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Blue Echeveria
Echeveria secunda
Echeveria secunda, commonly known as Blue Echeveria or Hen and Chicks, is a rosette-forming succulent native to the highlands of Mexico, belonging to the family Crassulaceae. Its fleshy, blue-green leaves arrange into a compact, symmetrical rosette up to 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter. In spring and summer, it produces tall slender stems bearing lantern-shaped flowers in yellow and red, making it one of the most popular ornamental succulents for both indoor and outdoor use.
Mexican Firecracker
Echeveria setosa
Echeveria setosa, commonly called Mexican Firecracker, is a rosette-forming succulent native to Mexico, covered in fine white hairs that give it a velvety appearance. In summer, it sends up tall stalks bearing urn-shaped red flowers with yellow tips that attract hummingbirds.
Narrow-leaf Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
Echinacea angustifolia, the narrow-leaf coneflower, is a taprooted perennial native to the dry prairies of the central United States and Canada, from Texas and Oklahoma north through the Dakotas into Saskatchewan. It forms a low clump of lance-shaped, hairy, gray-green leaves topped from midsummer through fall by daisy-like flowers with drooping pale-pink to purple ray petals surrounding a spiny, coppery-orange central cone. Reaching only 30-80 cm tall, it is more compact and drought-tolerant than its better-known relative Echinacea purpurea, and it is the species most historically associated with Native American herbal medicine.
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea, commonly known as Purple Coneflower, is a striking native North American perennial that blooms prolifically from summer through fall. Its bold purple-pink daisy-like flowers with distinctive orange-brown spiny cones attract pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. A resilient, low-maintenance plant, it thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, and is highly drought-tolerant once established. Widely valued both as an ornamental garden plant and as a traditional medicinal herb, Purple Coneflower has been used by Native American tribes for centuries.
Golden Barrel Cactus
Echinocactus grusonii
Echinocactus grusonii is a spherical cactus native to central Mexico, renowned for its impressive globular shape and radiant golden spines. This majestic cactus can reach up to 1 meter in both diameter and height over many years. It is an endangered species in its natural habitat due to illegal collection and habitat loss.
Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus
Echinocereus is a genus of about 70 cactus species native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. These cylindrical to columnar cacti are prized for their spectacular spring flowers — some of the largest and most colorful in the cactus world — and edible fruits in many species. Highly drought-tolerant and adapted to arid environments, they range from sea level to high mountain elevations.
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus coccineus
Echinocereus coccineus, commonly known as the Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus, is a striking columnar cactus native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It forms dense clumps of ribbed, spine-covered stems and produces stunning scarlet to orange-red funnel-shaped flowers in spring that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. A beloved desert plant celebrated for its resilience, drought tolerance, and vibrant blooms.
Texas Rainbow Cactus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus
Echinocereus dasyacanthus, commonly known as the Texas rainbow cactus, is native to the southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora). It forms ribbed, cylindrical stems, typically solitary or loosely clustering, covered in dense spines ranging from tan and gold to pink. In spring and early summer, it produces large, funnel-shaped flowers ranging from canary yellow to deep rose-pink, which attract native desert pollinators.
Claret Cup Cactus
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
The claret cup cactus is a low-growing, clumping cactus native to the deserts and rocky slopes of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Over time it forms dense mounds of cylindrical, spiny stems that can spread more than a meter wide. In late spring, the plant produces a spectacular show of funnel-shaped, scarlet-red flowers that attract hummingbirds and bees.
Barnyardgrass
Echinochloa crus-galli
Barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) is a fast-growing annual grass native to tropical Asia. Now found worldwide, it is considered one of the most problematic agricultural weeds, particularly in rice and maize fields. Plants grow up to 150 cm tall with long, flat leaves that are often purplish at the base. Dense seed heads produce up to 40,000 seeds per plant, ensuring rapid spread. Despite its weed status, the seeds are edible and the plant has traditional medicinal uses.
