This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names, in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.
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- Bamboo â bamboosa ardinarifolia
- Banana â mainly Musa àparadisica, but also other Musa species and hybrids
- Baobab â Adansonia
- Bay â Laurus spp. or Umbellularia spp.
- Bay laurel â Laurus nobilis (culinary)
- California bay â Umbellularia californica
- Bean â Fabaceae, specifically Phaseolus spp.
- Bearberry â Ilex decidua
- Bear corn â Veratrum viride
- Beech â Fagus
- Bindweed
- Blue bindweed â Solanum dulcamara
- Bird's nest â Daucus carota
- Bird's nest plant â Daucus carota
- Bird of paradise â Strelitzia reginae
- Birch â Betula spp.
- Black birch â Betula lenta, Betula nigra
- Bolean birch â Betula papyrifera
- Canoe birch â Betula papyrifera
- Cherry birch â Betula lenta
- European weeping birch â Betula pendula
- European white birch â Betula pendula
- Gray birch â Betula alleghaniensis
- Mahogany birch â Betula lenta
- Paper birch â Betula papyrifera
- Red birch â Betula nigra
- River birch â Betula nigra, Betula lenta
- Silver birch â Betula papyrifera
- Spice birch â Betula lenta
- Sweet birch â Betula lenta
- Water birch â Betula nigra
- Weeping birch â Betula pendula
- White birch â Betula papyrifera, Betula pendula
- Yellow birch â Betula alleghaniensis
- Bittercress â Barbarea vulgaris, Cardamine bulbosa, Cardamine hirsuta
- Hairy bittercress â Cardamine hirsuta
- Bittersweet â Solanum dulcamara
- Trailing bittersweet â Solanum dulcamara
- Bitterweed â Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Artemisia trifida, Helenium amarum
- Blackberry â Rubus spp., Rubus pensilvanicus, Rubus occidentalis
- Hispid swamp blackberry â Rubus hispidus
- Pennsylvania blackberry â Rubus pensilvanicus
- Running swamp blackberry â Rubus hispidus
- Black cap â Rubus occidentalis
- Black-eyed Susan â Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia fulgida
- Blackhaw â Viburnum prunifolium
- Black-weed â Ambrosia artemisiifolia
- Blueberry â Vaccinium (Cyanococcus) spp.
- Bluebell â Hyacinthoides non-scripta
- Blue-of-the-heavens â Allium caeruleum
- Bola verde â Anisocapparis speciosa
- Bow-wood â Maclura pomifera
- Box â Buxus
- False box â Cornus florida
- Boxelder â Acer negundo
- Boxwood â Buxus, Cornus florida
- False boxwood â Cornus florida
- Brier
- Sand brier â Solanum carolinense
- Brittlebush â Encelia farinosa
- Broadleaf â Plantago major
- Brown Betty â Rudbeckia hirta
- Brown-eyed susan â Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba
- Buckeye (California buckeye) â Aesculus californica
- Buckeye â Aesculus spp.
- Buffalo weed â Ambrosia trifida
- Bugle â Ajuga reptans
- Butterfly flower â Asclepias syriaca
- Butterfly weed â Asclepias tuberosa
- Beaked hazelnut â Corylus cornuta
- Bottle tree
- Flame bottle tree â Brachychiton acerifolius
- Queensland bottle tree â Brachychiton rupestris
- Broad leaf bottle tree â Brachychiton australis
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