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Blue Phlox (Wild Sweet William)
Phlox divaricata
Blue-Eyed Mary
Collinsia verna
Clasping Venus’ Looking Glass
Triodanis perfoliata (formerly Specularia perfoliata)
Common Dayflower
Commelina communis
Edible
Common Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
French Grass
Orbexilum onobrychis (formerly Psoralea onobrychis)
Glade Coneflower
Echinacea simulata
Goat’s Rue (Hoary Pea)
Tephrosia virginiana
Ground Plum (Milk Vetch)
Astragalus crassicarpus (formerly A. mexicanus)
Edible
Johnson Grass
Sorghum halepense
Invasive
Meadow Parsnip
Thaspium trifoliatum
Milkweeds
Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Narrow-Leaved Vervain
Verbena simplex
Northern Fog Fruit
Lippia lanceolata (formerly Phyla lanceolata)
Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Phacelia (Miami Mist)
Phacelia purshii
Philadelphia Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus
Purple Milkweed
Asclepias purpurascens
Rose Verbena (Rose Vervain)
Glandularia canadensis (formerly Verbena canadensis)
Self-Heal (Heal-All)
Prunella vulgaris
Edible
Sensitive Briar
Mimosa quadrivalvis (also Schrankia nuttallii)
Slender Bush Clover
Lespedeza virginica
Spiked Lobelia
Lobelia spicata
Spotted Knapweed
Centaurea stoebe
Invasive
Viper's Bugloss
Echium vulgare
Western Ironweed (Baldwin's Ironweed)
Vernonia baldwinii
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Edible
Wild Comfrey
Cynoglossum virginianum
Poisonous
Wild Geranium (Crane’s Bill)
Geranium maculatum
Wild Petunia (Smooth Ruellia)
Ruellia strepens
Woollen Breeches (Great Waterleaf)
Hydrophyllum appendiculatum
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