylvatica | Greater woodrush |
| Lychnis coronaria | White-flowered rose campion, Rose campion |
| Lychnis flos-cuculi | Ragged robin |
| Lycopersicum esculentum | Tomato |
| Lycopersicum esculentum | Tomato |
| Lycopus europaeus | Gypsywort |
| Lysichiton americanus | American skink cabbage |
| Lysichiton camtschatcensis | Asian Skunk-cabbage |
| Lysimachia | Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia atropurpurea | Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia ciliata | Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia ephemerum | Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia nummularia | Crepping jenny, Moneywort |
| Lysimachia punctata | Loosestrife |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple loosestrife |
