Plants Native to Guatemala
PlantoScan's database lists 5,052 plants native to Guatemala that have a full care guide. The best-represented families are Orchidaceae (513), Fabaceae (430) and Asteraceae (429), and the largest genera include Tillandsia, Quercus and Ficus.
Native ranges come from each species' recorded natural distribution, so the list includes wild species alongside familiar garden plants and houseplants. Plants with complete care profiles and photos are listed first; each card links to a care guide with watering, light, temperature and toxicity data.
Plants native to Guatemala

Common Ragweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
AsteraceaeAI generated

Crystal Anthurium
Anthurium crystallinum
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Ponytail Palm
Beaucarnea recurvata
AsparagaceaeAI generated

Habanero
Capsicum chinense
SolanaceaeImage: PlantoScan

Papaya
Carica papaya
CaricaceaeAI generated

Parlor Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
ArecaceaeAI generated

Brazilian jasmine
Dipladenia
ApocynaceaeAI generated

Dragon Tree
Dracaena
AsparagaceaeManuel SchwarzCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Lady's Eardrops
Fuchsia
OnagraceaeAI generated

Scarlet Star
Guzmania lingulata
BromeliaceaeAI generated

Sweet Potato Vine
Ipomoea batatas
ConvolvulaceaeAI generated

Swiss Cheese Vine
Monstera adansonii
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Adanson's monstera
Monstera adansonii subsp. adansonii
AraceaeAI generated

Adanson's monstera
Monstera adansonii subsp. laniata
AraceaeAI generated

Adanson's monstera
Monstera adansonii var. laniata
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Monstera adansonii variegated
Monstera adansonii variegata
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Swiss Cheese Plant
Monstera borsigiana
AraceaeAI generated

Monstera Deliciosa
Monstera deliciosa
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Variegated Monstera
Monstera deliciosa 'Albo Variegata'
AI generated

Monstera Variegata
Monstera deliciosa Variegata
AraceaeAI generated

Shingling Monstera
Monstera dubia
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Monstera obliqua Peru
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Silver Monstera
Monstera siltepecana
AraceaeAI generated

Giant Granadilla
Passiflora quadrangularis
PassifloraceaeAI generated

Avocado Tree
Persea americana
LauraceaeAI generated

Green Bean Plant
Phaseolus vulgaris
FabaceaePlantoscanAI generated

Velvet Philodendron
Philodendron gloriosum
AraceaeImage: PlantoScan

Friendship Plant
Pilea mollis
UrticaceaeAI generated

Guava
Psidium guajava
MyrtaceaeAI generated

Peace Lily
Spathiphyllum
AraceaeAI generated

Wendland's Arrowhead Vine
Syngonium wendlandii
AraceaeAI generated

African Marigold
Tagetes
AsteraceaeAI generated
- Sierrana MonsteraMonstera deliciosa var. sierranaPlantoScan
Sierrana Monstera
Monstera deliciosa var. sierrana
Araceae 
African mask plant
Abacosa
Fabaceaeno rights reservedCC0 1.0iNaturalist

Abarema acreana
FabaceaeAI generated

Barbour's abarema
Abarema barbouriana
FabaceaeAI generated

Colima Fir
Abies colimensis
PinaceaeCarlos Domínguez-RodríguezCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Golden Sand Verbena
Abronia aurita
Nyctaginaceaeno rights reservedCC0 1.0iNaturalist

Cissampelos pareira
Abuta
MenispermaceaeNeptalí Ramírez MarcialCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Acacia albicans
FabaceaeAI generated

Spreading Acacia
Acacia arborea
FabaceaeAI generated

Collina
Acacia collinsii
FabaceaeReid HardinCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Wattle
Acacia dolichostachya
FabaceaeMelburnianCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized

Acacia hernandezii
FabaceaeAlexis López HernándezCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Hinds' Wattle
Acacia hindsii
FabaceaeAlexis López HernándezCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Key West Cactus
Acanthocereus pentagonus
CactaceaeJonathan LaymanCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Fairy Castle Cactus
Acanthocereus tetragonus
CactaceaeJonathan LaymanCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized

Bristly Starbur
Acanthospermum hispidum
AsteraceaeJ.M.GargCC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
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