For instance, the fern genus arachniodes is named from the greek "arachnion" (spider's web) due to the resemblance of the finely dissected foliage of some species.
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Abutilon 'Canary Bird'
Item #: 3848
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Acanthus hungaricus
Item #: 3496
Zones: 6a to 8b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Southeast Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Acanthus mollis 'Wofford Rhubarb'
Item #: 10006
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Northern Africa, Southern Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Acanthus 'Morning Candle'
Item #: 8933
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Acanthus 'Summer Beauty'
Item #: 2526
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aconitum carmichaelii 'Autumn Indigo'
Item #: 6999
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agastache 'Blue Fortune'
Item #: 3209
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agastache 'Peachie Keen' PP 25,886
Item #: 10635
Zones: 6a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agastache 'Rosie Posie' PP 25,857
Item #: 10636
Zones: 6a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave bracteosa 'Squidget'
Item #: 10538
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave bracteosa 'Stingray' PP 30,280
Item #: 2167
Zones: 8a to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave 'Desert Love'
Item #: 12743
Zones: 7a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave isthmensis 'El Chichon'
Item #: 9577
Zones: Tropical
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave x nickelima 'Shark Bite'
Item #: 9575
Zones: 8a to 11
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave ovatifolia 'Vanzie'
Item #: 3242
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave striata 'Live Wires'
Item #: 9335
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Agave victoriae-reginae 'Bustamante'
Item #: 12317
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia cucullata 'Yellow Tail'
Item #: 7588
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Burma/Myanmar, India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia gageana 'California'
Item #: 14918
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Burma/Myanmar
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia macrorrhizos 'Shock Treatment'
Item #: 7121
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Alocasia 'Portodora'
Item #: 3654
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Alocasia wentii
Item #: 2967
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: New Guinea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aloysia virgata
Item #: 7587
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 96" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Argentina, Brazil
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Anisacanthus wrightii
Item #: 5119
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mexico, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Antirrhinum glutinosum 'White Hot'
Item #: 11833
Zones: 7b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Spain
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Antirrhinum hispanicum
Item #: 8364
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Spain
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema heterophyllum
Item #: 1407
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema ringens
Item #: 2531
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema sikokianum
Item #: 1850
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Arisaema sikokianum Silver Center
Item #: 2528
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: Bare Root / 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Fredericksburg'
Item #: 15923
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Aruncus 'Misty Lace' PP 15,798
Item #: 7423
Zones: 4a to 7b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum kurosawae 'Saddleback'
Item #: 13288
Zones: 7a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum nobilissimum 'Crown Royal'
Item #: 13297
Zones: 7a to 9b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asarum nobilissimum 'Deep Throat'
Item #: 3660
Zones: 7a to 9b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asclepias asperula
Item #: 13329
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella'
Item #: 388
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 50" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asclepias purpurascens
Item #: 12659
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asclepias tuberosa
Item #: 335
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow'
Item #: 6700
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Astilbe chinensis 'Amber Moon' PP 26,028
Item #: 5442
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Astilbe 'Chocolate Shogun' PP 26,430
Item #: 13514
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Belamcanda chinensis 'Gone with the Wind'
Item #: 9942
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Belamcanda chinensis 'Hello Yellow'
Item #: 867
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Bouvardia ternifolia 'Scarlet Hummer'
Item #: 4943
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Buddleia 'Blue Chip Jr.' PP 26,581
Item #: 10067
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Buddleia 'Ellen's Blue'
Item #: 4260
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Buddleia 'Evil Ways'
Item #: 7905
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Buddleia 'Grand Cascade' PP 30,868
Item #: 13263
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 66" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Buddleia 'Lilac Cascade' PP 30,635
Item #: 16775
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Buddleia lindleyana
Item #: 88
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Buddleia 'Miss Molly' PP 23,425
Item #: 9166
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Buddleia 'Pink Cascade' PP 30,711
Item #: 13358
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 66" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Buddleia 'Pink Micro Chip' PP 26,547
Item #: 10068
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Buddleia 'White Ball'
Item #: 4308
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L) ?
