Plants by botanic name
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'M', 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) |
|---|---|
| Macleaya microcarpa | Plume poppy |
| Maclura pomifera | Osage orange, horse apple, monkey ball, hedge apple tree |
| Macrochloa tenacissima | Angel Hair |
| Macromeles tschonoskii | Pillar Apple |
| Magnolia campbelli | Magnolia |
| Magnolia denudata | Lily magnolia, Yulan |
| Magnolia grandiflora | Evergreen magnolia, Southern magnolia, Bullbay, Great laurel-leaved magnolia |
| Magnolia wilsonii | Magnolia |
| Magnolia x loebneri | Magnolia |
| Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' | Magnolia |
| Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' | Magnolia |
| Magnolia x soulangeana | Magnolia, Chinese magnolia, saucer magnolia |
| Magnolia x soulangeana 'Lennei alba' | Magnolia |
| Magnolia x soulangeana 'Rustica rubra' | Magnolia |
| Mahonia | Mahonia |
| Mahonia aquifolium | American mahonia, Mahonia, Oregan grape |
| Mahonia aquifolium 'Smaragd' | Holly-leaved barberry |
| Mahonia japonica | Asian mahonia, Mahonia |
| Mahonia lomariifolia | Mahonia |
| Mahonia nervosa | Dwarf Oregon grape |
| Mahonia x media | Mahonia |
| Mahonia x media 'Buckland' | Mahonia |
| Mahonia x media 'Lionel Fortescue' | Mahonia |
| Maianthemum bifolium | May lily |
| Maianthemum racemosum | False Spikenard |
| Malus | Crab apple |
| Malus 'Crittenden' | Crab apple |
| Malus 'Everest' syn 'Evereste' | Crab apple 'Everest' |
| Malus 'Golden Hornet' | Crab apple |
| Malus 'Harry Baker' | Crab apple |
| Malus 'John Downie' | Crab apple |
| Malus 'Maypole' | Crab apple |
| Malus 'Profusion' | Crab apple |
| Malus 'Royalty' | Crab apple |
| Malus 'Wisley' | Crab apple |
| Malus coronaria | Crab apple, American crab apple |
| Malus domestica | Apple, Orchard apple |
| Malus domestica 'Adams Pearmain' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Alison's Orange' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Ambassy' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Annie Elizabeth' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Arthur Turner' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Ashmead's Kernel' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Beauty of Bath' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Blenheim Orange' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Bolero' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Bountiful' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Braeburn' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Bramley' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Bramley's Seedling' | Bramley apple |
| Malus domestica 'Charles Ross' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Charlotte' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Chiver's Delight' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Comtesse de Paris' | Crab apple |
| Malus domestica 'Cox's Orange Pippin' | Cox apple |
| Malus domestica 'Crawley Beauty' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Crispin' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Discovery' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Egremont Russet' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Ellison's Orange' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Elstar' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Emneth Early' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Falstaff' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Fiesta' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Flamenco' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Gavin' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'George Cave' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Glory of England' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Golden Delicious' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Greensleeves' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Herefordshire Beefing' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Howgate Wonder' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'James Grieve' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Katy' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Keswick Codlin' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Kidd's Orange Red' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'King of the Pippins' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Lanes Prince Albert' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Laxton's Superb' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Lord Derby' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Lord Lambourne' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Meridian' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Newton Wonder' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Pinova' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Ploka' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Queen Cox' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Reverend W. Wilks' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Royal Gala' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Saturn' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Spartan' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'St. Edmund's Pippin' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Sunset' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Suntan' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'The Queen' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Tommy White' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Veitch's Perfection' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Waltz' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Winter Gem' | Apple |
| Malus domestica 'Worcester Pearmain' | Apple |
| Malus hupehensis | Crab apple |
| Malus sargentii | Crab apple |
| Malus sylvestris | Crab apple, Wild crab, Apple |
| Malus toringo 'Scarlett' | Crab apple |
| Malus tschonoskii | Crab apple, Pillar Apple |
| Malus x floribunda | Japanese flowering crab apple, Purple chokeberry, Showy crab apple |
| Malus x macromalus | Crab apple |
| Malus x robusta 'Red Sentinel' | Crab apple |
| Malva | Mallow |
| Malva 'Wisley Blue' | Mallow |
| Malva alcea | Greater musk mallow, Hollyhock mallow, Vervain mallow |
| Malva moschata | Musk mallow |
| Malva moschata 'Alba' | White muskmallow |
| Malva sylvestris | Common mallow, Field mallow |
| Malva verticillata | Crisp mallow |
