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Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
An Andean trailing annual with round shield-shaped leaves and bright orange, yellow, or red spurred flowers, all parts edible and pleasantly peppery.
If you've been searching for plants that start with N, you'll find 5 detailed plants below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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Table of contents
| Nasturtium | Nettle | New Zealand Flax | Night Blooming Jasmine |
| Norfolk Pine |
List of Plants That Start With N
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Nettle
Urtica dioica
A widely distributed perennial herb with stinging hairs along its stems and leaves, both feared as a weed and prized as a nutritious cooked green and fiber plant.
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New Zealand Flax
Phormium tenax
A New Zealand evergreen with stiff fan-shaped clumps of long strappy leaves, dramatic in modern landscape design and historically harvested for strong fiber.
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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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Norfolk Pine
Araucaria heterophylla
A South Pacific evergreen conifer with symmetrical tiered branches, often sold as a small living Christmas tree but not actually a true pine.
About plants starting with N
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