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Agave
Agave americana
A dramatic desert succulent forming spiny rosettes, native to arid regions of the Americas and famous as the source of tequila and mezcal spirits.
Below are plants that contain the letter G anywhere in the name. Each of the 31 plants below opens to a full profile.
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List of Plants That Contain G
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Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
A low spreading evergreen groundcover from Europe and Asia, prized in shade gardens for its purple-bronze leaves and short spikes of blue spring flowers.
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Asparagus Fern
Asparagus setaceus
A soft, feathery South African plant that resembles a fern but is actually a relative of garden asparagus, popular as a houseplant and floral filler.
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Bear Grass
Xerophyllum tenax
A North American mountain plant with grass-like leaves and tall summer plumes of cream-white flowers, important to several Indigenous craft traditions.
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Begonia
Begonia
A vast genus of tropical and subtropical plants grown for their asymmetrical leaves and waxy flowers, from compact bedding plants to spectacular foliage hybrids.
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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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English Ivy
Hedera helix
A vigorous evergreen woody vine from Europe, widely grown for cover on walls and as a houseplant, but invasive in parts of North America and Australia.
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Fiddle Leaf Fig
Ficus lyrata
A West African fig with enormous violin-shaped leaves on tall ramrod-straight stems, an Instagram-famous statement plant of modern interiors.
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Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
A graceful African and Asian ornamental grass with arching foliage and feathery summer flower plumes, a backbone of modern naturalistic plantings.
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Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides
An East Asian evergreen shrub with glossy dark leaves and white double flowers whose powerful sweet perfume makes it a classic Southern garden plant.
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Gerbera Plant
Gerbera jamesonii
A South African daisy widely grown as a bedding plant and one of the worlds top five cut flowers, available in nearly every color but blue.
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Ginseng
Panax ginseng
A slow-growing East Asian and North American forest herb with branched fleshy roots used for thousands of years in traditional medicine as a tonic.
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Gloxinia
Sinningia speciosa
A Brazilian tuberous houseplant grown for large velvety bell-shaped flowers in deep purple, red, or white, often gifted as a flowering pot plant.
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Goji Plant
Lycium barbarum
A thorny East Asian shrub whose bright red berries, marketed as a superfood, have been used in Chinese medicine for over a thousand years.
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Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
A North American perennial wildflower with tall plumes of bright yellow late-summer flowers, a critical late nectar source for bees and migrating butterflies.
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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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Night Blooming Jasmine
Cestrum nocturnum
A tropical American shrub whose small green-white flowers release an intense sweet perfume after dusk, intoxicating in warm gardens.
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Ornamental Grass
Miscanthus sinensis
A broad horticultural group of clumping grasses grown for foliage, flower plumes, winter structure, and movement in modern naturalistic gardens.
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Pampas Grass
Cortaderia selloana
A massive South American grass with cream-white feathery flower plumes that reach four metres, a dramatic landscape grass and now popular in dried bouquets.
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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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Quaking Grass
Briza media
A graceful European grass whose heart-shaped flat seed heads tremble on slim stems in the slightest breeze, popular in dried bouquets.
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Sage
Salvia officinalis
A Mediterranean shrubby herb with grey-green pungent leaves used in cooking, herbal medicine, and traditional Native American smudging.
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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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Staghorn Fern
Platycerium bifurcatum
An Australian epiphytic fern with antler-shaped fronds that grows wedged to tree branches and is mounted on boards as a popular living wall plant.
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String of Pearls
Curio rowleyanus
A South African trailing succulent with green pea-shaped leaves strung along threadlike stems, popular in hanging baskets for its jewelry-like cascade.
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Sweet Flag
Acorus calamus
A wetland herb with fragrant strap-shaped leaves that smell faintly of cinnamon when crushed, used in medicine and ritual across Eurasia and North America.
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Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
A Eurasian aromatic herb with slim anise-scented leaves, considered one of the four fines herbes of French cuisine and essential to classic sauces.
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Wandering Jew
Tradescantia zebrina
A traditional common name for several trailing tradescantias from Latin America, prized as easy houseplants with vivid purple or silver striped leaves.
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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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Zoysia Grass
Zoysia japonica
A warm-season Asian turf grass that forms a dense slow-growing lawn tolerant of heat, drought, and salt, popular on golf courses and in southern lawns.
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