Amazon Sword
Echinodorus grisebachii
The Amazon sword (Echinodorus grisebachii) is an aquatic plant from the Alismataceae family, native to the river basins of South America, where it grows along banks and in shallow margins, often submerged for much of the year. It is one of the most popular and easy-to-grow aquarium plants, prized for its bright green lanceolate leaves that can reach up to 24 inches (60 cm) when submerged. It grows in a rosette pattern from a central rhizome (the crown) and reproduces via long inflorescences that bear adventitious plantlets. It is perfect as a focal point in medium to large-sized aquariums.
Brain Cactus
Echinofossulocactus multicostatus
The Brain Cactus (Stenocactus multicostatus, synonym of Echinofossulocactus multicostatus) is a globular cactus native to the deserts of Mexico, famous for its dozens of thin, wavy ribs that wrap around the body like cerebral convolutions. It is a slow-growing species, usually solitary, which rarely exceeds 5 inches (12-13 cm) in height, and produces delicate flowers in shades of white to pinkish-lilac with a darker central vein during spring and summer.
Blue globe thistle
Echinops bannaticus
Blue globe thistle (Echinops bannaticus) is a tall, architectural perennial in the Asteraceae family, originally from southeastern Europe, including the Banat region of Romania. It forms upright stems with prickly, grayish-green lobed foliage and ends in perfectly round, steel-blue flower heads that attract bees, bumblebees, and butterflies during July–August. The plant grows about 120–150 cm tall with a deep taproot system that makes it very drought-tolerant.
Globe thistle
Echinops sphaerocephalus
Globe thistle is a large, robust perennial in the Asteraceae family that can reach up to 2 meters in height. It bears spherical, silvery-blue to whitish flower heads on stiff stems and blooms in July–August. The leaves are deeply lobed and prickly with a grayish-green upper side and a felted, lighter underside. The species is very drought-tolerant, thrives in poor, well-drained soil, and is highly favored by bees, bumblebees, and butterflies.
Hedgehog Cactus
Echinopsis
Echinopsis is a large genus of cacti native to South America, spanning the Andean regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Chile, with around 128 species ranging from small globular forms to tall columnar and tree-like specimens. It is prized for its enormous, fragrant, short-lived flowers, usually white, pink or red, that open at night or dawn and last only a day or two, earning several species the nickname Easter Lily Cactus.
Easter Lily Cactus
Echinopsis eyriesii
Echinopsis eyriesii is a globular cactus native to South America (Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Brazil), prized for its ribbed, dark green stem and large, fragrant white flowers that open at night and last only a single day. It's a hardy, easy-to-grow species suited to beginners and collectors alike.
Easter Lily Cactus
Echinopsis oxygona
Echinopsis oxygona is a classic globular cactus that tends to become slightly columnar with age. It is widely appreciated for its monumental, trumpet-shaped flowers, which can be white or pinkish and emit a delicate fragrance, usually opening at night. Native to South America, it forms colonies of spiny 'balls' by producing lateral offsets.
Peruvian Torch
Echinopsis peruviana
A columnar cactus native to Peru that branches from the base and can reach about 5 metres tall, with blue-green stems bearing 6 to 8 broad, rounded ribs, whitish areoles and brown spines. Mature plants produce large, fragrant, funnel-shaped white flowers that open at night from late spring through summer. It contains the alkaloid mescaline, so growing or possessing it may be regulated in some countries.
Sea Urchin Cactus
Echinopsis tubiflora
Echinopsis tubiflora, popularly known as the Sea Urchin Cactus (also called the Easter Lily Cactus), is a globular to short-columnar cactus native to the highlands of Bolivia and northern Argentina. Its dark green, ribbed stem is armed with clusters of pale, brown-tipped spines and produces spectacular funnel-shaped white flowers with a pale green throat that open at night and last only a day or two. As the plant matures it tends to offset, forming dense clumps that make a striking architectural statement in any dry garden or sunny windowsill.
