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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aegopodium podagrariaGround Elder, Bishop's goutweed, Goutweed, Ground Elder, Bishop's Weed32
Agrimonia eupatoriaAgrimony, Churchsteeples23
Alliaria petiolataGarlic Mustard32
Allium ampeloprasumWild Leek, Broadleaf wild leek53
Allium molyGolden Garlic, Ornamental Onion42
Allium paradoxumFew-Flowered Leek52
Allium roseumRosy Garlic32
Allium schoenoprasumChives, Wild chives, Flowering Onion52
Allium triquetrumThree-Cornered Leek52
Allium ursinumWild Garlic53
Angelica sylvestrisWild Angelica,Woodland angelica32
Anthriscus cerefoliumChervil, Garden chervil32
Anthriscus sylvestrisCow Parsley, Wild chervil21
Arabidopsis thalianaThale Cress, Mouseear cress01
Artemisia vulgarisMugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood23
Arum italicumItalian lords and ladies, Italian Arum20
Arum maculatumCuckoo Pint21
Asplenium adiantum-nigrumBlack Spleenwort02
Athyrium filix-feminaLady Fern, Common ladyfern, Subarctic ladyfern, Asplenium ladyfern, Southern Lady Fern, Tatting Fer12
Atropa bella-donnaDeadly Nightshade, Belladonna03
Barbarea vulgarisYellow Rocket, Garden yellowrocket31
Borago officinalisBorage, Common borage,Cool-tankard, Tailwort33
Bromus ramosusHairy Brome01
Bryonia albaWhite Bryony12
Bryonia dioicaRed Bryony, Cretan bryony12
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Calystegia sepiumHedge Bindweed, Hedge false bindweed, Appalachia false bindweed, Bingham's false bindweed21
Campanula latifoliaLarge Campanula, Giant bellflower31
Campanula rapunculusRampion40
Centaurea jaceaBrown Knapweed11
Centranthus ruberRed Valerian, Fox's Brush, Jupiter's Beard21
Chelidonium majusGreater Celandine, Swallow Wort, Greater Celandine13
Clematis vitalbaTraveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis12
Conopodium majusPignut30
Convolvulus arvensisField Bindweed12
Cruciata laevipesCrosswort, Smooth bedstraw22
Dryopteris dilatataShield Fern24
Elytrigia repensCouch Grass, Quackgrass23
Epilobium tetragonumSquare-Stemmed Willow Herb10
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Galium mollugoHedge Bedstraw, False baby's breath12
Geranium dissectumCut-Leafed Cranesbill, Cutleaf geranium12
Geranium lucidumShining geranium01
Geranium robertianumHerb Robert, Robert geranium02
Geranium rotundifoliumRoundleaf geranium01
Geranium sylvaticumWood Cranesbill, Woodland geranium00
Geum rivaleWater Avens, Purple avens32
Geum urbanumWood Avens, Bennet's Root - Old man's whiskers, Herb bennet33
Glechoma hederaceaGround Ivy, Field Balm, Gill Over The Ground, Runaway Robin23
Hedera helixIvy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy03
Heracleum sphondyliumCow Parsnip, Eltrot32
Hesperis matronalisSweet Rocket, Dames rocket,21
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Hypericum androsaemumTutsan, Sweet-amber, St. Johnswort01
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Iris foetidissimaStinking Gladwin, Stinking iris, Gladwin Iris02
Knautia arvensisField Scabious, Field scabiosa02
Lamium albumWhite Dead Nettle23
Lamium galeobdolonYellow Archangel21
Lathyrus linifolius montanusBitter Vetch20
Lathyrus pratensisMeadow Vetchling01
Lathyrus tuberosusEarthnut Pea, Tuberous sweetpea50
Leonurus cardiacaMotherwort, Common motherwort23
Leucojum vernumSpring Snowflake00
Ligustrum vulgarePrivet, European privet , Common Privet01
Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax, Butter and eggs12
Lithospermum officinaleGromwell, European stoneseed12
Lonicera periclymenumHoneysuckle, European honeysuckle12
Lysimachia nemorumYellow Pimpernel01
Malva moschataMusk Mallow52
Malva sylvestrisMallow, High mallow, French Hollyhock, Common Mallow, Tree Mallow, Tall Mallow33
Mercurialis annuaAnnual Mercury11
Muscari comosumTassel Hyacinth, Tassel grape hyacinth31
Myrrhis odorataSweet Cicely, Anise43
Nepeta catariaCatmint, Catnip32
Parietaria judaicaPellitory Of The Wall, Spreading pellitory23
Pentaglottis sempervirensEvergreen bugloss10
Petroselinum segetumCorn Caraway10
Picris echioidesBristly Ox-Tongue20
Picris hieracioidesHawkweed Ox-Tongue21
Pimpinella majorGreater Burnet Saxifrage, Hollowstem burnet saxifrage12
Pimpinella saxifragaBurnet Saxifrage, Solidstem burnet saxifrage22
Polygonum dumetorumClimbing false buckwheat11
Potentilla erectaTormentil, Erect cinquefoil13
Primula verisCowslip, Cowslip primrose33
Primula vulgarisPrimrose, Common Primrose, English Primrose33
Pulmonaria officinalisLungwort, Common lungwort, Jerusalem Sage, Jerusalem Cowslip23
Rubia peregrinaWild Madder01
Rubia tinctorumMadder, Dyer's madder02
Rubus fruticosusBlackberry, Shrubby blackberry53
Rumex obtusifoliusRound-Leaved Dock, Bitter dock12
Sambucus ebulusDwarf Elder, Dwarf elderberry12
Saponaria officinalisSoapwort, Bouncingbet03
Scrophularia nodosaKnotted Figwort, Woodland figwort13
Sedum telephiumOrpine12
Silene dioicaRed Campion, Red catchfly00
Silene latifoliaWhite Campion, Bladder campion00
Sison amomumBastard Stone-Parsley21
Sisymbrium officinaleHedge Mustard12
Smyrnium olusatrumAlexanders31
Smyrnium perfoliatum 30
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Solidago virgaureaGoldenrod13
Stachys germanicaDowny Woundwort, German hedgenettle02
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stachys sylvaticaHedge Woundwort, Whitespot01
Stellaria neglectaGreater Chickweed, Common chickweed10
Succisa pratensisDevil's Bit Scabious, Devilsbit22
Symphytum grandiflorumGround Cover Comfrey, Comfrey00
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Tamus communisBlack Bryony12
Tanacetum vulgareTansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy22
Torilis japonicaUpright Hedge Parsley, Erect hedgeparsley21
Tritonia crocata 10
Tussilago farfaraColtsfoot33
Urtica dioicaStinging Nettle, California nettle55
Valerianella locustaCorn Salad, Lewiston cornsalad40
Verbascum nigrumDark Mullein, Black mullein03
Veronica chamaedrysGermander Speedwell11
Veronica officinalisCommon Speedwell12
Vicia craccaTufted Vetch, Bird vetch, Cow vetch11
Vicia sativaWinter Tares, Garden vetch, Subterranean vetch30
Vicia sativa leucospermaWinter Tares30
Vicia sepiumBush Vetch10
Vinca majorGreater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle03
Vinca minorLesser Periwinkle, Flower of Death, English Holly, Creeping Myrtle, Creeping Vinca, Common Periwink03
Viola odorataSweet Violet, English Violet, Garden Violet, Sweet Violet, Florist's Violet53
Viola rivinianaWood Violet30
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