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Photo of an Engelmann’s adder’s tongue with a black background

Adder's Tongues

Ophioglossum spp.

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

Photo of clasping Venus' looking glass, a blue wildflower

Clasping Venus’ Looking Glass

Triodanis perfoliata (formerly Specularia perfoliata)

Photo of climbing false buckwheat vines, leaves, and flowers.

Climbing False Buckwheat (Crested Buckwheat)

Fallopia scandens (formerly Polygonum scandens)

Photo of tall thoroughwort plant with flowers

Common Boneset (Thoroughwort)

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Photo of common ground cherry flower

Common Ground Cherry

Physalis longifolia

Edible

Common purslane plant growing on bare, dry soil

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Edible

Rope dodder stems

Dodders

Cuscuta spp.

Photo of Florida lettuce flower closeup with syrphid fly

Florida Lettuce (Woodland Lettuce)

Lactuca floridana

Edible

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 hispid buttercup plant with flower

Hispid Buttercup

Ranunculus hispidus

Photo of horseweed flowers

Horseweed (Canada Fleabane, Hog Weed)

Conyza canadensis (formerly Erigeron canadensis)

Photo of Indian hemp plant

Indian Hemp (Dogbane)

Apocynum cannabinum

Poisonous

Photo of Johnson grass flower clusters

Johnson Grass

Sorghum halepense

Invasive

Photo of lance-leaved loosestrife plant with flowers

Lance-Leaved Loosestrife

Lysimachia lanceolata

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 mullein basal leaves

Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

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 Ohio horsemint inflorescence

Ohio Horsemint

Blephilia ciliata

Edible

Photo of pale Indian plantain flower clusters.

Pale Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (also Cacalia atriplicifolia)

No photo available

Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus

Photo of pussytoes showing fuzzy white flowering heads

Plainleaf Pussytoes (Indian Tobacco)

Antennaria parlinii

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 shining blue star flower cluster

Shining Blue Star

Amsonia illustris

Photo of slender mountain mint flowers

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Edible

Photo of spring beauty plants and flowers

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Edible

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 western ironweed flower clusters and leaves

Western Ironweed (Baldwin's Ironweed)

Vernonia baldwinii

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 wholeleaf rosinweed flowerhead

Wholeleaf Rosinweed

Silphium integrifolium

Photo of wild potato vine flowers and leaves

Wild Potato Vine

Ipomoea pandurata

Edible

Photo of winged loosestrife plants and flowers

Winged Loosestrife

Lythrum alatum