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| Scientific Name | Common Name | Trichome Rate | Clumping Rate | Transpiration Rate | Average of Data | Leaf/Trichome Notes | Sunlight 1 | Sunlight 2 | Plant Zone | Indoor/Outdoor | Growth Habit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattleya Orchid | Orchid | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Coelogyne Orchid | Orchid | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Cymbidium Orchid | Orchid | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Lycaste Orchid | Orchid | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Miltoniopsis Orchid | Pansy Orchids | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Odontoglossum Orchid | Orchid | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Paphiopedilum Orchid | Slipper Orchids / Venus Slipper | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Abutilon striatum (pictum) 'Thompsonii' | Spotted Flowering Maple | 1 | 10 | indirect sunlight | 8-10 | shiny leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Abutilon x 'Bella Pink' | Flowering Maple | 4 | 8 | indirect sunlight | 9-10 | slightly fuzzy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Acacia armata / paradoxa | Kangaroo Thorn | 2 | 9 | high | 9-11 | hairs new leaves, glabrous older leaves | indoor | densly bushy shape | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Acalypha hispida | Red-hot Catstail | 5 | 7 | indirect sunlight | 10-11 | leaves are bristly, catkins year-round in warm conditions (indoors in zone 7) | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | 7 | 6 | 4-8 | soft foliage; wooly hairs make plant sticky | |||||||
| Achimenes hybrida, erecta | Cupid's Bow (Hot Water Plant) | 8 | 8 | indirect sunlight | 7-8 | fuzzy heavy-textured leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Acorus calamus | Sweet Flag | 1 | 5 | 4-10 | smooth leaves | wide grass-like blades | ||||||
| Acuba japonica | Spotted Laurel | 1 | 10 | 7-9 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Adelonema / Homalomena wallisii | King of Hearts | 1 | 9 | 7 | 10 | leathery leaves | ||||||
| Adiantum hispidulum | Australian Maidenhair Fern | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | 8-10 | minutely hairy stems | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Adiantum raddianum | Maidenhair Fern | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | 10-11 | leaves weakly glaucous beneath | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Aechmea fasciata / Bromeliad aechmea | Urn Plant | 1 | 9 | 2 | indirect sunlight | 10-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Aeschynanthus lobbianus / radicans | Lipstick Vine | 1 | 10 | indirect sunlight | 11-12 | thick smooth leathery leaves | indoor | dense, hanging basket | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Agapanthus praecox ssp. orientalis | African Blue Lily | 1 | 8 | 8-11 | glossy glabrous leaves | full, wide grass-like blades | ||||||
| Agave filifera | Thread Agave | 1 | 9 | high | 9-11 | threads only "hairs" on leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Aglaomorpha meyeniana | Bear Paw's Fern | 1 | 6 | low light | shade | 10-11 | rhizomes fuzzy, leaves not | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Aglaonema | Chinese Evergreen | 1 | 9 | low light | shade | 10-11 | smooth glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Aglaonema crispum 'Silver Queen' | Chinese Evergreen | 1 | 9 | 6 | low light | shade | 10-12 | smooth glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Allamanda cathartica | Golden Trumpet | 1 | 9 | 10-11 | glossy leathery leaves | |||||||
| Alocasia sanderiana | Kris Plant | 1 | 5 | 10-11 | leaves a variety of textures from thick, waxy, slick, and glossy | |||||||
| Aloe barbadensis / vera | Aloe Vera | 1 | 6 | 2 | high | 10-11 | smooth leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Alsobia / Episcia dianthiflora | Lace Flower | 8 | 10 | high | medium | 9-10 | furry leaves | |||||
| Amaranthus caudatus | Love-lies-bleeding | 2 | 8 | 4-8 | fuzzy tassel-like flowers last all growing season | |||||||
| Ananas comosus | Pineapple | 1 | 2 | 10-11 | stiff smooth leaves | very open growth habit | ||||||
| Anthurium andraeanum | Flamingo Flower | 1 | 5 | 7 | high | medium | 10-11 | leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Antirrhinum majus | Snapdragon | 3 | 7 | high | medium | 5-10 | fine sparse hairs on leaves | indoor | ||||
| Aphelandra squarrosa | Zebra Plant | 1 | 8 | indirect sunlight | 11-12 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Araucaria heterophylla | Norfolk Island Pine | 1 | 7 | 6 | indirect sunlight | 9-10 | awl-shaped needlelike leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Ardisia crenata | Coralberry | 1 | 9 | 7-10 | leathery shiny leaves | |||||||
| Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | 1 | 2 | 4-9 | smooth leaves | |||||||
| Arrhenatherum elatius ssp. Bulbosum 'Variegatum' | bulbous oat grass | 1 | 9 | 4-7 | ||||||||
| Artemisia 'Powis Castle' | Powis Castle artemisia | 7 | 10 | high | medium | 4-9 | silky soft leaves | |||||
| Artemisia stelleriana 'Silver Brocade' | Dusty Miller | 9 | 9 | high | 5-10 | super soft fuzz coated leaves | ||||||
| Asclepias californica | California Milkweed | 10 | 7 | high | medium | 7-10 | densely woolly haired plant | |||||
| Asclepias curassavica | Milkweed | 1 | 6 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Asclepias eriocarpa | Woollypod Milkweed | 10 | 7 | high | 4-9 | plant densely covered in white hairs | ||||||
| Asparagus asparagoides | Bridal Creeper | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 9 | shiny green leaf-like branches | indoor | ||||
| Asparagus densiflorus | Asparagus Fern | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 9-11 | needle-like leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Asparagus densiflorus 'Falcatus' | Sicklethorn | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 9-12 | sickle-shaped shiny leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyeri' | Asparagus Fern 'Meyeri' | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 9-11 | needle-like leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' | Asparagus Fern 'Sprengeri' | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 7-10 | needle-like leaves | indoor | ||||
| Aspidistra elatior | Cast Iron Plant | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 7-11 | glabrous leaves | indoor | ||||
