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.
| Botanic name | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Laburnum x watereri 'Vossii' | Golden Rain, Voss's laburnum |
| Lactuca sativa | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'All The Year Round' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Arctic King' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Bijou' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Continuity' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Dynamite' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Lakeland' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Lollo Rossa' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Marbello' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Pascal' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Salad Bowl' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Trocadero Improved' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa 'Webb's Wonderful' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa var. foliosa 'Rekord' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa var. longifolia 'Little Gem' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa var. longifolia 'Lobjoits Green' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa var. longifolia 'Paris White' | Lettuce |
| Lactuca sativa var. longifolia 'Winter Density' | Lettuce |
| Lagarosiphon major | Curly waterweed |
| Lagurus ovatus | Hare's-tail grass |
| Lamium | Dead nettle |
| Lamium album | White nettle, White dead-nettle |
| Lamium galeobdolon | Yellow archangel |
| Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter' | Dead nettle |
| Lamium maculatum 'Purple Dragon' | Dead nettle |
| Lamium maculatum GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ('Dellam'PBR) | Spotted deadnettle |
| Lamium orvala | Dead nettle |
| Lamprocapnos spectabilis | Bleeding heart, Lady in the bath, Dicentra |
| Larix decidua | Larch |
| Larix kaempferi | Japanese larch |
| Lathyrus 'Adam Hastings' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Appeal' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Charlie's Angels' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Lord Anson's Pea' | Everlasting sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Mumsie' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Platinum Sensation' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Sir Jimmy Shand' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Spencer Mix' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus 'Sugar 'n' Spice' | Hanging basket sweet pea |
| Lathyrus odoratus | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus odoratus 'Champagne Bubbles' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus odoratus 'Cupani' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus odoratus 'Erewhon' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus odoratus 'Matucana' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus odoratus 'Promise' | Sweet pea |
| Lathyrus palustris | Marsh pea |
| Lathyrus vernus | Spring pea, Spring bitter vetch, Sweet pea |
| Laurus | Laurel |
| Laurus nobilis | Bay, Bay tree, Sweet bay, Bay laurel |
| Lavandula | Lavender |
| Lavandula 'Anouk' | French lavender |
| Lavandula 'Ballerina' | French lavender, Lavender |
| Lavandula 'Fathead' | French lavender |
| Lavandula 'Hidcote Blue' | Lavender |
| Lavandula 'Little Lady' | English lavender |
| Lavandula 'Papillion' | French lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia | English lavender, Old English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Alba' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Dwarf Munstead' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Folgate' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Imperial Gem' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead' | English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Nana Alba' | Dwarf white lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea' | Pink lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula angustifolia 'Royal Purple' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula dentata | Fringed lavender (green form) |
| Lavandula dentata var. candicans | Fringed lavender (silver form) |
| Lavandula dentate | Fringed lavender, French lavender |
| Lavandula dentate 'Highdown Prince' | Fringed lavender |
| Lavandula dentate 'Silver Queen' | Fringed lavender |
| Lavandula lanata | Woolly lavender, Lavender |
| Lavandula lanata 'Richard Gray' | Woolly lavender, Lavender |
| Lavandula latifolia | Portuguese lavender, Spike lavender |
| Lavandula pinnata | Fernleaf lavender, Egyptian lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas | Spanish lavender, French lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas 'Alba' | French lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas 'Helmsdale' PBR | Lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas 'Kew Red' | French lavender |
| Lavandula stoechas subsp. pedunculata | French lavender, Papillon or butterfly lavender |
| Lavandula viridis | Green lavender |
| Lavandula x chaytoriae 'Richard Gray' | Woolley lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia | Dutch lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia 'Grappenhall' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia 'Grosso' | Lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia 'Seal' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavandula x intermedia 'Twickel Purple' | Lavender, English lavender |
