Plants That Start With L

46 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 46 plants 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.

L gives 46 plants, and citrus is the clear headline. Lemon and lime both appear, along with lemon tree, lime tree and lemongrass. Lemon balm and lemon mint carry the same citrus theme in herb form. Note that lime can also mean the linden tree.

Lavender and lilac are the scented favourites, and lettuce, lentil and leek fill the vegetable side. The surprises include living stone and living rock, plus the lobster plant and leopard plant. These animal and rock names are good hooks for young readers.

Plants starting with L: 46
Best known: lemon, lime
Longest name: lavender cotton

Best-known plants that start with L

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

lemon
lime
laurel
lettuce
lavender
linden
lilac
licorice
live oak
lentil
lemon tree
larch
lemongrass
lime tree
lima bean
lemon balm
leek

All plants that start with L

#	Name	What it is
1	lace fern	small tufted fern of northwestern America
2	lady fern	most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
3	lady palm	any of several small palms of the genus Rhapis; cultivated as houseplants
4	larch	any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
5	laurel	any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
6	laurel cherry	frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage...
7	laurel oak	small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel
8	laurel willow	European willow tree with shining leathery leaves; widely naturalized in the eastern United States
9	lavender	any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
10	lavender cotton	branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers
11	lead plant	shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored...
12	lead tree	low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa...
13	leaf lettuce	distinguished by leaves having curled or incised leaves forming a loose rosette that does not develop into a compact...
14	leaf mustard	Asiatic mustard used as a potherb
15	leather fern	widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
16	leather flower	woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals
17	leek	onion relative with a long white stem
18	lemon	a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
19	lemon balm	bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves
20	lemon mint	an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
21	lemon tree	a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit
22	lemongrass	a tropical grass native to India and Sri Lanka
23	lentil	widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground...
24	leopard plant	any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage
25	lettuce	any of various plants of the genus Lactuca
26	licorice	deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves
27	lilac	any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
28	lima bean	bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
29	lime	any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish...
30	lime tree	any of various related trees bearing limes
31	limestone fern	yellow-green fern of rocky areas of northern hemisphere
32	linden	any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish...
33	linden tree	any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish...
34	lip fern	any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes
35	little barley	annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America
36	live oak	any of several American evergreen oaks
37	living rock	usually unbranched usually spineless cactus covered with warty tubercles and having magenta flowers and white or green...
38	living stone	any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble...
39	lobster plant	tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small...
40	locust	any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae
41	long pepper	plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
42	lotus tree	shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region
43	love grass	any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis; specially useful for forage and for the prevention of erosion
44	low blueberry	low-growing deciduous shrub of northeastern North America having flowers in compact racemes and bearing sweet dark blue...
45	lucerne	important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and...
46	lyme grass	a grass of the genus Elymus

Short plants with L

lemon
lime
lilac
larch
leek

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How many plants start with L?

This list has 46 plants starting with L, from well-known ones like lemon, lime, laurel to rarer kinds.

What plants start with L?

Well-known examples are lemon, lime, laurel, lettuce, lavender, linden, lilac, licorice.

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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