| Mangifera indica | Mango, Manga |
| Manihot esculenta | Cassava Tapioca |
| Marasmius oreades | Fairy ring champignon |
| Marchantia | Liverwort |
| Marchantia polymorpha | Liverwort, Common Liverwort |
| Marrubium vulgare | Horehound |
| Matricaria chamomilla | German chamomile, Chamomile, camomile, Wild chamomile |
| Matricaria recutita | German chamomile, Chamomile, camomile, Wild chamomile |
| Matteuccia struthiopteris | Fern |
| Matthiola 'Anthony' | Stock |
| Matthiola bicornis | Night-scented stock |
| Meconopsis x sheldonii | Blue poppy, Himalayan poppy |
| Melianthus major | Honey bush |
| Melica altissima 'Alba' | Siberian Melick 'Alba', Siberian Melic 'Alba' |
| Melica altissima 'Atropurpurea' | Dark Purple Siberian Melick, Dark Purple Siberian Melic |
| Melica ciliata | Silky-spike Melick, Silky-spike Melic |
| Melica nutans | Mountain melick |
| Melica transsilvanica | Melica Red Spires |
| Melica uniflora | Wood Melick |
| Melilotus officinalis | Yellow melilot |
| Melissa officinalis | Lemon balm |
| Melissa officinalis 'All Gold' | Lemon balm |
| Menispermum canadense | Moon Seed |
| Mentha | Mint |
| Mentha aquatica | Water mint, Fish mint |
| Mentha pulegium | Pennyroyal |
| Mentha requienii | Corsican mint, Spanish mint, Rock mint |
| Mentha rotundiflora | Apple mint, Mint, Round-leaved mint |
| Mentha spicata | Spearmint |
| Mentha spicata var. crispa | Moroccan mint |
| Mentha suaveolens | Apple mint, Round-leaved mint, Woolly mint |
| Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata' | Pineapple mint, Variegated apple mint, Variegated round-leaved mint |
| Mentha x gentilis | Ginger mint |
| Mentha x gentilis 'Variegata' | Ginger mint |
| Mentha x gracilis 'Variegata' | Ginger mint |
| Mentha x piperita | Peppermint, Black peppermint |
| Mentha x piperita 'Citrata' | Orange Mint, Eau De Cologne Mint |
| Mentha x piperita f. citrata | Lemon mint, Chocolate mint |
| Mentha x piperita f. citrata 'Chocolate' | Chocolate mint, Chocolate peppermint |
| Mentha x smithiana | Red mint |
| Mentha x villosa | Bowles mint |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Bogbeam |
| Menziesia ciliicalyx lasiophylla | Purple many-flowered rhododendron |
| Mercurialis perennis | Dog's mercury |
| Mertensia virginica | Virginia bluebells, Blue and Pink ladies, Tree Lungwort, Smooth Lungwort |
| Mesembryanthemum | Mesembryanthemum |
| Mespilus germanica | Medlar, Common medlar |
| Mespilus germanica 'Dutch' | Medlar, Common medlar |
| Mespilus germanica 'Nottingham' | Medlar, Common medlar |
| Mespilus germanica 'Royal' | Medlar, Common medlar |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Dawn redwood |
| Mibora minima | Early sandgrass |
| Milium effusum | Wood millet |
| Milium vernale | Early millet |
| Miltonia | Pansy orchid |
| Mimulus | Monkey flower, Monkey musk |
| Mimulus 'Bonfire red' | Monkey flower, Monkey musk |
| Mirabilis jalapa | Jalapa |
| Miscanthus sacchariflorus | Silver banner grass |
| Miscanthus sacchariflorus 'Roland' | Silver banner grass |
| Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus Compactus' | Dwarf zebra grass |
| Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' | Variegated Maiden Grass |
| Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' | Zebra grass |
| Mitchella repens | Partridge berry, Box berry, Fox berry, Winter clover, Pigeon berry, Checkerberry |
| Molinia arundinacea | Purple moor-grass, Tall Moor Grass |
| Molinia caerulea | Indian Grass, Blue moor-grass, Purple moor-grass, Purple moor grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea | Purple moor-grass, Purple moor grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Cordoba' | Purple moor-grass, Purple moor grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Karl Foerster' | Purple moor-grass, Purple moor grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Windspiel' | Purple moor-grass, Purple moor grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Zuneigung' | Purple moor-grass, Purple moor grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Dark Defender' | Purple moor-grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Dauerstrahl' | Purple moor-grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Heidebraut' | Heidebraut purple moor-grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Moorflamme' | Purple moor-grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Moorhexe' | Purple moor-grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Strahlenquelle' | Purple moor-grass |
| Molinia caerulea subsp. caerulea 'Variegata' | Veriegated moor-grass |
| Monarda | Bergamot, Bee Balm, Oswego tea |
| Monarda 'Gardenview Scarlet' | Bergamot |
| Monarda citriodora | Lemon mint, Lemon Bee Balm |
| Monarda didyma | Bergamot, Bee Balm |
| Monarda didyma 'Cambridge Scarlet' | Bergamot, Bee Balm |
| Monarda didyma 'Cranberry Lace' | Bergamot, Bee Balm |
| Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' | Bergamot, Bee Balm |
| Monstera deliciosa | Swiss-cheese Plant |
| Morus | Mulberry |
| Morus 'Charlotte Russe' | Mulberry |
| Morus alba | White mulberry |
| Morus nigra | Black mulberry, sycamine tree, common mulberry, Persian mulberry |
| Musa basjoo | Banana, Japanese banana |
| Musa ensete | Ethiopian banana |
| Musa ensete 'Maurelii' | Ethiopian banana, False banana |
| Musa ensete 'Rubra' | Red-leaved banana |
| Musa ornata | Ornamental Banana |
| Muscari armenaicum | Grape hyacinth, Blue muscari |
| Muscari botryoides | Compact grape hyacinth |
| Muscari comosum | Tassel grape hyacinth |
| Muscari neglectum | Grape hyacinth |
| Myosotis | Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis palustris | Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis scorpioides | Water forget-me-not |
| Myosotis sylvatica | Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis sylvatica 'Blue Ball' | Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis sylvatica 'Blue Basket' | Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis sylvatica 'Music' | Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis sylvatica 'Royal Blue' | Forget-me-not |
| Myosotis sylvatica 'Variegatus' | Variegated forget-me-not |
| Myosotis variegatus | Variegated forget-me-not, forget-me-not |
| Myriophyllum propium | Water milfoil |
| Myristica fragrans | Nutmeg |
| Myrrhis odorata | Sweet cicely |
| Myrtus | Myrtle |
| Myrtus communis | Common myrtle, Myrtle |
| Myrtus tarentina | Myrtle (small leaf) |
