Plants — 23,508 Species

Arizona blue-eyes

Evolvulus arizonicus A.Gray

Dwarf Morning Glory

Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.

Evolvulus nummularius (dwarf morning glory) is a tropical flowering plant with medicinal uses and identified bioactive constituents.

Shaggy dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus nuttallianus Roem. & Schult.

Shaggy dwarf morning-glory (Evolvulus nuttallianus) is a morning-glory family flowering plant found in the central US.

silky evolvulus

Evolvulus sericeus Sw.

milky mangrove

Excoecaria agallocha L.

Excoecaria agallocha L. is a toxic dioecious back mangrove tree with medical uses, the sole host of mangrove jewel bug larvae.

Scrub poison tree

Excoecaria dallachyana (Baill.) Benth.

Excoecaria dallachyana, the scrub poison tree, is a slender toxic Australian tree in the spurge family.

Leafless Ballart

Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br.

Exocarpos aphyllus, commonly leafless ballart, is an Australian perennial shrub/tree with traditional Noongar medicinal uses.

Exocarpos bidwillii Hook.fil.

Exocarpos bidwillii Hook.fil.

Exocarpos bidwillii is a leafless sprawling endemic New Zealand shrub in Santalaceae with uncertain parasitic status found in South Island rocky montane areas.

Cherry Ballart

Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill.

Exocarpos cupressiformis, cherry ballart, is a hemiparasitic Australian tree with an edible swollen pedicel used for food and woodcraft.

Broad Leaved Native Cherry

Exocarpos latifolius R.Br.

Exocarpos latifolius is a hemiparasitic Santalaceae tree with edible stalks, used traditionally by Aboriginal Australians.

broom ballart

Exocarpos sparteus R.Br.

Exocarpos sparteus R.Br. is an almost leafless, hemi-parasitic shrub whose fruits are eaten by birds and were historically eaten by Australian people.

Pale-fruit Ballart

Exocarpos strictus R.Br.

Exocarpos strictus is a versatile Australian native shrub with cherry-like fruit that forms dense thickets across many habitats.

Crisped Neckera

Exsertotheca crispa (Hedw.) S.Olsson, Enroth & D.Quandt

Exsertotheca crispa, or crisped neckera, is a vulnerable moss species native to Europe and China.

California orache

Extriplex californica (Moq.) E.H.Zacharias

Extriplex californica is a low-growing perennial herb with scaly leaves that can be monoecious or dioecious, bearing tiny rough flower clusters.

Mexican kidneywood

Eysenhardtia polystachya (Ortega) Sarg.

Eysenhardtia polystachya (kidneywood) is a Mexican tree that was historically used as a source of lignum nephriticum.

Texas Kidneywood

Eysenhardtia texana Scheele

Eysenhardtia texana is a small flowering Fabaceae tree native to south Texas and northeastern Mexico.

Annual Trampweed

Facelis retusa (Lam.) Sch.Bip.

Facelis retusa (annual trampweed) is a South American annual flowering plant often considered a noxious weed outside its native range.

Fagonia arabica L.

Fagonia arabica L.

Fagonia spinosa has convex, linear leaflets, while Fagonia arabica is armed with very long spines, as described by Shaw in Afr. 229.

Virgin's Mantle

Fagonia cretica L.

Zygophyllum creticum (formerly Fagonia cretica L.) is a Mediterranean creeping plant in the caltrop family found on rocky coastlines.

California fagonbush

Fagonia laevis Standl.

Fagonia laevis, or California fagonbush, is a small desert subshrub with purple-lavender star flowers and waxy trifoliate leaves.

sticky fagonbush

Fagonia pachyacantha Rydb.

Fagonia pachyacantha is a low-growing spreading perennial herb with purplish pink flowers and spiny stipules.

Common Buckwheat

Fagopyrum esculentum Moench

Fagopyrum esculentum, or buckwheat, is a widely cultivated, edible annual plant with documented potential adverse effects when overconsumed.

American beech

Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.

Fagus grandifolia (American beech) is a large deciduous North American tree with edible nuts and multiple uses.

Oriental Beech

Fagus orientalis Lipsky

Fagus orientalis Lipsky is a large beech tree native to southeastern Europe and northern Turkey, valued for its versatile wood.