Plants
Articles about plant species, botany and vegetation.
Asteraceae
Asteraceae (Compositae) — the daisy and sunflower family
Asterales
Asterales: the order of composite and related flowering plants
Asteridae
Asteridae: traditional Linnaean subclass and the modern asterid clade
Asterids
Asterids: the large clade of flowering plants within the eudicots
Astrophytum
Atlas cedar
Aubergine
Aubergine (Eggplant)
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Australian Plant Name Index
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
Austrobaileyales
Avocado
Avocado (Persea americana): fruit, cultivation, uses and nutrition
Axillary bud
Azorina vidalii
Azorina vidalii (Azores bellflower)
Azuki bean
Azuki bean (adzuki): small red bean of East Asian cuisine
Baldwin apple
Baldwin apple: history, characteristics, and uses
Ballota
Ballota (horehound): Mediterranean genus of mint-family flowering plants
Bamboo
Bamboo: biology, uses, and cultural importance
Banana
Banksia
Banksia: Australian flowering plants of the Proteaceae family
Banyan
Banyan (Ficus): the strangler fig and its ecology
Baobab
Baobab (Adansonia): the iconic water‑storing tree
Bark
Bark (plant covering): structure, function and human uses
Barley
Barley (Hordeum vulgare): an overview of the cereal grain
Basil
Basil (Ocimum basilicum): description, varieties, cultivation, and uses
Bay laurel
Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) — aromatic evergreen and culinary herb
Bay leaf
Bay leaf: aromatic laurel leaves, varieties and culinary uses
Bean
Bean (seed of legumes and similar seeds)
Beech
Beech (Fagus): characteristics, ecology, uses and cultural importance
Beet
Beet (Beta vulgaris) — root vegetable and cultivated crop
Begonia
Begonia (genus of flowering plants)
Begoniaceae
Begoniaceae — the begonia family of flowering plants
Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis (common daisy): description, distribution, uses and distinctions
Berberis
Berberis (barberry)
Betulaceae
Betulaceae (birch family): overview, traits, distribution and uses
Biennial plant
Biennial plant: lifecycle, characteristics, cultivation, and examples
Big leaf mahogany
Bigleaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla)
Bignoniaceae
Bilberry
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus): description, habitat, uses and distinctions
Bing cherry
Bing cherry (Prunus avium 'Bing') — sweet cherry cultivar
Birch
Birch (Betula): thin‑leaved deciduous trees of the north
Birch (genus Betula) are thin‑leaved deciduous hardwood trees of the family Betulaceae, widespread across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for bark, timber, ecology and cultural
Birch bark
Birch bark: properties, traditional uses, and cultural importance
Bitter orange
Bitter orange (Seville orange) — Citrus × aurantium
Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana (achiote) — annatto-producing tropical shrub
Black mangrove
Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans): appearance, habitat, and importance
Black mustard
Black mustard (Brassica nigra)
Black pepper
Black sapote
Black sapote (Diospyros nigra): the chocolate pudding fruit