Plants That Start With A

37 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 37 plants that start with A, 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.

A brings 37 plants, and fruit and nut trees fill the top of the list. Apple, almond, avocado and apricot all appear, often twice, once as the plant and once as the tree. Aspen and alder add some classic woodland trees.

Vegetables and herbs show up too, including asparagus, artichoke, arugula and aubergine, which is another name for eggplant. Asparagus even lends its name to a whole cluster, with asparagus fern, asparagus bean and asparagus pea. Aloe and agave give the list a desert feel.

Plants starting with A: 37
Best known: apple, ash
Longest name: asparagus bean

Best-known plants that start with A

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

apple
ash
almond
avocado
aspen
apple tree
asparagus
aloe
azalea
acacia
apricot
alder
alfalfa
artichoke
ash tree
anise
arugula
almond tree
avocado tree
agave
aloe vera

All plants that start with A

#	Name	What it is
1	acacia	any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
2	agave	succulent desert plant with thick spiky leaves in a rosette
3	air potato	yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers
4	alder	north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit
5	alfalfa	important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and...
6	almond	small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts...
7	almond tree	any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts
8	almond willow	Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry
9	aloe	succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers
10	aloe vera	succulent plant whose leaf gel soothes burns and skin
11	alpine ash	tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood
12	alpine clover	European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers
13	althea	any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
14	andromeda	broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
15	angelica	any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish...
16	anil	shrub of West Indies and South America that is a source of indigo dye
17	anise	native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring...
18	apple	native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits
19	apple mint	mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States
20	apple tree	any tree of the genus Malus especially those bearing firm rounded edible fruits
21	apricot	Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach
22	arctic willow	low creeping shrub of Arctic Europe and America
23	arrow wood	deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows
24	artemisia	any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage
25	artichoke	Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
26	arugula	erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
27	ash	any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
28	ash tree	any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
29	asparagus	plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
30	asparagus bean	South American bean having very long succulent pods
31	asparagus fern	a fernlike plant native to South Africa
32	asparagus pea	sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
33	aspen	any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
34	aubergine	hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as...
35	avocado	tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
36	avocado tree	tropical American tree bearing large pulpy green fruits
37	azalea	any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors

Short plants with A

apple
ash
aspen
aloe
alder
anise
agave
anil

Questions people ask

How many plants start with A?

This list has 37 plants starting with A, from well-known ones like apple, ash, almond to rarer kinds.

What plants start with A?

Well-known examples are apple, ash, almond, avocado, aspen, apple tree, asparagus, aloe.

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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