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.
Common names: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
| Common name | Botanic name |
|---|---|
| Baby's tears, Mind-your-own business | Soleirolia soleirolii |
| Balloon flower | Platycodon |
| Balsam poplar | Populus balsamifera |
| Baltic rush | Juncus balticus |
| Bamboo | Chusquea culeou |
| Bamboo | Phyllostachys aureosulcata |
| Bamboo | Pleioblastus auricoma |
| Banana, Japanese banana | Musa basjoo |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bieberstein's Crocus | Crocus speciosus |
| Birch | Betula |
| Bird cherry | Prunus padus |
| 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 turf lily, Ornamental grass | Ophiopogon planiscapus |
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia fulgida |
| 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 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 'Bluecrop' |
| Blueberry, Bilberry, Whortleberry, Huckleberry | Vaccinium myrtillus |
| 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 |
| 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 | Acer negundo |
| Box Honeysuckle, Shubby Honeysuckle | Lonicera nitida |
| Box, Common box | Buxus sempervirens |
| Boxleaf Azara | Azara microphylla |
| Bramble, Blackberry | Rubus |
| Bramley apple | Malus domestica 'Bramleys' 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, Foam of May | Spiraea |
| Bridal wreath, Foam of May | Spiraea x arguta |
| Bristle bent | Agrostis curtisii |
| Bristle club rush | Isolepis setacea |
| Bristle Oat | Avena strigosa |
| 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 | Griselinia littoralis |
| Broccoli, Calabrese | Brassica oleracea |
| Brokali, Calabrese, Chinese kale | Brassica oleracea |
| Brook Thistle, Ornamental Thistle, Thistle | Cirsium rivulare |
| Brooklime | Veronica beccabunga |
| 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 |
| Buckler leaf sorrel | Rumex scutatus |
| Buddleia | Buddleja |
| Buddleia | Buddleja alternifolia |
| Buddleia | Buddleja davidii |
| Buddleja | Buddleja |
| 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 |
| Bulrush | Typha latifolia |
| Bunch flowered daffodil | Narcissus tazetta |
| Burnt orchid | Orchis ustulata |
| Busy lizzie | Impatiens |
| Busy lizzie | Impatiens omeiana |
| Busy lizzie | Impatiens walleriana |
| Butcher's broom | Ruscus aculeatus |
| Buttercup | Ranunculus |
| Butterfly bush, Buddleia | Buddleja davidii |
| Butternut Squash, Butternut | Cucubita moschata |
