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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acaenia anserinifoliaPirri-Pirri Bur11
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Aleurites fordiiTung Tree, Tung Oil Tree, Wood Oil Tree China13
Alopecurus aequalisShortawn Foxtail, Sonoma shortawn foxtail11
Amaranthus bidentata 21
Ampelopsis brevipedunculataPorcelain Berry, Amur peppervine, Blueberry Climber, Porcelain Berry Vine22
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Antirrhinum majusSnapdragon, Garden snapdragon11
Arctium lappaGreat Burdock, Gobo45
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing13
Aristolochia molissima 02
Arnica angustifolia alpinaMountain Tobacco03
Arnica cordifoliaHeartleaf Arnica02
Arnica diversifoliaRayless arnica01
Arnica fulgensHillside Arnica, Foothill arnica02
Arnica montanaArnica, Mountain arnica03
Artemisia anomala 02
Artemisia caruifolia 13
Artemisia vestitaRussian Wormwood01
Bassia scopariaSummer Cypress, Burningbush22
Begonia grandis evansianaHardy Begonia02
Begonia palmata 11
Bletilla striataHyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid03
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Calendula arvensisField Marigold23
Calendula officinaliscalendula, Pot Marigold35
Callicarpa pedunculata 02
Campanula parryiParry's Bellflower, Idaho bellflower11
Carpesium abrotanoides 22
Celastrus orbiculatusOriental Bittersweet12
Chamaedaphne calyculataLeather Leaf11
Chenopodium albumFat Hen, Lambsquarters32
Chenopodium capitatumStrawberry Blite, Blite goosefoot31
Chimonanthus praecoxWinter Sweet21
Cicerbita alpinaBlue Sow Thistle21
Cirsium arvenseCreeping Thistle, Canada thistle22
Cocculus orbiculatusQueen coralbead12
Coptis trifoliaGoldthread, Threeleaf goldthread22
Coriaria sinica 21
Cornus controversaGiant Dogwood, Wedding Cake Tree,21
Dalbergia hupeana 11
Daphne odoraWinter Daphne, Fragrant Daphne02
Dendranthema indicumChrysanthemum23
Dianthus chinensisChinese Pink, Rainbow pink, Annual Pink, China Pink03
Duchesnea indicaMock Strawberry, Indian strawberry22
Elytrigia repensCouch Grass, Quackgrass23
Euonymus alatusWinged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree12
Euonymus alatus apterusWinged Spindle Tree12
Fagopyrum dibotrysPerennial Buckwheat42
Firmiana simplexChinese Parasol Tree, Chinese parasoltree, Japanese Varnish Tree, Chinese Parasol Tree11
Forsythia suspensaLian Qiao, Weeping forsythia13
Fortunella japonicaRound Kumquat31
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Galium gracile 12
Glechoma hederaceaGround Ivy, Field Balm, Gill Over The Ground, Runaway Robin23
Glycyrrhiza uralensisGan Cao34
Gnaphalium keriense 01
Helenium amarumBitter Sneezeweed, Sneezeweed01
Heuchera diversifoliaAlum Root, Crevice alumroot11
Heuchera micranthaAlum Root, Crevice alumroot, Hartweg's alumroot, Coral Bells12
Hibiscus mutabilisCotton Rose, Dixie rosemallow22
Hibiscus sinosyriacusRose Of Sharon42
Hibiscus syriacusRose Of Sharon, Althaea, Shrub Althea, Hardy Hibiscus42
Houttuynia cordataTsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant43
Hypericum japonicumMatted St. John's Wort02
Ilex asprella 02
Inula cappaSheep's Ear02
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Juniperus monospermaOne-Seed Juniper32
Justicia gendarussa 02
Justicia procumbens 22
Leptospermum ericoides 11
Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax, Butter and eggs12
Lindera strychnifolia 02
Liquidambar formosanaFormosan Gum, Chinese Sweet Gum, Formosa Sweet Gum03
Litsea cubebaMountain Pepper, Litsea22
Lobelia radicans 03
Lomatium utriculatumCommon Lomatium31
Lysimachia christiniaeJin Qian Cao02
Mahonia bealeiBeale's barberry, Leatherleaf Mahonia32
Malva moschataMusk Mallow52
Malva neglectaDwarf Mallow, Common mallow42
Malva sylvestrisMallow, High mallow, French Hollyhock, Common Mallow, Tree Mallow, Tall Mallow33
Marsilea quadrifoliaWater Clover, European waterclover12
Mentha arvensisCorn Mint, Wild mint32
Mentha arvensis piperascensJapanese Mint32
Narcissus tazettaBunchflower Daffodil, Cream narcissus02
Oenothera albicaulisWhitest Evening Primrose21
Oplopanax horridusDevil's Club22
Oplopanax japonicus 21
Oxalis corniculataYellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel22
Panax pseudoginseng notoginsengSan Qi15
Paris polyphyllaHerb Paris12
Patrinia scabiosifoliaEastern Valerian, Scabious Patrinia13
Physalis alkekengiWinter Cherry, Strawberry groundcherry,Ground Cherry, Chinese Lantern22
Phytolacca esculenta 22
Pinellia pedatisectaHu Zhang02
Pinellia ternataBan Xia, Crowdipper13
Platycodon grandiflorusBalloon Flower23
Podophyllum aurantiocaule 22
Polygala japonica 12
Polygonum aviculareKnotweed, Prostrate knotweed23
Polygonum japonicumJapanese Knotweed, Mexican Bamboo, Japanese Knotweed33
Polygonum tinctorium 12
Polypodium lineare 01
Pseudognaphalium obtusifoliumWhite Balsam, Rabbit-tobacco02
Rhus chinensisChinese Gall, Chinese sumac23
Rosa x beanii 21
Rubia cordifoliaIndian Madder23
Rubia manjithIndian Madder12
Rubus parviflorusThimbleberry33
Sambucus ebulusDwarf Elder, Dwarf elderberry12
Sambucus javanicaChinese Elder12
Sambucus wightianaElder02
Saururus chinensis 02
Saxifraga stoloniferaStrawberry Saxifrage, Creeping Saxifrage, Strawberry Geranium, Strawberry Begonia22
Scrophularia ningpoensis 03
Sedum kamtschaticumOrange stonecrop, Kamschataka Sedum, Kamschataka Stonecrop12
Sedum makinoiStonecrop, Sedum12
Sedum spectabileIce Plant21
Solanum nigrumBlack Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Poisonberry, Black Nightshade22
Solanum scabrumGarden Huckleberry32
Solanum tuberosumPotato, Irish potato52
Tinospora sagittata 01
Trichosanthes ovigeraJapanese Snake Gourd22
Trigonella foenum-graecumFenugreek, Sicklefruit fenugreek45
Tripterygium wilfordii 02
Vaccaria hispanicaCow Cockle, Cow soapwort13
Veronicastrum axillare 02
Viola japonicaJapanese violet32
Wyethia mollisWoolly Wyethia, Woolly mule-ears41
Zanthoxylum nitidum 02
Zanthoxylum simulansSzechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash32
Erythrina edulisBalu. Andean tree bean32
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Vernicia fordiiTung Tree, Tung Nut13
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