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Photo of beaked hawkweed flowers.

Beaked Hawkweed

Hieracium gronovii

Photo of Chinese yam showing leaves and bulbils

Chinese Yam

Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas)

Invasive

Photo of common St. John’s-wort flower with spent flowers and fruits

Common St. John’s-Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Photo of false garlic flowers

False Garlic

Nothoscordum bivalve

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 three ox-eye or false sunflower flowerheads

Ox-Eye (Sunflower Heliopsis; False Sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides

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 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 star grass plant with flowers

Yellow Star Grass

Hypoxis hirsuta

Photo of yellow wood sorrel plant showing flowers and leaves.

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Oxalis stricta

Edible