Plants by botanic name
Below is a list of plant names beginning with the letter 'E', listed by scientific/botanical (Latin) name. Click a letter of the alphabet to see a list of plants with botanic / latin names beginning with that letter. Alternatively click here to see the plants listed alphabetically by common name.
| Botanic name | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Echinacea | Coneflower |
| Echinacea 'Sunseeker Mineola' | Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea | North American daisy, Rudbeckia, Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea 'Magnus' | Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea 'Sunseekers White' | Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea 'White Lustre' | Coneflower |
| Echinacea purpurea 'White Swan' | Coneflower, Purple coneflower |
| Echinocactus grusonii | Golden barrel cactus |
| Echinochloa crus-galli | Cockspur |
| Echinops bannaticus 'Taplow Blue' | Globe thistle |
| Echinops ritro | Thistle, Globe thistle |
| Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue' | Thistle, Globe thistle |
| Echinops sphaerocephalus | Globe thistle |
| Echinopsis | Sea urchin cactus, Desert cactus |
| Echinopsis scopulicola | Sea urchin cactus |
| Echium pininana | Vipers bugloss |
| Echium vulgare | Vipers bugloss, The flower of twilight |
| Edgeworthia chrysantha | Mitsumata, Paper bush |
| Edgeworthia papyrifera | Mitsumata, Paper bush |
| Egeria densa | Large-flowered waterweed |
| Eichhornia crassipes | Water hyacinth |
| Elaeagnus pungens | Elaeagnus |
| Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' | Elaeagnus, Eleagnus |
| Elaeagnus x ebbingei | Elaeagnus |
| Elaeis guineensis | African Oil Palm |
| Eleocharis acicularis | Needle spike rush |
| Eleocharis austriaca | Northern spike rush |
| Eleocharis multicaulis | Many-stalked spike rush |
| Eleocharis palustris | Common spike rush |
| Eleocharis parvula | Dwarf spike rush |
| Eleocharis quinqueflora | Few-flowered spike rush |
| Eleocharis uniglumis | Slender spike rush |
| Eleogiton fluitans | Floating club rush |
| Elodea callitrichoides | South American waterweed |
| Elodea canadensis | Canadian waterweed, Canadian pond weed |
| Elodea crispa | Pond weed |
| Elodea nuttallii | Nuttall's waterweed |
| Elymus caninus | Bearded couch |
| Elymus repens | Couch grass, Quitch grass, scutch grass, twitch grass |
| Elytrigia atherica | Sea couch |
| Elytrigia juncea | Sand couch |
| Elytrigia repens | Common couch |
| Epilobium | Willow-herb |
| Epimedium grandiflorum | Barrenwort |
| Epimedium x perralchicum | Barren Wort |
| Epimedium x perralchicum 'Fröhnleiten' | Barren Wort |
| Epimedium x versicolor 'Sulphureum' | Barrenwort |
| Epimedium x warleyense | Barren Wort |
| Epipactis atrorubens | Dark red helleborine |
| Epipactis gigantea | False Lady's-slipper |
| Epipactis helleborine | Broad-leaved helleborine |
| Epipactis leptochila | Narrow-lipped helleborine |
| Epipactis palustris | Marsh helleborine |
| Epipactis phyllanthes | Green-flowered helleborine |
| Epipactis purpurata | Violet helleborine |
| Epipactis youngiana | Young's helleborine |
| Epipogium aphyllum | Ghost orchid |
| Epipremnum aureum | Golden Pothos, Devil's Ivy |
| Equisetum | Horsetail |
| Equisetum arvense | Common Horsetail, Field Horsetail, Mare's tail |
| Equisetum hyemale | Rough Horsetail, Dutch Rush |
| Equisetum ramosissimum var. japonicum | Dutch rush |
| Equisetum telmateia | The horsetail tree |
| Eragrostis | Lovegrass |
| Eragrostis 'Wind Dancer' | Love grass |
| Eragrostis curvula | African love grass, Weeping love grass |
| Eragrostis minor | Small lovegrass |
| Eranthis hyemalis | Winter aconite |
| Eranthis hyemalis 'Guinea Gold' | Aconite, Winter aconite |
| Eremurus | Foxtail lilies |
| Eremurus 'White Beauty Favourite' PBR | Foxtail lilies |
| Eremurus robustus | Foxtail Lily, King's spear |
| Erica arborea | Tree heather, Tree heath |
| Erica cinerea | Bell heather |
| Erica tetralix | Crossleaf heath, Cross-leaved heath, Heather |
| Erieron karvinskianus | Mexican daisy |
| Erigeron | Fleebane |
| Erigeron 'Blue Beauty' | Fleebane |
| Eriobotrya japonica | Loquat |
| Eriocaulon aquaticum | Pipewort |
| Eriophorum angustifolium | Common cottongrass |
