Plants That Start With K

13 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 13 plants that start with K, 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.

K offers 13 plants, and the vegetables are the easiest to remember. Kale, kohlrabi and kidney bean all appear, and kohlrabi is a cabbage relative grown for its swollen round stem. Kiwi is a climbing vine from China grown for its fuzzy fruit.

The animal names make this letter fun for kids. Kangaroo paw is a spring-flowering herb, and the kidney fern is a large fern from New Zealand. Kudzu is a fast climbing vine known for smothering other plants. Kola is a tree whose nuts are a source of cola.

Plants starting with K: 13
Best known: kale, kiwi
Longest name: kangaroo paw

Best-known plants that start with K

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

kale
kiwi
kidney bean
kangaroo paw
kohlrabi
kudzu

All plants that start with K

#	Name	What it is
1	kale	a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
2	kangaroo paw	sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
3	key palm	small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
4	kidney bean	the common bean plant grown for the beans rather than the pods (especially a variety with large red kidney-shaped beans)
5	kidney fern	large fern of New Zealand having kidney-shaped fronds
6	king fern	large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds
7	king orange	large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida
8	kiwi	climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
9	kiwi vine	climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat
10	knob celery	grown for its thickened edible aromatic root
11	kohlrabi	cabbage relative grown for its swollen round stem
12	kola	tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine; source of cola extract
13	kudzu	fast-growing climbing vine that smothers other plants

Short plants with K

kale
kiwi
kudzu
kola

Questions people ask

How many plants start with K?

This list has 13 plants starting with K, from well-known ones like kale, kiwi, kidney bean to rarer kinds.

What plants start with K?

Well-known examples are kale, kiwi, kidney bean, kangaroo paw, kohlrabi, kudzu.

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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