Plants by botanic name
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'p', 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.
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
| Botanic name | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Ptycosperma alexandrae | Alexandra palm, King palm |
| Pimenta dioica | Allspice, Jamaica pepper |
| Primula auricula | Alpine auricula |
| Phleum alpinum | Alpine cat's tail |
| Poa alpina | Alpine meadow grass |
| Papaver alpinum | Alpine poppy, Dwarf poppy, Poppy |
| Potamogeton epihydrus | American pondweed |
| Polygonatum odoratum | Angular Solomon's-seal |
| Polypogon monspeliensis | Annual beard grass |
| Poa annua | Annual meadow grass |
| Pseudosasa japonica | Arrow bamboo |
| Pyracantha rogersiana 'Flava' | Asian firethorn |
| Populus tremula | Aspen |
| Pinus nigra | Austrian pine |
| Prunus x subhirtella | Autumn cherry, Winter-flowering cherry, Rosebud cherry |
| Phalaris paradoxa | Awned Canary grass |
| Platycodon | Balloon flower |
| Populus balsamifera | Balsam poplar |
| Phyllostachys aureosulcata | Bamboo |
| Pleioblastus auricoma | Bamboo |
| Prunus padus | Bird cherry |
| Pinus nigra | Black pine |
| Populus nigra | Black poplar, wild black poplar |
| Phyllostachys nigra | Black-stemmed bamboo, Bamboo |
| Prunus spinosa | Blackthorn, Sloe, Sloe |
| Phlox divaricata | Blue phlox |
| Potamogeton obtusifolius | Blunt-leaved pondweed |
| Potamogeton polygonifolius | Bog pondweed |
| Primula | Bog primula |
| Puccinellia fasciculata | Borrer's saltmarsh grass |
| Parthenocissus tricuspidata | Boston ivy |
| Poa chaixii | Broad-leaved meadow grass |
| Potamogeton natans | Broad-leaved pondweed |
| Plectranthus amboinicus | Broad-leaved thyme, Menthol plant, Spanish thyme, Indian borage |
| Paeonia brownii | Brown's Peony |
| Phalaris aquatica | Bulbous Canary grass, Harding grass |
| Poa bulbosa | Bulbous meadow grass |
| Parodia formosa | Cactus |
| Phoenix canariensis | Canary date palm, Patio palm |
| Phalaris canariensis | Canary grass |
| Primula | Candelabra primula, Primula |
| Primula bulleyana | Candelabra primula |
| Primula chungensis | Candelabra primula |
| Primula japonica | Candelabra primula |
| Primula prolifera | Candelabra primula |
| Phygelius | Cape Fuchsia |
| Prunus | Cherry |
| Prunus avium | Cherry, Wild bird cherry, sweet cherry, gean |
| Prunus cerasus | Cherry |
| Prunus laurocerasus | Cherry laurel, Laurel |
| Prunus cerasifera | Cherry plum |
| Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' | Chinese fountain grass |
| Physalis alkekengi | Chinese lantern |
| Picea pungens | Colorado spruce |
| Paeonia anomala | Common Peony, Anomalous peony |
| Phragmites australis | Common reed |
| Puccinellia maritima | Common saltmarsh grass |
| Papaver rhoeas | Corn poppy, Shirley poppy, Common poppy, Poppy |
| Pinus nigra | Corsican pine |
| Primula veris | Cowslip |
| Potamogeton crispus | Curled Pondweed |
| Petroselinum crispum | Curly leaf parsley, Parsley |
| Parapholis incurva | Curved hard grass |
| Prunus domestica | Damson |
| Prunus inisititia | Damson |
| Pseudotsuga menziesii | Douglas Fir |
| Primula denticulata | Drumstick primula |
| Pleioblastus pygmaeus | Dwarf bamboo |
| Pinus mugo | Dwarf pine, Pine, Mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine |
| Pinus mugo | Dwarf pine, Mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine |
| Phaseolus vulgaris | Dwarf runner bean, Runner bean |
| Poa infirma | Early meadow grass |
| Plantago lanceolata | English plantain, Ribwort plantain, ribleaf |
| Phillyrea latifolia | False privet, Hardy olive, green olive, Jasmine box |
| Potamogeton coloratus | Fen pondweed |
| Potamogeton pectinatus | Fennel pondweed |
| Polystichum | Fern |
| Polystichum setiferum | Fern |
| Phyllostachys aurea | fish-pole bamboo, golden bamboo |
| Petroselinum crispum | Flat-leaf parsley, Italian parsley |
| Petroselinum hortense | Flat-leaf parsley |
| Potamogeton friesii | Flat-stalked pondweed |
| Poa compressa | Flattened meadow grass |
| Pericallis x hybrida | Florists' cineraria |
| Prunus | Flowering cherry |
| Pilosella aurantiaca | Fox and cubs |
| Paulownia tomentosa | Foxglove tree, Princess tree |
| Plumeria | Frangipani |
| Phaseolus vulgaris | French Bean |
