Common plant names.
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'L', 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 |
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Lady fern | Athyrium filix-femina |
Lady garlic | Allium scorodoprasum |
Lady orchid | Orchis purpurea |
Lady's mantle | Alchemilla |
Lady's mantle | Alchemilla mollis |
Lady's mantle | Alchemilla vulgaris |
Lady's slipper orchid | Cypripedium calceolus |
Lady's smock, Cuckoo flower | Cardamine pratensis |
Lapland marsh orchid | Dactylorhiza lapponica |
Larch | Larix decidua |
Large yellow sedge | Carex flava |
Large-flowered waterweed | Egeria densa |
Large-leaved lime | Tilia platyphyllos |
Larkspur | Consolida |
Late Dutch honeysuckle, Dutch honeysuckle | Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina' |
Late spider orchid | Ophrys fuciflora |
Laurel | Laurus |
Lavatera | Lavatera thuringiaca |
Lavender | Lavandula |
Lavender, English lavender | Lavandula angustifolia |
Lavender, English lavender | Lavandula x intermedia |
Lavender | Lavandula stoechas 'Helmsdale' |
Lawson cypress | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana |
Leadwort, Plumbago | Ceratostigma |
Leafy rush | Juncus foliosus |
Least bur reed | Sparganium natans |
Least duckweed | Lemna minuta |
Leatherleaf sedge | Carex buchananii |
Lebanese oak | Quercus libani |
Leek | Allium ampeloprasum |
Leek | Allium ampeloprasum 'Musselburgh' |
Leek | Allium porrum |
Leek | Allium ampeloprasum 'Neptune' |
Lemon | Citrus limon |
Lemon | Citrus limon 'Imperial' |
Lemon balm | Melissa officinalis |
Lemon beebrush | Lippia citriodora |
Lemon grass, West Indian lemon grass, lemongrass | Cymbopogon citratus |
Lemon mint | Mentha |
Lemon mint, Lemon beebalm | Monarda citriodora |
Lemon thyme, Thyme | Thymus x citriodorus |
Lemon verbena | Aloysia citrodor |
Lemon verbena | Aloysia triphylla |
Lenten rose | Helleborus orientalis |
Leopard's bane | Doronicum |
Leopard's bane | Doronicum orientale |
Lesser bulrush | Typha angustifolia |
Lesser butterfly orchid | Platanthera bifolia |
Lesser Canary grass | Phalaris minor |
Lesser celandine, Pilewort, fig buttercup, woodland buttercup | Ficaria verna subsp. verna |
Lesser celandine | Ranunculus ficaria |
Lesser Chilean iris | Libertia elegans |
Lesser glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa sardensis |
Lesser hairy brome | Bromopsis benekenii |
Lesser New Zealand flax | Phormium cookianum |
Lesser periwinkle | Vinca minor |
Lesser periwinkle | Vinca minor 'Variegata' |
Lesser periwinkle | Vinca minor 'Argenteovariegata' |
Lesser periwinkle, White periwinkle | Vinca minor f. alba 'Gertrude Jekyll' |
Lesser pond sedge | Carex acutiformis |
Lesser pondweed | Potamogeton pusillus |
Lesser quaking-grass | Briza minor |
Lesser tussock sedge | Carex diandra |
Lesser twayblade | Listera cordata |
Lesser water plantain | Baldellia ranunculoides |
Lettuce | Lactuca sativa |
Lettuce | Lactuca sativa var. longifolia 'Little Gem' |
Lettuce | Lactuca sativa var. longifolia 'Winter Density' |
Lettuce | Lactuca sativa 'Lollo Rossa' |
Leylandii, Leyland cypress, Cypress | x Cupressocyparis leylandii |
Lilac | Syringa |
Lilac | Syringa meyeri |
Lilac hibiscus | Alyogyne huegelii |
Lily | Lilium |
Lily | Lilium 'Amazing' |
Lily | Lilium 'Colour Parade' |
Lily of the valley | Helleborus corsicus |
Lily, Madonna lily | Lilium candidum |
Lily-of-the-Nile, Calla lily, Arum lily, Altar lily | Zantedeschia aethiopica |
Lily-of-the-valley | Convallaria |
Lily-of-the-valley | Convallaria majalis |
Lilyturf | Liriope muscari |
Lime | Tilia x europaea |
Lime mint | Mentha |
Lime, Linden | Tilia |
Liquorice | Glycyrriza glabra |
Lizard orchid | Himantoglossum hircinum |
Lobelia | Lobelia |
Lobelia | Lobelia x gerardii |
Loddon pondweed | Potamogeton nodosus |
Loganberry | Rubus x loganbaccus thornless |
London plane | Platanus x acerifolia |
London pride, St Patrick's cabbage, Whimsey | Saxifraga x urbium |
Long yellow day lily, Citron daylily | Hemerocallis citrina |
Long-bracted sedge | Carex extensa |
Long-stalked pondweed | Potamogeton praelongus |
Loose flowered orchid | Orchis laxiflora |
Loose silkybent | Apera spica-venti |
Loosestrife, Yellow loosestrife | Lysimachia |
Loosestrife | Lysimachia atropurpurea |
Loosestrife | Lysimachia ciliata |
Loosestrife | Lysimachia ephemerum |
Loosestrife | Lysimachia punctata |
Loquat | Eriobotrya japonica |
Lords and Ladies, Cuckoo pint | Arum italicum |
Lords and Ladies, Jack in the pulpit, Cuckoo Pint | Arum maculatum |
Lovage | Levisticum officinale |
Love grass | Eragrostis |
Love-in-a-mist | Nigella damascena |
Lovegrass | Eragrostis |
Lundy cabbage | Coincya wrightii |
Lungwort | Pulmonaria |
Lungwort | Pulmonaria saccharata |
Lungwort | Pulmonaria angustifolia 'Blue Ensign' AGM |
Lungwort, Soldiers and sailors, Jerusalem sage, Adam and Eve | Pulmonaria officinalis |
Lupin | Lupinus |
Lupin | Lupinus 'Tutti Frutti' |
Lyme grass | Leymus arenarius |