Common plant names.
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'G', listed by common name. Click a letter of the alphabet to see a list of plants with common names beginning with that letter. Alternatively click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by botanic name.
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| Common name | Botanic name |
|---|---|
| Galingale | Cyperus longus |
| Garden dewberry | Rubus aboriginum |
| Garden strawberry | Fragaria x ananassa |
| Garden tulip | Tulipa gesneriana |
| Gardenia | Gardenia |
| Garland flower, Rose daphne, Sweet-scented daphne | Daphne cneorum |
| Garlic | Allium sativum 'Cristo' |
| Garlic | Allium sativum 'Germinadour' |
| Garlic | Allium sativum 'Printanor' |
| Garlic | Allium sativum 'Provence Wight' |
| Garlic | Allium sativum 'Thermidrome' |
| Garlic | Allium sativum 'Red Duke' |
| Garlic mustard | Sisymbrium alliaria |
| Garlic mustard, Hedge garlic, Poor man's mustard, Garlic root, Jack-by-the-hedge | Alliaria petiolata |
| Gay feathers | Liatris spicata |
| Gay feathers | Liatris spicata 'Kobold' |
| Gazania | Gazania 'Kiss' |
| Gentian | Gentiana |
| Geranium | Geranium 'Ann Folkard' |
| Geranium | Geranium 'Blue Sunrise' |
| Geranium | Geranium 'Carnival Mix' |
| Geranium, Cranesbill | Geranium 'Johnson's Blue' |
| Geranium, Cranesbill | Geranium 'Rozanne' PBR |
| Geranium | Geranium 'Rozanne Gerwat' |
| Geranium | Geranium clarkei 'Kashmir white' |
| Geranium | Geranium endressii |
| Geranium | Geranium phaeum 'Album' |
| Geranium | Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'Atar of Roses' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'Bullseye' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'Coral Spice' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'Decora Lilac' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'Moulin Rouge' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'Royal Sovereign' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'Strawberry Ripple' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium 'White Boar' |
| Geranium | Geranium 'Blue Sybil' |
| Geranium | Pelargonium sidoides |
| Geranium | Geranium wallichianum 'Buxton's Variety' |
| Geranium | Geranium 'Lilac Ice' |
| Geranium, Cranesbill | Geranium 'Blue Cloud' |
| Geranium | Geranium phaeum 'Samobar' |
| Geranium | Geranium phaeum 'Alec's Pink' |
| Geranium, Pelargonium | Pelargonium peltatum 'Tornado White' F1 |
| German chamomile, Chamomile, camomile, Wild chamomile | Matricaria chamomilla |
| German chamomile, Chamomile, camomile, Wild chamomile | Matricaria recutita |
| Germander | Teucrium fruticans |
| Ghost berry | Rubus thibetanus |
| Ghost orchid | Epipogium aphyllum |
| Giant Bellflower | Campanula latifolia |
| Giant Bellflower | Campanula latifolia var. macrantha |
| Giant Bellflower | Campanula latifolia var. macrantha 'Alba' |
| Giant coneflower | Rudbeckia maxima |
| Giant cowslip | Primula florindae |
| Giant daisy, High daisy | Leucanthemella serotina |
| Giant fennel | Ferula communis |
| Giant fescue | Festuca gigantea |
| Giant hogweed | Heracleum mantegazzianum |
| Giant honeysuckle | Lonicera hildebrandiana |
| Giant hyssop | Agastache 'Morello' |
| Giant hyssop | Agastache 'Blackadder' |
| Giant meadow saffron | Colchicum speciosum |
| Giant montbretia | Crocosmia masoniorum |
| Giant pignut | Bunium bulbocastanum |
| Giant reed, Spanish reed | Arundo donax |
| Giant stipa | Stipa |
| Ginger lily, Ornamental ginger, Gingerlily | Hedychium |
| Ginger mint | Mentha x gentilis |
| Ginger mint | Mentha x gentilis 'Variegata' |
| Ginger mint | Mentha x gracilis 'Variegata' |
| Gingerlily, Ornamental ginger, Ginger lily | Hedychium coccineum 'Tara' |
| Gladioli | Gladiolus 'Green Star' |
| Gladioli | Gladiolus 'Maureen' |
| Gladioli | Gladiolus 'Plum Tart' |
| Gladioli | Gladiolus 'Zorro' |
| Gladioli | Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus |
| Gladioli | Gladiolus papilio 'David Hills’ |
| Gladioli | Gladiolus papilio 'Ruby’ |
| Glaucous meadow grass | Poa glauca |
| Glaucous sedge | Carex flacca |
| Globe artichoke | Cynara scolymus |
| Globe artichoke, Artichoke | Cynara scolymus 'Purple Globe' |
| Globe artichoke, Artichoke | Cynara scolymus 'Green Globe' |
| Globe thistle | Echinops sphaerocephalus |
| Globe thistle | Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue' |
| Globeflower | Trollius |
| Globeflower | Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen' |
| Globeflower | Trollius x cultorum |
| Globeflower | Trollius x cultorum 'Feuertroll' |
| Globeflower | Trollius europaeus |
| Glory bush | Tibouchina urvilleana |
| Glory flower | Clerodendron bungei |
| Glory lily | Gloriosa superba |
| Glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa forbesii |
| Glory-of-the-snow | Chionodoxa luciliae |
| Goat's beard | Aruncus dioicus |
| Goat's Beard, Meadow Salsify, Oyster Plant, Shepherd's Clock | Tragopogon pratensis |
