This fantasy plant name generator makes up an herb or a flower for a story, such as Mistwort, a shrub. The ending and the growth habit are real words, each explained under the tool; the last line is story lore.
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A plant in four parts
Press New plant name. Tap a part, press its padlock, then press again. Lock the ending and press for a whole family, such as Hushroot and its cousins, or lock the lore and press until a name fits it: picked at noon, it squeaks.
Endings that real plants carry
Wort is now chiefly the second element in the names of plants and means a plant used for food or medicine. Bane, in plant names, means a poison. The habits are real too: an epiphyte grows on another plant for support, and a biennial takes two years to complete its life cycle.
Questions and answers
What does wort mean in plant names?
Wort is an old word for a plant used for food or medicine. Today it is chiefly the second element in the names of plants.
What does bane mean in a plant name?
In the names of poisonous plants or substances, bane means a poison. On this page it is only an ending for made-up names.
Are these real plants?
Not that we found. Each joined name was checked against a dictionary, Wikipedia page titles, a search of its text and the real plants on this site, and a name found there was taken out. The lore is invented.
Where can I get real plant names?
This site's random plant generator deals real plants with their botanical names. This page only makes names up for stories and games, such as Oathroot and Runewort.
How this list was compiled: Our own choice of 48 first words, made on 2026-10-03. Every join of a first word and an ending was spelled out and screened that day against an English dictionary, in which many real plant names stand; every list on this site, the real plants and flowers among them; a rude-word list read across the join; the page titles and redirects of English Wikipedia, which hold the common names of many plants, with the join also written as two words and with an apostrophe, and a full-text search of it (https://en.wikipedia.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0); every word of every page title of 16 fantasy fan wikis; and exact page titles on 12 fantasy fan wikis (lotr.fandom.com, forgottenrealms.fandom.com, elderscrolls.fandom.com, witcher.fandom.com, dragonage.fandom.com, gameofthrones.fandom.com, wot.fandom.com, harrypotter.fandom.com, wowpedia.fandom.com, pathfinder.fandom.com, criticalrole.fandom.com, zelda.fandom.com). The part behind most hits was taken out each time. 75 candidates were cut (33 a dictionary word; 13 a Wikipedia page title, most of them a real plant written as two words; 9 on another list of this site; 8 a fan wiki page title; 9 found in the text of English Wikipedia or one letter from a name on a fan wiki; 3 a rude word inside or across the join), among them Glass, Knight, Star, Toad, Ember, Moon. A joined name can still be a local name for a real plant: no list of plant names is complete. Licence: own work
Ending: all 26 endings
B 6
baneIn the names of poisonous plants or substances: a poison.
bloomA blossom; the flower of a plant.
blossomA flower, especially one that shows a fruit tree is fruiting.
brambleAny thorny shrub, especially the blackberry and its close relations.
briarAny of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters.
broomAny of several yellow-flowered shrubs with long, stiff, thin branches.
Show all 26 endings (20 more)
C 2
cloverA plant with leaves usually divided into three leaflets and with white or red flowers.
cressA plant whose leaves have a moderately pungent taste and are used as a salad.
D 1
dockA coarse weedy plant with small green flowers, related to buckwheat.
F 3
fernA plant that lacks seeds and reproduces by shedding spores.
flaxA plant with a single, slender stalk and blue flowers; its fibers are grown to make linen.
foilFrom an Old French word for a plant leaf.
H 1
heathAny small evergreen shrub of the heath family; also a tract of uncultivated land.
I 1
ivyAny of several woody, climbing or trailing evergreen plants.
M 2
mallowAny of a group of flowering plants; the word goes back to Latin malva.
mossA small, green, seedless plant that grows on the ground or on the surfaces of trees and stones.
N 1
nettleAny plant whose foliage is covered with stinging hairs.
R 2
reedAny of various tall, stiff, grass-like plants that grow together in groups near water.
rootThe part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body.
S 1
sorrelA plant with acidic leaves; the name goes back to an Old French word for sour.
T 2
thistleA plant with prickly leaves and showy flower heads.
thornAny shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.
V 2
vetchAny of several leguminous plants, often grown as green manure.
vineAny plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
W 2
weedAny plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
wortNow chiefly the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine.