| Asplenium / Phyllitis scolopendrium | Hart's Tongue Fern | 1 | 9 | 5-9 | leathery fronds | |||||||
| Asplenium bulbiferum | Mother Fern | 1 | 8 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Asplenium nidus | Bird's Nest Fern | 1 | 8 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 11-12 | leathery smooth leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Astilbe x arendsii | False Spiraea | 1 | 9 | 3-8 | ||||||||
| Beaucarnea recurvata | Pony Tail Palm; Elephant Foot | 1 | 5 | 10-11 | palm-like smooth leaves | |||||||
| Begonia | Begonia | 1 | 9 | high winter light, medium summer light | 8-11?? | waxy leaves | indoor | many different but tend to be full | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Begonia rex-cultorum (some cvv.) | Rex Begonias | 4 | 9 | high winter light, medium summer light | 10-12 | sparsely hairy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Begonia semperflorens | Wax Begonia | 1 | 10 | 7 | high winter light, medium summer light | 9-10 | waxy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Beloperone guttata | Shrimp Plant | 7 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | velvety hairy leaves | |||||
| Bertolonia marmorata | Jewel Plant | 7 | 10 | medium | indirect sunlight | 11 | furry leaves | |||||
| Billbergia nutans | Queen's Tears | 1 | 8 | indirect sunlight | 10 | leathery leaves | indoor | mostly dense habit | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Blechnum brasiliense | Brazilian Tree Fern | 1 | 6 | medium | partial shade | 9-11 | fronds appear hairless | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Blechnum gibbum / Oceaniopteris gibba | Silver Lady Fern / Dwarf Tree Fern | 1 | 8 | medium | partial shade | 9-11 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Bougainvillea glabra (narrow leaves) | Paper Flower | 2 | 9 | indirect sunlight | 9-11 | glabrous leaves, occasionally small hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Bougainvillea x buttiana (bigger leaves) | 1 | 9 | indirect sunlight | 9-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||||
| Bouvardia x domestica | Bouvardia | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | leaves appear hairless | |||||||
| Bowiea volubilis | Climbing Onion | 1 | 4 | 10 | NO LEAVES | stems grow into messy mass | ||||||
| Brassaia / Schefflera actinophylla | Schefflera | 1 | 7 | 7 | medium | indirect sunlight | 9-11 | glossy leaves | ||||
| Breynia nivosa / disticha 'Roseopicta' | Snowbush | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | ||||||||
| Browallia speciosa | Bush Violet | 2 | 10 | high | medium | 9-10 | scattered simple hairs above and puberulent beneath on the veins | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Brugmansia / Datura candida | Angel's Trumpet | 5 | 8 | high | medium | 7-10 | hair on leaves and stems | indoor | ||||
| Brunfelsia magnifica | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | glossy waxy leaves | |||||||
| Brunfelsia pauciflora | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Buxus sempervirens | Common Boxwood | 1 | 10 | 5-8 | glossy leathery smooth leaves | |||||||
| Caladium | Angel's Wing | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | leaves appear hairless | |||||||
| Calceolaria crenatiflora / herbeohybrida | Pocketbook Plant | 4 | 10 | indirect sunlight | 10-11 | leaves covered in short rough hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Calliandra haematocephala | Powderpuff Plant | 3 | 8 | 10 | glossy green leaflets but puff "flowers" are covering tree most of year | appears to grow fuller in ground but could not in our zone | ||||||
| Callisia gentlei var. elegans | Striped Inch Plant | 2 | 9 | 11 | leaves are covered in barely visible short hairs | |||||||
| Callistemon / Melaleuca citrina | Bottlebrush Plant | 2 | 9 | 8-11 | young leaves pubescent | density rating is outdoor, not sure can be grown indoors in a container | ||||||
| Camellia japonica | Camellia | 1 | 10 | 7-9 | glossy, leathery leaves | |||||||
| Campanula isophylla | Italian Bellflower | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 8-11 | leaves appear hairless | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Cannabis sativa | Cannabis | 2 | 9 | 8-11 | leaf hairs are tiny, hard to see without magnification | |||||||
| Capsicum annuum | Christmas Pepper | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 9-11 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Carex morrowii 'Variegata' | Japense Sedge | 1 | 9 | 5-9 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Caryota mitis | Fishtail Palm | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Catharanthus roseus | Madagascar Periwinkle | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 10-11 | glabrous glossy smooth leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Celosia argentea (Plumosa Group) | Feather Celosia | 3 | 7 | high | medium | 10-11 | smooth leaves, flower plumes last summer through fall | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Cephalocereus senilis | Old Man Cactus | 10 | 10 | high | 9-11 | long wool-like "hairs" are modified spines (more abundant on younger/smaller plants, slow growing) | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Cerastium tomentosum | Snow-in-summer | 9 | 10 | high | 3-7 | felty densly fuzzy leaves | ||||||
| Cestrum nocturnum | Night Jessamine | 2 | 8 | 9-10 | smooth glossy leaves, leaf midrib is finely hairy | |||||||
| Chamaedorea elegans / Neanthe bella | Parlour Palm | 1 | 8 | 7 | high | medium | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Chamaedorea seifrizii / erumpens | Bamboo Palm | 1 | 8 | 9 | high | medium | 10-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Chlorophytum comosum 'Vittatum' | Spider Plant | 1 | 8 | 5 | indirect sunlight | 9 | grasslike leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Chrysalidocarpus lutescens | Areca Palm | 1 | 8 | 10 | high | partial shade | 9-11 | |||||
| Chrysanthemum x morifolium | Garden Mum | 2 | 10 | 8 | high | 5-9 | lower surface grayish-pubescent | |||||
| Cibotium schiedei | Mexican Tree Fern | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | trunk covered with hairs | |||||||
| Cissus antarctica | Kangaroo Vine | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 10-15 | glossy leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Cissus discolor / javana | Rex Begonia Vine | 2 | 10 | high | medium | 11 | leaf underside have a few hairs | indoor | ||||
