Plants — 23,508 Species

Spiny Spurge

Euphorbia spinosa L.

Euphorbia spinosa L. is described as having a simple subquinquefida umbella, ovate involucellis, oblong entire leaves, a shrubby stem, and features like spineless shrub forms with various leaf and flower characteristics as noted in multiple references.

Upright Spurge

Euphorbia stricta L.

Dandy in 1969 treated Euphorbia stricta L. as a superfluous name for E. verrucosa L., but Riedl in 1970 disagreed, noting both names were in the 1759 genus account.

carnation spurge

Euphorbia terracina L.

Euphorbia terracina is a toxic invasive perennial herb with traditional medicinal uses in Algeria.

Red Caustic-creeper

Euphorbia thymifolia L.

Euphorbia thymifolia is a prostrate annual euphorb herb used for traditional medicine and food in Africa and Asia.

Fire Stick

Euphorbia tirucalli L.

Euphorbia tirucalli, the pencil tree, is a toxic succulent plant used in traditional medicine and proposed for oil production.

Devil's Backbone

Euphorbia tithymaloides L.

Euphorbia tithymaloides L. is a toxic shrub grown ornamentally, investigated for biofuel and potential medicinal uses.

River Naboom

Euphorbia triangularis Desf. ex A.Berger

Euphorbia triangularis is a southern African Euphorbiaceae plant with multiple common names.

Tuber Milkball

Euphorbia tuberosa L.

Euphorbia tuberosa L. is a variable tuberous caudex succulent native to western South African winter-rainfall regions.

Warty spurge

Euphorbia verrucosa L.

Euphorbia verrucosa L. has several synonyms and is a glabrous or pubescent perennial with specific leaf, ray, capsule, seed, and caruncle characteristics, and a chromosome number of 2n = 14.

slender leafy spurge

Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit.

Euphorbia virgata, a spurge native to Eurasia, is an invasive introduced species in North America.

purple eyebright

Euphrasia collina R.Br.

Euphrasia collina R.Br. is a perennial herb/subshrub in Euphrasia, native to southeastern Australian states, found in habitats from coastal to alpine areas.

North Island eyebright

Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst.

Euphrasia cuneata G.Forst. is a variable New Zealand-endemic perennial herb or subshrub found from coastal to subalpine habitats.

Common Eyebright

Euphrasia nemorosa (Pers.) Wallr.

Common eyebright (Euphrasia nemorosa) is an annual hemiparasitic flowering plant native to Europe.

Eyebright

Euphrasia officinalis L.

Euphrasia officinalis (eyebright) is an Orobanchaceae plant used traditionally for eye and GI disorders, with studied UVB protection effects.

drug eyebright

Euphrasia stricta J.P.Wolff ex J.F.Lehm.

Euphrasia stricta (drug eyebright) is a hemiparasitic annual forb used in herbal medicine for inflammatory eye conditions, though evidence of its efficacy is lacking.

Phlox Heliotrope

Euploca convolvulacea Nutt.

pineland heliotrope

Euploca polyphylla (Lehm.) J.I.M.Melo & Semir

Euploca polyphylla is a herb or subshrub with prostrate or decumbent sericeous stems, alternate or sub - opposite leaves, single or paired cymose inflorescences, yellow or white tubular corollas, and subglobose fruits covered by the calyx.

fourspike heliotrope

Euploca procumbens (Mill.) Diane & Hilger

Euploca procumbens is an annual herb up to 50 cm long, with sericeous stems, elliptic - obovate leaves, terminal/axillary scorpioid cymes of white - flowered blooms, and depressed - globose, 4 - lobed fruit with up to 1 mm long nutlets.

Bolwarra

Eupomatia laurina R.Br.

Eupomatia laurina is a fruiting rainforest understory plant native to eastern Australia and eastern New Guinea. It is pollinated by small weevils.

Common Striated Feather-moss

Eurhynchium striatum (Schreb. ex Hedw.) Schimp.

Eurhynchium striatum is a European native moss species in the plant family Brachytheciaceae.

Blush Cudgerie

Euroschinus falcatus Hook.fil.

Euroschinus falcatus (blush cudgerie) is an Australian east coast endemic tree eaten by local birds and tree-kangaroos.

Showy Aster

Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom

Eurybia conspicua, the western showy aster, is a North American perennial aster native to western mountains of Canada and the US.

White Wood Aster

Eurybia divaricata (L.) G.L.Nesom

Eurybia divaricata (white wood aster) is an eastern North American perennial aster cultivated for native gardens with edible young leaves.

thistleleaf aster

Eurybia eryngiifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) G.L.Nesom

Eurybia eryngiifolia, or thistleleaf aster, is an herbaceous perennial native to a small region of the southeastern US.