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Photo of slender mountain mint flowers

Slender Mountain Mint

Pycnanthemum tenuifolium

Edible

Photo of small bluet flower showing purplish center

Small Bluet (Tiny Bluet)

Houstonia pusilla (H. minima; Hedyotis crassifolia)

Photo of smooth spiderwort flowers being visited by beelike syrphid flies

Smooth Spiderwort

Tradescantia ohiensis

Edible

Photo of soapwort plants and flowers

Soapwort (Bouncing Bet)

Saponaria officinalis

Poisonous

Photo of Solomon’s seal flowers and leaves

Solomon’s Seal

Polygonatum biflorum

Edible

Photo of spotted touch-me-not or jewelweed flower.

Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Jewelweed)

Impatiens capensis

Photo of star of Bethlehem cluster of plants with flowers

Star of Bethlehem

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Poisonous

Photo of many blooming ashy sunflower plants, showing gray-green leaves.

Sunflowers

Helianthus spp.

Photo of swamp milkweed, three plants with flower clusters.

Swamp Milkweed

Asclepias incarnata

Photo of tall bellflower stalk with flowers

Tall Bellflower (American Bellflower)

Campanula americana

Photo of tall fescue plants

Tall Fescue

Festuca arundinacea

Invasive

Photo of a tall thoroughwort plant in bloom.

Tall Thoroughwort (Tall Boneset)

Eupatorium altissimum

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

Teasels

Dipsacus fullonum and D. laciniatus

Invasive

Photo of tickseed coreopsis flowerhead

Tickseed Coreopsis

Coreopsis lanceolata

Photo of many tickseed sunflower flowerheads.

Tickseed Sunflower (Bearded Beggarticks)

Bidens aristosa

Photo of viper’s bugloss, closeup of flower

Viper's Bugloss

Echium vulgare

Photo of water primrose plant showing typical roots, leaves, stems, and a flower

Water Primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Photo of water smartweed plant and flower cluster

Water Smartweed

Persicaria amphibia (formerly Polygonum amphibium)

Photo of western goat's beard or salsify flower

Western Goat's Beard (Yellow Salsify)

Tragopogon dubius

Photo of western ironweed flower clusters and leaves

Western Ironweed (Baldwin's Ironweed)

Vernonia baldwinii

Photo of white anemone

White Anemone (Windflower)

Anemone canadensis

Photo of white avens flower and upper stem leaves.

White Avens (Red Root)

Geum canadense

Photo of white crownbeard plant with flowers

White Crownbeard

Verbesina virginica

Photo of white heath aster flowers

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly Aster pilosus)

Photo of white snakeroot leaves and flowers

White Snakeroot

Ageratina altissima (formerly Eupatorium rugosum)

Poisonous

Photo of wild bergamot or horsemint plant with lavender flowers

Wild Bergamot

Monarda fistulosa

Edible

Photo of wild four-o'clock flower

Wild Four-O’Clock

Mirabilis nyctaginea

Poisonous

Photo of wild geranium plant with flowers

Wild Geranium (Crane’s Bill)

Geranium maculatum

Photo of wild hyacinth flower cluster

Wild Hyacinth

Camassia scilloides

Edible

Photo of pink wild onion flower clusters

Wild Onion

Allium stellatum

Edible

Photo of wild petunia flowers

Wild Petunia (Smooth Ruellia)

Ruellia strepens

Photo of wood nettle leaves at top of plant.

Wood Nettle (Stinging Nettle)

Laportea canadensis

Edible

Photo of woollen breeches flower cluster

Woollen Breeches (Great Waterleaf)

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum

Photo of two yellow coneflower flowerheads

Yellow Coneflower

Echinacea paradoxa

Photo of yellow rocket flower clusters

Yellow Rocket

Barbarea vulgaris

Edible

Photo of yellow violet plant with flower

Yellow Violet

Viola pubescens (formerly V. pensylvanica)

Edible

Photo of soapweed, a type of yucca

Yuccas (Spanish Bayonet; Soapweed)

Yucca smalliana, Y. glauca, and Y. arkansana

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