| Lavatera thuringiaca 'Barnsley' | 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 'Triple Curled' | Cress |
| Leptospermum | Manuka, Tea-tree, New Zealand tea-tree |
| Leucanthemella serotina | Giant daisy, High daisy |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-eye daisy, Oxeye daisy |
| Leucanthemum x superbum 'Aglaia' | Shasta daisy |
| Leucanthemum x superbum 'Gold rush' | Shasta daisy |
| Leucanthemum x superbum ('Goldfinch'PBR) | Shasta Daisy |
| Leucanthemum ‘Banana Cream’ | Shasta Daisy |
| Leucojum aestivum | Summer snowflake, Loddon lily |
| Leucojum vernum | Spring snowflake, Snowflake |
| Levisticum officinale | Lovage |
| Leycesteria formosa | Himalayan honeysuckle, Pheasent berry |
| Leymus arenarius | Lyme grass |
| Liatris spicata | Gay feathers |
| Liatris spicata 'Kobold' | Gay feathers |
| Libertia elegans | Lesser Chilean iris |
| Libertia formosa | Chilean iris |
| Ligusticopsis wallichiana | Wallich milk parsley |
| Ligustrum ovalifolium | Oval leaf privet, Privet |
| Ligustrum vulgare | Common pivet, Wild privet |
| Lilium | Lily |
| Lilium 'Amazing' | Lily |
| Lilium 'Colour Parade' | Lily |
| Lilium 'Miss Lucy' | 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 purpurea 'Canon Went' | Purple toadflax |
| Linaria vulgaris | Common toadflax |
| Linum perenne | Flax |
| Linum perenne subsp. alpinum | Flax |
| Liparis | False twayblade |
| Liparis loeselii | Fen orchid |
| Lippia citriodora | Lemon beebrush |
| Liquidambar styraciflua | Sweet gum |
| Liriodendron tulipfera | Tulip tree |
| Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiatum' | Tulip tree |
| Liriope muscari | Lilyturf |
| Listera cordata | Lesser twayblade |
| Listera ovata | Twayblade, Common twayblade |
| Livistona chinensis | Chinese fan palm, Chinese cabbage palm |
| Lloydia serotina | Snowdon lily |
| Lobelia | Lobelia |
| Lobelia 'Crystal Palace' | Lobelia |
| Lobelia 'Dark Crusader' | Lobelia |
| Lobelia 'Fountain Mix' | Lobelia |
| Lobelia 'Moondust Mix' | Lobelia |
| Lobelia angulata | Panakenake, Pratia |
| Lobelia cardinalis | Cardinal flower, Lobelia |
| Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria' | Cardinal Flower |
| Lobelia dortmanna | Lobelia |
| Lobelia erinus | Lobelia |
| Lobelia erinus 'Rainbow Cascade' | Trailing Lobelia |
| Lobelia gibberoa | Lobelia |
| Lobelia siphilitica | Lobelia |
| Lobelia x gerardii 'Vedrariensis' | Lobelia |
| Lobularia maririma | Sweet alyssum |
| Loiseleuria procumbens | Alpine azalea, Trailing azalea |
| Lolium | Ryegrass |
| Lolium multiflorum | Italian ryegrass |
| Lolium perenne | Perennial ryegrass |
| Lolium temulentum | False wheat, Darnel, poison darnel, cockle |
| Lonicera | Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera 'Celestial' | Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera caprifolium | Italian honeysuckle, Perfoliate honeysuckle |
| Lonicera fragrantissima | Shrubby honeysuckle, Winter-flowering honeysuckle, Winter honeysuckle |
| Lonicera fragrantissima subsp. fragrantissima | Shrubby honeysuckle, Winter-flowering honeysuckle, Winter honeysuckle |
| Lonicera hildebrandiana | Giant honeysuckle |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle |
| Lonicera japonica 'Halliana' | Evergreen honeysuckle |
| Lonicera nitida | Chinese honeysuckle, Poor man's box |
| Lonicera nitida var. fertilis | Box honeysuckle, Shubby honeysuckle |
| Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle, Wild honeysuckle, Common honeysuckle, Woodbine |
| Lonicera periclymenum 'Belgica' | Early Dutch honeysuckle |
| Lonicera periclymenum 'Graham Thomas' | Honeysuckle |
| Lonicera periclymenum 'Serotina' | Late Dutch honeysuckle, Dutch honeysuckle |
| Lonicera pileata | Privet honeysuckle |
| Lonicera setifera | Honeysuckle, Winter flowering honeysuckle |
| Lonicera standishii | Winter honeysuckle |
| Lonicera x purpusii | Winter-flowering honeysuckle |
| Lophophora williamsii | Peyote |
| Loropetalum chinense | Chinese witch hazel |
| Luffa aegyptiaca | Loofah, Sponge Gourd, The Loofah Gourd |
| Lunaria annua | Honesty |
| Lunaria annua 'Corfu Blue' | Honesty |
| Lupinus | Lupin |
| Lupinus 'Dwarf Strain' | Lupin |
| Lupinus 'Manhattan Lights' | Lupin |
| Lupinus 'Masterpiece' PBR | Lupin |
| Lupinus 'Mixed Russell Hybrids' | Lupin |
| Lupinus 'The Page' | Lupin |
| Lupinus 'Tutti Frutti' | Lupin |
| Lupinus albus | White Lupin, Egyptian Lupin, Wolf Bean |
| Lupinus arboreus | Tree Lupin, Yellow Bush Lupine |
| Lupinus chamissonis | Dune lupin |
| Lupinus lepidus | Pacific 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 'Aurea' | Greater woodrush |
| Luzula sylvatica 'Hohe Tatra' | Greater woodrush |
| Lychnis chalcedonica | Maltese cross, Jerusalem Cross |
| Lychnis coronaria | Rose campion |
| Lychnis coronaria 'Alba' | White-flowered rose campion, White rose campion, White corn rose |
| Lychnis flos-cuculi | Ragged robin |
| Lycopersicon esculentum | Tomato |
| Lycopus europaeus | Gypsywort |
| Lysichiton americanus | American skink cabbage |
| Lysichiton camtschatcensis | Asian skunk-cabbage, White skunk cabbage |
| Lysimachia | Loosestrife, Yellow loosestrife |
| Lysimachia atropurpurea | Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia ciliata 'Firecracker' | Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia clethroides | Loosetrife |
| Lysimachia ephemerum | Loosestrife |
| Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' | Crepping jenny, Moneywort |
| Lysimachia punctata | Loosestrife |
| Lythrum salicaria | Purple loosestrife |
