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Photo of American feverfew flower cluster.

American Feverfew

Parthenium integrifolium

Photo of Carolina larkspur plants with flowers

Carolina Larkspur (Prairie Larkspur)

Delphinium carolinianum

Poisonous

Photo of a chicory plant.

Chicory

Cichorium intybus

Edible

Photo of cleavers flower cluster with developing fruits

Cleavers (Bedstraw; Goose Grass)

Galium aparine

Photo of common water hemlock or spotted cowbane flowers

Common Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Poisonous

Photo of corn salad plant flower clusters showing arrangement of buds.

Corn Salad

Valerianella radiata

Edible

Photo of a cornflower, closeup of a flowerhead.

Cornflower (Bachelor's Button)

Centaurea cyanus

Photo of Culver's root plant with flowers

Culver’s Root

Veronicastrum virginicum

Photo of dwarf spiderwort flower clusters

Dwarf Spiderwort (Wild Crocus)

Tradescantia longipes

Photo of elephant's foot closeup of flowers

Elephant's Foot

Elephantopus carolinianus

Photo of English plantain flowers

English Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Edible

Photo of false garlic flowers

False Garlic

Nothoscordum bivalve

Photo of field cress flowers

Field Cress (Pepper Grass; Pepperweed)

Lepidium campestre

Photo of foxglove beardtongue flowers

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis

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

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

Photo of hedge parsley flower clusters

Hedge Parsley

Torilis arvensis

Photo of hogwort plant showing upper stem leaves and flowers.

Hogwort (Woolly Croton)

Croton capitatus

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 whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of moth mullein flowers

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria

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 ox-eye daisies in a grassy field

Ox-Eye Daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare (formerly Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)

Photo of pale Indian plantain flower clusters.

Pale Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (also Cacalia atriplicifolia)

Photo of pale purple coneflower showing white pollen among disk florets

Pale Purple Coneflower

Echinacea pallida

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 shepherd’s purse plant and flowers

Shepherd's Purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Edible

Photo of shooting star flowers

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon meadia

Photo of small bluet flower showing purplish center

Small Bluet (Tiny Bluet)

Houstonia pusilla (H. minima; Hedyotis crassifolia)

Photo of spring beauty plants and flowers

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Edible

Star of Bethlehem cluster of plants with flowers

Star of Bethlehem

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Poisonous

Photo of viper’s bugloss, closeup of flower

Viper's Bugloss

Echium vulgare

Photo of white anemone

White Anemone (Windflower)

Anemone canadensis

Photo of white avens flower and upper stem leaves.

White Avens (Red Root)

Geum canadense

Photo of white heath aster flowers

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly Aster pilosus)

Photo of wild hyacinth flower cluster

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

Edible

Photo of wild strawberry plant with flowers

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Edible

Photo of soapweed, a type of yucca

Yuccas (Spanish Bayonet; Soapweed)

Yucca smalliana, Y. glauca, and Y. arkansana

Edible