Common plant names.
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'B', listed by common name. Click a letter of the alphabet to see a list of plants with common names beginning with that letter. Alternatively click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by botanic name.
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| Common name | Botanic name |
|---|---|
| Baby's tears, Mother of thousands, mind-your-own-business, Pollyanna vine, bread and cheese | Soleirolia soleirolii |
| Balloon flower | Platycodon |
| Balsam poplar | Populus balsamifera |
| Baltic rush | Juncus balticus |
| Bamboo | Chusquea culeou |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys aureosulcata |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys bambusoides |
| Bamboo | Pleioblastus auricomus |
| Bamboo | Arundinaria japonica |
| Bamboo | Himalayacalamus falconeri 'Damarapa' |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys edulis |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys 'Shanghai 3' |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys sulphurea |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' |
| Bamboo | Pleioblastus 'Gauntlettii' |
| Bamboo | Thamnocalamus crassinodus 'Kew Beauty' |
| Bamboo | Pleioblastus argenteostriatus f. pumilus |
| Bamboo | Pleioblastus humilis var. pumilus |
| Bamboo | Pleioblastus pumilus |
| Bamboo | Arundinaria 'Gauntlettii' |
| Bamboo | Arundinaria gauntlettii |
| Bamboo | Arundinaria pumila |
| Banana, Japanese banana | Musa basjoo |
| Banyan tree, Indian banyan tree, strangler fig | Ficus benghalensis |
| Barbary fig, Prickly pear | Opuntia ficus-indica |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis buxifolia |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis candidula |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis darwinii |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis gagnepainii |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis hookeri |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis x irwinii |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis julianae |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis media |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis x ottawensis |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis x stenophylla |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis thunbergii |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis verruculosa |
| Barberry, Beberis | Berberis wilsonae |
| Barley | Hordeum vulgare |
| Barren brome | Bromus sterilis |
| Barrenwort | Epimedium grandiflorum |
| Barrenwort | Epimedium x versicolor |
| Basil | Ocimum basilicum |
| Basil, Sweet basil, Common basil | Ocimum basilicum |
| Bay Willow | Salix pentandra |
| Bay, Bay tree, Sweet bay, Bay laurel | Laurus nobilis |
| Beaked tasselweed | Ruppia maritima |
| Bear's breeches | Acanthus mollis |
| Bear's breeches | Acanthus spinosus |
| Bearberry cotoneaster | Cotoneaster dammeri |
| Bearded couch | Elymus caninus |
| Bearded fescue | Vulpia ciliata |
| Bearded iris | Iris |
| Bearded iris, Common German flag | Iris germanica |
| Bedstraw | Galium |
| Bedstraw, Lady's bedstraw | Galium verum |
| Bee orchid | Ophrys apifera |
| Beech | Fagus sylvatica |
| Beet | Beta |
| Beet, Beetroot, Chard | Beta vulgaris |
| Beetroot | Beta vulgaris |
| Beetroot, Garden beet | Beta vulgaris |
| Begonia | Begonia |
| Begonia | Begonia 'Betulia' |
| Begonia | Begonia 'Citrus Showers' |
| Begonia | Begonia 'Million kisses romance' |
| Begonia | Begonia x tuberhybrida 'Camelia' |
| Begonia | Begonia 'Cascade' |
| Begonia | Begonia 'Picotee' |
| Begonia | Begonia 'Apricot Shades' |
| Begonia | Begonia 'Dragon Wings' |
| Bell heather | Erica cinerea |
| Bell pepper, Pepper, Sweet pepper, Capsicum | Capsicum annuum |
