Taiwan, China

Native plants in Taipei

86 plants native to this area with Sow catalog pages.

86 of them need no watering beyond Taipei’s own rainfall

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Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Lagerstroemia indica 'Delta Eclipse'

No watering needed
Old Gold Juniper

Old Gold Juniper

Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold'

No watering needed
Governor Mouton Camellia

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed
Variegated Chinese Elm

Variegated Chinese Elm

Ulmus parvifolia 'Variegata'

No watering needed
Japanese Pittosporum

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering neededPhoto: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0
City Sprite Zelkova

City Sprite Zelkova

Zelkova serrata 'City Sprite'

No watering needed
Yew Plum Pine

Yew Plum Pine

Podocarpus macrophyllus

No watering neededPhoto: monkeyjodey · CC0 1.0
Chinese Fringetree

Chinese Fringetree

Chionanthus retusus

No watering neededPhoto: chiuluan · CC BY 4.0
Hinoki Cypress Verdon

Hinoki Cypress Verdon

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Verdon'

No watering needed
Trident Maple

Trident Maple

Acer buergerianum

No watering neededPhoto: 葉子 · CC0 1.0
Fragrant Tea Olive

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

No watering neededPhoto: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0
Trinette Umbrella Tree

Trinette Umbrella Tree

Schefflera arboricola 'Trinette'

No watering needed
Chinese Fan Palm

Chinese Fan Palm

Livistona chinensis

No watering neededPhoto: johnyochum · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Blueberry Tree

Japanese Blueberry Tree

Elaeocarpus decipiens

No watering neededPhoto: 葉子 · CC0 1.0
Japanese Cleyera

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

No watering neededPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0
Rice Paper Plant

Rice Paper Plant

Tetrapanax papyrifer

No watering neededPhoto: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0
False Japanese Cleyera

False Japanese Cleyera

Ternstroemia gymnanthera

No watering neededPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0
Drippin' Honey Pear

Drippin' Honey Pear

Pyrus calleryana 'Drippin' Honey'

No watering needed
Variegated Chinese Privet

Variegated Chinese Privet

Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum'

No watering needed

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Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Crape Myrtle Delta Eclipse

Lagerstroemia indica 'Delta Eclipse'

No watering needed
White Chiffon Hibiscus

White Chiffon Hibiscus

Hibiscus syriacus 'White Chiffon'

No watering needed
Old Gold Juniper

Old Gold Juniper

Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold'

No watering needed
Dwarf Gardenia

Dwarf Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

No watering needed
Red Chocolate Chinese Fringe Flower

Red Chocolate Chinese Fringe Flower

Loropetalum chinense 'Red Chocolate'

No watering needed
Governor Mouton Camellia

Governor Mouton Camellia

Camellia japonica 'Governor Mouton'

No watering needed
Japanese Pittosporum

Japanese Pittosporum

Pittosporum tobira

No watering neededPhoto: inatadedi · CC BY 4.0
Pinkie Indian Hawthorn

Pinkie Indian Hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica 'Pinkie'

No watering needed
Coppertop Sweet Viburnum

Coppertop Sweet Viburnum

Viburnum odoratissimum 'Coppertop Sweet'

No watering needed
Lady Palm

Lady Palm

Rhapis excelsa

No watering neededPhoto: Greg III Espera · CC BY 4.0
Fragrant Tea Olive

Fragrant Tea Olive

Osmanthus fragrans

No watering neededPhoto: Sue Ann Kendall · CC BY 4.0
Trinette Umbrella Tree

Trinette Umbrella Tree

Schefflera arboricola 'Trinette'

No watering needed
Bridalwreath Spirea

Bridalwreath Spirea

Spiraea prunifolia

No watering neededPhoto: Erin Collins · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Cleyera

Japanese Cleyera

Cleyera japonica

No watering neededPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0
Korean Boxwood

Korean Boxwood

Buxus sinica 'Franklin'

No watering needed
Flora Plena Confederate Rose

Flora Plena Confederate Rose

Hibiscus mutabilis 'Flora Plena'

No watering needed
Rice Paper Plant

Rice Paper Plant

Tetrapanax papyrifer

No watering neededPhoto: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0
Victory Pyracantha

Victory Pyracantha

Pyracantha koidzumii 'Victory'

No watering needed
Edo Shibori Bush Clover

Edo Shibori Bush Clover

Lespedeza thunbergii 'Edo Shibori'

No watering needed
Variegated Chinese Privet

Variegated Chinese Privet

Ligustrum sinense 'Variegatum'

No watering needed
Golden Ramie

Golden Ramie

Boehmeria nivea 'Kogane Mushi'

No watering needed

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Chinese Silver Grass

Chinese Silver Grass

Miscanthus sinensis

No watering neededPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0
Creeping Lilyturf

Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

No watering neededPhoto: 葉子 · CC0 1.0
Mondo Grass

Mondo Grass

Ophiopogon japonicus

No watering neededPhoto: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Alphonse Karr Bamboo

Alphonse Karr Bamboo

Bambusa multiplex 'Alphonse Karr'

No watering needed
Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Blue Arrows Soft Rush

Juncus effusus 'Blue Arrows'

No watering needed
Gold Fountains Sedge

Gold Fountains Sedge

Carex dolichostachya 'Kaga Nishiki'

No watering needed
Formosan Reed

Formosan Reed

Arundo formosana

No watering neededPhoto: 葉子 · CC0 1.0
Japanese Blood Grass

Japanese Blood Grass

Imperata cylindrica

No watering neededPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0

Perennials28

Lilyturf

Lilyturf

Liriope muscari

No watering neededPhoto: Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Sweet Flag

