Laciniate (laciniatus). Lacerated, i.e., slit into narrow and irregular segments.

Lanceolate (lanceolatus). About 3-6 times as long as broad and ending in an angle or point.

Legume (legumen). A one-celled fruit opening by two valves.

Ligulate (ligulatus). Strap-shaped, i.e., produced on one side into a long and narrow limb.

Ligule (ligula). A strap-shaped body, especially the scale-like appendage on the inner side of certain leaves, usually between the sheath and the blade.

Limb (limbus). The upper, more or less expanded part of a perianth.

Linear (linearis). Very narrow (many times as long as broad) with almost parallel edges.

Lip (labium). A part of a perianth formed of several united segments or of one large segment which is separated from the rest.

Lobe (lobus). Division of a leaf or a perianth, especially when short.

Lobed (lobatus). Shortly divided, the incisions not reaching to the middle.