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Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
A low spreading evergreen groundcover from Europe and Asia, prized in shade gardens for its purple-bronze leaves and short spikes of blue spring flowers.
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Syllables are counted across the whole name (multi-word names sum). "Apple" is 2 syllables; "Macaroni and Cheese" is 6.
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List of 3-syllable Plants
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Barberry
Berberis vulgaris
A spiny deciduous shrub from Asia and Europe with tart red berries and brilliant fall color, widely planted in hedges but invasive in parts of North America.
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Boston Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
A graceful arching fern from tropical Americas, immensely popular as a hanging houseplant since the Victorian era for its lush sword-shaped fronds.
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Burros Tail
Sedum morganianum
A trailing Mexican succulent whose blue-green leaves overlap densely along long pendant stems, making it a popular hanging-basket houseplant.
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Calathea
Calathea
A genus of tropical American houseplants celebrated for boldly patterned leaves that fold upward at night, earning the nickname prayer plants.
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Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
A small daisy-like herb native to Europe and West Asia, famous for the calming herbal tea brewed from its fragrant white and yellow flowers.
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Cyclamen
Cyclamen persicum
A Mediterranean tuberous plant whose nodding pink, white, or red flowers with swept-back petals appear in winter above heart-shaped marbled leaves.
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Dracaena
Dracaena fragrans
A diverse genus of African and Asian foliage plants with strap-shaped leaves on woody stems, including popular houseplants like the corn plant and dragon tree.
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Dudleya
Dudleya brittonii
A California rock-dwelling succulent forming chalky pale rosettes, prized by collectors and now protected from poaching for the East Asian houseplant market.
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Edelweiss
Leontopodium nivale
A small alpine herb of the Eurasian high mountains with white woolly star-shaped bracts, a national symbol of Austria and Switzerland.
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Flax Lily
Dianella tasmanica
An evergreen strappy clumping perennial from Australia and New Zealand, prized in low-maintenance landscapes for its sword-like striped leaves.
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Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
A graceful African and Asian ornamental grass with arching foliage and feathery summer flower plumes, a backbone of modern naturalistic plantings.
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Goji Plant
Lycium barbarum
A thorny East Asian shrub whose bright red berries, marketed as a superfood, have been used in Chinese medicine for over a thousand years.
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Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
A North American perennial wildflower with tall plumes of bright yellow late-summer flowers, a critical late nectar source for bees and migrating butterflies.
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Hens and Chicks
Sempervivum tectorum
A European alpine succulent forming a mother rosette surrounded by clusters of small offsets, a classic hardy plant for rock gardens and green roofs.
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Impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
A shade-tolerant African annual loved for non-stop summer flowers in pink, red, white, and orange, traditionally one of the worlds best-selling bedding plants.
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Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
A Madagascan succulent grown for its compact umbrella-shaped clusters of long-lasting flowers in red, pink, orange, white, and yellow.
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Kentia Palm
Howea forsteriana
An elegant Australian island palm with arching feather-shaped fronds, the most popular indoor palm of grand hotels and parlors since the Victorian era.
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Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
A Mediterranean mint-family herb with lemon-scented leaves used for calming herbal teas, savory cooking, and as a popular garden bee plant.
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Lipstick Plant
Aeschynanthus radicans
A Southeast Asian epiphytic vine grown as a hanging houseplant for its tubular red flowers that emerge from dark calyxes like a lipstick from its tube.
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Liverwort
Marchantia polymorpha
A worldwide group of ancient nonvascular plants forming flat green ribbons or tiny leafy mats, among the oldest land plants in the fossil record.
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Maranta
Maranta leuconeura
A Brazilian rainforest plant called the prayer plant because its richly patterned leaves fold up at night as if in prayer, a popular tabletop houseplant.
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Mistletoe
Viscum album
A semi-parasitic European evergreen shrub that grows in the canopy of host trees, famous for sticky white berries and the Christmas kissing tradition.
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Money Plant
Epipremnum aureum
A trailing tropical Asian aroid called money plant for the belief it attracts wealth, identical to golden pothos in many regions of South Asia.
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Monstera
Monstera deliciosa
A tropical American climbing aroid famous for huge fenestrated heart-shaped leaves, one of the most photographed and traded houseplants of the modern era.
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Norfolk Pine
Araucaria heterophylla
A South Pacific evergreen conifer with symmetrical tiered branches, often sold as a small living Christmas tree but not actually a true pine.
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Oleander
Nerium oleander
A Mediterranean and South Asian evergreen shrub with leathery leaves and showy pink, white, or red flowers, beautiful but among the most poisonous of garden plants.
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Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
A large North American and European fern named for its vase-shaped clumps of plume-like sterile fronds, the source of edible spring fiddleheads.
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Oxalis
Oxalis triangularis
A vast genus of small clover-like plants found worldwide, grown as a houseplant for purple shamrock and dreaded as a weed in some species and climates.
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Pampas Grass
Cortaderia selloana
A massive South American grass with cream-white feathery flower plumes that reach four metres, a dramatic landscape grass and now popular in dried bouquets.
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Peace Lily
Spathiphyllum wallisii
A tropical American aroid grown for glossy green foliage and elegant white flower spathes, one of the most common low-light houseplants of offices and homes.
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Peppermint
Mentha piperita
A hybrid herb of water mint and spearmint, with intensely menthol-scented leaves used worldwide for tea, candy, oral hygiene, and aromatherapy.
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Prayer Plant
Maranta leuconeura
A general name for marantas, calatheas, and stromanthes whose leaves fold upward at dusk in a praying gesture, popular ornamental foliage houseplants.
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Quaking Grass
Briza media
A graceful European grass whose heart-shaped flat seed heads tremble on slim stems in the slightest breeze, popular in dried bouquets.
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Queen Palm
Syagrus romanzoffiana
A graceful South American palm with arching feathery fronds and a smooth grey trunk, the most-planted street palm of Florida, Brazil, and the Mediterranean.
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Rubber Plant
Ficus elastica
A South Asian fig tree grown indoors for its large glossy leathery leaves, an icon of mid-century interior design and a classic forgiving houseplant.
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Spider Plant
Chlorophytum comosum
A South African hanging plant with arching striped grass-like leaves and dangling baby plantlets, one of the easiest and most prolific houseplants.
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Staghorn Fern
Platycerium bifurcatum
An Australian epiphytic fern with antler-shaped fronds that grows wedged to tree branches and is mounted on boards as a popular living wall plant.
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String of Pearls
Curio rowleyanus
A South African trailing succulent with green pea-shaped leaves strung along threadlike stems, popular in hanging baskets for its jewelry-like cascade.
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Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus
A Eurasian aromatic herb with slim anise-scented leaves, considered one of the four fines herbes of French cuisine and essential to classic sauces.
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Verbena
Verbena bonariensis
A large American and European genus of low spreading herbs and shrubs grown for clusters of small bright flowers and a long summer blooming season.
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Witch Hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
A North American deciduous shrub famous for ribbon-like fragrant winter flowers and its bark extract used in skincare and folk medicine.
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Zebra Plant
Aphelandra squarrosa
A Brazilian tropical plant with glossy dark green leaves striped white between deep veins, topped by golden bract spikes when in flower.
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