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Photo of blooming bitterweed plant shown from top.

Bitterweed (Bitter Sneezeweed)

Helenium amarum

Photo of black mustard flower cluster

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Edible

Photo of bushy clump of brown-eyed Susan plants.

Brown-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Photo of buffalo bur flower and leaves.

Buffalo Bur (Kansas Thistle)

Solanum rostratum

Poisonous

Photo of Carolina false dandelion flowerhead.

Carolina False Dandelion

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Edible

Photo of Chinese yam showing leaves and bulbils

Chinese Yam

Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas)

Invasive

Common dandelion flower head viewed from above

Common Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Edible

Photo of common evening primrose, closeup of flowers.

Common Evening Primrose

Oenothera biennis

Edible

Common purslane plant growing on bare, dry soil

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Edible

Photo of common sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Edible

Photo of cup plant flowerhead.

Cup Plant (Cup Rosinweed; Carpenter's Weed)

Silphium perfoliatum

Photo of false garlic flowers

False Garlic

Nothoscordum bivalve

Photo of two golden aster flowerheads plus a few leaves.

Golden Aster (Camphorweed)

Heterotheca camporum (syn. Chrysopsis villosa var. camporum)

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).

Photo of horse nettle flowers and leaves

Horse Nettle

Solanum carolinense

Poisonous

Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of moth mullein flowers

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Photo of mullein basal leaves

Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Photo of pale touch-me-not or jewelweed flowers.

Pale Touch-Me-Not (Jewelweed)

Impatiens pallida

Photo of a prairie dock flowerhead

Prairie Dock (Prairie Rosinweed)

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Photo of a potted prickly sida plant showing a flower.

Prickly Sida (Prickly Mallow)

Sida spinosa

Photo of sawtooth sunflower flowerhead.

Sawtooth Sunflower

Helianthus grosseserratus

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 spotted touch-me-not or jewelweed flower.

Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Jewelweed)

Impatiens capensis

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

Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Photo of many tickseed sunflower flowerheads.

Tickseed Sunflower (Bearded Beggarticks)

Bidens aristosa

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

White and Yellow Sweet Clovers

Melilotus albus and M. officinale

Invasive

Photo of yarrow or common milfoil flower cluster

Yarrow (Common Milfoil)

Achillea millefolium

Photo of yellow wood sorrel plant showing flowers and leaves.

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Oxalis stricta

Edible