4-syllable Plants that contain L

List of 4-syllable Plants that contain L

1

Aloe Vera

Aloe barbadensis miller

A succulent plant native to the Arabian Peninsula, prized for the soothing gel in its thick fleshy leaves and grown worldwide as a houseplant.

2

Areca Palm

Dypsis lutescens

A clumping feather-leaved palm from Madagascar, widely grown as a tropical houseplant for its arching golden stems and air-purifying reputation.

3

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.

4

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.

5

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.

6

Elephant Ear

Colocasia esculenta

A group of tropical Asian aroids with enormous arrow-shaped leaves, grown ornamentally for bold tropical effect and edible as taro in many cuisines.

7

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.

8

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.

9

Gerbera Plant

Gerbera jamesonii

A South African daisy widely grown as a bedding plant and one of the worlds top five cut flowers, available in nearly every color but blue.

10

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.

11

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.

12

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.

13

New Zealand Flax

Phormium tenax

A New Zealand evergreen with stiff fan-shaped clumps of long strappy leaves, dramatic in modern landscape design and historically harvested for strong fiber.

14

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.

15

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.

16

Polka Dot Plant

Hypoestes phyllostachya

A Madagascar foliage plant whose green leaves are splashed with vivid pink, white, or red spots, popular as a cheerful small bedding and houseplant.

17

Queen Annes Lace

Daucus carota

A European biennial wildflower with flat lacy white flower heads on tall stems, the wild ancestor of the cultivated carrot and a meadow favorite.

18

Rattlesnake Plant

Goeppertia insignis

A Brazilian rainforest calathea with long wavy green leaves marked with dark blotches that look like a rattlesnakes pattern, popular as a houseplant.

19

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.

20

Umbrella Plant

Schefflera actinophylla

An Australian tropical shrub or tree with palmate leaves whose leaflets radiate like umbrella spokes, a long-popular indoor foliage houseplant.

21

Venus Flytrap

Dionaea muscipula

A small carnivorous American bog plant with hinged leaves that snap shut on insects, perhaps the most famous of all carnivorous plants.