Caesalpinia gilliesii
Item #: 2276
Zones: 7a to 10b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Argentina
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Canna 'Bengal Tiger'
Item #: 819
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Canna 'Ermine'
Item #: 2459
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L) ?
Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'
Item #: 8383
Zones: 4b to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
Caryopteris divaricata 'Blue Butterflies'
Item #: 7518
Zones: 6b to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L) ?
More Information About Plants Named After Animals
Commemorate a favorite pet or grow an amusing menagerie garden with plants named after animals.
Some gardeners have a coy sense of humor and like to plant gardens with amusing themes. Others like to commemorate a beloved pet by planting a symbolically named plant in the garden. In both cases, gardeners need to start their garden shopping with a list of plants named after animals. Here at Plant Delights Nursery, we have an enormous on-line plant catalog and have searched through it to create this mini-catalog of plants named after animals that also look great in the landscape.
Botanists and taxonomists who name plants will often use a unique looking plant part as inspiration for part of the species or genus name. If the plant has a part that reminds some mothball sniffing taxonomist of an animal, the taxonomist will create a Latin-based zoographical name for the genus or species. For instance, the fern genus arachniodes is named from the greek "arachnion" (spider's web) due to the resemblance of the finely dissected foliage of some species. Echinacea and echinopsis got their genus names from the similarity of parts of the plants to a spiny organism like a sea urchin, echidna (spiny anteater) or hedgehog. Leonotis and equisetum were named after lions and horses respectively, and Dracunculus was named for dragons.
More frequently, a plant is given an animal-based common name when a group of non-scientists liken a plant part or plant use to an animal. These plants named after animals can be from any language. Some English examples include: elephant ear for colocasia, alocasia and remusatia, bear's breech for acanthus, cobra lily for arisaema, goatsbeard for aruncus, and cattail for acalypha.
Also, horticultural marketers, in a bid to find a name that will generate sales, will often create plants named after animals by giving them appealing zooic cultivar names: Begonia 'Heron's Pirouette' and Bletilla 'Chinese Butterfly' for example.
| List of plants named after animals sorted by animal name |
Alien (stretching the definition of animal, I know. Just go with it) - Vulcan - Hosta 'Vulcan'
Bear - Acanthus (Bear's Breech), Nolina (Bear Grass)
Bee - Aloysia (Beebrush), Buddleia 'Honeycomb' (a stretch, I know), Monarda (Bee Balm)
Bird
--- Blue Jay - Hosta 'Blue Jay'
--- Canary - Abutilon 'Canary Bird'
--- Cardinal - Lobelia (Cardinal Flower)
--- Chick - Hosta 'Dixie Chick'
--- Chickadee - Hosta 'Dixie Chickadee'
--- Crane - Arisaema heterophyllum (Dancing Crane Cobra Lily), Geranium (Cranesbill), Zingiber 'Dancing Crane'
--- Egg - Lantana 'Ham and Eggs'
