Plants That Start With H

45 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 45 plants that start with H, 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.

H gives 45 plants, and trees and shrubs make up most of them. Holly, hazel, hawthorn and hickory are woodland classics, while hibiscus, hosta and hydrangea are garden favourites. Horseradish is grown for its thick white root.

Hedges inspire a whole group of names: hedge maple, hedge garlic, hedge violet and hedge thorn. Honesty is a European plant with fragrant purplish flowers and a fun word to spot on a plant list. The hog peanut and hop clover show how farm words find their way into plant names.

Plants starting with H: 45
Best known: holly, heather
Longest name: hedgehog cactus

Best-known plants that start with H

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

holly
heather
hazel
hawthorn
hickory
hemlock
hazelnut
hibiscus
huckleberry
horseradish
honeysuckle
hot pepper
horse chestnut
hosta
hydrangea

All plants that start with H

#	Name	What it is
1	hand fern	tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
2	hard beech	tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood
3	hard fern	any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum
4	hard wheat	wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta
5	hawthorn	a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
6	hazel	Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
7	hazel tree	Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts
8	hazelnut	any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Corylus bearing edible nuts enclosed in a leafy husk
9	head cabbage	any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green...
10	head lettuce	distinguished by leaves arranged in a dense rosette that develop into a compact ball
11	heal all	decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America
12	heart cherry	any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
13	heath	a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
14	heath pea	European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey
15	heath violet	Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet
16	heather	common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
17	hedge garlic	European herb that smells like garlic
18	hedge maple	shrubby Eurasian maple often used as a hedge
19	hedge mustard	stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers
20	hedge thorn	South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging
21	hedge violet	common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
22	hedgehog cactus	cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines
23	hemlock	an evergreen tree
24	hibiscus	any plant of the genus Hibiscus
25	hickory	American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts
26	hog peanut	vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually...
27	hog plum	tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
28	holly	any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges
29	holly fern	tropical Old World fern having glossy fronds suggestive of holly; sometimes placed in genus Polystichum
30	honesty	southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods...
31	honey bell	African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs
32	honey berry	tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp
33	honeysuckle	shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
34	hoop pine	pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood
35	hop clover	prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
36	horse balm	erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers
37	horse chestnut	tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds
38	horse gram	twining herb of Old World tropics cultivated in India for food and fodder; sometimes placed in genus Dolichos
39	horse parsley	European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
40	horseradish	coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root
41	hosta	shade-loving garden plant grown for its broad leaves
42	hot pepper	plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers
43	hoya	any plant of the genus Hoya having fleshy leaves and usually nectariferous flowers
44	huckleberry	any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries
45	hydrangea	shrub with large round clusters of flowers

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hazel
hosta
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How many plants start with H?

This list has 45 plants starting with H, from well-known ones like holly, heather, hazel to rarer kinds.

What plants start with H?

Well-known examples are holly, heather, hazel, hawthorn, hickory, hemlock, hazelnut, hibiscus.

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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