| Cissus rhombifolia / alata 'Ellen Danica' | Oakleaf Ivy | 4 | 9 | 5 | high | medium | 10-11 | silky brown hairs on underside of leaves, red pubescent on veins beneath; petioles rusty pubescent | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Cleistocactus strausii | Silver Torch, Wooly Torch | 10 | 10 | high | 9-11 | densely covered in woolly spines | ||||||
| Clerodendrum thomsoniae | Glory Bower / Bleeding Heart Vine | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 10 | shiny leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Cleyera japonica | Cleyera / Sakaki | 1 | 9 | 6-9 | leathery leaves | shrub | ||||||
| Clianthus formosus / Swainsona formosa | Glory Pea | 8 | 8 | high | 9-11 | leaves and stems are covered with downy hairs | ||||||
| Clivia | Kaffir Lily | 1 | 6 | high | medium | 9-11 | glossy leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Coccoloba uvifera | Sea Grape | 1 | 10 | 10-11 | tree; clumping rating of 10 is for mature tree, will be lower in young tree | |||||||
| Cocos / Syagrus weddelliana | Dwarf Coconut Palm | 1 | 3 | high | 10-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Cocos nucifera | Coconut Palm | 1 | 4 | high | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Codiaeum variegatum var. pictum | Croton | 1 | 10 | 5 | high | medium | 11-12 | leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Coffea arabica | Coffee Tree | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 9-11 | glabrous glossy leaves | indoor | shrub/small tree | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Columnea gloriosa | Goldfish Plant | 8 | 9 | high | medium | 11-12 | purple hairy leaves, stem and flowers have hairs | indoor | ||||
| Columnea hirta 'Light Prince' | Goldfish Plant | 8 | 10 | partial shade | 10-11 | furry leaves, stems, flowers | indoor | |||||
| Columnea microphylla | Goldfish Plant | 8 | 10 | high | medium | 10-11 | leaves and stems densely covered in red hairs, flowers have hairs | indoor | ||||
| Cordyline fruticosa / terminalis | Ti Plant | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 10-12 | smooth leaves | indoor | mostly dense habit | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Cortaderia selloana | Pampas grass | 8 | 9 | high | light shade | 8-10 | fine silky long plumes, feel like raw silk, present for a few months | |||||
| Cortaderia selloana 'Pumila' | Dwarf Pampas Grass | 7 | 9 | high | light shade | 6-10 | fine silky long plumes, feel like raw silk, present for a few months | |||||
| Costus igneus / Chamaecostus cuspidatus | Spiral Ginger / Insulin Plant | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | smooth leaves | |||||||
| Cotinus coggygria | Smoke tree | 6 | 10 | high | 4-11 | leaves glabrous; fluffy plumes last entire growing season | ||||||
| Cotoneaster franchetii | Franchet Cotoneaster | 7 | 10 | high | partial shade | 6-9 | leaves glossy gray-green above with a white felty pubescence beneath | outdoor | dense shrub | appears efficient at soaking up pollution from the air | ||
| Crassula / Rochea coccinea | Red Crassula | 1 | 6 | 9-11 | glabrous leaves | |||||||
| Crossandra infundibuliformis | Firecracker Flower | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Cryptanthus bivittatus | Earth Star | 1 | 5 | high | medium | 10-11 | indoor | small, 4-6" height | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Ctenanthe / Stromanthe amabilis | Never Never Plant | 1 | 8 | high | medium | leathery leaves | indoor | |||||
| Ctenanthe oppenheimiana 'Tricolor' | Never Never Plant | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Cuphea ignea | Cigar Plant | 1 | 10 | 8-11 | waxy leaves | |||||||
| Cupressus / Hesperocyparis macrocarpa 'Goldcrest' | Lemon Cypress | 1 | 10 | 7-11 | needled evergreen shrub | |||||||
| Cyanotis / Tradescantia somaliensis | Kitten Ears | 9 | 9 | high | medium | 10-11 | mid length fuzzy hairs on leaves | |||||
| Cyanotis kewensis | Teddy Bear Plant | 9 | 10 | medium | 10-11 | thick fuzz on leaves | ||||||
| Cycas revoluta | Sago Palm | 2 | 8 | 9-12 | minutely pubescent leaf underside | |||||||
| Cyclamen persicum | Cyclamen | 1 | 7 | 5 | high | medium | 9-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Cyperus alternifolius | Umbrella Plant | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | leafy bracts | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Cyrtanthus elatus / Vallota speciosa | Scarborough Lily | 1 | 3 | 8-11 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Cyrtomium falcatum | Holly Fern | 1 | 10 | 6-10 | glossy course leathery leaves, rhizomes and leafstalks have furry scurf | dense shrub | ||||||
| Dahlia | Bedding Dahlia / Dahlia | 1 | 8 | 7-10 | appear hairless | |||||||
| Dasylirion longissimum | Mexican Grass Tree | 1 | 8 | 8-10 | ||||||||
| Datura inoxia | Downy Thorn Apple | 6 | 8 | high | medium | 8-11 | downy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Davallia canariensis | Hare's Foot Fern | 10 | 9 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 10-11 | brown and furry hair covering the above ground rhizomes | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Dendrobium sp. | Dendrobium Orchid | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||||||
| Dianthus armeria | Deptford Pink | 4 | 1 | 3-8 | usually slightly pubescent leaves especially near base | |||||||
| Dicksonia squarrosa | New Zealand Tree Fern | 1 | 6 | 9-10 | fronds hairless, trunks covered in yellowish-brown hairs | |||||||
| Didymochlaena truncatula | Mahogany Fern | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Dieffenbachia amoena | Dumb Cane | 1 | 9 | 7 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 10-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Dieffenbachia seguine | Dumb Cane | 1 | 9 | 7 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Dracaena / Sansevieria trifasciata | Mother-In-Law's Tongue | 1 | 9 | 10-12 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Dracaena deremensis / fragrans 'Janet Craig' | Dracaena 'Janet Craig' | 1 | 8 | 7 | high | medium | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Dracaena deremensis / fragrans 'Warneckii' | Dracaena 'Warneckii' | 1 | 8 | 8 | high | medium | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Dracaena draco | Dragon's Blood Plant | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 9-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana' | Corn Plant | 1 | 8 | 7 | high | medium | 10-12 | shiny leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Dracaena godseffiana / surculosa | Gold Dust Dracaena | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | ||||||||
