Plants that start with L

Plants that start with L

The most well-known plants and fungi, listed by their common names.
Photo of lilac flowers
Linda N / CC BY-SA

Lis forLilac

Scientific name: genus: syringa
Lilacs are a group of flowering plants in the olive family. Most of them have pretty, light purple flowers. They are popular garden plants.
Colors, Plants
Photo of a lily flower
Corey Leopold / CC BY-SA

Lis forLily

Scientific name: genus: lilium
Lilies are a common flower that grows from a bulb under the ground. Lilies lose their leaves in winter and regrow them when it is warmer. Lilies come in a variety of different colours, mostly orange and yellow.
Plants
Photo of limes
Rand_G / CC BY-SA

Lis forLime

Scientific name: citrus latifolia
Limes are a citrus fruit like oranges and lemons. They are most similar to lemons but are smaller, sourer and greener. Like lemons, limes are not good to eat on their own and are used to flavor drinks and foods. A lot of Asian cooking uses limes as flavoring.
Citrus fruit
Photo of a field of flax
Roger Ward / CC BY-SA

Lis forLinseed

Linseed is another name for the flax plant.
Plants
Photo of cut lychees
Bob Richmond / CC BY-SA

Lis forLychee

Scientific name: litchi chinensis
Lychees, also called litchi, are tropical fruit native to China. They have a very sweet, white flesh with a single large seed.
Fruit

And also ...

Lotus