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Photo of prairie showing big bluestem leaves and flowering stalks

Big Bluestem

Andropogon gerardii

Photo of blooming bitterweed plant shown from top.

Bitterweed (Bitter Sneezeweed)

Helenium amarum

Photo of blue-eyed grass flower closeup

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium campestre

Photo of several cattail flowering stalks

Cattails

Typha spp.

Edible

No photo available

Caucasian Bluestem

Bothriochloa bladhii

Invasive

Deptfort pink blooming in an open area

Deptford Pink

Dianthus armeria

Photo of false garlic flowers

False Garlic

Nothoscordum bivalve

Photo of field milkwort flowerheads.

Field Milkwort

Polygala sanguinea

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 Japanese stiltgrass

Japanese Stiltgrass (Eulalia)

Microstegium vimineum

Invasive

Photo of Johnson grass flower clusters

Johnson Grass

Sorghum halepense

Invasive

Photo of dense stand of prairie blazing star or gayfeather at Pawnee Prairie

Prairie Blazing Star (Gayfeather)

Liatris pycnostachya

Edible

Photo of prairie milkweed plant in flower.

Prairie Milkweed (Tall Green Milkweed)

Asclepias hirtella

Photo of purple prairie clover, closeup of flowerhead

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea (formerly Petalostemon purpureum)

Photo of several reed canary grass plants with flowering heads

Reed Canary Grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Invasive

Closeup side view of rough blazing star flowerhead

Rough Blazing Star (Rough Gayfeather)

Liatris aspera

Edible

Photo of common gerardia plant with flowers

Slender False Foxglove

Agalinis tenuifolia (formerly Gerardia tenuifolia)

Photo of slender mountain mint flowers

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Edible

Photo of smooth spiderwort flowers being visited by beelike syrphid flies

Smooth Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Edible

Photo of star of Bethlehem cluster of plants with flowers

Star of Bethlehem

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Poisonous

Photo of tall fescue plants

Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea

Invasive

White upland aster goldenrod inflorescence in a prairie

Upland White Goldenrod

Solidago ptermicoides (formerly Aster ptarmicoides)

Photo of white heath aster flowers

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly Aster pilosus)

Whorled milkweed flowers.

Whorled Milkweed (Horsetail Milkweed)

Asclepias verticillata

Photo of wild hyacinth flower cluster

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

Edible

Photo of yellow bluestem plant

Yellow Bluestem

Bothriochloa ischaemum

Invasive

Photo of soapweed, a type of yucca

Yuccas (Spanish Bayonet; Soapweed)

Yucca smalliana, Y. glauca, and Y. arkansana