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.
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
| Common name | Botanic name |
|---|---|
| Lady fern | Athyrium filix-femina |
| Lady garlic | Allium scorodoprasum |
| Lady orchid | Orchis purpurea |
| Lady's smock, Cuckoo flower | Cardamine pratensis |
| Lady's mantle | Alchemilla |
| Lady's mantle | Alchemilla mollis |
| Lady's mantle | Alchemilla vulgaris |
| Lady's slipper orchid | Cypripedium calceolus |
| 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 spider orchid | Ophrys fuciflora |
| Laurel, Bay tree | Laurus |
| Lavatera | Lavatera thuringiaca |
| Lavender | Lavandula |
| Lavender, English lavender | Lavandula angustifolia |
| Lavender, English lavender | Lavandula x intermedia |
| Lavender | Lavandula stoechas |
| Lawson cypress | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana |
| 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 porrum |
| Lemon balm | Melissa officinalis |
| Lemon Beebrush | Lippia citriodora, Lemon Beebrush |
| 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 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 major |
| Lesser periwinkle | Vinca minor |
| Lesser Periwinkle, White Periwinkle | Vinca minor |
| 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 'Lollo Rossa' |
| Leylandii, Leyland Cypress, Cypress | Cupressocyparis leylandii |
| Lilac | Syringa |
| Lilac | Syringa meyeri |
| Lilac hibiscus | Alyogyne huegelii |
| Lily | Lilium |
| 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 |
| London plane | Platanus x acerifolia |
| London Pride | 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 | 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' |
| Lungwort, Soldiers and sailors, Jerusalem sage, Adam and Eve | Pulmonaria officinalis |
| Lupin | Lupinus |
| Lyme grass | Leymus arenarius |