| Dracaena marginata / reflexa | Dragon Tree / Song of India | 1 | 8 | 7 | high | medium | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Dracaena sanderiana | Lucky Bamboo | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | ||||||||
| Echeveria pulvinata 'Frosty' | White Chenille Plant | 8 | 9 | high | 9-11 | velvety fuzzy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Echinacea purpurea | Purple Coneflower | 3 | 3 | 4-9 | sparse white hairs on leaves | |||||||
| Epipremnum aureum / Scindapsus aureus | Golden Pothos | 1 | 7 | 7 | medium | low | 10-12 | thick leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Erica gracilis | Cape Heath | 1 | 10 | 5-7 | needle-like leaves | |||||||
| Eryngium planum | Sea Hollies | 1 | 5 | 4-8 | ||||||||
| Eschscholzia californica | Calfornia poppies | 1 | 7 | 8-10 | smooth leaves; golden silky petals | |||||||
| Espostoa melanostele | Peruvian Old Lady | 10 | 10 | high | 9-11 | covered in long woolly spines | ||||||
| Eucalyptus globulus | Blue Gum | 1 | 7 | 8-11 | waxy glossy leaves | tall evergreen tree that can only be grown indoors for a few years before must be planted outside | ||||||
| Eucharis x grandiflora | Amazon Lily | 1 | 7 | 10-11 | ||||||||
| Euonymus japonicus | Japanese Euonymous | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 6-9 | waxy leathery leaves | indoor | ||||
| Euonymus japonicus 'Mediopicta' | Variegated Japanese Spindle Tree | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 6-9 | waxy leathery leaves | indoor | ||||
| Euphorbia milii | Crown of Thorns | 1 | 8 | high winter light, medium summer light | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Euphorbia pulcherrima | Pointsettia | 1 | 10 | 5 | high winter light, medium summer light | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Eustoma grandiflorum | Prairie Gentian | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | waxy leaves | |||||||
| Exacum affine | Persian violet | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 10-12 | glossy leaves | indoor | ||||
| Fargesia / Arundinaria nitida | Bamboo | 1 | 9 | 5-9 | ||||||||
| Fatsia japonica | Glossy-leaf Paper Plant | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 7-10 | leathery glossy leaves | indoor | ||||
| Felicia amelloides | Blue Daisy | 4 | 9 | 10-11 | leathery leaves coverd in short bristle-like hairs | |||||||
| Festuca glauca | blue fescue | 2 | 9 | 3-9 | soft seed heads- most of growing season | outdoor | grass | |||||
| Ficus benjamina | Weeping Fig | 1 | 8 | 6 | high | medium | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Ficus elastica 'Decora' | Rubber Plant | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 10-11 | glossy leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Ficus lyrata | Fiddle Leaf Fig | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 10-12 | leathery, leaves initially finely pubescent and later glabrous | indoor | ||||
| Ficus maclellandii 'Alii' | Ficus Alii | 1 | 9 | 8 | high | medium | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Ficus pumila | Creeping / Climbing Fig | 1 | 9 | partial shade | 7-11 | juvenile leaves glabrous top and pubescent underside, adult leaves hairless | indoor | vine | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Ficus robusta / elastica | Rubber Plant | 1 | 8 | 7 | high | medium | 10-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Fittonia albivenis | Nerve Plant | 1 | 9 | partial shade | 11-12 | glabrous leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Foeniculum vulgare | fennel | 1 | 5 | 4-9 | feathery | |||||||
| Fuchsia spp. | Fuchsia | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 10-11?? | indoor | |||||
| Gardenia jasminoides | Cape Jasmine | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 8-11 | glossy leathery leaves | indoor | ||||
| Genista lydia | Lydian Broom | 1 | 10 | 4-9 | ||||||||
| Geogenanthus undatus / poeppigii | Seesucker Plant | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Geranium maculatum | Wild Geranium | 5 | 9 | 3-8 | upper leaf surface has fine hairs, lower leaf surface has coarse hairs | |||||||
| Gerbera jamesonii | Gerbera Daisy | 5 | 7 | 8 | high | medium | 9-11 | silky hairs on leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Gladiolus murielae | Sword Lily | 1 | 6 | 7-10 | ||||||||
| Glechoma hederacea | Ground Ivy | 6 | 10 | 3-10 | sparse hairs on leaf and stem | |||||||
| Gloriosa superba | Flame Lily | 1 | 5 | 8-10 | ||||||||
| Goeppertia / Calathea makoyana | Peacock Plant | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10-11 | papery leaves | ||||||
| Goeppertia insignis | Rattlesnake Plant | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | ||||||||
| Guzmania lingulata var. minor | Scarlet Star | 1 | 6 | high winter light, partial shade summer | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Gynura aurantiaca / sarmentosa | Purple passion / Velvet plant | 9 | 8 | high | medium | 9-12 | velvety fuzzy leaves and stems, reddish-purple hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Hebe andersonii | Hebe Shrub | 1 | 9 | 7-8 | ||||||||
| Hedera canariensis | Canary Island Ivy | 2 | 9 | medium | low | 7-9 | glossy, slightly leathery leaves; leaf underside has red scale-like pubescence | indoor | vine, groundcover | |||
| Hedera helix | English Ivy | 1 | 9 | 7 | medium | low | 5-10 | no hairs | indoor | vine, groundcover | ||
| Heliconia indica | Red Leaf Heliconia | 1 | 8 | 10-13 | ||||||||
| Hibiscus rosa-sinensis | Chinese Hibiscus | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Hippeastrum hybrid | Amaryllis | 1 | 2 | 8-10 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Howea belmoreana | Belmore Sentry Palm | 1 | 7 | high, medium, low | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Howea forsteriana | Kentia Palm | 1 | 7 | high, medium, low | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Hoya bella | Minature Wax Plant | 1 | 5 | high | medium | 10-12 | waxy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Hoya carnosa 'Variegata' | Vareigated Wax Plant | 1 | 7 | high | medium | 9-11 | waxy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Hydrangea macrophylla | Big Leaf Hydrangea | 2 | 8 | high, medium, low | 6-9 | underside glabrous or may have short hairs | indoor | |||||
| Hypoestes sanguinolenta / phyllostachya | Freckle Face - Polka Dot Plant | 4 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | densely covered in long white hairs when young becoming less hairy in older leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Impatiens hawkeri / linearifolia | New Guinea Impatients | 1 | 10 | high, medium, low | 10-11 | indoor | ||||||
