Flowers That Start With Y

3 flowers Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 3 flowers that start with Y, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. They are listed below with what each one is.

Three flowers begin with Y, and two of them are actually the same plant. Yellow iris and yellow flag both describe the common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa. That makes Y a nice letter for teaching that one flower can carry more than one name.

The third entry is yarrow, a plant with flat clusters of tiny white or colored flowers. Yarrow has just six letters, so it suits early readers. For quiz fans, knowing that yellow flag is an iris is a neat bonus fact.

Flowers starting with Y: 3
Best known: yellow iris, yarrow
Longest name: yellow iris

All flowers that start with Y

#	Name	What it is
1	yarrow	plant with flat clusters of tiny white or colored flowers
2	yellow flag	common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated
3	yellow iris	common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated

Questions people ask

How many flowers start with Y?

This list has 3 flowers starting with Y, from well-known ones like yellow iris, yarrow to rarer kinds.

What flowers start with Y?

Well-known examples are yellow iris, yarrow.

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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