17 Striking Plants that Look Like Aliens

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If you want to take an otherworld journey, then look at these Striking Plants that Look Like Aliens that will surely leave you in awe.

To truly appreciate the bizarre beauty of these plants, let your imagination take the lead. Engage your creative spirit, read this article, and learn what made these extraordinary plants earn the title of alien-like plants from distant galaxies!


Plants that Look Like Aliens

1. Happy Alien Plant

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Botanical Name: Calceolaria uniflora

Charles Darwin originally found this near the southern tip of South America. Each plant produces a single, large, slipper-shaped flower, making it look like aliens from another planet!

2. Birthworts

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Botanical Name: Aristolochia

The Birthworts’ scary, twisted shape and intricate patterns resemble an unearthly appearance. Simply looking at them can easily make one think of an alien’s mouth.

3. Jackal Food

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Botanical Name: Hydnora Africana

Jackal food is one of the unusual-looking plants on the African continent. You would never admit that it is a plant if you looked at it. Why? because of its brownish-grey body’s mysterious underground entity look!

4. Carrion Flower

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Botanical Name: Stapelia gigantea

The Carrion Flower is a succulent native to desert areas of South Africa. In the fall, it produces star-shaped blooms that are ochre yellow with maroon lines and seem like they belong to an alien landscape.

5. White Baneberry

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Botanical Name: Actaea pachypoda

Baneberry has toxic berries, just like its name, ‘Bane,’ which means deadly poison. They are white and have black spots that look like eyes. When you see them, it looks like a bunch of little aliens is staring at you.

Note: All parts of the plant contain toxic compounds known as cardiogenic toxins, which can cause serious health issues if ingested.

6. Purple PassionflowerPurple Passionflower Striking Plants that Look Like Aliens

Botanical Name: Passiflora incarnata

The Purple Passionflower is a fast-growing trailing vine with purple crown-shaped flowers, 10 white petals, and purplish filaments that resemble an artistic alien masterpiece.

7. Tree TumboStriking Plants that Look Like Aliens

Botanical Name: Welwitschia mirabilis

Tree Tumbo is an extraordinary gymnosperm plant with a unique appearance found in the Namib desert of Africa. It features long, strap-like leaves that spread on the ground, making it look like an alien emerging from the earth.

8. Corpse FlowerStriking Plants that Look Like Aliens in garden

Botanical Name: Amorphophallus titanium

The Corpse Flower is a botanical wonder that draws attention with its massive and powerful stink, making it look like it is imported from space. It blooms only 2-3 days in a year or probably two.

9. Dragon’s Blood TreePlants that Look Like Aliens

Botanical Name: Dracaena cinnabari

The Dragon’s Blood produces red sap and seems to belong to outer space. Also, its tall, umbrella-shaped crown resembles an alien brain. Quirky!

10. Dragon Arum

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Botanical Name: Dracunculus vulgaris

The Dragon Arum is a herbaceous perennial plant native to Greece. But its tall and dark spadix from deep maroon spathe makes it top our list of plants that look like aliens.

11. Venus Flytrap

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Botanical Name: Dionaea muscipula

The Venus Flytrap is a fearsome plant renowned for its carnivorous nature. Its leaves get folded, snap shut, and trap the prey. It seems like an angry alien that eats you if you touch it.

12. Black Bat Flower

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Botanical Name: Tacca integrifolia

The Black Bat Flower is an unusual tropical plant with black flowers and long tendrils that resemble alien faces. Also, it is sometimes known as cat’s whiskers or tiger beard, and you know why!

13. Tropical Pitcher Plant

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Botanical Name: Nepenthes

This one looks like a dangerous plant with a pitcher-like structure. It seems to be an alien that traps insects in its waxy zone and slowly digests them with pitcher fluid. Don’t get fooled by its appearance!

14. Spoon-leaved Sundew

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Botanical Name: Drosera spatulata

It is a spoon-leaved, rosette-forming sundew plant that looks wired with its appearance. Isn’t? Look at the picture, and you will admit it!

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15. Haworthia cooperi

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Botanical Name: Haworthia cooperi

Look at the beautiful succulent with fleshy, pearl-like leaves that form compact rosettes. You must find this cute, but doesn’t it have an otherworldly appearance? Tell us in the comments.

16. Ribbon Plant

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Botanical Name: Trachyandra tortilis

Look at this ribbon plant from a different angle and focus on its twisting and upright stems. Don’t they appear like alien fingers rising from the ground? See the picture above and get assured!

17. King in his Carriage

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Botanical Name: Drakaea glyptodon

The King in his Carriage has a single leaf with an underground tuber and a single flower that looks like a flightless female thynnid wasp, giving it an unusual form and making it a favorite among gardeners enthusiasts.

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