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Plants named after people

Name a flower or plant named after a person. Hopdown accepts 492 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper. Flowers, trees and other plants (genera or common names) named in honor of a real person or mythical figure, such as Dahlia, Poinsettia, Begonia or Forsythia.

Most common answers

• DahliaExtremely common
• PoinsettiaExtremely common
• BegoniaExtremely common
• ForsythiaExtremely common
• MagnoliaExtremely common
• CamelliaExtremely common
• FuchsiaCommon
• GardeniaUncommon
• SerenoaUncommon
• BismarckiaUncommon
• PritchardiaUncommon
• FothergillaUncommon
• GaillardiaUncommon
• WisteriaUncommon
• ZinniaUncommon

Rare answers

• PierisRare
• TagetesRare
• UrsiniaRare
• CroweaRare
• Sturt's Desert PeaRare
• LycasteRare
• WoodwardiaRare
• JohannesteijsmanniaVery rare
• FortuneariaVery rare
• ColvilleaVery rare
• MutisiaVery rare
• King ProteaVery rare
• Jacob's CoatVery rare
• Humboldt LilyVery rare
• Engelmann OakVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• TorreyaDeep cut
• Bloodgood Japanese MapleDeep cut
• Jonathan AppleDeep cut
• GreengageDeep cut
• Dancy TangerineDeep cut
• Tommy Atkins MangoDeep cut
• Russet BurbankDeep cut
• Bosc PearDeep cut
• Coe's Golden DropDeep cut
• Madame Hardy RoseDeep cut

Plus 452 more answers you'll have to find yourself.