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African Violet
Streptocarpus ionanthus
A compact flowering houseplant from East African cloud forests, famous for its fuzzy leaves and clusters of violet, pink, or white blooms throughout the year.
Below are plants that contain the letter C anywhere in the name. Each of the 40 plants below opens to a full profile.
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List of Plants That Contain C
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Areca Palm
Dypsis lutescens
A clumping feather-leaved palm from Madagascar, widely grown as a tropical houseplant for its arching golden stems and air-purifying reputation.
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Bunny Ear Cactus
Opuntia microdasys
A Mexican prickly pear with flat oval pads arranged in pairs that resemble rabbit ears, popular as a small windowsill cactus despite its tufts of irritating bristles.
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Calathea
Calathea
A genus of tropical American houseplants celebrated for boldly patterned leaves that fold upward at night, earning the nickname prayer plants.
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Cattail
Typha latifolia
A tall wetland plant with strap-like leaves and dense brown sausage-shaped flower spikes, found in marshes across temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
A small daisy-like herb native to Europe and West Asia, famous for the calming herbal tea brewed from its fragrant white and yellow flowers.
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Chinese Evergreen
Aglaonema commutatum
A tough Southeast Asian houseplant grown for its silver- or red-mottled leaves, widely chosen for offices for its tolerance of low light and dry air.
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Christmas Cactus
Schlumbergera bridgesii
A Brazilian epiphytic cactus with flat segmented stems that bursts into magenta, pink, or white tubular flowers around the winter holidays.
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Coleus
Coleus scutellarioides
A Southeast Asian foliage plant grown for its kaleidoscopic leaves in red, purple, lime, and chocolate, popular in beds, containers, and as a houseplant.
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Croton
Codiaeum variegatum
A flamboyant tropical Asian shrub whose leaves splash with red, orange, yellow, and green, grown outdoors in the tropics and as a vivid houseplant elsewhere.
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Cyclamen
Cyclamen persicum
A Mediterranean tuberous plant whose nodding pink, white, or red flowers with swept-back petals appear in winter above heart-shaped marbled leaves.
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Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia seguine
A tropical American houseplant with large white-splashed leaves whose sap can numb the mouth, giving rise to the common name dumb cane.
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Dracaena
Dracaena fragrans
A diverse genus of African and Asian foliage plants with strap-shaped leaves on woody stems, including popular houseplants like the corn plant and dragon tree.
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Duckweed
Lemna minor
A tiny floating aquatic plant that forms green blankets across still water, one of the worlds smallest and fastest-growing flowering plants.
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Easter Cactus
Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri
A South American epiphytic cactus with flat scalloped segments that produces star-shaped pink, orange, or red flowers in springtime.
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Echeveria
Echeveria elegans
A Mexican rosette-forming succulent in jewel-toned colors, one of the most photogenic and collectible genera in modern succulent gardening.
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Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
A North American prairie wildflower, also called coneflower, grown for its bright daisy-like blooms and roots harvested for an immune-supporting herbal supplement.
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Eucalyptus Plant
Eucalyptus cinerea
Juvenile foliage of Australian eucalyptus trees, grown for their round silver-blue scented leaves popular in cut and dried flower arrangements.
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Ficus
Ficus benjamina
A vast genus of tropical figs that includes giant strangler trees, small houseplants, and the iconic rubber and fiddle-leaf figs of interior design.
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Hens and Chicks
Sempervivum tectorum
A European alpine succulent forming a mother rosette surrounded by clusters of small offsets, a classic hardy plant for rock gardens and green roofs.
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Ice Plant
Delosperma cooperi
A South African low-growing succulent groundcover whose juice-filled leaves sparkle as if frosted, popular for hot dry slopes and coastal plantings.
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Inch Plant
Tradescantia zebrina
A trailing Mexican vine in the wandering jew group, grown for striped silver and purple leaves and tiny three-petaled pink flowers in summer.
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Jewel Orchid
Ludisia discolor
A Southeast Asian terrestrial orchid grown not for its flowers but for velvety leaves shimmering with metallic golden veins like embroidered fabric.
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Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
A Madagascan succulent grown for its compact umbrella-shaped clusters of long-lasting flowers in red, pink, orange, white, and yellow.
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Kentucky Bluegrass
Poa pratensis
A Eurasian cool-season turf grass, the standard lawn species across temperate North America despite originating in Europe and northern Asia.
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Lipstick Plant
Aeschynanthus radicans
A Southeast Asian epiphytic vine grown as a hanging houseplant for its tubular red flowers that emerge from dark calyxes like a lipstick from its tube.
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Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
A large North American and European fern named for its vase-shaped clumps of plume-like sterile fronds, the source of edible spring fiddleheads.
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Peace Lily
Spathiphyllum wallisii
A tropical American aroid grown for glossy green foliage and elegant white flower spathes, one of the most common low-light houseplants of offices and homes.
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Pencil Cactus
Euphorbia tirucalli
An East African succulent that looks like a tangle of green pencils, popular as a sculptural houseplant despite its highly irritating milky sap.
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Prickly Pear Cactus
Opuntia ficus-indica
A widespread group of paddle-segmented cacti native to the Americas, valued for edible pads and brilliant red fruits that flavor candies and beverages.
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Quack Grass
Elymus repens
A Eurasian perennial cool-season grass spreading aggressively by underground rhizomes, considered one of the worst lawn and crop weeds in temperate zones.
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Queen Annes Lace
Daucus carota
A European biennial wildflower with flat lacy white flower heads on tall stems, the wild ancestor of the cultivated carrot and a meadow favorite.
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Saguaro Cactus
Carnegiea gigantea
The iconic columnar cactus of the Sonoran Desert, growing to 12 metres with branching arms and white night-blooming flowers that crown its tip in early summer.
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Tradescantia
Tradescantia fluminensis
A genus of fast-growing trailing American herbs popular as houseplants, with colorful striped foliage and small three-petaled pink, purple, or white flowers.
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Vetch
Vicia sativa
A large group of legume vines with pinnate leaves, climbing tendrils, and small pea-shaped flowers, grown as fodder, cover crops, and pollinator forage.
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Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
A South American floating aquatic plant with bulbous leaf bases and spikes of lavender flowers, beautiful but among the worlds most damaging invasive weeds.
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Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
A North American deciduous shrub famous for ribbon-like fragrant winter flowers and its bark extract used in skincare and folk medicine.
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Xerographica
Tillandsia xerographica
A Guatemalan giant air plant that forms an enormous silver curly rosette without soil, the king of tillandsias and a centerpiece of modern living decor.
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Yellow Archangel
Lamiastrum galeobdolon
A European deadnettle with silver-marked leaves and butter-yellow spring flowers, grown for shady groundcover but invasive in Pacific Northwest forests.
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Yucca
Yucca filamentosa
A North American desert plant with stiff sword-shaped leaves and tall stalks of white bell flowers, growing wild from desert scrub to high-altitude grasslands.
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