How this list was compiled: 26 endings that real plant names carry. Each line follows the word's English Wiktionary entry, read on 2026-10-03 (https://en.wiktionary.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). Own selection. Screened in joins with the first words, as the note on that list says. Rows are dealt blind, so the habit dealt beside a name can differ from what its ending means. Nothing was cut. Licence: own selection; meanings from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Habit: all 21 habits
A 1
annualA plant whose life cycle is completed in only one growing season.
B 3
biennialA plant that requires two years to complete its life cycle.
bineA twining plant that climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support.
bulbA plant grown from a bulb: an underground part made of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves.
Show all 21 habits (17 more)
C 1
cushion plantA plant that forms a large, low-growing mat, typically in alpine and arctic regions.
E 2
epiphyteA plant that grows on another, using it for physical support but obtaining no nutrients from it.
evergreenA shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.
F 1
forbAny nonwoody flowering plant that is not a grass, sedge or rush.
G 1
geophyteA perennial plant that grows back from an underground organ such as a bulb, tuber, corm or rhizome.
H 3
halophyteAny plant that tolerates an environment with a high salt content.
herbA plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.
hydrophyteA plant that lives in, or requires, an abundance of water.
L 2
lianaA climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
lithophyteAny plant that grows on rocks.
P 1
perennialA plant that is active throughout the year, or has a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.
S 3
shrubA woody plant smaller than a tree, usually with several stems from the same base.
subshrubA low-growing woody shrub, or a perennial with a woody base.
succulentA plant with fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water.
T 2
tussockA plant that forms a tuft or clump, as tussock grass does.
twinerAny plant that twines about a support.
X 1
xerophyteAny plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as a desert.
How this list was compiled: 21 real words for how a plant grows or how long it lives. Each line follows the word's English Wiktionary entry, read on 2026-10-03 (https://en.wiktionary.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). Own selection. Licence: own selection; meanings from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Lore: all 52 lines of lore
A 1
a ring of it marks where the dancers stood in the old story
B 1
bees will not land on it, and nobody knows why
C 2
cats sit beside it for hours
children are told it grows where the moon touched down
D 1
dew gathers on it in the shape of letters
Show all 52 lines of lore (47 more)
F 2
the first frost turns it to something like glass
frost never settles on it
H 1
the herbalists of the tale say it can only be given
I 34
in the tale, it is hung over doors to keep out bad dreams
it casts a shadow at noon and none at evening
it changes color when the tide turns, even far inland
it closes at the sound of bells
it dies if moved, and sulks if looked at too long
it follows travelers for a mile and then gives up
it gives off a faint light when wolves pass
it grows a new leaf for every question asked beside it
it grows in the footprints of giants
it grows only at a crossroads
it grows upside down from the roofs of caves
it grows wherever a promise was broken
it holds one raindrop in each leaf until noon
it is counted as wealth in the hill villages
it is said to have walked here from the south
it is said to keep one small secret for whoever waters it
it is said to remember every hand that has picked it
it keeps the shape of the last thing that leaned on it
it leans away from liars
it moves a hand's width every night, always uphill
it only takes root in borrowed soil
it opens its leaves only on market days
it sings one note at dusk, flat
it turns to face whoever is saddest in the room
it unfurls only for whoever planted it
it wakes if you whisper its name
it was a gift, the story goes, to a queen who thanked no one
it wilts if you praise it and thrives on insults
it withers when gossip is told beside it
its dew runs upward along the stem
its leaves are said to hum before rain
its leaves rattle when a stranger opens the gate
its roots tie themselves in knots when no one is looking
its stems sway in time with music, even indoors
L 1
lightning is said to strike wherever it is uprooted
M 1
mice build their winter nests under it and nowhere else
N 1
no two people agree on its color
O 2
the old songs say it sprang from a dropped button
owls will not hunt above it
P 1
picked at noon, it squeaks
R 1
rabbits leave one stalk standing in every patch
S 2
sailors carry a sprig so that the wind can find them
shepherds plant it to tell north in fog
W 1
words written in its sap show only under a full moon
How this list was compiled: Our own list of 52 lines of story lore, written on 2026-10-03: what the people of a tale say about the plant. None says that a plant heals, feeds or harms anyone, and none is about a real plant. Checked against every list on this site for repeats. 3 candidates were cut (3 on another list of this site), among them it opens only when someone nearby tells a lie, nobody has ever seen it in bud, it rings like a small bell when the wind is from the east. Licence: own work