| Phaseolus vulgaris | French Bean, Dwarf French bean |
| Phaseolus vulgaris | French bean, fine bean |
| Pelargonium | Geranium |
| Pelargonium peltatum | Geranium, pelargonium |
| Primula florindae | Giant cowslip |
| Poa glauca | Glaucous meadow grass |
| Phyllostachys vivax | Golden Chinese Timber Bamboo |
| Populus x serotina | Golden Poplar |
| Portulaca oleracea | Golden purslane |
| Potamogeton compressus | Grass-wrack pondweed |
| Prunus | Great white cherry |
| Platanthera chlorantha | Greater butterfly orchid |
| Pentaglottis sempervirens | Green alkanet |
| Prunus domestica | Greengage |
| Potamogeton trichoides | Hairlike pondweed |
| Parapholis strigosa | Hard grass |
| Picris hieracioides | Hawkweed Oxtongue, Hawkweed |
| Paris polyphylla | Herb paris |
| Paris quadrifolia | Herb paris |
| Pelargonium peltatum | Ivy-leafed geranium, Trailing geranium |
| Polemonium | Jacob's ladder |
| Polymonium caeruleum | Jacob's ladder |
| Perilla frutescens | Japanese Basil |
| Pittosporum tobira | Japanese mock orange |
| Primula sieboldii | Japanese primula |
| Pinus parviflora | Japanese white pine |
| Polygonatum | King Solomon's seal, Solomon's seal |
| Persicaria amplexicaulis | Knotweed |
| Persicaria microcephala | Knotweed |
| Polygonum | Knotweed |
| Polygonum affine | Knotweed |
| Polystichum tsussimense | Korean Rock Fern |
| Platanthera bifolia | Lesser butterfly orchid |
| Phalaris minor | Lesser Canary grass |
| Phormium cookianum | Lesser New Zealand flax |
| Potamogeton pusillus | Lesser pondweed |
| Potamogeton nodosus | Loddon pondweed |
| Platanus x acerifolia | London plane |
| Potamogeton praelongus | Long-stalked pondweed |
| Pulmonaria | Lungwort |
| Pulmonaria saccharata | Lungwort |
| Pulmonaria angustifolia 'Blue Ensign' | Lungwort |
| Pulmonaria officinalis | Lungwort, Soldiers and sailors, Jerusalem sage, Adam and Eve |
| Peucedanum palustre | Milk parsley |
| Pennisetum glaucum | Millet |
| Philadelphus | Mock orange |
| Philadelphus coronarius | Mock orange |
| Pinus insignis | Monterey pine |
| Pinus radiata | Monterey pine |
| Prunus avium | Morello cherry, Sour cherry, Cherry, The cooking cherry |
| Prunus cerasus | Morello cherry, sour cherry, tart cherry |
| Phalaenopsis | Moth orchid |
| Pinus mugo | Mountain pine |
| Paeonia suffruticosa | Moutan peony, Moutan, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony, Paeony |
| Prunus cerasifera | Myrobalan plum, Cherry plum, Plum |
| Poa angustifolia | Narrow-leaved meadow grass |
| Prunus persica | Nectarine |
| Phormium | New Zealand flax |
| Phormium tenax | New Zealand flax |
| Picea abies | Norway spruce, Common spruce |
| Picea abies | Norway spruce, Common spruce |
| Populus x candicans | Ontario poplar |
| Pleione | Orchid |
| Papaver orientale | Oriental poppy, Poppy |
| Pyrus calleryana | Ornamental pear |
| Prunus speciosa | Oshima cherry |
| Primula elatior | Oxlip |
| Primula vialii | Pagoda primrose |
| Ptychosperma | Palm |
| Prunus serrula | Paper bark cherry |
| Petroselinum | Parsley |
| Pastinaca sativa | Parsnip |
| Pulsatilla vulgaris | Pasque flower |
| Passiflora | Passion flower |
| Passiflora caerulea | Passion flower |
| Pisum sativum | Pea |
| Prunus persica | Peach |
| Pyrus communis | Pear |
| Penstemon | Penstemon |
| Penstemon davidsonii | Penstemon |
| Penstemon fruticosus | Penstemon |
| Penstemon hartwegii | Penstemon |
| Penstemon heterophyllus | Penstemon |
| Penstemon isophyllus | Penstemon |
| Penstemon newberryi | Penstemon |
| Penstemon pinifolius | Penstemon |
| Penstemon procerus | Penstemon |
| Penstemon rupicola | Penstemon |
| Paeonia | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia suffruticosa | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora 'Doctor Alexander Fleming' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora 'Duchesse de Nemours' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora 'Karl Rosenfield' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora 'Krinkled White' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora 'Sarah Bernhardt' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora 'Shirley Temple' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactilfora 'Sword Dance' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia suffruticosa 'Lu Mu Ying' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia suffruticosa 'Mo Run Jue Lun' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia suffruticosa 'Wu Jin Yao Hui' | Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia lactiflora | Peony, Chinese Peony, Paeony |
