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) |
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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 |