| Impatiens wallerana / holstii / petersiana / sultani | Busy Lizzie | 1 | 10 | high | partial shade | 10-11 | glabrous leaves | |||||
| Iresine herbstii / Iresine diffusa f. herbstii | Bloodleaf | 1 | 7 | high | medium | 9-11 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Ixora coccinea | Flame of the Woods | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Jacaranda mimosifolia | Jacaranda | 1 | 7 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Jacobaea maritima / Senecio cineraria | Dusty Miller | 9 | 8 | high | medium | 7-10 | densely covered velvety leaves | |||||
| Jacobinia carnea | Brazilian Plume / Flamingo Plant | 1 | 8 | 8-11 | ||||||||
| Jatropha podagrica | Buddha Belly Plant | 1 | 5 | 8-11 | smooth waxy leaves | |||||||
| Juanulloa aurantiaca | Goldfinger | 1 | 5 | 10-11 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Kalanchoe blossfeldiana | Kalanchoe | 1 | 9 | 2 | high | medium | 10-12 | succulent | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Kalanchoe tomentosa | Panda plant | 9 | 9 | high | partial shade | 10-12 | velvety fuzzy leaves | |||||
| Kohleria amabilis | Tree Gloxinia | 8 | 7 | indirect sunlight | 8-11 | velvety fuzzy leaves, stems, flowers | ||||||
| Lachenalia aloides | Cape Cowslip / Opal Flower | 1 | 7 | 9-10 | smooth leaves | |||||||
| Lantana camara | Yellow Sage | 4 | 9 | 8-11 | sharp appressed rigid bristly hairs upper leaf surface | |||||||
| Laurus nobilis | Bay Laurel | 1 | 10 | 8-11 | glabrous smooth leaves | tree | ||||||
| Lavandula stoechas | Spanish lavender | 7 | 10 | high | 7-10 | velvety fuzz | ||||||
| Leea coccinea | West Indian Holly | 1 | 9 | 10-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Lilium | Lily | 1 | 6 | high | medium | 4-9 | indoor | |||||
| Liriope spicata | Lily Turf | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4-10 | |||||||
| Lithops naureeniae | Living Stones | 1 | 10 | high | 10-11 | indoor | dense but small, up to 6" tall at mature height | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Livistona chinensis | Chinese Fan Palm | 1 | 8 | 8-11 | ||||||||
| Mackaya bella | Forest Bell Bush | 2 | 10 | 9-11 | glossy leaves with domatia (small, hairy pockets) are usually found in the axils of the veins | density rating based off outdoor growth habit; couldn't find pic of it growing indoors in container | ||||||
| Mammillaria bocasana | Powder Puff Cactus | 10 | 10 | high | medium | 9-11 | fluffy coating of white, cottony hair | indoor | dense but max height is under 3" | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Mammillaria hahniana | Old Lady Cactus | 10 | 10 | high | medium | 9-11 | long, white, thin, flexible hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Mandevilla sanderi / Dipladenia sanderi 'Rosea' | Mandevilla | 1 | 9 | 10-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Manettia inflata | Firecracker Plant | 1 | 9 | 10-11 | glossy leaves, blooms are fuzzy | |||||||
| Maranta leuconeura 'Kerchoveana' | Prayer Plant | 1 | 8 | 7 | high | medium | 11-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Maranta leuconeura var. erythroneura | Herringbone Plant | 1 | 8 | medium | partial shade | 11-12 | indoor | |||||
| Medinilla magnifica | Rose Grape | 1 | 7 | 10-11 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Mikania ternata | Plush Vine | 8 | 10 | indirect sunlight | 10 | fuzzy hairs on leaves and stems | indoor | |||||
| Mimosa pudica | Sensistive Plant | 3 | 8 | high | medium | 9-11 | tiny sparse prickly hairs on leaves and stems | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Monstera deliciosa | Swiss Cheese Plant | 1 | 7 | medium | partial shade | 10-11 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Muhlenbergia capillaris | Muhly Grass | 10 | 8 | high | partial shade | 5-11 | glossy leaves, fuzzy flowers last ~3 months (rating when in bloom) | blooms create fuzzy screen (rating when in bloom) | ||||
| Musa acuminata / cavendishii | Dwarf Cavendish Banana | 1 | 8 | 8 | high | light shade | 10-11 | |||||
| Musa velutina | Hairy Banana | 1 | 9 | 8-11 | ||||||||
| Myrtus communis | Myrtle | 1 | 10 | 8-10 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Neoregelia carolinae f. tricolor | Blushing Bromeliad | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 10-11 | leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Nephrolepis exaltata | Sword Fern | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 9-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Nephrolepis exaltata 'Whitmanii' | Whitmanii Improved Sword Fern / Lace Fern | 1 | 10 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Nephrolepis obliterata | Boston Fern | 1 | 10 | 9 | high | medium | 10-12 | fronds, lacy look | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Nephrolepis obliterata | Kimberley Queen Fern | 1 | 10 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | petioles covered with sparse red-brown hair-like scales and a few longer hairs; fronds are long and feather like | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Nerine bowdenii | Guernsey Lily | 1 | 2 | 8-10 | fleshy leaves | |||||||
| Nerium oleander | Oleander | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 8-11 | leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Nertera depressa / granadensis | Coral Bead Plant | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 9-11 | leaves appear hairless | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Nicodemia diversifolia / Nicomedia diversifolia | Buddleia Indica / Oak-leaf Buddleja / Indoor Oak | 1 | leaves thin leathery texture with metallic sheened surface | |||||||||
| Nidularium innocentii | Bird's Nest Bromeliad | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 9-11 | indoor | |||||
| Ophiopogon japonicus | Dwarf Lilyturf | 1 | 10 | 7-10 | grass-like groundcover | |||||||
| Oplismenus hirtellus | Basket Grass | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Opuntia compressa / humifusa | Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 8-10 | indoor | |||||
| Orbea / Stapelia variegata | Carrion Flower | 1 | 9 | high | 9-11 | indoor | ||||||
| Oreocereus celsianus | Old Man of the Andes | 10 | 10 | high | 3-9 | covered in long white hairs | ||||||
