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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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List of 4-syllable Plants that contain N
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Korean Boxwood
Buxus sinica var. insularis
A small slow-growing Korean evergreen shrub with neat oval green leaves, prized as a hardy hedge and topiary plant in temperate gardens.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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Xeronema
Xeronema callistemon
A New Zealand cliff-dwelling perennial called the Poor Knights lily, famous for spectacular toothbrush-like red flower spikes after long dry summers.
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