--- Elepaio (a rare Hawaiian Flycatcher Bird) - Colocasia 'Elepaio'
--- Firebird - Echinacea 'Firebird'
--- Flamingo - Epimedium 'Flamingo Dancer', Habranthus 'Pink Flamingos', Muhlenbergia 'Pink Flamingos'
--- Gamecock - Iris 'Black Gamecock'
--- Guinea fowl - Aruncus 'Guinea Fowl'
--- Hens and Chicks - Echeveria, Sempervivum
--- Heron - Begonia 'Heron's Pirouette'
--- Hummingbird - Agastache (Hummingbird Mint), Anisacanthus (Hummingbird bush), Dicliptera (Hummingbird Plant)
--- Kiwi - Asarum campaniflorum (Kiwi Wild Ginger)
--- Ostrich - Astilbe 'Staussenfeder' (Ostrich Plume Astilbe), Matteucia (Ostrich Fern)
--- Pigeon - Rivina (Pigeonberry)
--- Phoenix - Phoenix Palm Tree
--- Raven - Tricyrtis ravenii (in this case, Raven is a man's last name)
--- Robin - Erigeron (Robin's Plantain), Lychnis (Ragged Robin)
--- Whipporwill - Cypripedium (sometimes called Whipporwill shoe), Trillium cuneatum Whipporwill toadshade)
Bug - Beesia (False Bugbane), Cimicifuga (Bugbane), Sarracenia 'Doodlebug', Sarracenia 'Redbug'
Bunny - see Rabbit
Butterfly - Asclepias (Butterfly weed), Buddleia (butterfly bush), Caryopteris 'Blue Butterflies', Bletilla 'Chinese Butterfly', Iris (Butterfly Iris), Moraea (Butterfly Iris)
Camel - Cypripedium (sometimes called Camel's foot)
Cat - Acalypha (Cattail), Nepeta (Catmint), Teucrium (Cat Thyme, Kitty Crack), Onychium (Cat's Claw Fern), Pycnanthemum 'Cat Springs'
Cobra - see snake
Coral - Colocasia 'Black Coral', Erythrina (Coral Bean)
Deer - Blechnum (Deer Fern), Carphephorus (Deer Tongue)
Devil - Dahlia (certain double flowered forms are called Devil's Blooms)
Dog
--- Chihuahua - Salvia greggii (sometimes called Chihuahuan Sage)
Dragon - Antirrhinum (Snapdragon), Arisaema dracontium (Green Dragon Jack-in-the-Pulpit), Dracunculus (Dragon Lily), Hosta 'Dragon Tails', Hosta 'Komodo Dragon', Ligularia 'Chinese Dragon', Persicaria 'Red Dragon', Pinellia (Green Dragon)
Elephant - Colocasia, Alocasia, Remusatia, Xanthosoma (Elephant Ear)
--- Tusk - Hosta 'Blue Ivory'
Ermine - Canna 'Ermine'
Fairy - Caryopteris 'Snow Fairy', Disporum (Fairy Bells), Epimedium (Fairy Wings), Zephyranthes (sometimes known as Fairy Lily)
Fish - Cyrtomium 'Go Fish' (Fish Tail Holly Fern)
--- Koi - Iris 'Flashing Koi'
--- Trout - Erythronium (Trout Lily)
--- Yellow Tail (a type of fish) - Alocasia 'Yellow Tail'
Fly - Lychnis (Catchfly), Silene (Catchfly)
Fox - Digitalis (Foxglove), Pennisetum 'Foxtrot', Sinningia conspicua (Brazillian Foxglove), Titanotrichum (Woodland Foxglove)
Giant (as in the mythological creature) - Colocasia 'Jack's Giant'
Goat - Aruncus (Goatsbeard), Epimedium (Horny Goatweed)
HedgeHog - Echinacea (derived from echinos which means spiny like a hedgehog), Juniperus 'Echiniformis' (Hedgehog Juniper)
Horse - Agave 'Crazy Horse', Equisetum (Horsetail)
--- Black Beauty (A fictional horse) - Colocasia 'Black Beauty'
Jaguar - Manfreda 'Jaguar'
Leopard - Belamcanda (Leopard Lily)
Lion - Leonotis (Lion's Ear, Lion's Tail)
Lizard
--- Komodo Dragon - Hosta 'Komodo Dragon'
Lobster - Heliconia (Lobster Claws)
Monkey - Liriope (Monkeygrass)
Monster (Go with it)
--- Swamp Thing - Hosta 'Swamp Thing'
Moth
--- Luna Moth - Hosta 'Luna Moth'
