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Anthurium Plant
Anthurium andraeanum
A tropical American houseplant grown for its glossy waxy flowers in red, pink, or white, formed by a brightly colored leaf-like spathe and slender spadix.
Below are plants that contain the letter H anywhere in the name. Each of the 32 plants below opens to a full profile.
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List of Plants That Contain H
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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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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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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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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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Elephant Ear
Colocasia esculenta
A group of tropical Asian aroids with enormous arrow-shaped leaves, grown ornamentally for bold tropical effect and edible as taro in many cuisines.
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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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Haworthia
Haworthia fasciata
A small South African succulent forming tight rosettes of pointed leaves, popular with collectors for the diversity of leaf shapes and translucent windows.
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Heartleaf Philodendron
Philodendron hederaceum
A trailing tropical American aroid with small glossy heart-shaped leaves, one of the easiest and longest-popular houseplants in cultivation.
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Hemp
Cannabis sativa
A fast-growing Central Asian annual herb cultivated for thousands of years for its strong stem fiber, edible seeds, and cannabinoid-rich flowers.
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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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Hosta
Hosta plantaginea
A shade-loving Asian perennial famous for sculptural mounds of broad leaves in green, blue, gold, and variegated patterns, the backbone of woodland gardens.
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Hoya
Hoya carnosa
A tropical Asian climbing succulent with waxy leaves and spectacular star-shaped flowers grouped in fragrant porcelain-like clusters, beloved by indoor gardeners.
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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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Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
A delicate fern with airy fan-shaped leaflets on slim black wiry stems, found near waterfalls worldwide and famously challenging as a houseplant.
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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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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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Philodendron
Philodendron
A vast genus of tropical American aroids ranging from compact heart-leaf trailers to enormous tree-climbing forms, beloved as forgiving and varied houseplants.
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Pothos
Epipremnum aureum
A South Pacific trailing aroid with heart-shaped leaves, the most widely sold houseplant in the world and an emblem of beginner-friendly indoor gardening.
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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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Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
A Mediterranean low woody herb with tiny aromatic leaves used in cooking around the world, also planted as a fragrant flowering ground cover.
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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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Xanthoria
Xanthoria parietina
A vivid orange-yellow leaf-like lichen growing on tree bark, rocks, and roofs around the world, often noticed for the cheerful color it gives ordinary stones.
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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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