A plant growth lighting device that irradiates a target plant with an artificial light from the side of the target plant includes an LED circuit and an LED driving circuit. The LED circuit includes a plurality of LED elements that emit the artificial light. The LED driving circuit supplies an LED driving current to the LED circuit. The LED driving current varies in current value periodically as it has a large value during a first period and has a small value or does not flow during a second period. The artificial light varies in intensity periodically according to the LED driving current, which varies in value periodically.