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Photo of American feverfew flower cluster.

American Feverfew

Parthenium integrifolium

Photo of black medick closeup of cloverlike yellow flowerhead

Black Medick

Medicago lupulina

Photo of black mustard flower cluster

Black Mustard

Brassica nigra

Edible

Photo of buffalo bur flower and leaves.

Buffalo Bur (Kansas Thistle)

Solanum rostratum

Poisonous

Photo of Carolina false dandelion flowerhead.

Carolina False Dandelion

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Edible

Photo of common jimsonweed flower

Common Jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Poisonous

Photo of common violet

Common Violet

Viola sororia

Edible

Photo of common water hemlock or spotted cowbane flowers

Common Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Poisonous

Photo of dead nettle stalk with flowers

Dead Nettle

Lamium purpureum

Photo of false dragonhead plant with flowers

False Dragonhead (Obedient Plant)

Physostegia virginiana

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 henbit plants with flowers

Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Edible

Photo of horse nettle flowers and leaves

Horse Nettle

Solanum carolinense

Poisonous

Photo of a clump of hydrilla held in a hand

Hydrilla

Hydrilla verticillata

Invasive

Photo of a musk thistle blooming flower head.

Musk Thistle (Nodding Thistle)

Carduus nutans

Invasive

Photo of southern naiad aquatic plant with a penny for scale

Naiads (Water Nymphs; Waterweeds)

Najas spp.

Photo of northern fog fruit flowering head

Northern Fog Fruit

Lippia lanceolata (formerly Phyla lanceolata)

Photo of three ox-eye or false sunflower flowerheads

Ox-Eye (Sunflower Heliopsis; False Sunflower)

Heliopsis helianthoides

Photo of leaf cup flower

Pale-Flowered Leaf Cup

Polymnia canadensis

Purple Coneflower

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Photo of rose verbena, or rose vervain, flower cluster showing leaves

Rose Verbena (Rose Vervain)

Glandularia canadensis (formerly Verbena canadensis)

Photo of shepherd’s purse plant and flowers

Shepherd's Purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Edible

Photo of cut-leaved teasel showing flowerhead and joined, cuplike leaves.

Teasels

Dipsacus fullonum and D. laciniatus

Invasive

Photo of water milfoil plants along the shore of a pond

Water Milfoils

Myriophyllum spp.

Photo of western ironweed flower clusters and leaves

Western Ironweed (Baldwin's Ironweed)

Vernonia baldwinii

Photo of white sweet clover flower cluster showing stalk and flowers.

White and Yellow Sweet Clovers

Melilotus albus and M. officinale

Invasive

Photo of white avens flower and upper stem leaves.

White Avens (Red Root)

Geum canadense

Photo of yellow crownbeard flowerhead.

Yellow Crownbeard

Verbesina helianthoides