Japanese Sweet Flag

Acorus gramineus

No watering neededPhoto: renshuchu · CC0 1.0
Creeping Lilyturf

Creeping Lilyturf

Liriope spicata

No watering neededPhoto: 葉子 · CC0 1.0
Common Orange Daylily

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

No watering neededPhoto: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁 · CC BY 4.0
Autumn Glow Toad Lily

Autumn Glow Toad Lily

Tricyrtis formosana 'Autumn Glow'

No watering needed
Fernleaf Saxifrage

Fernleaf Saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

No watering neededPhoto: Takaaki Hattori · CC BY 4.0
Taro

Taro

Colocasia esculenta

No watering neededPhoto: lanechaffin · CC0 1.0
Yellow Moon Wishbone Flower

Yellow Moon Wishbone Flower

Torenia fournieri 'Yellow Moon'

No watering needed
Self-heal

Self-heal

Prunella vulgaris

No watering neededPhoto: Seig · CC BY 4.0
Giant Upright Elephant Ear

Giant Upright Elephant Ear

Alocasia odora

No watering neededPhoto: Victor Chen · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Leopard Plant

Japanese Leopard Plant

Farfugium japonicum

No watering neededPhoto: teresa lo · CC BY 4.0
Variegated Shell Ginger

Variegated Shell Ginger

Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'

No watering needed
White Mugwort

White Mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

No watering neededPhoto: Yj · CC BY 4.0
Giant Formosan Lily

Giant Formosan Lily

Lilium formosanum 'Giant Form'

No watering needed
Toad Lily

Toad Lily

Tricyrtis lasiocarpa

No watering neededPhoto: chiuluan · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Ligularia

Japanese Ligularia

Ligularia japonica

No watering neededPhoto: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0
Great St. John's Wort

Great St. John's Wort

Hypericum ascyron

No watering neededPhoto: Юлия · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Cobra Lily

Japanese Cobra Lily

Arisaema heterophyllum

No watering neededPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu · CC BY 4.0
Four Season Orchid

Four Season Orchid

Cymbidium ensifolium

No watering neededPhoto: Siddarth Machado · CC BY 4.0
Sweet Basil

Sweet Basil

Ocimum basilicum

No watering neededPhoto: Diogo Luiz · CC BY 4.0

Purple-leaved Plantain

Plantago major 'Atropurpurea'

No watering needed
Chinese Lobelia

Chinese Lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

No watering neededPhoto: Daniel J. Layton · CC BY 4.0

Painter's Palette Persicaria

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

No watering needed
Japanese Mazus

Japanese Mazus

Mazus pumilus

No watering neededPhoto: Alan Weakley · CC0 1.0
Golden Ramie

Golden Ramie

Boehmeria nivea 'Kogane Mushi'

No watering needed
Gold False Foxglove

Gold False Foxglove

Titanotrichum oldhamii

No watering neededPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin · CC BY 4.0
Elephant Foot Yam

Elephant Foot Yam

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

No watering neededPhoto: andrew2285 · CC0 1.0

Asparagus cochinchinensis Graham's Cracker

Asparagus cochinchinensis 'Graham's Cracker'

No watering needed

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Star Jasmine

Star Jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides

No watering neededPhoto: Nick Butcher · CC BY 4.0
Boston Ivy

Boston Ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata

No watering neededPhoto: mister_bumble · CC BY 4.0
Climbing Hydrangea

Climbing Hydrangea

Hydrangea anomala

No watering neededPhoto: 黃美滿 · CC BY 4.0
Hoya Keys Of Heaven Wax Plant

Hoya Keys Of Heaven Wax Plant

Hoya carnosa 'Keys Of Heaven'

No watering needed
Creeping Fig

Creeping Fig

Ficus pumila

No watering neededPhoto: Felicity Kreger · CC0 1.0
Snow-N-Summer Asiatic Jasmine

Snow-N-Summer Asiatic Jasmine

Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Snow-N-Summer'

No watering needed
Japanese Honeysuckle

Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

No watering neededPhoto: sudomir · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Climbing Fern

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering neededPhoto: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

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Japanese Holly Fern

Japanese Holly Fern

Cyrtomium falcatum

No watering neededPhoto: Stuart Cable · CC BY 4.0
Cinnamon Fern

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

No watering neededPhoto: Erik · CC BY 4.0
Southern Maidenhair Fern

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

No watering neededPhoto: Martin Purdy · CC BY 4.0
Macho Fern

Macho Fern

Nephrolepis biserrata 'Macho'

No watering needed
Japanese Felt Fern

Japanese Felt Fern

Pyrrosia lingua

No watering neededPhoto: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu) · CC BY 4.0
Champion's Wood Fern

Champion's Wood Fern

Dryopteris championii

No watering neededPhoto: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng · CC BY 4.0
Ladder Brake

Ladder Brake

Pteris vittata 'Benzilan'

No watering needed
Japanese Shield Fern

Japanese Shield Fern

Dryopteris varia

No watering neededPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0
Moellendorff's spikemoss

Moellendorff's spikemoss

Selaginella moellendorffii

No watering neededPhoto: 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi) · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Climbing Fern

Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium japonicum

No watering neededPhoto: Will Kuhn · CC BY 4.0

Other native plants4

Ginger Lily Butterfly Ginger

Ginger Lily Butterfly Ginger

Hedychium coronarium

No watering neededPhoto: liriodobrejoufscar · CC BY 4.0
Grand Crinum Lily

Grand Crinum Lily

Crinum asiaticum

No watering neededPhoto: Mark Richman · CC BY 4.0
Guizhou Golden Spider Lily

Guizhou Golden Spider Lily

Lycoris aurea 'Guizhou'

No watering needed
Japanese Cobra Lily

Japanese Cobra Lily

Arisaema ringens

No watering neededPhoto: Mason Brock · CC0 1.0

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