| Paeonia officinalis | Peony, Common peony, Garden peony |
| Pseudowintera colorata | Pepper tree, New Zealand pepper tree |
| Phlox paniculata | Perennial phlox |
| Potamogeton perfoliatus | Perfoliate pondweed |
| Parrotia persica | Persian Ironwood |
| Petunia | Petunia |
| Petunia grandiflora | Petunia |
| Phlox bifida | Phlox |
| Pontederia | Pickerel weed |
| Pontederia cordata | Pickerel weed |
| Pieris japonica | Pieris |
| Pinus | Pine |
| Platanus | Plane |
| Prunus domestica | Plum |
| Phytolacca americana | Pokeroot |
| Primula | Polyanthus |
| Polypodium vulgare | Polypody, Common polypody |
| Populus | Poplar |
| Papaver | Poppy |
| Papaver nudicaule | Poppy |
| Papaver somniferum | Poppy, Opium poppy |
| Prunus lusitanica | Portuguese laurel, Laurel |
| Primula vulgaris | Primrose, Primula |
| Primula vulgaris | Primrose, Common primrose, native primrose |
| Primula | Primula |
| Primula auricula | Primula |
| Primula secundiflora | Primula |
| Primula sieboldii | Primula |
| Prunus cerasifera | Purple blaze plum |
| Prunus cerasifera | Purple-leaved plum |
| Prunus pissardii | Purple-leaved plum |
| Phleum phleoides | Purple-stem Cat's tail |
| Portulaca oleracea | Purslane, common purslane, pigweed, pursley |
| Pyracantha | Pyracanthus |
| Perilla frutescens | Red Japanese Basil |
| Potamogeton alpinus | Red pondweed |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canary grass |
| Puccinellia distans | Reflexed saltmarsh grass |
| Pelargonium | Regal pelargonium, Geranium |
| Prunus x subhirtella | Rosebud cherry |
| Prunus x subhirtella | Rosebud cherry, Higan cherry |
| Poa trivialis | Rough meadow grass |
| Phaseolus coccineus | Runner bean |
| Perovskia atriplicifolia | Russian sage |
| Phleum arenarium | Sand Cat's tail |
| Prunus x schmittii | Sargent's cherry |
| Pinus sylvestris | Scots pine |
| Primula scotica | Scottish primrose |
| Prunella | Self heal |
| Prunella vulgaris | Self heal |
| Potamogeton acutifolius | Sharp-leaved pondweed |
| Potamogeton rutilus | Shetland pondweed |
| Potamogeton lucens | Shining pondweed |
| Perilla frutescens | Shiso, perilla |
| Picea sitchensis | Sitka spruce |
| Potamogeton filiformis | Slender-leaved pondweed |
| Potamogeton berchtoldii | Small pondweed |
| Pseudorchis albida | Small-white orchid |
| Phleum bertolonii | Smaller cat's tail |
| Poa pratensis | Smooth meadow grass |
| Polygonatum x hybridum | Solomon's seal |
| Polygonatum multiflorum | Solomon's-seal |
| Poa humilis | Spreading meadow grass |
| Puccinellia rupestris | Stiff saltmarsh grass |
| Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon | Sugar snap, snap pea |
| Poa palustris | Swamp meadow grass |
| Polygonum laxiflorum | Tasteless water-pepper |
| Pteridium esculentum | The tropical fern |
| Phleum pratense | Timothy grass |
| Potentilla erecta | Tormentil |
| Paeonia ostii | Tree Peony |
| Paeonia potaninii | Tree Peony |
| Paeonia szechuanica | Tree Peony |
| Paeonia delavayi | Tree Peony, Dian mu dan, Paeony |
| Paeonia lutea | Tree Peony, Dian mu dan, Paeony |
| Poa flabellata | Tussac grass |
| Pinus pinea | Umbrella pine, Stone pine |
| Pleioblastus variegatus | Variegated bamboo, Bamboo |
| Potamogeton gramineus | Various-leaved pondweed |
| Persicaria odorat | Vietnamese coriander, Vietnamese mint |
| Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Virginia creeper |
| Polypogon viridis | Water bent, Beardless rabbit's foot grass |
| Paspalum distichum | Water finger grass |
| Pistia stratiotes | Water lettuce |
| Poa flexuosa | Wavy meadow grass |
| Pyrus salicifolia | Weeping pear, Willow-leaved pear |
| Prunus x yedoensis | Weeping Yoshino Cherry |
| Polemonium caeruleum | White Jacobs ladder |
| Populus alba | White poplar |
| Polygonatum verticillatum | Whorled Solomon's-seal |
| Prunus x subhirtella | Winter-flowering cherry, Rosebud cherry |
| Poa nemoralis | Wood meadow grass |
| Paeonia japonica | Yama-Shakuyaku |
| Prunus x yedoensis | Yoshino Cherry |
