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Photo of blue-eyed grass flower closeup

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium campestre

Deptfort pink blooming in an open area

Deptford Pink

Dianthus armeria

Photo of false garlic flowers

False Garlic

Nothoscordum bivalve

Photo of field milkwort flowerheads.

Field Milkwort

Polygala sanguinea

Photo of tall goldenrod plant with flowers

Goldenrods

Solidago spp. (23 species in Missouri)

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

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

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 dense stand of prairie blazing star or gayfeather at Pawnee Prairie

Prairie Blazing Star (Gayfeather)

Liatris pycnostachya

Edible

Photo of prairie milkweed plant in flower.

Prairie Milkweed (Tall Green Milkweed)

Asclepias hirtella

Closeup side view of rough blazing star flowerhead

Rough Blazing Star (Rough Gayfeather)

Liatris aspera

Edible

Photo of path rush, closeup showing drying fruits.

Rushes

Juncus spp. and Luzula spp.

Photo of eastern woodland sedge plant growing among leaf litter.

Sedges

Carex, Schoenoplectus, Scirpus, and other genera

Photo of slender mountain mint flowers

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Edible

Photo of smooth spiderwort flowers being visited by beelike syrphid flies

Smooth Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Edible

Star of Bethlehem cluster of plants with flowers

Star of Bethlehem

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Poisonous

White upland aster goldenrod inflorescence in a prairie

Upland White Goldenrod

Solidago ptermicoides (formerly Aster ptarmicoides)

Photo of white heath aster flowers

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly Aster pilosus)

Whorled milkweed flowers.

Whorled Milkweed (Horsetail Milkweed)

Asclepias verticillata

Photo of wild hyacinth flower cluster

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

Edible

Photo of soapweed, a type of yucca

Yuccas (Spanish Bayonet; Soapweed)

Yucca smalliana, Y. glauca, and Y. arkansana

Edible