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    Photo of blue cardinal flower flowering stalk

    Blue Cardinal Flower (Great Blue Lobelia)

    Lobelia siphilitica
    Photo of Canada thistle flowers

    Canada Thistle

    Cirsium arvense
    invasive icon

    Invasive

    Photo of Carolina larkspur plants with flowers

    Carolina Larkspur (Prairie Larkspur)

    Delphinium carolinianum
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    Poisonous

    Photo of a chicory plant.

    Chicory

    Cichorium intybus
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    Edible

    Photo of clasping Venus' looking glass, a blue wildflower

    Clasping Venus’ Looking Glass

    Triodanis perfoliata (formerly Specularia perfoliata)
    Photo of a cornflower, closeup of a flowerhead.

    Cornflower (Bachelor’s Button)

    Centaurea cyanus
    Photo of elephant's foot closeup of flowers

    Elephant’s Foot

    Elephantopus carolinianus
    No photo available

    French Grass

    Orbexilum onobrychis (formerly Psoralea onobrychis)
    Photo of ground plum, top of plant, showing flowers and several leaves.

    Ground Plum (Milk Vetch)

    Astragalus crassicarpus (formerly A. mexicanus)
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    Edible

    Photo of hairy vetch flower clusters and leaves

    Hairy Vetch

    Vicia villosa
    Image of Johnny-jump-up.

    Johnny-Jump-Up (Field Pansy)

    Viola bicolor
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    Edible

    Photo of Korean lespedeza plant with flowers

    Korean Lespedeza (Korean Clover)

    Kummerowia stipulacea (formerly Lespedeza stipulacea)
    Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

    Milkweeds

    Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
    Photo of New England aster plants with flowers

    New England Aster

    Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae)
    Photo of pale purple coneflower showing white pollen among disk florets

    Pale Purple Coneflower

    Echinacea pallida
    Photo of blooming passionflower

    Passion Flower

    Passiflora incarnata
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    Edible

    Photo of Miami mist flowers

    Phacelia (Miami Mist)

    Phacelia purshii
    No photo available

    Philadelphia Fleabane

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

    Prairie Blazing Star (Gayfeather)

    Liatris pycnostachya
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    Edible

    Photo of prairie milkweed plant in flower.

    Prairie Milkweed (Tall Green Milkweed)

    Asclepias hirtella
    Closeup side view of rough blazing star flowerhead

    Rough Blazing Star (Rough Gayfeather)

    Liatris aspera
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    Edible

    Photo of large group of sericea lespedeza plants

    Sericea Lespedeza

    Lespedeza cuneata
    invasive icon

    Invasive

    Photo of spiked lobelia flower stalk.

    Spiked Lobelia

    Lobelia spicata
    spotted knapweed

    Spotted Knapweed

    Centaurea stoebe
    invasive icon

    Invasive

    Photo of tall bellflower stalk with flowers

    Tall Bellflower (American Bellflower)

    Campanula americana
    Photo of tall thistle plants with flowers

    Tall Thistle

    Cirsium altissimum
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    Edible

    Photo of tick trefoil plant with flowers

    Tick Trefoils (Sticktights; Beggar's Lice)

    Desmodium spp. (17 species in Missouri)
    Photo of viper’s bugloss, closeup of flower

    Viper's Bugloss

    Echium vulgare
    Photo of wild comfrey showing flower cluster

    Wild Comfrey

    Cynoglossum virginianum
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    Poisonous

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