| Belladonna lily, Amarillo, Jersey lily | Amaryllis belladonna |
| Bellflower, Clustered bellflower | Campanula glomerata |
| Bellflower | Campanula poscharskyana |
| Bellflower | Campanula glomerata Alba |
| Berberis, Barberry | Berberis thunbergii |
| Bergamot | Monarda |
| Bergamot, Bee balm | Monarda didyma |
| Bergamote orange | Citrus bergamia |
| Bermuda grass | Cynodon dactylon |
| Bible leaf, Alecost | Tanacetum balsamita |
| Bieberstein's crocus | Crocus speciosus |
| Bilberry, Blueberry, Whortleberry, Huckleberry | Vaccinium myrtillus |
| Bilberry, Blueberry, Whortleberry, Huckleberry | Vaccinium myrtillus 'Concord' |
| Birch | Betula |
| Bird cherry, Native British cherry | Prunus padus |
| Bird cherry | Prunus padus 'Colorata' |
| Bird cherry | Prunus padus var. commutata |
| Bird cherry | Prunus seoulensis |
| Bird's nest orchid | Neottia nidus-avis |
| Bird's-foot sedge | Carex ornithopoda |
| Bithynian vetch | Vicia bithynica |
| Biting stonecrop, Common stonecrop | Sedum acre |
| Bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus |
| Black alpine sedge | Carex atrata |
| Black bent | Agrostis gigantea |
| Black bog rush | Schoenus nigricans |
| Black bryony | Tamus communis |
| Black grass, Slender meadow foxtail | Alopecurus myosuroides |
| Black mulberry | Morus nigra |
| Black pine | Pinus nigra |
| Black poplar, Wild black poplar | Populus nigra |
| Black salsify, Spanish salsify, Serpent root, Viper's herb, Viper's grass, Black oyster plant | Scorzonera hispanica |
| Black tree fern, mamaku | Sphaeropteris medullaris |
| Black tree fern | Cyanthea medullaris |
| Black turf lily, Ornamental grass | Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia fulgida |
| Black-eyed Susan, Coneflower, Rudbeckia | Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' |
| Black-stemmed bamboo, Bamboo | Phyllostachys nigra |
| Blackberry | Rubus fruticosus |
| Blackberry, Bramble | Rubus tricolor |
| Blackcurrant, Currant | Ribes nigrum |
| Blackcurrant sage | Salvia microphylla |
| Blackthorn, Sloe, Sloe | Prunus spinosa |
| Bladder nut | Staphylea colchica |
| Bladder sedge | Carex vesicaria |
| Blanket flower | Gaillardia |
| Bleeding heart, Dicentra | Dicentra |
| Bleeding heart, Lady in the bath, Dicentra | Dicentra spectabilis |
| Bleeding heart | Dicentra formosa |
| Blue bamboo | Himalayacalamus hookerianus |
| Blue corn lily | Aristea ecklonii |
| Blue fescue | Festuca longifolia |
| Blue holly | Ilex x meserveae |
| Blue iris | Iris spuria |
| Blue lily, African lily, Lily of the Nile | Agapanthus praecox |
| Blue moor grass | Sesleria caerulea |
| Blue phlox | Phlox divaricata |
| Blue poppy, Himalayan poppy | Meconopsis x sheldonii |
| Blue vervain | Verbena hastata |
| Blue yucca | Yucca rigida |
| Blue-eyed grass | Sisyrinchium bermudiana |
| Bluebell | Hyacinthoides non-scripta |
| Blueberry | Vaccinium corymbosum 'Patriot' |
| Blueberry | Vaccinium corymbosum |
| Blunt flowered rush | Juncus subnodulosus |
| Blunt-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton obtusifolius |
| Bog arum, Marsh arum | Calla palustris |
| Bog asphodel | Narthecium ossifragum |
| Bog hair grass | Deschampsia setacea |
| Bog orchid | Hammarbya paludosa |
| Bog pondweed | Potamogeton polygonifolius |
| Bog primula | Primula |
| Bog sage | Salvia uliginosa |
| Bog sedge | Carex limosa |
| Bogbeam | Menyanthes trifoliata |
| Borecole, Kale, Curly greens, Curly kale | Brassica oleracea var. acephala (Acephala Group) 'Dwarf Green Curled' |
| Borecole, Kale, Collard greens | Brassica oleracea |
| Borrer's saltmarsh grass | Puccinellia fasciculata |
| Boston ivy | Parthenocissus tricuspidata |
| Bottle sedge | Carex rostrata |
| Bottlebrush | Callistemon |
| Bowles mint | Mentha x villosa |
| Box | Buxus |
