List of common houseplants

List of common houseplants

Epipremnum aureum or Pothos is one of the most common houseplants and has many variegated forms.

Tropical and subtropical

• Aglaonema (Chinese evergreen)
• Alocasia and Colocasia spp. (elephant ear)
• Anthurium spp.
• Aphelandra squarrosa (zebra plant)
• Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Island pine)
• Aspidistra elatior (cast iron plant)
• Begonia species and cultivars
• Bromeliaceae (bromeliads, including air plants)
• Calathea, Goeppertia and Maranta spp. (prayer plants)
• Chlorophytum comosum (spider plant)
• Citrus (compact cultivars such as the Meyer lemon)
• Cyclamen
• Dieffenbachia (dumbcane)
• Epipremnum aureum (pothos)
• Ferns and plants treated like ferns, such as Asparagus aethiopicus (asparagus fern) and Nephrolepis exaltata (Boston fern) Ficus elastica, or the rubber plant, is a common house plant but is also a tree which can grow up to 30–40 metres (98–131 ft) tall in the wild.
• Ficus spp., including Ficus benjamina (weeping fig), Ficus elastica (rubber plant) and Ficus lyrata (fiddle-leaf fig)
• Hoya spp.
• Orchidaceae (orchid) spp.
• Peperomia spp.
• Palms, such as Chamaedorea elegans (parlor palm) and Dypsis lutescens (areca palm),
• Philodendron spp.
• Monstera species (Swiss cheese plants)
• Heptapleurum arboricola (umbrella plant)
• Sinningia speciosa (gloxinia)
• Spathiphyllum (peace lily)
• Stephanotis floribunda (Madagascar jasmine)
• Streptocarpus, including Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia (African violets)
• Tradescantia zebrina (purple wandering Jew)
• Pilea peperomioides
• Scindapsus pictus (satin pothos)

Succulents

Snake plant, Dracaena (formerly Sansevieria) trifasciata, is known as one of the toughest and most common houseplants.

• Aloe spp. including Aloe vera
• Cactaceae (cacti)
  • Epiphyllum (orchid cacti)
  • Mammillaria
  • Opuntia (paddle cacti, including the prickly pear)
  • Zygocactus (Christmas cactus)
  • Gymnocalycium mihanovichii (chin cactus)
• Crassula ovata (jade plant)
• Echeveria spp.
• Haworthia spp.
• Dracaena spp., including plants formerly in the genus Sansevieria, such as the snake plant or mother-in-law's tongue, Dracaena trifasciata.
• Senecio angulatus (creeping groundsel)
• Senecio rowleyanus (string of pearls)
• Yucca spp.

There are many species of cacti and succulents that stay small enough to do well as houseplants.

Forced bulbs

Note: Many forced bulbs are also temperate.

• Crocus
• Hippeastrum (amaryllis)
• Hyacinthus (hyacinth)
• Narcissus (narcissus or daffodil)

Temperate plants

• Hedera helix (English ivy)
• Saxifraga stolonifera (strawberry begonia)

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