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Photo of American germander flowers

American Germander

Teucrium canadense

Photo of beefsteak plant showing upper leaves and flower cluster

Beefsteak Plant

Perilla frutescens

Edible

Invasive

Photo of blue vervain flower clusters in a prairie

Blue Vervain

Verbena hastata

Photo of bushy clump of brown-eyed Susan plants.

Brown-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Photo of cardinal flower plants in flower

Cardinal Flower

Lobelia cardinalis

Photo of Chinese yam showing leaves and bulbils

Chinese Yam

Dioscorea oppositifolia (sometimes called D. batatas)

Invasive

Photo of common dayflower flower and buds.

Common Dayflower

Commelina communis

Edible

Photo of common sunflower

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Edible

Photo of common water hemlock or spotted cowbane flowers

Common Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Poisonous

Rope dodder stems

Dodders

Cuscuta spp.

Photo of elephant's foot closeup of flowers

Elephant's Foot

Elephantopus carolinianus

Photo of false dragonhead plant with flowers

False Dragonhead (Obedient Plant)

Physostegia virginiana

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 hairy rose mallow flower

Hairy Rose Mallow

Hibiscus lasiocarpos

Photo of hedge bindweed flowers

Hedge Bindweed

Calystegia sepium (also Convolvulus sepium)

Photo of horseweed flowers

Horseweed (Canada Fleabane, Hog Weed)

Conyza canadensis (formerly Erigeron canadensis)

Photo of Johnson grass flower clusters

Johnson Grass

Sorghum halepense

Invasive

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 mist flower or wild ageratum plants with flowers

Mist Flower (Wild Ageratum; Blue Boneset)

Conoclinium coelestinum (formerly Eupatorium coelestinum)

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 northern fog fruit flowering head

Northern Fog Fruit

Lippia lanceolata (formerly Phyla lanceolata)

Photo of pale Indian plantain flower clusters.

Pale Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (also Cacalia atriplicifolia)

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

Pale Touch-Me-Not (Jewelweed)

Impatiens pallida

Photo of pokeweed plant with dangling stalks of ripe and unripe berries.

Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Poisonous

Photo of eastern woodland sedge plant growing among leaf litter.

Sedges

Carex, Schoenoplectus, Scirpus, and other genera

Photo of common gerardia plant with flowers

Slender False Foxglove

Agalinis tenuifolia (formerly Gerardia tenuifolia)

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 tall fescue plants

Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea

Invasive

Photo of a tall thoroughwort plant in bloom.

Tall Thoroughwort (Tall Boneset)

Eupatorium altissimum

Photo of tick trefoil plant with flowers

Tick Trefoils (Sticktights; Beggar's Lice)

Desmodium spp. (17 species in Missouri)

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 white avens flower and upper stem leaves.

White Avens (Red Root)

Geum canadense

Photo of white crownbeard plant with flowers

White Crownbeard

Verbesina virginica

Photo of white heath aster flowers

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly Aster pilosus)

Photo of white snakeroot leaves and flowers

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima (formerly Eupatorium rugosum)

Poisonous

Photo of wild petunia flowers

Wild Petunia (Smooth Ruellia)

Ruellia strepens

Photo of yellow wood sorrel plant showing flowers and leaves.

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Oxalis stricta

Edible