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Photo of Carolina larkspur plants with flowers

Carolina Larkspur (Prairie Larkspur)

Delphinium carolinianum

Poisonous

Photo of several cattail flowering stalks

Cattails

Typha spp.

Edible

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

Climbing False Buckwheat (Crested Buckwheat)

Fallopia scandens (formerly Polygonum scandens)

No photo available

French Grass

Orbexilum onobrychis (formerly Psoralea onobrychis)

Photo of goat's rue showing flower cluster

Goat’s Rue (Hoary Pea)

Tephrosia virginiana

Photo of ground plum, top of plant, showing flowers and several leaves.

Ground Plum (Milk Vetch)

Astragalus crassicarpus (formerly A. mexicanus)

Edible

Photo of hairy vetch flower clusters and leaves

Hairy Vetch

Vicia villosa

Photo of hoary puccoon closeup of flower cluster

Hoary Puccoon (Orange Puccoon)

Lithospermum canescens

Photo of horseweed flowers

Horseweed (Canada Fleabane, Hog Weed)

Conyza canadensis (formerly Erigeron canadensis)

Photo of a huge mass of kudzu vines covering trees and ground

Kudzu

Pueraria montana

Edible

Invasive

Photo of long-bracted wild indigo plant with flowers

Long-Bracted Wild Indigo

Baptisia bracteata (formerly B. leucophaea)

Photo of Missouri bladderpod flowers

Missouri Bladderpod

Physaria filiformis (formerly Lesquerella filiformis)

Endangered

Photo of moth mullein flowers

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Photo of mullein basal leaves

Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Photo of Miami mist flowers

Phacelia (Miami Mist)

Phacelia purshii

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

Prairie Blazing Star (Gayfeather)

Liatris pycnostachya

Edible

Photo of purple prairie clover, closeup of flowerhead

Purple Prairie Clover

Dalea purpurea (formerly Petalostemon purpureum)

Closeup side view of rough blazing star flowerhead

Rough Blazing Star (Rough Gayfeather)

Liatris aspera

Edible

Photo of large group of sericea lespedeza plants

Sericea Lespedeza

Lespedeza cuneata

Invasive

Photo of slender bush clover flowers

Slender Bush Clover

Lespedeza virginica

Photo of southern wild senna showing a flower cluster and a few leaflets.

Southern Wild Senna

Senna marilandica (formerly Cassia marilandica)

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 water smartweed plant and flower cluster

Water Smartweed

Persicaria amphibia (formerly Polygonum amphibium)

Photo of wild comfrey showing flower cluster

Wild Comfrey

Cynoglossum virginianum

Poisonous