Flowers That Start With Q
Discover 20+ flowers beginning with Q — their names, meanings, origins, and unique characteristics.
Quamoclit coccinea
A vibrant annual vine known as the scarlet starglory, featuring brilliant red, star-shaped flowers that attract hummingbirds to gardens across the warmer regions of North America.
Quamoclit lobata
Commonly known as the Spanish flag, this exotic climber displays unique racemes of flowers that transition from red to orange and finally to creamy yellow as they mature.
Quamoclit pennata
Widely recognized as the cypress vine, this delicate plant features finely dissected, fern-like foliage and small, trumpet-shaped crimson flowers that bloom profusely throughout the summer months.
Quamoclit sloteri
A popular hybrid known as the cardinal climber, this vigorous vine produces intense red, star-shaped blooms that provide a striking contrast against its dark, deeply lobed green leaves.
Quararibea funebris
Known as the funeral flower or flor de cacao, this tropical tree produces fragrant, yellow-white blossoms used historically in Mesoamerican cultures to flavor ceremonial chocolate drinks.
Queen Anne's Lace
Scientifically known as Daucus carota, this wild carrot relative features intricate, flat-topped clusters of tiny white flowers that resemble delicate, antique lace patterns in meadows.
Queen of the Night
A spectacular cactus, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, which blooms only once a year at night, revealing large, fragrant, white, star-shaped flowers that wither by the following morning.
Queen of the Prairie
Filipendula rubra is a tall, hardy perennial native to North American prairies, showcasing large, fluffy, fragrant plumes of soft pink flowers that resemble cotton candy.
Queen Protea
Protea magnifica is a stunning South African shrub that produces massive, showy flower heads with velvety, silver-tipped bracts, often ranging in color from creamy white to deep pink.
Queen's Cup
Clintonia uniflora is a charming woodland wildflower native to the Pacific Northwest, featuring a single, pure white, star-shaped flower that rises above two or three broad leaves.
Queen's Tears
Billbergia nutans is a popular, easy-to-grow bromeliad with arching, metallic-pink bracts and drooping, bell-shaped flowers featuring vivid green petals edged in deep violet-blue.
Queen's Wreath
Antigonon leptopus, also called coral vine, is a fast-growing tropical climber that produces cascading sprays of brilliant pink or white flowers, creating a stunning visual effect on trellises.
Quercus alba
While primarily a tree, the white oak produces inconspicuous, wind-pollinated catkins in the spring that are essential for forest ecosystems and provide a subtle, rustic beauty to the landscape.
Quercus robur
The English oak produces pendulous, yellow-green catkins during the spring, which are the reproductive flowers of this majestic, long-lived tree species native to Europe and Western Asia.
Queria hispanica
A rare and delicate member of the Caryophyllaceae family, this small plant produces tiny, unassuming white flowers and is native to the rocky, mountainous regions of Spain.
Quillwort
Isoetes species, while technically spore-bearing plants, are often associated with aquatic botanical collections for their unique, grass-like appearance and specialized, submerged reproductive structures in wetland habitats.
Quince
Cydonia oblonga produces beautiful, large, pale pink or white flowers in the spring, which are highly fragrant and precede the development of aromatic, golden-yellow, pear-shaped fruits.
Quisqualis indica
Commonly known as the Rangoon creeper, this tropical vine features clusters of fragrant flowers that change color from white to pink and finally to deep red as they age.
Quisqualis mussaendiflora
A unique species of the Rangoon creeper family, this plant is noted for its distinctive, showy bracts and tubular flowers that bloom in clusters, native to Southeast Asian rainforests.
Quito Orange
Solanum quitoense, or naranjilla, produces small, star-shaped, white and purple flowers that are quite ornamental, though the plant is primarily cultivated for its unique, citrus-flavored orange fruits.
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