| Eriophorum gracile | Slender cottongrass |
| Eriophorum latifolium | Broad-leaved cottongrass |
| Eriophorum vaginatum | Hare's-tail Cottongrass |
| Eruca sativa | Salad rocket, Rocket, Garden rocket, Arugula |
| Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa | Salad rocket |
| Eryngium agavifolium | Sea holly |
| Eryngium bourgatii | Sea holly |
| Eryngium bourgatii 'Oxford Blue' | Sea holly |
| Eryngium bourgatii 'Picos Blue' PBR | Sea holly |
| Eryngium giganteum | Miss Willmott's ghost, Asian sea holly |
| Eryngium giganteum 'Miss Willmott's Ghost' | Sea holly |
| Eryngium giganteum 'Silver Ghost' | Sea holly |
| Eryngium x zabelii 'Big Blue' | Seea Holly |
| Eryngium x zabelii 'Jos Eiking' | Seea Holly |
| Erysimum | Wallflower, Perennial wallflower |
| Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve' | Wallflower |
| Erysimum 'Winter Charm' | Wallflower |
| Erysimum alpinum | Alpine wallflower |
| Erysimum cheiri | Common wallflower, bleeding heart |
| Erysimum suffruticosum | Common wallflower, bleeding heart |
| Erythronium californicum 'White Beauty' | Dog's tooth violet |
| Erythronium dens-canis | Dog's tooth violet |
| Erythronium kondo | Dog's tooth violet |
| Erythronium revolutum | American trout lily, Mahogany fawn lily |
| Eschscholzia californica | California poppy |
| Espostoa lanata | Peruvian old man cactus, Cotton ball cactus |
| Eucalyptus | Gum tree, Ironbark |
| Eucalyptus glaucescens | Eucalyptus |
| Eucalyptus gunnii FRANCE BLEU ('Rengun' PBR) | Cider gum |
| Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy' | Pineapple plant, Pineapple lily |
| Eucomis pallidiflora subsp. pole-evansii | Pole Evans pineapple lily |
| Eucryphia x nymansensis | Nymans eucryphia |
| Eucryphia x nymansensis 'Nymansay' | Nymans eucryphia |
| Euonymus | Spindle tree, Spindle |
| Euonymus europaeus | Spindle tree, Spindle, cat tree, pegwood |
| Euonymus japonicus 'Aureus' | Japanese euonymus |
| Euonymus japonicus 'Ovatus Aureus' | Japanese euonymus |
| Eupatorium cannabinum | Hemp Agrimony, Holy Rope, Water Agrimony, Water Hemp |
| Eupatorium cannabinum f. cannabinum 'Flore Pleno' | Double-flowered Hemp Agrimony |
| Eupatorium capillifolium | Sneeze Weed, Dog Fennel |
| Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group | Joe Pye Weed |
| Eupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum Group 'Riesenschirm' | Joe pye weed |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | American Boneset, March Sage |
| Eupatorium purpureum | Purple Joe Pye weed, Joe Pye weed, Purple boneset |
| Euphorbia | Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia 'Fens Ruby' | Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia 'Purpurea' | Milkweed |
| Euphorbia amygdaloides | Spurge |
| Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea' | Spurge, Euphorbia, Milkweed |
| Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae | Euphorbia, Mrs Robb's bonnet |
| Euphorbia characias | Spurge, Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia corallioides | Coral spurge |
| Euphorbia cornigera | Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia cyparissias | Cypress Spurge |
| Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby' | Cypress Spurge |
| Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' | Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia griffithii 'Dixter' | Spurge, Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia lathyris | Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia mellifera | Honey spurge |
| Euphorbia milii | Crown of thorns |
| Euphorbia palustris | Milkweed, Euphorbia, Spurge |
| Euphorbia polychroma | Spurge, Euphorbia |
| Euphorbia polychroma 'Purpurea' | Milkweed |
| Euphorbia pulcherrima | Poinsettia |
| Euphorbia robbiae | Wood spurge |
| Euphorbia sikkimensis | Euphorbia |
| Eurybia divaricata | White wood aster |
| Eutrochium dubium | Coastal plain joe-pyeweed |
| Eutrochium fistulosum | Trumpet weed |
| Eutrochium maculatum | Spotted joe-pyeweed, Spotted Joe Pye weed |
| Eutrochium purpureum | Sweet-scented joe-pyeweed, Trumpet weed, Joe Pye weed, Gravel weed |
| Exochorda serratifolia | Pearl Bush |
| Exochorda x macrantha 'Niagara' | Pearl Bush |
| Exochorda x macrantha 'The Bride' | Pearl Bush |