| Goat's rue | Galega |
| Goats rue | Galega officinalis |
| Godetia | Clarkia |
| Gold orache | Atriplex hortensis |
| Gold tipped marjoram | Origanum vulgare 'Gold Tip' |
| Gold-edged blue plantain lily | Hosta ventricosa 'Aureomarginata' |
| Golden Alexander | Zizea aurea |
| Golden alexanders, Wild parsley | Zizia aurea |
| Golden Alyssum, rock madwort, golden tuft, gold basket, basket of gold | Aurinia saxatilis |
| Golden barrel cactus | Kroenleinia grusonii |
| Golden barrel cactus | Echinocactus grusonii |
| Golden cat grass, Golden oats | Stipa gigantea |
| Golden Chinese timber bamboo | Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis |
| Golden crocus | Crocus chrysanthus |
| Golden crocus | Crocus chrysanthus 'Romance' |
| Golden fescue, Blue fescue | Festuca glauca 'Golden Toupee' |
| Golden greater knapweed | Centaurea macroephala |
| Golden hop | Humulus lupulus 'Aureus' |
| Golden kingcups | Caltha palustris |
| Golden majoram | Origanum aurreum |
| Golden male fern | Dryopteris affinis |
| Golden poplar | Populus x serotina 'Aurea' |
| Golden Pothos, Devil's Ivy | Epipremnum aureum |
| Golden purslane | Portulaca oleracea var. aureum |
| Golden Queen Holly | Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Queen' |
| Golden Queen Holly | Ilex aquifolium 'Aurea Regina' |
| Golden Rain, Voss's laburnum | Laburnum x watereri 'Vossii' |
| Golden rain tree | Koelreuteria paniculata |
| Golden rod | Solidago 'Crown of Rays' |
| Golden rod | Solidago 'Linner Gold' |
| Golden Rod | Solidago ('Little Lemon'PBR) |
| Golden sage | Salvia aurea |
| Golden twig dogwood | Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' |
| Golden yew | Taxus baccata 'Dovastoniana' |
| Golden yew, English yew, Yew | Taxus baccata 'Dovastonii aurea' |
| Goldencup St John's wort | Hypericum patulum |
| Goldenrods | Solidago |
| Goldenrods | Solidago 'Goldenmosa' |
| Good King Henry, Poor-man's asparagus, Perennial goosefoot | Chenopodium bonus-henricus |
| Gooseberry | Ribes uva-crispa |
| Gooseberry | Ribes uva-crispa 'Invicta' |
| Gorse, Common gorse, Furze | Ulex europaeus |
| Granny's bonnet, Columbine, common columnbine | Aquilegia vulgaris |
| Grape | Vitis vinifera 'Muscat of Alexandria' |
| Grape hyacinth, Blue muscari | Muscari armenaicum |
| Grape hyacinth | Muscari neglectum |
| Grape, Grape vine | Vitis vinifera |
| Grass-leaved iris, Plum tart iris | Iris graminea |
| Grass-wrack pondweed | Potamogeton compressus |
| Great brome | Bromus diandra |
| Great Burnet | Sanguisorba officinalis |
| Great Burnet | Sanguisorba officinalis 'Lum' |
| Great fen sedge, Saw sedge | Cladium mariscus |
| Great mullein | Verbascum thapsus |
| Great soft rush | Juncus pallidus |
| Great sundew | Drosera anglica |
| Great thrift | Armeria pseudarmeria |
| Great thrift | Armeria formosa |
| Great white cherry | Prunus 'Tai Haku' |
| Greater butterfly orchid | Platanthera chlorantha |
| Greater celandine | Chelidonium majus |
| Greater duckweed | Spirodela polyrhiza |
| Greater knapweed | Centaurea scabiosa |
| Greater musk mallow, Hollyhock mallow, Vervain mallow | Malva alcea |
| Greater periwinkle, Quarter | Vinca major |
| Greater pond sedge, Sedge | Carex riparia |
| Greater quaking-grass | Briza maxima |
| Greater red-hot poker | Kniphofia praecox |
| Greater sea kale, Flowering sea kale, heart-leaved colewort | Crambe cordifolia |
| Greater snowdrop | Galanthus elwesii |
| Greater snowdrop | Galanthus elwesii 'Fred's Giant' |
| Greater stitchwort | Stellaria holostea |
| Greater tussock sedge | Carex paniculata |
| Greater wood rush | Luzula maxima |
| Greater wood rush | Luzula sylvatica |
| Greater woodrush | Luzula sylvatica 'Aurea' |
| Greater woodrush | Luzula sylvatica 'Hohe Tatra' |
| Grecian Fir, Greek Fir | Abies cephalonica |
| Greek basil, Bush basil, Basil | Ocimum minimum 'Aristotle' |
| Greek squill | Scilla messeniaca |
| Green alkanet | Pentaglottis sempervirens |
| Green bristle grass | Setaria viridis |
| Green lavender | Lavandula viridis |
| Green winged orchid | Orchis morio |
| Green-flowered helleborine | Epipactis phyllanthes |
| Green-ribbed sedge | Carex binervis |
| Greengage | Prunus domestica subsp. italica 'Cambridge' |
| Grey club rush | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| Grey hair grass | Corynephorus canescens |
| Grey sage brush | Atriplex halimus |
| Grey sedge | Carex divulsa |
| Grey willow | Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia |
| Ground elder, Bishop's goutweed, Acheweed, Dog elder, Goat's weed | Aegopodium podagraria |
| Guatemalan leaf sage | Salvia cacaliifolia |
| Guava | Psidium guajava |
| Guelder rose | Viburnum opulus |
| Guensey lily, Bowden Cornish lily | Nerine bowdenii |
| Guernsey lily, Jersey lily | Nerine |
| Guernsey lily | Nerine sarniensis |
| Gum arabic, Three-thorned Acacia | Senegalia senegal |
| Gum tree, Ironbark | Eucalyptus |
| Gunnera | Gunnera |
| Gypsywort | Lycopus europaeus |
