Flowers That Start With G

15 flowers Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 15 flowers that start with G, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

G gives 15 flowers. The geranium is a popular pot plant, the gladiolus sends up tall spikes of blooms, and the goldenrod is a tall wildflower with plumes of yellow. The gentian rounds out the best known names.

Gold is the big theme. Golden cup, golden star, golden glow, golden everlasting, golden marguerite and goldilocks all point to yellow flowers. The glacier lily of western North America has bright yellow flowers too, and the giant sunflower is a very tall American perennial.

Flowers starting with G: 15
Best known: gladiolus, gentian
Longest name: golden everlasting

Best-known flowers that start with G

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

gladiolus
gentian
geranium
goldenrod

All flowers that start with G

#	Name	What it is
1	garden pink	any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
2	gentian	any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
3	geranium	popular garden and pot plant with clusters of bright flowers
4	giant sunflower	very tall American perennial of central and the eastern United States to Canada having edible tuberous roots
5	glacier lily	dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers
6	gladiolus	any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves...
7	globe lily	any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
8	golden cup	native of Mexican highlands grown for its glossy clear yellow flowers and blue-grey finely dissected foliage
9	golden everlasting	Australian plant naturalized in Spain having flowers of lemon yellow to deep gold
10	golden glow	very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads
11	golden marguerite	Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in North America
12	golden star	California plant having grasslike leaves and showy orange flowers
13	goldenrod	tall wildflower with plumes of small yellow flowers
14	goldilocks	early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod
15	grass pink	an orchid

Questions people ask

How many flowers start with G?

This list has 15 flowers starting with G, from well-known ones like gladiolus, gentian, geranium to rarer kinds.

What flowers start with G?

Well-known examples are gladiolus, gentian, geranium, goldenrod.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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