Plants That Start With G

71 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 71 plants 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 lists 71 plants, and many are things we eat or drink. Ginger, guava, grapefruit and green bean are easy picks, and the grapevine sits next to the grape itself. Ginseng and gourd add a few less common crops.

The ginkgo is an ancient tree with fan-shaped leaves that turn gold. Golden is a favourite prefix, with golden rain, golden chain and golden seal. Ground names also repeat, like ground cherry and ground pine. Ghost gum is a striking Australian name that young readers tend to remember.

Plants starting with G: 71
Best known: grass, ginger
Longest name: garden strawberry

Best-known plants that start with G

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

grass
ginger
grapefruit
grapevine
gourd
ginseng
guava
geranium
gooseberry
green bean
gum tree
gardenia
garden pea
ginkgo

All plants that start with G

#	Name	What it is
1	garden balm	bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves
2	garden lettuce	annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown
3	garden pea	plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
4	garden rocket	erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
5	garden strawberry	widely cultivated
6	garden violet	European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
7	gardenia	any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
8	garland flower	widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers
9	garlic mustard	European herb that smells like garlic
10	gas plant	Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
11	geranium	any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae
12	ghost gum	small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or...
13	giant bamboo	immense tropical southeast Asian bamboo with tough hollow culms that resemble tree trunks
14	giant cane	tall grass of southern United States growing in thickets
15	giant fern	highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
16	giant fir	lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
17	giant reed	large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white...
18	ginger	perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems
19	ginkgo	ancient tree with fan-shaped leaves that turn gold
20	ginseng	Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have...
21	globe flower	any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers
22	globe thistle	any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers
23	glory fern	named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
24	glory pea	any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping...
25	goa bean	a tuberous twining annual vine bearing clusters of purplish flowers and pods with four jagged wings; Old World tropics
26	goat grass	European grass naturalized as a weed in North America; sharp-pointed seeds cause injury when eaten by livestock
27	goat rue	tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers
28	goat willow	much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves
29	gold fern	fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
30	golden chain	an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
31	golden fern	tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
32	golden fig	a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies
33	golden heather	North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
34	golden pea	western United States bushy herb having yellow pea-like flowers
35	golden rain	an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum; often cultivated for Easter decorations
36	golden seal	perennial herb of northeastern United States having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves
37	golden thread	low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers
38	golden trumpet	vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers
39	golden willow	European willow having greyish leaves and yellow-orange twigs used in basketry
40	goose grass	low-growing perennial having leaves silvery beneath; northern United States; Europe; Asia
41	goose plum	wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
42	gooseberry	spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
43	gourd	any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
44	grand fir	lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
45	grape	any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
46	grape fern	a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
47	grapefruit	citrus tree bearing large round edible fruit having a thick yellow rind and juicy somewhat acid pulp
48	grapevine	any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
49	grass	narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
50	grass fern	epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
51	grass pea	European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere
52	grass tree	elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and...
53	gray birch	medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood
54	gray sage	low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant
55	gray willow	Eurasian shrubby willow with whitish tomentose twigs
56	green ash	a variety of red ash having glossy branchlets and lower leaf surfaces
57	green bean	a common bean plant cultivated for its slender green edible pods
58	green broom	deciduous erect spreading broom native to western Europe; widely cultivated for its rich yellow flowers
59	green corn	a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
60	green dragon	European arum resembling the cuckoopint
61	green gram	erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially...
62	greenbrier	a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny...
63	ground cherry	any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in...
64	ground ivy	trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in...
65	ground pine	low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red
66	ground pink	low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
67	ground rose	low-growing bristly shrub of southern Oregon and California with creeping rootstocks and usually corymbose flowers
68	guava	small tropical American shrubby tree; widely cultivated in warm regions for its sweet globular yellow fruit
69	guinea flower	any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single...
70	gum plant	any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally
71	gum tree	any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

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gourd
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How many plants start with G?

This list has 71 plants starting with G, from well-known ones like grass, ginger, grapefruit to rarer kinds.

What plants start with G?

Well-known examples are grass, ginger, grapefruit, grapevine, gourd, ginseng, guava, geranium.

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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