| Box | Buxus sempervirens |
| Box elder, ash-leaved maple, boxelder maple, ashleaf maple | Acer negundo |
| Box honeysuckle, Shubby honeysuckle | Lonicera nitida |
| Box, Common box | Buxus sempervirens |
| Boxleaf azara | Azara microphylla |
| Bramble, Blackberry | Rubus |
| Bramley apple | Malus domestica 'Bramley's Seedling' |
| Branched bur reed | Sparganium erectum |
| Brass buttons | Cotula |
| Brass buttons | Cotula coronopifolia |
| Bread wheat | Triticum aestivatum |
| Breton fescue | Festuca armoricana |
| Bridal wreath | Francoa appendiculata |
| Bridal wreath | Spiraea nipponica 'June Bride' |
| Bridal wreath | Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound' |
| Bridal wreath, Foam of May | Spiraea |
| Bridal wreath, Foam of May | Spiraea x arguta |
| Bristle aat | Avena strigosa |
| Bristle bent | Agrostis curtisii |
| Bristle club rush | Isolepis setacea |
| Bristle sedge | Carex microglochin |
| Bristly hollyhock | Alcea setosa |
| Bristol rock-cress | Arabis scabra |
| Broad bean | Vicia faba |
| Broad bean | Vicia faba 'Aquadulce Claudia' |
| Broad leaf thyme | Thymus pulegioides |
| Broad-leaved bamboo | Sasa palmata |
| Broad-leaved bellflower | Campanula lactiflora |
| Broad-leaved cottongrass | Eriophorum latifolium |
| Broad-leaved helleborine | Epipactis helleborine |
| Broad-leaved leek | Allium nigrum |
| Broad-leaved meadow grass | Poa chaixii |
| Broad-leaved pondweed | Potamogeton natans |
| Broad-leaved rush | Juncus planifolius |
| Broad-leaved sedge | Carex siderosticha |
| Broad-leaved thyme, Menthol plant, Spanish thyme, Indian borage | Plectranthus amboinicus |
| Broadleaf, New Zealand broadleaf | Griselinia littoralis |
| Broccoli, Calabrese | Brassica oleracea |
| Broccoli, Calabrese | Brassica oleracea var. botrytis (Italica Group) 'Corvet' F1 hybrid |
| Broccoli | Brassica oleracea var. botrytis (Botrytis Group) 'Extra Early Rudolph' |
| Brokali, Calabrese, Chinese kale | Brassica oleracea |
| Brook thistle, Ornamental thistle, Plume Thistle | Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' |
| Brooklime | Veronica beccabunga |
| Broom, Common broom | Cytisus scoparius |
| Broom | Genista |
| Brown beak sedge | Rhynchospora fusca |
| Brown bent | Agrostis vinealis |
| Brown bog rush | Schoenus ferrugineus |
| Brown galingale | Cyperus fuscus |
| Brown sedge | Carex disticha |
| Brown's peony | Paeonia brownii |
| Brussels sprout | Brassica oleracea (Gemmifera Group) |
| Brussels sprout | Brassica oleracea |
| Brussels sprout | Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera (Gemmifera Group) 'Montgomery' |
| Buckler leaf sorrel | Rumex scutatus |
| buddleia | Buddleja |
| Buddleia | Buddleja alternifolia |
| Buddleia, Summer lilac, butterfly bush | Buddleja davidii |
| Buddleia | Buddleja davidii 'Nanho Blue' |
| Buddleja | Buddleja |
| Buddleja | Buddleja 'High Five Purple' |
| Buffalo currant | Ribes odoratum |
| Bugbane | Cimicifuga simplex |
| Bugle | Ajuga |
| Bugle | Ajuga reptans |
| Bugle lily | Watsonia borbonica |
| Bulbous Canary grass, Harding grass | Phalaris aquatica |
| Bulbous foxtail | Alopecurus bulbosus |
| Bulbous meadow grass | Poa bulbosa |
| Bulbous rush | Juncus bulbosus |
| Bullwort, Queen Anne's lace, Bishop's flower | Ammi majus |
| Bulrush | Typha latifolia |
| Bunch flowered daffodil | Narcissus tazetta |
| Burnt orchid | Orchis ustulata |
| Busy Lizzie | Impatiens |
| Busy Lizzie | Impatiens omeiana |
| Busy Lizzie | Impatiens walleriana |
| Busy Lizzie | Impatiens 'Accent' |
| Busy Lizzie | Impatiens 'Fruit Cocktail' |
| Butcher's broom | Ruscus aculeatus |
| Buttercup | Ranunculus |
| Butterfly bush, Buddleia | Buddleja davidii 'Mongo' |
| Butterfly bush, Buddleia | Buddleja davidii |
| Butternut squash, Butternut | Cucubita moschata |
