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Photo of black medick closeup of cloverlike yellow flowerhead

Black Medick

Medicago lupulina

Photo of black mustard flower cluster

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Edible

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 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 mullein basal leaves

Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Photo of three ox-eye or false sunflower flowerheads

Ox-Eye (Sunflower Heliopsis; False Sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides

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 wood sorrel plant showing flowers and leaves.

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Oxalis stricta

Edible