Mouse - Amorphophallus myosuroides (Mousetail Voodoo Lily), Arisarum proboscideum (Mouse plant, Mouse Tail Arum), Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears', Hosta 'Frosted Mouse Ears', Hosta 'Mighty Mouse'
Ox - Chrysanthemum (sometimes called Ox-Eye Daisy), Heliopsis (Ox-Eye Daisy), Rhodophiala (Oxblood Lily), Zexmenia (Ox-eye)
Panda - Asarum maximum (Panda Wild Ginger), Lycoris 'Golden Panda'
Pig - Bergenia (Pigsqueak), Helicodiceros (Pig Butt Arum)
--- Ham - Lantana 'Ham and Eggs'
--- Hog - Begonia heracleifolia (Hogweed leaf Begonia)
Porcupine - Agave 'Porcupine', Agave striata (Porcupine Agave)
Puma - Setcreasea 'Pale Puma'
Rabbit - Araiostegia (Rabbit's Foot Fern), Carex laxiculmis (Bunny Blue Sedge), Davallia (Rabbit's foot fern)
Rhinocerus - Hosta 'Rhino Hide'Shark - Agave 'Jaws', Agave xylonacantha (Shark's tooth Agave)
Slug / Snail
--- Escargot - Farfugium 'Escargot'Snake - Chlorophytum (Snake Lily), Ophiopogon (Snake beard)
--- Cobra - Arisaema (several species are called Cobra Lily)
--- Serpent - Dahlia (sometimes called Serpent Tongue)
Spider - Agave bracteosa, A. horrida (Spider Agave), Hymenocallis (Spider Lily), Lucoris (Spider Lily), Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
--- Cobweb - Iris 'Cobweb Concerto'
--- Web - Arachniodes (means spider's web)
Squirrel - Cypripedium (sometimes called Squirrel's foot)
Tick - Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Tiger - Canna 'Bengal Tiger', Leonotis 'Snow Tiger', Musa 'Bengal Tiger'
Toad - Tricyrtis (Toad Lily), Trillium (Toadshade)
Turtle - Chelone (Turtlehead)
Whale - Agave ovatifolia (Whale's Tongue Agave)
Worm - Artemisia (Wormwood)
Zebra - xHeucherella 'Golden Zebra', Hosta 'Zebra Stripes', Primula 'Zebra Blue'
| List of plants named after animals sorted by animal part Beak --- Bill - Geranium (Cranesbill) Beard - Aruncus (Goatsbeard), Ophiopogon (Snake beard) Blood - Rhodophiala (Oxblood Lily) Butt - Helicodiceros (Pig Butt Arum) Claw - Epimedium 'Sandy Claws', Heliconia (Lobster Claws), Onychium (Cat's Claw Fern) Ear - Colocasia, Alocasia, Remusatia, Xanthosoma (Elephant Ear), Hosta 'Blue Mouse Ears', Hosta 'Frosted Mouse Ears', Leonotis (Lion's Ear) Eye - Chrysanthemum (sometimes called Ox-Eye Daisy), Helopsis (Ox-eye Daisy), Zexmenia (Ox-eye) Feather - Calamagrostis (Feather Reed Grass), Nasella (Feather Grass), Stipa, Zingiber 'White Feather' Foot - Araiostegia (Rabbit's Foot Fern), Cypreipedium (Aphrodite's slipper/shoe, Camel's foot, Squirrel foot, Whipporwill Shoe, Venus' shoe), Davallia (Rabbit's foot fern), Viola pedata (Bird-foot Violet) Head - Chelone (Turtlehead) Heart - Asarum (sometimes called heartleaf) Jaws - Agave 'Jaws' Nose - Antirrhinum (greek for 'like a nose') --- Elephant's trunk - Arisarum proboscideum Phallus - Amorphophallus Skin --- Fleece - Solidago 'Golden Fleece' --- Hide - Hosta 'Rhino Hide' --- Stripes - Hosta 'Zebra Stripes' Tail - Acalypha (Cattail), Alocasia 'Yellow Tail', Amorphophallus myosuroides (Mousetail Voodoo Lily), Arisarum proboscideum (Mouse Tail Arum), Cyrtomium 'Go Fish' (Fish Tail Holly Fern), Equisetum (Horsetail), Hosta 'Dragon Tails', Leonotis (Lion's Tail), Pennisetum 'Tall Tails' Tongue - Dahlia (sometimes called Serpent Tongue), Pyrrosia (Tongue Fern) Tooth - Agave xylonacantha (Shark's tooth Agave) --- Tusk - Hosta 'Blue Ivory' |