Plants by A-Z (B)

Bachelors Buttons (Bachelor's Buttons, Mountain Cornflower, Perennial Cornflower)
Centaurea spp.; esp. Centaurea cyanus and Centaurea montana

Bacopa (Trailing Phlox)
Chaenostoma cordata, syn. Chaenostoma cordatum; formerly Sutera cordata, syn. Sutera diffusus

Bacopa (Water Hyssop, Waterhyssop)
Bacopa spp.

Balloon Flower (Chinese Bellflower)
Platycodon grandiflorus

Bamboo
Fargesia spp., Phyllostachys spp.

Banana (Plantain) (Fruit)
Musa acuminata; Musa balbisiana

Banana (Plantain) (Plant)
Musa acuminata; Musa balbisiana

Baneberry (Doll's Eye, Bugbane, Black Cohosh, Herb Christopher, Snakeroot, Brunette Bugbane, Purple Bugbane, Black Bugbane)
Actaea spp.

Barley Grass (Barley)
Hordeum spp.

Barrenwort (Barren Wort, Fairy Wings, Bishop's Hat, Bishops Hat, Horny Goat Weed, Epimedium)
Epimedium spp., esp. E.grandiflorum

Basil (Sweet Basil, Bush Basil)
Ocimum basilicum

Basket of Gold (Golden-tuft, Golden Alyssum, Gold-dust, Rock Madwort)
Aurinia saxatilis; syn. Alyssum saxatile

Bay Tree (Bay Leaf, Bay Leaves, Bay Laurel)
Laurus nobilis

Bean (Runner Bean, French Bean, Green Bean, String Bean)
Phaseolus coccineus; P. vulgaris

Bean Sprouts (Beansprouts, Bean Shoots, Beanshoots)
Vigna radiata; Glycine max

Bears Breeches (Bear's Breeches, Acanthus)
Acanthus spp.

Beauty Berry (Beautyberry, American Beautyberry, Purple Beautyberry)
Callicarpa spp., esp. C. americana; C. bodinieri

Beech (European Beech, Common Beech, Copper Beech, Purple Beech)
Fagus spp

Beetroot (Beet, Table Beet, Garden Beet, Red Beet, Golden Beet)
Beta vulgaris

Begonia (Begonia Rex, tubers/rhizomes)
Begonia x tuberhybrida, Begonia rex

Begonia (Wax Begonia)
Begonia semperflorens

Berberis (Barberry, Berberry)
Berberis spp.

Bergamot (Bee Balm, Oswego Tea, Scarlet Monarda)
Monarda spp.

Big Betony
Stachys macrantha, syn. Stachys grandiflora; Stachys spicata

Bilberry (Whortleberry, Huckleberry)
Vaccinium myrtillus

Bindweed (Field Bindweed)
Convolvulus arvensis.

Bindweed (Hedge Bindweed)
Calystegia sepium

Birch (Silver Birch, White Birch, Paper Birch, Yellow Birch)
Betula spp.

Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia

Bird's Foot Trefoil (Common Birds Foot Trefoil, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Hairy Bird's Foot Trefoil)
Lotus corniculatus, Lotus subbiflorus

Birthwort (Aristolochia, Pipevine, Dutchman's Pipe)
Aristolochia spp.

Bistort (Common Bistort, Alpine Bistort)
Persicaria bistorta syn. Polygonum bistorta; Persicaria vivipara

Bittercress
Cardamine spp.

Bittersweet
Solanum dulcamara

Black Currant (Blackcurrant)
Ribes nigrum

Black Horehound (Stinking Roger, Stinking Horehound)
Ballota nigra

Black Locust (False Acacia)
Robinia pseudoacacia

Black Medic (Black Medick)
Medicago lupulina

Black Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon, Snakes Beard, Lilyturf, Aztec Grass)
Ophiopogon spp.

Black Nightshade (Garden Nightshade)
Solanum nigrum L.

Black-eyed Susan (Black Eyed Susan, Brown Eyed Susan, Coneflower, Rudbeckia, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy)
Rudbeckia hirta; Rudbeckia fulgida

Black-eyed Susan (Black Eyed Susan, Thunbergia)
Thunbergia alata

Blackberry
Rubus spp., esp. Rubus fruticosus

Blackthorn (Sloe)
Prunus spinosa

Blanket Weed (String Algae, Mermaid Hair, Pond Scum)
Cladophora spp. Spirogyra spp., Mougeotia

Bleeding Heart (Dutchmans Breeches, Dutchman's Breeches)
Lamprocapnos spectabilis (formerly Dicentra spectabilis)

Blue Potato Bush (Paraguay Nightshade, Blue Lycianthes)
Lycianthes rantonnetii, syn. Solanum rantonnetii

Blue Sowthistle (Blue Sow Thistle, Common Blue Sowthistle, Alpine Blue-sow-thistle)
Cicerbita, esp. C. macrophylla, C. alpina, C. plumieri

Blue Star Creeper (Swamp Isotome, Matted Pratia)
Pratia pedunculata; syn. Isotoma fluviatilis, Lobelia fluviatilis, Laurentia fluviatilis

Blue-eyed Grass (Blue Eye Grass, Blue Eyed Grass, American Blue-eyed Grass)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Sisyrinchium montanum

Bluebell (English Bluebell, Spanish Bluebell)
Hyacinthoides non-scripta/Hyacinthoides hispanica

Blueberry
Vaccinium cyanococcus

Borage (Star Flower)
Borago officinalis

Boston Fern (Sword Fern, Fishbone Fern, Ladder Fern)
Nephrolepsis exaltata

Boston Ivy
Parthenocissus tricuspidata

Bottlebrush
Callistemon spp.

Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea spp.

Box
Buxus sempervirens

Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum

Bramble
Rubus spp., esp. Rubus fruticosus

Bristly Oxtongue (Bristly Ox-tongue, Bristly Ox Tongue)
Picris echioides; Helminthotheca echioides; Helmintia echioides

Broadleaf Filaree
Erodium botrys

Broadleaf Stonecrop (Sedum Spathulifolium)
Sedum spathulifolium

Broccoli (Calabrese, Sprouting Broccoli)
Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)

Bromeliad
Bromelioideae (subfamily containing 32 genera)

Broom (Common Broom, Spanish Broom, Scotch Broom, English Broom, French Broom)
Cytisus; Genista, Chamaecytisus; Spartium

Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-me-not)
Brunnera spp.

Brussels Sprouts (Brussel Sprouts)
Brassica oleraceae (Gemmifera Group)

Bryony (White Bryony, Red Bryony)
Bryonia spp.

Buddleia (Butterfly Bush, Buddleja)
Buddleia spp.

Bugle (Ajuga, Bugleweed)
Ajuga reptans; Ajuga Pyramidalis

Bulrush (Bullrush, Cattail, Reed Mace)
Typha spp.

Burclover (Spotted Medic, Spotted Burclover)
Medicago arabica; M. maculata

Burdock
Arctium spp.

Burnet (Greater Burnet, Common Burnet, Sanguisorba)
Sanguisorba officinalis, S. canadensis

Burning Bush (Burningbush, Kochia, Fireweed, Firebush, Mexican Fireweed, Summer Cypress, Belvedere)
Bassia scoparia; syn. Kochia scoparia

Burr Marigold (Three-lobe Beggarticks, Water Agrimony)
Bidens tripartita

Busy Lizzie (Touch-me-not)
Impatiens spp.

Butterbur (Common Butterbur, Bog Rhubarb)
Petasites hybridus, syn. P. vulgaris, P. officinalis, P. ovatus

Buttercup
Ranunculus repens