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Photo of Carolina false dandelion flowerhead.

Carolina False Dandelion

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Edible

Photo of clasping Venus' looking glass, a blue wildflower

Clasping Venus’ Looking Glass

Triodanis perfoliata (formerly Specularia perfoliata)

Photo of climbing false buckwheat vines, leaves, and flowers.

Climbing False Buckwheat (Crested Buckwheat)

Fallopia scandens (formerly Polygonum scandens)

Photo of tall thoroughwort plant with flowers

Common Boneset (Thoroughwort)

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Photo of common cinquefoil plants with flowers

Common Cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Photo of common ground cherry flower

Common Ground Cherry

Physalis longifolia

Edible

Photo of several big bluestem seed heads against a blue sky.

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

Photo of hispid buttercup plant with flower

Hispid Buttercup

Ranunculus hispidus

Photo of hoary puccoon closeup of flower cluster

Hoary Puccoon (Orange Puccoon)

Lithospermum canescens

Photo of horseweed flowers

Horseweed (Canada Fleabane, Hog Weed)

Conyza canadensis (formerly Erigeron canadensis)

Photo of Indian hemp plant

Indian Hemp (Dogbane)

Apocynum cannabinum

Poisonous

Photo of Johnson grass flower clusters

Johnson Grass

Sorghum halepense

Invasive

Photo of lance-leaved loosestrife plant with flowers

Lance-Leaved Loosestrife

Lysimachia lanceolata

Photo of a large-flowered gaura inflorescence

Large-Flowered Gaura

Oenothera filiformis (formerly Gaura longiflora, G. biennis)

Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of mullein basal leaves

Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Closeup of single flowerhead of a New World aster with yellow disk florets and lavender ray florets

New World Asters (American Asters)

Symphyotrichum spp. (formerly Aster spp.)

Photo of Ohio horsemint inflorescence

Ohio Horsemint

Blephilia ciliata

Edible

Photo of a pencil flower, closeup on blossom

Pencil Flower

Stylosanthes biflora

No photo available

Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus

Photo of pussytoes showing fuzzy white flowering heads

Plainleaf Pussytoes (Indian Tobacco)

Antennaria parlinii

Photo of a Queen Anne's lace flower cluster, seen from the top

Queen Anne’s Lace (Wild Carrot)

Daucus carota

Edible

Photo of eastern woodland sedge plant growing among leaf litter.

Sedges

Carex, Schoenoplectus, Scirpus, and other genera

Photo of showy partridge pea showing flowers, buds, and leaves.

Showy Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata (formerly Cassia fasciculata)

Photo of many blooming ashy sunflower plants, showing gray-green leaves.

Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Photo of tall fescue plants

Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea

Invasive

Photo of a tall thoroughwort plant in bloom.

Tall Thoroughwort (Tall Boneset)

Eupatorium altissimum

Photo of tick trefoil plant with flowers

Tick Trefoils (Sticktights; Beggar's Lice)

Desmodium spp. (17 species in Missouri)

Photo of western ironweed flower clusters and leaves

Western Ironweed (Baldwin's Ironweed)

Vernonia baldwinii

Photo of white sweet clover flower cluster showing stalk and flowers.

White and Yellow Sweet Clovers

Melilotus albus and M. officinale

Invasive

Photo of white crownbeard plant with flowers

White Crownbeard

Verbesina virginica

Photo of white heath aster flowers

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly Aster pilosus)

Photo of white snakeroot leaves and flowers

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima (formerly Eupatorium rugosum)

Poisonous

Photo of wholeleaf rosinweed flowerhead

Wholeleaf Rosinweed

Silphium integrifolium

Photo of wild potato vine flowers and leaves

Wild Potato Vine

Ipomoea pandurata

Edible

Photo of yellow wood sorrel plant showing flowers and leaves.

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Oxalis stricta

Edible