250+ Spanish Flower Names, Gardening Vocabulary and Fantastic Flower Phrases (with Audio!)

The cempasúchil flower has close links to Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations in Mexico and its name has its origins in the Nahuatl language, an indigenous language spoken by the Aztecs and other central Mexican civilizations.

You might know it by another name: a marigold!

Flowers, in general, have a special place in Latin American and Spanish culture. In some Spanish-speaking countries, you’ll even find mercados de flores (flower markets), where you can buy fresh flowers for different occasions.

There are some Spanish flower names that you’ll recognize, like orquídea (orchid) and rosa (rose). Some others, like the marigold, will be unfamiliar to you. They’re all worth knowing!

Read on to discover over 250 flower names in Spanish.

Contents

• How to Say Flowers in Spanish
• Common Spanish Flower Names
• • Tree and Bush Flowers
  • Desert Flowers
  • Tropical Flowers
  • Wildflowers
• Gardening Vocabulary
• Flower Idioms and Expressions
• Test Yourself: Spanish Flower Words Quiz!
• And One More Thing…

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How to Say Flowers in Spanish

Here’s how to say “flower” and “flowers” in Spanish:

The word flor comes from the Latin word “flos,” which also means “flower.” Flor is a feminine noun in Spanish, so it takes feminine articles like la (the) or una (a/an). For example:

Las flores del jardín son hermosas.  (The flowers in the garden are beautiful.)

Le regalé una flor roja.  (I gave her a red flower.)

Flor can also refer to the action or process of a plant blooming or blossoming. For example:

Las flores florecen en primavera.  (The flowers bloom in spring.)

Common Spanish Flower Names

We’ll get into a more comprehensive list of flowers and their Spanish and Latin names below. You can reinforce your understanding of these vocabulary words by watching them in use by native Spanish speakers across the hundreds of videos on FluentU.

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But first, here are 20 very common flower names in Spanish to get you started:

Tree and Bush Flowers

Desert Flowers

Tropical Flowers

Wildflowers

Gardening Vocabulary

Flower Idioms and Expressions

Test Yourself: Spanish Flower Words Quiz!

Now go ahead and learn these wonderful Spanish flower words! After all, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

And One More Thing…

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