| Origanum dictamnus | Dittany of Crete, or dittany | 10 | 9 | high | 7-10 | ornamental oregano, soft furry leave about the size of a dime | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Ornithogalum / Galtonia candicans | Summer Hyacinth | 1 | 4 | 6-10 | ||||||||
| Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Variegatus' | False Holly | 1 | 10 | 7-9 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Oxalis adenophylla | Wood Sorrel / Silver Shamrock | 7 | 10 | high | partial shade | 3-9 | leaves appear to be covered in short fine hairs | |||||
| Pachystachys lutea | Lollipop Plant | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 10-11 | shiny leaves | |||||
| Pandanus tectorius 'Veitchii' | Variegated Screw Pine | 1 | 7 | 10-12 | ||||||||
| Papaver rhoeas | Corn Poppy | 7 | 7 | high | medium | 3-10 | hairy leaves and stems | |||||
| Parodia / Notocactus leninghausii | Golden Ball Cactus | 10 | 10 | medium | partial shade | 9-11 | covered in many thin long golden hair-like spines | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Passiflora caerulea | Bluecrown Passionflower | 1 | 9 | 6-10 | shiny hairless leaves | vine | ||||||
| Pelargonium capitatum | Rose Geranium | 8 | 9 | high | medium | 8-11 | long soft hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Pelargonium crispum | Lemon-scented Geranium | 5 | 9 | 8-11 | fine hairs | |||||||
| Pelargonium graveolens | Rose Geranium | 5 | 9 | 10-11 | soft fine hairs | |||||||
| Pelargonium peltatum | Ivy Geranium | 5 | 9 | high | partial shade | 10-12 | soft fine hairs | |||||
| Pelargonium tomentosum | Peppermint Geranium | 5 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | fine short hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Pelargonium x domesticum | Martha Washington Geranium / Regal Geranium | 5 | 9 | 10-11 | soft fine hairs | |||||||
| Pellaea / Cheilanthes viridis | Green Cliff-Brake | 2 | 8 | 6-11 | stems have hairs, leaf surface is hairless or slightly hairy on the veins | |||||||
| Pellaea / Hemionitis rotundifolia | Button Fern | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 8-11 | leathery leaves, hairs on stems | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Pennisetum setaceum 'Cupreum' | Red fountain grass | 5 | 9 | 9-10 | soft awns on seedheads, furry look and feel, most of growing season | |||||||
| Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum' | Red fountain grass | 5 | 9 | 9-10 | soft awns on seedheads, furry look and feel, most of growing season | |||||||
| Pentas lanceolata | Egyptian Star Cluster | 4 | 10 | high | medium | 10-11 | fine hairs on leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Peperomia argyreia | Watermelon Peperomia | 1 | 9 | 10-12 | waxy leaves | |||||||
| Peperomia caperata | Emerald Ripple Peperomia | 1 | 9 | 11-12 | glossy, rubbery, crinkly leaves | |||||||
| Peperomia magnoliifolia 'Variegata' | Spoonleaf Peperomia | 1 | 9 | 10-11 | fleshy leaves | |||||||
| Peperomia obtusifolia | Baby Rubber Plant | 1 | 9 | 10-12 | glossy waxy leaves | |||||||
| Peperomia prostrata | String of Turtles Plant | 4 | 9 | 10-12 | short fine hairs on leaves and stems | |||||||
| Peperomia rotundifolia | Trailing Jade / Round Leaf Peperomia | 4 | 9 | 10-11 | short fine hairs on leaves and stems | |||||||
| Peperomia scandens / serpens 'Variegata' | Vining Peperomia | 1 | 9 | high, medium, low | 10-11 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Pericallis x hybrida / Senecio cruentus / Cineraria x hybrida | Florist's Cineraria | 3 | 10 | indirect sunlight | 9-11 | sparsely haired leaves with a rough texture | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Persea americana | Avocado | 1 | 10 | 10-12 | glossy leathery leaves | dense tree canopy | ||||||
| Phalaenopsis sp. | Moth Orchid | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10-12 | leathery leaves | ||||||
| Philodendron domesticum | Spadeleaf Philodendron / Burgundy Philodendron | 1 | 6 | 5 | high | medium | 10-11 | thick leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Philodendron elegans K.Krause | Narrow Finger Leaf | 1 | 4 | glossy leaves | ||||||||
| Philodendron erubescens | Blushing Philodendron | 1 | 7 | 5 | high | medium | 10-11 | thick leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Philodendron hastatum | Silver Sword Philodendron | 1 | 7 | 10-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Philodendron hederaceum / scandens | Heartleaf Philodendron | 1 | 8 | 4 | high | medium | 11-12 | thick leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Philodendron imbe ilsemanii 'Variegata' | Mottled Imbe | 1 | 7 | high | medium | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Philodendron melanochrysum | Black Gold Philodendron | 4 | 8 | 10-11 | velvety sheen on the blackish-green surface | |||||||
| Philodendron panduriforme | Fiddle Leaf Philodendron | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Philodendron selloum | Tree Philodendron | 1 | 8 | 6 | high | medium | 9-11 | thick leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Phoenix canariensis | Canary Date Palm | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Phoenix dactylifera | Date Palm | 1 | 9 | 8-11 | leaflets covered with a whitish bloom (waxy powder) | |||||||
| Phoenix roebelenii | Dwarf Date Palm | 2 | 8 | 7 | high | medium | 9-11 | white scurf in a line on leaflet underside | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Physalis hederifolia | Ivyleaf Groundcherry | 4 | 7 | lightly sparse hair on leaves | ||||||||
| Pilea cadierei | Aluminum Plant | 1 | 9 | 11-12 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Pilea involucrata | Friendship Plant | 4 | 9 | high, medium, low | 11-12 | highly textured with sparse hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Pilea microphylla | Artillery Plant | 1 | 9 | 11-12 | ||||||||
| Pilea mollis 'Moon Valley' | Moon Valley Pilea | 4 | 9 | 11-12 | highly textured with sparse hairs | |||||||
| Pilea nummulariifolia | Creeping Charlie | 1 | 10 | 10-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Pilea repens | Black Leaf Panamiga | 1 | 9 | |||||||||
| Piper ornatum | Celebes Pepper | 1 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||
| Pisonia umbellifera 'Variegata' | Birdcatcher Tree | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Pittosporum tobira | Mock Orange | 1 | 9 | 9-10 | glabrous leathery leaves | |||||||
| Platycerium bifurcatum | Staghorn Fern | 4 | 7 | 9-12 | leathery gray-green fronds covered with a grayish-white felt | |||||||