Brazilian Waterweed
Egeria densa
Egeria densa, commonly known as Brazilian waterweed, is a submerged aquatic plant native to the rivers and lakes of southeastern South America (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile). Belonging to the Hydrocharitaceae family, it is among the most popular aquarium plants in the world due to its rapid growth, ease of cultivation, and excellent ability to oxygenate water while absorbing nitrates and phosphates, helping to combat algae blooms. It features thin, branched stems that can exceed one meter in length, covered in whorls of bright green, ribbon-like leaves; under favorable conditions, it produces small white three-petaled flowers that float on the water's surface. Due to its vigor, outside of a controlled aquarium or pond, it is considered an invasive species in many regions of the world, where it forms dense submerged mats capable of altering aquatic ecosystems: it must therefore be managed carefully, avoiding the dispersal of stem fragments into natural waterways.
Water Hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is a free-floating aquatic plant native to the Amazon basin in South America. Celebrated for its glossy, heart-shaped leaves and delicate lavender-purple orchid-like flowers, it is one of the fastest-growing plants on Earth. While visually stunning as an ornamental pond plant, it can become highly invasive in natural waterways.
Silverberry
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of hardy shrubs and small trees prized for their silvery, scaly foliage and small, fragrant fall flowers followed by edible berry-like drupes. Native across temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, the genus includes both evergreen species (such as E. pungens) and deciduous species (such as E. umbellata and E. commutata), all sharing a tough, adaptable constitution.
Ebbinge's Silverberry
Elaeagnus × submacrophylla
Ebbinge's Silverberry (Elaeagnus × submacrophylla) is a fast-growing evergreen hybrid shrub, a cross between E. macrophylla and E. pungens. It is widely planted as a hedge or windbreak in temperate gardens, valued for its silvery-green foliage and sweetly fragrant autumn flowers.
Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens
Elaeagnus pungens, commonly known as Thorny Olive or Silverthorn, is an evergreen shrub native to East Asia, particularly Japan and China. It features leathery leaves with green uppersides and silvery-brown undersides, creating a striking bicolor effect. In autumn, it produces small, intensely fragrant tubular white flowers. Renowned for its toughness, it thrives in poor soils, withstands drought and strong winds, and is widely used as a hedge, windbreak, and ornamental specimen.
Eumundi quandong
Elaeocarpus eumundi
Elaeocarpus eumundi, known as the Eumundi quandong or smooth-leaved quandong, is an evergreen tree from the Elaeocarpaceae family, native to the rainforests of northeastern Australia—ranging from the Cape York Peninsula through central-eastern Queensland to northern New South Wales, where it grows at altitudes up to approximately 1000 m. In its native habitat, it reaches heights of 12–25 m, but in cultivation as a garden or street tree, it typically reaches 8–15 m with a narrow, upright crown 3–5 m wide. The leathery, glossy dark green leaves are clustered at the ends of branches and turn yellow instead of red as they age, while new growth has a bronze-pink tint. During November–December (in its place of origin), clusters of cream-white fringed flowers appear, followed by blue, oval drupes with sour but edible flesh used for jams and jellies. Due to its dense, hardy growth, the tree is commonly planted as a screen or street tree and attracts nectar- and seed-eating birds.
Spikerush
Eleocharis
Eleocharis (spikerush) is a large genus of perennial wetland and aquatic plants in the sedge family (Cyperaceae), comprising over 200 species distributed worldwide. The plants are characterized by their leafless, tubular, light green stems that grow in dense, grass-like clumps. In the aquarium hobby, the most popular species is Eleocharis acicularis – "dwarf hairgrass" – favored for creating a dense green carpet on the aquarium floor. The species Eleocharis palustris (common spikerush) is widely grown in garden ponds and wetland habitats. The plant spreads naturally via underground rhizomes and runners (stolons); it produces small, brownish-green spikelet flowers at the tips of the stems.
