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Photo of blue cardinal flower flowering stalk

Blue Cardinal Flower (Great Blue Lobelia)

Lobelia siphilitica

Photo of Carolina larkspur plants with flowers

Carolina Larkspur (Prairie Larkspur)

Delphinium carolinianum

Poisonous

Photo of crown vetch, closeup of a flower cluster.

Crown Vetch

Securigera varia (formerly Coronilla varia)

Poisonous

Invasive

Photo of dead nettle stalk with flowers

Dead Nettle

Lamium purpureum

Photo of everlasting pea flower and leaves

Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus latifolius

Photo of false dragonhead plant with flowers

False Dragonhead (Obedient Plant)

Physostegia virginiana

Photo of foxglove beardtongue flowers

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

No photo available

French Grass

Orbexilum onobrychis (formerly Psoralea onobrychis)

Photo of ground plum, top of plant, showing flowers and several leaves.

Ground Plum (Milk Vetch)

Astragalus crassicarpus (formerly A. mexicanus)

Edible

Image of Johnny-jump-up.

Johnny-Jump-Up (Field Pansy)

Viola bicolor

Edible

Photo of a large-flowered gaura inflorescence

Large-Flowered Gaura

Oenothera filiformis (formerly Gaura longiflora, G. biennis)

Photo of long-bracted wild indigo plant with flowers

Long-Bracted Wild Indigo

Baptisia bracteata (formerly B. leucophaea)

Photo of moth mullein flowers

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Photo of narrow-leaved vervain plants in bloom.

Narrow-Leaved Vervain

Verbena simplex

Photo of northern fog fruit flowering head

Northern Fog Fruit

Lippia lanceolata (formerly Phyla lanceolata)

Image of running buffalo clover

Running Buffalo Clover

Trifolium stoloniferum

Endangered

Photo of large group of sericea lespedeza plants

Sericea Lespedeza

Lespedeza cuneata

Invasive

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

Showy Partridge Pea

Chamaecrista fasciculata (formerly Cassia fasciculata)

Photo of common gerardia plant with flowers

Slender False Foxglove

Agalinis tenuifolia (formerly Gerardia tenuifolia)

Photo of slender mountain mint flowers

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Edible

Photo of spiked lobelia flower stalk.

Spiked Lobelia

Lobelia spicata

Photo of tick trefoil plant with flowers

Tick Trefoils (Sticktights; Beggar's Lice)

Desmodium spp. (17 species in Missouri)

Photo of viper’s bugloss, closeup of flower

Viper's Bugloss

Echium vulgare

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 wild indigo plant with flowering stalk amid prairie grasses

White Wild Indigo

Baptisia alba (formerly B. leucantha)

Poisonous

Photo of wild petunia flowers

Wild Petunia (Smooth Ruellia)

Ruellia strepens