| Platycerium grande | Giant Staghorn Fern / Elkhorn Fern | 4 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | fronds covered in furry / felty scales that slow transpiration | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' | Mona Lavender | 7 | 10 | high, medium, low | 10-11 | fine fuzz underside of leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Plectranthus amboinicus | Cuban oregano | 7 | 9 | high, medium, low | 9-11 | very fine fuzz leaves and stems | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Plectranthus coleoides / forsteri 'Marginatus' | Swedish Ivy | 6 | 10 | 10-11 | short fuzz leaves | |||||||
| Plectranthus oertendahlii | Silverleaf Spurflower | 7 | 10 | high, medium, low | 10-12 | very short fuzz on leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Plectranthus scutellarioides | Coleus | 3 | 10 | high | medium | 10-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Plerandra elegantissima / Dizygotheca veitchii | False Aralia | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 10-12 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Plumbago auriculata | Cape Leadwort | 1 | 10 | 8-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Plumeria rubra | Frangipani | 1 | 7 | 10-12 | leathery leaves | |||||||
| Podocarpus macrophyllus | Buddist Pine | 1 | 10 | 7-9 | waxy leathery leaves | |||||||
| Polygala verticillata | Whorled Milkwort | 1 | 1 | 10-11 | hairless leaves | |||||||
| Polypodium aureum | Hare Foot Fern | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 9-11 | slippery feeling leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Polyscias balfouriana | Dinner Plate Aralia | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 10-11 | glossy leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Polyscias fruticosa | Ming Aralia | 1 | 9 | 11-12 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Polystichum auriculatum / vestitum | Prickly Shield Fern | 1 | 8 | medium | partial shade | indoor | ||||||
| Potentilla indica / Duchesnea | Indian Strawberry | 3 | 8 | 5-10 | leaflets and stems sparsely hairy | |||||||
| Primula malacoides | Fairy Primrose | 8 | 8 | high | medium | 11 | velvety hairy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Primula sinensis | Chinese Primrose | 5 | 8 | short hairs on leaves | ||||||||
| Procris repens / Pellionia daveauana / Pellionia pulchra | Trailing Watermelon Begonia / Satin Pellonia | 5 | 8 | high | medium | 10-11 | fleshy leaves covered in short hairs | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Prunus serrulata | Japanese flowering cherry tree | 1 | 8 | 5-8 | ||||||||
| Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum | Purple False Eranthemum | 1 | 8 | 8-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Pseuderanthemum atropurpureum 'Tricolor' | Variegated False Eranthemum | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Pteris cretica | Cretan Brake Fern | 1 | 8 | medium | 9-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Pteris cretica var. albolineata | Variegated Cretan Brake Fern | 1 | 8 | 9-12 | ||||||||
| Punica granatum 'Nana' | Dwarf Pomegranate | 1 | 10 | 7-11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Quercus suber | Cork Oak | 7 | 9 | high | 8-10 | underside leaf short downy fuzz | ||||||
| Radermachera sinica | China doll, serpent tree or emerald tree | 1 | 8 | high | medium | 10-12 | glossy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Rechsteineria cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | 8 | 7 | indirect sunlight | 11 | velvety leaves | ||||||
| Reinwardtia indica | Yellow Flax | 1 | 8 | 9-11 | leaves appear hairless | |||||||
| Rhapis excelsa | Lady Palm | 1 | 8 | 8 | shade | partial shade | 9-11 | thick glossy leaves | ||||
| Rhodocoma capensis | Cape Restio | 1 | 9 | 8-11 | fern-like leaves are like giant feather dusters | |||||||
| Rhododendron simsii 'Compacta' | Dwarf Indian Azalea | 2 | 10 | 5 | high | medium | 8-11 | leathery, some have glossy leaves, most have bristly hairs on leaf margins | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Rhoicissus rhomboidea | Glossy Forest Grape | 9 | 9 | low | medium | young leaves have reddish long hairs | ||||||
| Rosa chinensis var. minima | Miniature/Fairy Rose | 1 | 8 | high | 6-10 | glossy leaves | indoor | |||||
| Rosa spp. | Rose | 1 | 7 | waxy petals; stems slight fuzz | ||||||||
| Ruellia makoyana | Monkey Plant | 7 | 9 | partial shade | 9-11 | short fuzz on leaves | ||||||
| Saintpaulia ionantha | African violet | 7 | 9 | high | medium | 11-12 | very short fuzz on leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow | 1 | 8 | 4-8 | catkins & branches have hairs- insignificant | |||||||
| Salpiglossis sinuata | Painted Tongue | 6 | 5 | 2-11 | lightly short hairs on leaves | |||||||
| Sanchezia nobilis | Tiger Plant | 1 | 8 | 10-11 | leaves appear hairless | |||||||
| Sansevieria / Dracaena trifasciata | Snake Plant | 1 | 8 | 2 | high | light shade | 10-12 | leathery leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Saxifraga sarmentosa / stolonifera 'Tricolor' | Mother of Thousands | 7 | 8 | high | medium | 7-10 | lightly hairy leaves | indoor | ||||
| Saxifraga stolonifera | Strawberry begonia | 8 | 8 | high | medium | 6-9 | mid length hairs on leaves | indoor | ||||
| Scadoxus multiflorus / Haemanthus katherinae | Blood Lily | 1 | 7 | 9-11 | leaves appear hairless | when has a lot of foliage it is very dense (9-10), but found many pics of it with moderate to minimal foliage | ||||||
| Schefflera / Heptapleurum arboricola | Parasol Plant / Umbrella Plant | 1 | 8 | 10-12 | leathery glossy glabrous leaves | |||||||
| Schizanthus pinnatus | Poor Man's Orchid | 7 | 8 | high | 2-11 | stems and leaves have hairs | indoor | |||||
| Schlumbergera bridgesii / russelliana | Christmas and Easter Cactus | 1 | 9 | 3 | high | medium | 9-11 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Scindapsus pictus 'Argyraeus' | Satin Pothos | 1 | 8 | 11-12 | ||||||||
| Selaginella martensii | Variegated Spike Moss, Martens's Spike Moss | 1 | 10 | 11-12 | seem to be hairless | |||||||
| Selaginella uncinata | Peacock Moss | 1 | 9 | partial shade | 6-10 | seem to be hairless | indoor | |||||
| Sempervivum 'Plum Fuzzy' | 9 | 10 | indirect sunlight | partial shade | 4-8 | very fuzzy leaves | dense plant but very small | |||||
| Sempervivum 'Rococo' | 8 | 10 | high | partial shade | 10-11 | fuzzy leaves | dense plant but very small | |||||
| Sempervivum arachnoideum | Cobweb Houseleek | 8 | 10 | high | light shade | 5-8 | long hairs laying across ends of leaf clusters | dense plant but very small | ||||
