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button brittlebush
Asteraceae

button brittlebush

Encelia frutescens (A.Gray) A.Gray

Encelia frutescens is a Southwestern US desert plant that colonizes disturbed sites and occasionally feeds desert tortoises.

Virgin River Brittlebush
Asteraceae

Virgin River Brittlebush

Encelia virginensis A.Nelson

Encelia virginensis, Virgin River brittlebush, is a North American desert shrub in the Asteraceae family with two recognized varieties.

Silverleaf Sunray
Asteraceae

Silverleaf Sunray

Enceliopsis argophylla (D.C.Eaton) A.Nelson

Enceliopsis argophylla is a silvery perennial herb growing near Lake Mead with threatened gypsum-crust habitat.

Nakedstem Sunray
Asteraceae

Nakedstem Sunray

Enceliopsis nudicaulis (A.Gray) A.Nelson

Enceliopsis nudicaulis is a perennial herb native to the western United States sometimes grown as an ornamental for dry areas.

Barrier Saltbush
Amaranthaceae

Barrier Saltbush

Enchylaena tomentosa R.Br.

Enchylaena tomentosa is a widespread drought-tolerant Australian edible shrub used by people and grazing livestock.

Florida butterfly orchid
Orchidaceae

Florida butterfly orchid

Encyclia tampensis (Lindl.) Small

Encyclia tampensis, the butterfly orchid, is a fragrant epiphytic orchid native to Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba.

Scouring-pad alga
Endocladiaceae

Scouring-pad alga

Endocladia muricata (Endlichter) J.Agardh

Endocladia muricata, nailbrush seaweed, is a common North Pacific high intertidal marine alga with short bushy spiny thalli.

Virginia snakeroot
Aristolochiaceae

Virginia snakeroot

Endodeca serpentaria (L.) Raf.

Endodeca serpentaria is a plant with pipe-shaped flowers that serves as a larval host for two swallowtail butterflies and has historical medicinal uses.

false rue anemone
Ranunculaceae

false rue anemone

Enemion biternatum Raf.

Enemion biternatum is a nectarless perennial herb that forms colonies in North American rich and calcareous woody habitats.

Engelhardia roxburghiana Wall.
Juglandaceae

Engelhardia roxburghiana Wall.

Engelhardia roxburghiana Wall.

Engelhardia roxburghiana is a tree growing from India to Southeast Asia in mixed tropical forest, reaching up to 35 m tall.

Engelmann daisy
Asteraceae

Engelmann daisy

Engelmannia peristenia (Raf.) Goodman & C.A.Lawson

Engelmannia peristenia (Engelmann/cutleaf daisy) is a North American perennial daisy native to south-central US grasslands and woodlands.

Stamvrug
Sapotaceae

Stamvrug

Englerophytum magalismontanum (Sond.) T.D.Penn.

Englerophytum magalismontanum, commonly called stamvrug, is a variable-sized African tree with cauliflory and scented bisexual flowers.

Black-heads
Poaceae

Black-heads

Enneapogon nigricans (R.Br.) P.Beauv.

Enneapogon nigricans is a perennial Australian grass that grows in dense tussocks in sunny open mallee forests.

Abyssinian banana
Musaceae

Abyssinian banana

Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman

Ensete ventricosum, the false banana, is a large banana-like plant and key food staple in Ethiopia, also grown ornamentally.

sea heart
Fabaceae

sea heart

Entada gigas (L.) Fawc. & Rendle

Entada gigas is a legume bearing the largest known plant carpel, with buoyant long-lived seeds, used for ropes and nets in Gabon.

Whau
Malvaceae

Whau

Entelea arborescens R.Br.

This is a full botanical description of the New Zealand tree whau (Entelea arborescens), covering its traits, range, ecology, and cultivation.

Pacara Earpod Tree
Fabaceae

Pacara Earpod Tree

Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong

Enterolobium contortisiliquum, the pacara earpod tree, is a flowering tree species in the Fabaceae family.

elephant ear tree
Fabaceae

elephant ear tree

Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Jacq.) Griseb.

Enterolobium cyclocarpum, or guanacaste, is a large tropical tree with diverse cultivation, edible and commercial uses.

seductive entodon moss
Entodontaceae

seductive entodon moss

Entodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.

Entodon seductrix is a species of moss in the Entodontaceae family, originally named by Johann Hedwig and reclassified to its current name by Carl Müller.

Wiry Panic
Poaceae

Wiry Panic

Entolasia stricta (R.Br.) Hughes

Entolasia stricta (wiry panic) is a Poaceae grass found in eastern Australia, first described in 1810 and renamed in 1923.

Common Heath
Ericaceae

Common Heath

Epacris impressa Labill.

Epacris impressa, common heath, is an Australian woody flowering shrub that has been cultivated since 1825.

Fuchsia Heath
Ericaceae

Fuchsia Heath

Epacris longiflora Cav.

Epacris longiflora, or fuchsia heath, is a flowering Australian shrub grown as an ornamental garden plant.

Coral Heath
Ericaceae

Coral Heath

Epacris microphylla R.Br.

Epacris microphylla, or coral heath, is a small white-flowered shrub native to eastern Australia, also known from one New Zealand location and grown in horticulture.

blunt-leaf heath
Ericaceae

blunt-leaf heath

Epacris obtusifolia Sm.

Epacris obtusifolia is a blunt-leaf heath shrub native to eastern Australian heath and swamps, flowering year round.

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