Flowers That Start With L

11 flowers Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 11 flowers that start with L, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

Eleven flowers begin with L, and many are known for scent. Lavender, lilac and lily are classic garden choices, and the lotus is a water plant with large pink or white flowers.

The lupine has tall spikes of pea-like blooms, and the larkspur is a relative of the delphinium. Lily shows up as a family, with lemon lily and leopard lily joining the list. The lady's slipper is a wildflower with a pouch-shaped bloom, and the lizard orchid adds an odd name for curious readers.

Flowers starting with L: 11
Best known: lily, larkspur
Longest name: lady's slipper

Best-known flowers that start with L

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

lily
larkspur
lady's slipper
lavender
lilac
lotus
lupine

All flowers that start with L

#	Name	What it is
1	lady tulip	Eurasian tulip with small flowers blotched at the base
2	lady's slipper	any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip
3	larkspur	any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium
4	lavender	fragrant herb with spikes of small purple flowers
5	lemon lily	a day lily with yellow flowers
6	leopard lily	garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry
7	lilac	shrub with fragrant clusters of purple or white flowers
8	lily	any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
9	lizard orchid	an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
10	lotus	water plant with large pink or white flowers
11	lupine	plant with tall spikes of pea-like colorful flowers

Short flowers with L

lily
lilac
lotus

Questions people ask

How many flowers start with L?

This list has 11 flowers starting with L, from well-known ones like lily, larkspur, lady's slipper to rarer kinds.

What flowers start with L?

Well-known examples are lily, larkspur, lady's slipper, lavender, lilac, lotus, lupine.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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