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Aspidistra
Aspidistra elatior
A tough, broad-leaved evergreen houseplant from East Asia known as the cast-iron plant for its near-indestructible tolerance of low light and neglect.
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List of 4-syllable Plants that contain I
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Begonia
Begonia
A vast genus of tropical and subtropical plants grown for their asymmetrical leaves and waxy flowers, from compact bedding plants to spectacular foliage hybrids.
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Bromeliad
Bromeliaceae
A family of tropical American plants with rosettes that often hold rainwater in a central tank, including pineapples, air plants, and many flamboyant ornamentals.
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Christmas Cactus
Schlumbergera bridgesii
A Brazilian epiphytic cactus with flat segmented stems that bursts into magenta, pink, or white tubular flowers around the winter holidays.
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Devils Ivy
Epipremnum aureum
Another name for golden pothos, a vigorous trailing aroid from French Polynesia, prized as the most forgiving and fast-growing of indoor vining plants.
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Dusty Miller
Jacobaea maritima
A Mediterranean shrub grown as a tender perennial or annual for its felted silver-white foliage, a popular contrast plant in summer bedding schemes.
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Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
A North American prairie wildflower, also called coneflower, grown for its bright daisy-like blooms and roots harvested for an immune-supporting herbal supplement.
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English Ivy
Hedera helix
A vigorous evergreen woody vine from Europe, widely grown for cover on walls and as a houseplant, but invasive in parts of North America and Australia.
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Fiddle Leaf Fig
Ficus lyrata
A West African fig with enormous violin-shaped leaves on tall ramrod-straight stems, an Instagram-famous statement plant of modern interiors.
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Fittonia
Fittonia albivenis
A South American rainforest groundcover famous for the bright pink, red, or white vein patterns on its small dark green leaves, sometimes called the nerve plant.
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Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides
An East Asian evergreen shrub with glossy dark leaves and white double flowers whose powerful sweet perfume makes it a classic Southern garden plant.
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Gloxinia
Sinningia speciosa
A Brazilian tuberous houseplant grown for large velvety bell-shaped flowers in deep purple, red, or white, often gifted as a flowering pot plant.
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Haworthia
Haworthia fasciata
A small South African succulent forming tight rosettes of pointed leaves, popular with collectors for the diversity of leaf shapes and translucent windows.
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Jewel Orchid
Ludisia discolor
A Southeast Asian terrestrial orchid grown not for its flowers but for velvety leaves shimmering with metallic golden veins like embroidered fabric.
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Juniper Plant
Juniperus communis
A widespread coniferous shrub with prickly or scaly evergreen foliage and aromatic blue berries, used for gin flavoring, traditional medicine, and ornament.
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Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris
A delicate fern with airy fan-shaped leaflets on slim black wiry stems, found near waterfalls worldwide and famously challenging as a houseplant.
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Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
An Andean trailing annual with round shield-shaped leaves and bright orange, yellow, or red spurred flowers, all parts edible and pleasantly peppery.
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Pencil Cactus
Euphorbia tirucalli
An East African succulent that looks like a tangle of green pencils, popular as a sculptural houseplant despite its highly irritating milky sap.
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Philodendron
Philodendron
A vast genus of tropical American aroids ranging from compact heart-leaf trailers to enormous tree-climbing forms, beloved as forgiving and varied houseplants.
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Rabbits Foot Fern
Davallia fejeensis
A Fijian fern with finely cut bright green fronds rising from hairy creeping rhizomes that look like soft rabbit feet creeping over the pot rim.
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Spider Lily
Hymenocallis caribaea
A tropical American bulb with strap-like leaves and large fragrant white spidery flowers that bloom in summer above clumps of foliage.
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Tradescantia
Tradescantia fluminensis
A genus of fast-growing trailing American herbs popular as houseplants, with colorful striped foliage and small three-petaled pink, purple, or white flowers.
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Wandering Jew
Tradescantia zebrina
A traditional common name for several trailing tradescantias from Latin America, prized as easy houseplants with vivid purple or silver striped leaves.
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Xanthoria
Xanthoria parietina
A vivid orange-yellow leaf-like lichen growing on tree bark, rocks, and roofs around the world, often noticed for the cheerful color it gives ordinary stones.
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