Plants — 23,508 Species

Ghost Orchid

Epipogium aphyllum Sw.

Epipogium aphyllum, the ghost orchid, is a rare chlorophyll-lacking mycoheterotrophic orchid distributed across Eurasian temperate forests.

Rose Epipogium

Epipogium roseum (D.Don) Lindl.

Epipogium roseum is a leafless mycotrophic orchid that grows on decaying wood in high rainfall areas across Asia, Africa, Australia and Pacific islands.

Golden Pothos

Epipremnum aureum (Linden & André) G.S.Bunting

Epipremnum aureum, commonly golden pothos, is a popular evergreen houseplant toxic to pets and mildly toxic to humans.

Dragon-tail

Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl.

Epipremnum pinnatum is a vining aroid plant commonly grown ornamentally as a houseplant or garden plant.

Button Cactus

Epithelantha micromeris (Engelm.) F.A.C.Weber

Epithelantha micromeris is a small button cactus native to the southwestern US and northeast Mexico that bears edible bright red fruit.

field horsetail

Equisetum arvense L.

Equisetum arvense L., or field horsetail, is a dimorphic non-flowering perennial herb with many traditional and potential modern medicinal uses.

Andean Horsetail

Equisetum bogotense Kunth

Equisetum bogotense, the Andean horsetail, is an ancient herbaceous perennial diuretic horsetail used in traditional and modern herbal medicine.

Equisetum braunii Milde

Equisetum braunii Milde

Equisetum braunii Milde is an herbaceous perennial horsetail with two stem types, spreading via deep rhizomes in damp habitats.

water horsetail

Equisetum fluviatile L.

Equisetum fluviatile L., or water horsetail, is a Northern Hemisphere aquatic plant with historical medicinal and fodder uses.

Southern Giant Horsetail

Equisetum giganteum L.

Equisetum giganteum L. is one of the largest and stoutest-stemmed horsetail species, native to parts of South America.

rough horsetail

Equisetum hyemale L.

Equisetum hyemale L. is a rough-stemmed spore-bearing plant, native to northern regions, widely cultivated as a garden ornamental.

smooth horsetail

Equisetum laevigatum A.Braun & Engelm.

Equisetum laevigatum, smooth horsetail, is a North American horsetail species native to most of the continent.

marsh horsetail

Equisetum palustre L.

Equisetum palustre L. (marsh horsetail) is a toxic wetland fern ally that occurs across Europe and the northern circumpolar region.

smooth horsetail

Equisetum praealtum Raf.

Equisetum praealtum is an evergreen herbaceous perennial that grows in wet habitats across North America.

meadow horsetail

Equisetum pratense Ehrh.

Equisetum pratense is a widespread toxic pioneer horsetail found across northern Eurasia and North America.

Branched Horsetail

Equisetum ramosissimum Desf.

Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. is a branching horsetail with variable growth form, found in damp places and shingle.

dwarf horsetail

Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

Equisetum scirpoides Michx. is the smallest living horsetail, a small unbranched wiry species with a broad northern distribution.

wood horsetail

Equisetum sylvaticum L.

Equisetum sylvaticum L. (wood horsetail) is a perennial pteridophyte of forested moist habitats that mainly reproduces vegetatively.

great horsetail

Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.

Equisetum telmateia, the great horsetail, is a branched perennial with distinct fertile and sterile stems, found across Europe and western Asia.

variegated horsetail

Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr

Equisetum variegatum is a variable, circumpolar northern-hemisphere fern relative that grows in open, lime-rich seasonally flooded sites.

Cape Love Grass

Eragrostis capensis (Thunb.) Trin.

stinkgrass

Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.

Eragrostis cilianensis is an aromatic annual bunchgrass native to Eurasia and Africa, widely naturalized across North America.

African love grass

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Eragrostis curvula is a variable grass used for forage, erosion control, and craft, and invasive in some regions.

Teal Lovegrass

Eragrostis hypnoides (Lam.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Eragrostis hypnoides is a low, mat-forming creeping annual grass with small colored spikelets on its short erect stems.