Plants — 23,508 Species

wild cucumber

Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray

Echinocystis lobata is an annual inedible North American vine with documented traditional medicinal uses by Native Americans.

Erect burhead

Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett

Echinodorus berteroi is an aquatic plant with varied leaf forms, popular but fast-growing for aquariums.

Echinopepon bigelovii (S.Watson) S.Watson

Echinopepon bigelovii (S.Watson) S.Watson

Brandegea bigelovii (desert starvine) is a sprawling perennial squash-family vine native to deserts of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

Spinose Pickling Herb

Echinophora spinosa L.

Hedgehog Grass

Echinopogon ovatus (G.Forst.) P.Beauv.

Echinopogon ovatus is a tufted grass indigenous to Australia and New Zealand, growing across a range of open and wooded habitats.

southern globe thistle

Echinops ritro L.

Echinops ritro L. is a compact herbaceous perennial thistle with steel-blue summer flowers, cultivated for gardens.

Glandular Globe-thistle

Echinops sphaerocephalus L.

Echinops sphaerocephalus is a glandular perennial herb widespread across Eurasia and introduced as a weed in North America.

Spiny Globe-thistle

Echinops spinosissimus Turra

Echinops spinosissimus, the spiny globe thistle, is a branched spiny perennial herb native to parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Devil's Potato

Echites umbellatus Jacq.

Echites umbellatus Jacq., devil's potato, is a toxic perennial flowering climber in the Apocynaceae family found in the Caribbean and nearby regions.

Pride of Madeira

Echium candicans L.fil.

Echium candicans is a flowering shrub native to Madeira, widely grown as an ornamental and invasive in some regions.

Cretan Viper's-bugloss

Echium creticum L.

Echium creticum, or Cretan viper's bugloss, is a western Mediterranean native flowering plant grown as an ornamental.

Pale Bugloss

Echium italicum L.

Echium italicum is a Boraginaceae plant native to regions including the Mediterranean, naturalized in the US and Australia.

Coastal Pride of Madeira

Echium nervosum Dryand. ex Aiton

Echium nervosum Dryand. ex Aiton is a compact woody shrub with silver green leaves and pale blue to rose flowers.

Giant Viper's-bugloss

Echium pininana Webb & Berthel.

Echium pininana is a tall endangered endemic Canary Island flower cultivated as an ornamental garden plant.

purple viper's-bugloss

Echium plantagineum L.

Echium plantagineum, or Paterson's curse, is a toxic winter annual that harms livestock, horses, and humans.

Lax Viper's-bugloss

Echium rosulatum Lange

Echium rosulatum Lange is a perennial multi-stemmed flowering plant with specific characteristic leaf and growth forms.

sand viper's bugloss

Echium sabulicola Pomel

Echium sabulicola is a herbaceous biennial flowering plant native to sandy western Mediterranean coasts.

Echium tuberculatum Hoffmanns. & Link

Echium tuberculatum Hoffmanns. & Link

Echium tuberculatum is a hardy self-seeding garden perennial with sprawling red summer flowers native to Iberia and North Africa.

viper's-bugloss

Echium vulgare L.

Echium vulgare L. is a flowering biennial or monocarpic perennial, native to Eurasia, introduced elsewhere, and grown as an ornamental.

Red Mount Teide Bugloss

Echium wildpretii H.Pearson ex Hook.fil.

Echium wildpretii is a Mount Teide endemic Canary Islands biennial grown ornamentally and liked by beekeepers for high nectar.

False Daisy

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

Eclipta prostrata (false daisy) is an Asteraceae species native to the Americas, widespread globally, with various traditional uses.

Wingseed Scaly Sewejaartjie

Edmondia pinifolia (Lam.) Hilliard

Edmondia pinifolia is a small 30 cm tall fynbos shrub endemic to South Africa's Cape provinces, flowering from September to December.

Common Scaly Sewejaartjie

Edmondia sesamoides (L.) Hilliard

Edmondia sesamoides is a 30 cm tall endemic shrub found in fynbos on sandstone slopes of South Africa's Northern and Western Cape, flowering August to December.

golden eardrops

Ehrendorferia chrysantha (Hook. & Arn.) J.Rylander

Ehrendorferia chrysantha, formerly Dicentra chrysantha, is a yellow-flowered herb with fire-dependent seed germination.