Quackgrass
Elymus repens
Quackgrass (Elymus repens) is a perennial rhizomatous grass, widespread across Europe, Asia, and North America, where it is considered one of the most tenacious and difficult-to-eradicate weeds. It spreads rapidly via thin, sharp underground rhizomes capable of regenerating a new plant from even a small severed fragment. It forms dense, matted carpets and tolerates almost any soil type, light, and moisture level, allowing it to grow spontaneously in gardens, fields, hedgerows, and roadsides. Despite being a weed, it has a long traditional history as a medicinal plant and is partially edible.
Crucifix Orchid
Epidendrum
Epidendrum is one of the largest orchid genera, comprising approximately 1,500 species native to the Neotropical regions of Central and South America. Commonly called the Crucifix Orchid (especially E. radicans), it produces clusters of small, star-shaped flowers in vibrant shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, and white. It is exceptionally resilient and easy to grow, making it ideal for beginner orchid enthusiasts.
Reed-stem Epidendrum
Epidendrum radicans
Epidendrum radicans, commonly known as the Reed-stem Epidendrum or Crucifix Orchid, is a terrestrial orchid native to Mexico and Central America. It produces vibrant clusters of red, orange, and yellow flowers atop tall reed-like stems, forming a cross shape that gives it the name "crucifix orchid." It is one of the most adaptable and beginner-friendly orchids available.
Crucifix Orchid
Epidendrum secundum
Epidendrum secundum, commonly known as the Crucifix Orchid, is a terrestrial and lithophytic orchid native to the Andean regions and Brazil. Its small, vibrant flowers bloom in dense clusters atop upright stems, in colors ranging from pink and red to orange, yellow, and white. It is one of the most resilient and adaptable orchids in the genus, capable of flowering nearly year-round under ideal conditions.
Willowherb / Fireweed (genus)
Epilobium
Epilobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, found across temperate and subalpine regions worldwide. Species range from tall fireweed colonizers to delicate streamside willowherbs, producing characteristic pink to purple blooms in summer and fall.
Fringed Willowherb
Epilobium ciliatum
Epilobium ciliatum, known as fringed willowherb, is a fast-growing herbaceous perennial in the evening primrose family (Onagraceae), native to North America and eastern Asia and now naturalized across Europe and other temperate regions. It forms upright, often branching stems covered in fine bristly hairs, topped with small four-petaled white to pale pink flowers with deeply notched petals and dark veining. Blooming from summer into fall, it is a magnet for pollinators and readily colonizes disturbed soil, roadsides, and moist waste ground.
Great Willowherb
Epilobium hirsutum
Great willowherb is a robust, hairy-stemmed perennial native to Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. It thrives in wet meadows, riverbanks, and ditches, spreading by rhizomes to form dense stands up to 2 m tall. From June to September it bears soft pink, four-petaled flowers with a pale center, much loved by hoverflies and other pollinators, followed by long seed pods that release fluffy, wind-borne seeds.
Small-flowered willowherb
Epilobium parviflorum
Epilobium parviflorum is a hardy perennial herb native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It grows along stream banks, marshes and other damp, disturbed ground, forming clumps of soft, downy stems topped with small pink-to-purple four-petalled flowers from July to August. It is best known today as a traditional medicinal herb used in European folk medicine.
Square-stemmed Willowherb
Epilobium tetragonum
Epilobium tetragonum, known as square-stemmed willowherb, is an erect perennial wildflower native to Europe and western Asia, easily recognized by its hairless stem with four raised ridges arranged in a tetragonal pattern. It grows 30-130 cm tall and bears clusters of small pink-purple flowers with notched petals from July to September. Found naturally in damp woodland clearings, hedgebanks, ditches and streamsides, it adapts readily to garden borders and wildflower meadows.
Fishbone cactus
Epiphyllum anguliger
The fishbone cactus is an epiphytic cactus native to the tropical forests of Mexico, where it grows attached to tree trunks and branches. Its flattened, deeply lobed zigzag stems resemble a fish's spine, and mature plants produce large, fragrant, night-blooming white flowers in late summer or fall.
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