Plants That Start With Every Letter
Here are plants that start with every letter from A to Z: 1,305 in all, with examples for each letter and a full page for every letter that has enough of them.
The complete plant list runs to 1,305 names. S leads the way on 181, then C on 154, B with 138 and W with 119. Most other letters still give dozens of choices, so an A to Z plant game is very doable.
X is the only letter with no plants at all. Q and Z have just five each, so it helps to remember quince and queen palm, or zucchini and zoysia grass. U has seven, mostly umbrella names. For easy answers, apple, bamboo, ivy, kale and oak are hard to beat.
- Plants listed
- 1,305
- Most common first letter
- S
- Letters with none
- X
Plants by letter
| Letter | How many | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| A | 37 | apple, ash, almond, avocado, aspen |
| B | 138 | bamboo, basil, birch, broccoli, barley |
| C | 154 | coffee, cotton, corn, cedar, cinnamon |
| D | 39 | daphne, dill, dandelion, desert rose, date palm |
| E | 21 | elder, elm, ebony, eggplant, eucalyptus |
| F | 57 | fir, fern, flax, fennel, fan palm |
| G | 71 | grass, ginger, grapefruit, grapevine, gourd |
| H | 45 | holly, heather, hazel, hawthorn, hickory |
| I | 16 | ivy, indigo, ironwood, ice plant, indian shot |
| J | 12 | jasmine, juniper, jack pine, jalapeno, jade vine |
| K | 13 | kale, kiwi, kidney bean, kangaroo paw, kohlrabi |
| L | 46 | lemon, lime, laurel, lettuce, lavender |
| M | 73 | mint, moss, maple, mustard, mango |
| N | 10 | nutmeg, neem, nettle, nut pine, needle bush |
| O | 24 | orange, oak, olive, orange tree, oat |
| P | 97 | palm, potato, pine, peanut, pumpkin |
| Q | 5 | quick grass, quince, queen palm, quinoa, quarter-vine |
| R | 60 | rose, rice, reed, rosemary, rye |
| S | 181 | sage, strawberry, squash, spinach, sesame |
| T | 38 | tree, tea, tomato, tea rose, thyme |
| U | 7 | umbrella pine, umbrella plant, umbrella tree, upland cotton, urn plant |
| V | 17 | violet, vine, viola, vegetable marrow, vanilla |
| W | 119 | wheat, willow, walnut, watermelon, wild rice |
| X | 0 | No common plants start with X |
| Y | 20 | yam, yew, yucca, yarrow, yellow squash |
| Z | 5 | zucchini, zebra plant, zoysia grass, zz plant, zaman |
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Questions people ask
Which letter do the most plants start with?
S, with 181 on this site's list.
Are there plants for every letter?
Not in this list. No common plants start with X.
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.