Plants That Start With E

21 plants Animals and nature Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 21 plants that start with E, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

E has 21 plants, and a clear theme runs through them: evergreen. Evergreen oak, evergreen cherry, evergreen magnolia and evergreen beech all appear. Elm, elder and ebony are the classic trees, and eucalyptus is easy to recognise by its scent.

Eggplant is the best known vegetable here. Elephant ear is a houseplant with very large leaves, and the exploding cucumber is a Mediterranean vine whose ripe fruit shoots out its seeds. That last one is a reliable hit with children who enjoy strange plant facts.

Plants starting with E: 21
Best known: elder, elm
Longest name: evergreen bittersweet

Best-known plants that start with E

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

elder
elm
ebony
eggplant
eucalyptus
elephant ear
elderberry

All plants that start with E

#	Name	What it is
1	eastern spruce	medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
2	ebony	tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
3	ebony tree	tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
4	eggplant	hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as...
5	elder	any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and...
6	elderberry	shrub with clusters of small dark purple berries
7	elephant ear	any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries
8	elephant tree	small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of...
9	elm	any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
10	elm tree	any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
11	erica	any plant of the genus Erica
12	eucalyptus	a tree of the genus Eucalyptus
13	evergreen beech	any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves
14	evergreen bittersweet	broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit; many subspecies or varieties
15	evergreen blueberry	shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit
16	evergreen cherry	California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
17	evergreen magnolia	evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers
18	evergreen oak	evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
19	evergreen thorn	evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe
20	everlasting pea	any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus
21	exploding cucumber	Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched

Short plants with E

elder
elm
ebony
erica

Questions people ask

How many plants start with E?

This list has 21 plants starting with E, from well-known ones like elder, elm, ebony to rarer kinds.

What plants start with E?

Well-known examples are elder, elm, ebony, eggplant, eucalyptus, elephant ear, elderberry.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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