Plants That Start With M

73 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 73 plants that start with M, 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.

M lists 73 plants and covers almost every type: herbs, crops, trees and houseplants. Mint, mustard, maize and millet are food plants, while maple, mahogany, magnolia and mulberry are well known trees. The mangrove grows in tropical coastal waters.

Mountain is the most common first word, with mountain ash, mountain laurel and mountain pine. Houseplant fans will spot monstera and money plant. The monkey puzzle tree and mouse ear give this page a playful side that kids enjoy reading aloud.

Plants starting with M: 73
Best known: mint, moss
Longest name: mountain spinach

Best-known plants that start with M

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

mint
moss
maple
mustard
mango
mandarin
maize
melon
mahogany
magnolia
mulberry
millet
mangrove
morning glory
mesquite
mimosa
mountain ash
macadamia
milkweed
mountain laurel
mango tree
monstera

All plants that start with M

#	Name	What it is
1	macadamia	any tree of the genus Macadamia
2	magnolia	any shrub or tree of the genus Magnolia; valued for their longevity and exquisite fragrant blooms
3	mahogany	any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard...
4	mahogany tree	any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard...
5	maize	tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties
6	male fern	fern of North America and Europe whose rhizomes and stalks yield an oleoresin used to expel tapeworms
7	mandarin	shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange...
8	mandarin orange	shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange...
9	mandrake	a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to...
10	mango	large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
11	mango tree	large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit
12	mangrove	a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that...
13	maple	any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
14	marguerite	perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers
15	marrow	any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
16	marrow squash	any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
17	marsh fern	fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
18	marsh pea	scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers
19	marsh rosemary	any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers
20	marsh tea	bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan
21	mate	South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
22	mayflower	low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers
23	meadow beauty	any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America
24	meadow fern	fern of northeastern North America
25	meadow grass	any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
26	meadow pea	scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
27	melon	any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
28	melon tree	tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
29	melon vine	any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers
30	mesquite	any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes...
31	milk thistle	tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads
32	milkweed	annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
33	millet	any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and...
34	milo	small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains
35	mimosa	evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers
36	mint	any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
37	mock orange	large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
38	money plant	southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods...
39	monkey pod	large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and...
40	monkey puzzle	large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts
41	monstera	tropical houseplant with large split leaves
42	moon carrot	any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage
43	morello	any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice
44	morning glory	any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day
45	mosquito fern	small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America
46	moss	tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
47	moss pink	low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers
48	moth bean	East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods
49	mountain ash	tree having wood similar to the alpine ash; tallest tree in Australia and tallest hardwood in the world
50	mountain birch	birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
51	mountain box	evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries
52	mountain ebony	small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood
53	mountain fern	common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
54	mountain grape	ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow...
55	mountain heath	small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers
56	mountain laurel	a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
57	mountain lily	showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand
58	mountain maple	small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn
59	mountain mint	any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California
60	mountain oak	tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood
61	mountain pine	low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two
62	mountain rose	European alpine rose with crimson flowers
63	mountain spinach	Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America
64	mouse ear	small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers
65	mulberry	any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry
66	musk clover	low annual European herb naturalized in America; similar to alfilaria
67	musk rose	rose native to Mediterranean region having curved or climbing branches and loose clusters of musky-scented flowers
68	mustang mint	fragrant California annual herb having lanceolate leaves and clusters of rose-purple flowers
69	mustard	any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
70	mustard tree	glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora
71	myrtle	widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
72	myrtle beech	large evergreen tree of Tasmania
73	myrtle oak	small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States

Short plants with M

mint
moss
maple
mango
maize
melon
mate
milo

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How many plants start with M?

This list has 73 plants starting with M, from well-known ones like mint, moss, maple to rarer kinds.

What plants start with M?

Well-known examples are mint, moss, maple, mustard, mango, mandarin, maize, melon.

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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