| Senecio macroglossus | Wax Ivy | 1 | 8 | high | 10-11 | waxy leaves | indoor | |||||
| Senecio mikanioides | German Ivy | 1 | 8 | 11 | glossy leaves | |||||||
| Siderasis fuscata | Brown Spiderwort | 7 | 9 | partial shade | shade | 10-11 | whole leaf covered in short hairs | |||||
| Sinningia speciosa | Gloxinia | 6 | 7 | high | medium | 11-12 | velvety leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Smithiantha cinnabarina | Temple Bells | 7 | 3 | high | medium | 11 | short pubescent hairs | indoor | ||||
| Solanum capsicastrum | (False) Jerusalem Cherry, Winter Cherry | 4 | 9 | high | 9-11 | slightly hairy leaves | indoor | |||||
| Soleirolia / Helxine soleirolii | Mind-Your-Own-Business/ Baby's Tears | 1 | 10 | high | medium | 9-11 | indoor | creeping groundcover | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Sonerila margaritacea | Frosted soneriia | 2 | 8 | high | partial shade | 3-8 | sparse hair-like spines on leaves | |||||
| Sparmannia africana | House Lime | 5 | 7 | high | medium | 10 | short bristly hairs on both sides leaf | indoor | ||||
| Spathiphyllum wallisii | Peace Lily | 1 | 8 | 8 | high, medium, low | 11-12 | glossy leaves | indoor | ||||
| Stachys byzantina | Lamb's ears | 10 | 9 | high | partial shade | 4-8 | super soft furry leaves | |||||
| Stenotaphrum secundatum 'Variegatum' | Buffalo Grass | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | lawn grass | |||||||
| Stephanotis floribunda | Wax Flower | 1 | 4 | high | medium | 10-11 | glossy, leathery leaves | indoor | ||||
| Stipa tenacissima | Esparto grass | 2 | 7 | 7-10 | rough seed heads- late summer | |||||||
| Strelitzia reginae | Bird of Paradise | 1 | 7 | high | medium | 10-12 | leathery leaves | indoor | ||||
| Streptocarpus | Cape primrose | 8 | 8 | high | medium | 10-11 | hairy leaves | indoor | ||||
| Streptosolen jamesonii | Marmalade Bush | 5 | 10 | 9-11 | leaves covered in fine hairs | dense shrub | ||||||
| Strobilanthes / Hemigraphis alternata | Red Ivy / Purple Waffle Plant | 4 | 10 | 10-11 | ||||||||
| Strobilanthes dyeranus | Persian Shield | 1 | 10 | 9-11 | ||||||||
| Syngonium podophyllum | African Evergreen | 1 | 8 | 7 | high, medium, low | 10-12 | indoor | |||||
| Tetrastigma voinierianum | Chestnut vine | 7 | 7 | indirect sunlight | light shade | 10-11 | fuzz underside of leaves | |||||
| Teucrium polium | Hulwort, Felty Germander | 8 | 8 | high | 6-9 | dense coating of trichomes, flowers also fuzzy | ||||||
| Thunbergia alata | Black-eyed Susan Vine | 4 | 8 | 10-11 | light sparse hairs | |||||||
| Tibouchina urvilleana | Princess Flower | 7 | 9 | high | 9-11 | velvety leaves | ||||||
| Tillandsia lindenii | Blue-flowered Torch | 1 | 6 | high | medium | 10-11 | indoor | |||||
| Tillandsia usneoides | Airplant | 1 | 9 | medium | low | 7-11 | indoor | |||||
| Tolmiea menziesii | Piggyback plant | 6 | 8 | high, medium, low | 6-9 | more hairs on stems | indoor | |||||
| Torenia fournieri | Wishbone Flower | 3 | 9 | medium | low | 10-11 | slightly hairy | outdoor | ||||
| Tradescantia fluminensis 'Variegata' | Variegated Inch plant | 1 | 10 | 9-12 | ||||||||
| Tradescantia fluminensis / albiflora 'Albovittata' | Spiderwort | 1 | 10 | 9-12 | ||||||||
| Tradescantia fluminensis / albiflora 'Tricolor' | Striped Wandering Jew / Flowering Inch plant | 1 | 10 | 9-12 | ||||||||
| Tradescantia pallida | Purple heart, purple queen | 4 | 9 | high | medium | 10-11 | hairs on leaves, fuzz on stems | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Tradescantia sillamontana | Kitten ears | 9 | 9 | high | medium | 6-10 | long wooly hairs covering leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||
| Tradescantia spathacea / Rhoeo discolor | Boat Lily | 1 | 9 | 9-11 | leave rough, stiff texture | |||||||
| Tradescantia zebrina / Zebrina pendula | Wandering Jew/Inch Plant | 2 | 9 | high | medium | 8-12 | fine hairs on leaf margin | indoor | full growth habit | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||
| Tradescantia zebrina / Zebrina pendula 'Purpusii' | Bronze Inch Plant | 2 | 9 | high | medium | 8-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Tradescantia zebrina / Zebrina pendula 'Quadricolor' | Silver Inch Plant | 2 | 9 | high | medium | 8-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Tulipa gesneriana | Didier's Tulip | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4-8 | waxy leaves | ||||||
| Verbascum spp. | Mullein | 10 | 9 | high | partial shade | 5-9 | fuzzy and fury *but there are glabrous species | |||||
| Verbascum thapsus | Great Mullein | 10 | 9 | high | 3-9 | very fuzzy leaves | outdoors | |||||
| Viburnum tinus | Laurustinus | 4 | 10 | 8-10 | light hair on underside | dense shrub | ||||||
| Vinca major | Periwinkle | 1 | 7 | 7-9 | gets very dense in groupings | |||||||
| Vriesea | Flaming Sword | 1 | 3 | medium | light shade | 10-12 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| Washingtonia filifera | Desert Fan Palm | 1 | 5 | high | 8-11 | waxy leaves | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | ||||
| x Fatshedera lizei | Tree Ivy | 1 | 9 | high | medium | 7-10 | leathery leaves | indoor | ||||
| Yucca elephantipes | Yucca/ Spineless Yucca | 1 | 6 | high | 9-10 | indoor | outdoor only in warmer zones | |||||
| Zantedeschia elliottiana | Golden Calla Lily | 1 | 7 | 9-10 |
This database is a compilation of plants researched for the Famulari
Theory. The Famulari Theory addresses the various greening practices
that can be applied to sites in order to reduce the infectiousness of
the airborne flu virus.
The Famulari Theory requires looking at plants which are likely
effective for the flu virus accumulation and reduction of
infectiousness. These plants have multiple stomata (pores on the leaf
that open and close) on the leaves for transpiration (releasing water
vapors into the air), as well as tolerance and accumulation of airborne
viruses. Additionally, this research requires looking at the quantity
and specific type of plants (as well as electronic sources such as
humidifiers and water features) needed to produce effective humidity for
plants to decrease the survival or transmission of viruses. Further
elements include creating effective distances of people to plants,
light, water, soil and temperature needs.
The full information about the Famulari Theory can be found in the book
by Stevie Famulari, Gds- “Designing Green Spaces for Health: Using
Plants to Reduce the Spread of Airborne Viruses”. New York: Productivity
Press. (2020/2021 expected printed)