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Photo of autumn sneezeweed flowerheads, closeup.

Autumn Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Photo of blue cardinal flower flowering stalk

Blue Cardinal Flower (Great Blue Lobelia)

Lobelia siphilitica

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 Carolina false dandelion flowerhead.

Carolina False Dandelion

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Edible

Photo of clasping Venus' looking glass, a blue wildflower

Clasping Venus’ Looking Glass

Triodanis perfoliata (formerly Specularia perfoliata)

Photo of tall thoroughwort plant with flowers

Common Boneset (Thoroughwort)

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Photo of common ground cherry flower

Common Ground Cherry

Physalis longifolia

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

Photo of cup plant flowerhead.

Cup Plant (Cup Rosinweed; Carpenter's Weed)

Silphium perfoliatum

Photo of false dragonhead plant with flowers

False Dragonhead (Obedient Plant)

Physostegia virginiana

Photo of Florida lettuce flower closeup with syrphid fly

Florida Lettuce (Woodland Lettuce)

Lactuca floridana

Edible

Photo of a giant ragweed plant.

Giant Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

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 hispid buttercup plant with flower

Hispid Buttercup

Ranunculus hispidus

Photo of common scouring rush, many stems in a colony

Horsetails (Scouring Rushes)

Equisetum (3 spp. in Missouri)

Photo of the upper portions of two Jerusalem artichoke plants.

Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunflower Artichoke)

Helianthus tuberosus

Edible

Photo of a large-flowered gaura inflorescence

Large-Flowered Gaura

Oenothera filiformis (formerly Gaura longiflora, G. biennis)

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 Ohio horsemint inflorescence

Ohio Horsemint

Blephilia ciliata

Edible

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

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Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus

Photo of purple-headed sneezeweed flowerhead showing round, purplish disk.

Purple-Headed Sneezeweed

Helenium flexuosum

Photo of sawtooth sunflower flowerhead.

Sawtooth Sunflower

Helianthus grosseserratus

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 a tall thoroughwort plant in bloom.

Tall Thoroughwort (Tall Boneset)

Eupatorium altissimum

Photo of many tickseed sunflower flowerheads.

Tickseed Sunflower (Bearded Beggarticks)

Bidens aristosa

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 crownbeard plant with flowers

White Crownbeard

Verbesina virginica

Photo of white snakeroot leaves and flowers

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima (formerly Eupatorium rugosum)

Poisonous

Photo of wood nettle leaves at top of plant.

Wood Nettle (Stinging Nettle)

Laportea canadensis

Edible