Latin Name | Common Name | Edibility Rating | Medicinal Rating |
Abelmoschus manihot | Aibika | 4 | 1 |
Achillea millefolium | Yarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow | 3 | 4 |
Achillea ptarmica | Sneeze-Wort, Sneezeweed | 2 | 1 |
Achillea sibirica | Siberian Yarrow | 1 | 1 |
Achyranthes bidentata | Niu Xi | 2 | 3 |
Achyranthes faureri | | 1 | 1 |
Acorus calamus | Sweet Flag - Calamus | 3 | 4 |
Acorus gramineus | Grass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag | 3 | 3 |
Actaea pachypoda | White Baneberry | 0 | 2 |
Adiantum capillus-veneris | Maidenhair Fern, Common maidenhair, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Maidenhair Fern, Venus's Hair Fe | 2 | 2 |
Adiantum pedatum | Northern Maidenhair,American Maidenhair Fern | 0 | 2 |
Adiantum venustum | Evergreen Maidenhair Fern | 0 | 1 |
Ailanthus altissima | Tree Of Heaven | 1 | 3 |
Ajuga chamaepitys | Ground Pine, Yellow bugle | 0 | 2 |
Akebia quinata | Akebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine | 4 | 2 |
Akebia trifoliata | Akebia, Threeleaf Akebia | 4 | 2 |
Alchemilla alpina | Alpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle | 2 | 3 |
Alchemilla xanthochlora | Lady's Mantle | 2 | 3 |
Allium macrostemon | No-Binu | 3 | 2 |
Alnus viridis crispa | American Green Alder | 1 | 2 |
Aloe vera | Aloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe | 1 | 5 |
Amaranthus bidentata | | 2 | 1 |
Amaranthus spinosus | Spiny Amaranth | 2 | 3 |
Angelica acutiloba | Dong Dang Gui | 2 | 1 |
Angelica atropurpurea | Purplestem Angelica | 2 | 2 |
Angelica pubescens | Du Huo | 2 | 3 |
Angelica uchiyamanae | | 0 | 1 |
Anthemis cotula | Mayweed, Stinking chamomile | 1 | 2 |
Anthemis tinctoria | Yellow Camomile, Golden chamomile, Dyers' Chamomile, Golden Marguerite | 0 | 1 |
Apium graveolens | Wild Celery. Ajmod, Ajwain-ka-patta (Indian) | 3 | 3 |
Apium graveolens dulce | Celery | 4 | 2 |
Apium graveolens rapaceum | Celeriac | 4 | 2 |
Apium graveolens secalinum | Leaf Celery | 4 | 2 |
Aristolochia clematitis | Birthwort | 0 | 2 |
Aristolochia rotunda | Snakeroot | 0 | 2 |
Artemisia abrotanum | Southernwood | 1 | 3 |
Artemisia campestris | Field Southernwood | 0 | 2 |
Artemisia dracunculoides | Russian Tarragon, Tarragon, French Tarragon | 2 | 1 |
Artemisia dracunculus | Tarragon, French Tarragon | 4 | 2 |
Artemisia indica | | 1 | 3 |
Artemisia lactiflora | White Mugwort | 0 | 2 |
Artemisia maritima | Sea Wormwood | 1 | 2 |
Artemisia mexicana | Mexican White Sagebrush | 0 | 1 |
Artemisia sieversiana | | 1 | 2 |
Artemisia vulgaris | Mugwort, Common wormwood, Felon Herb, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood | 2 | 3 |
Asphodelus aestivus | | 3 | 1 |
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum | Black Spleenwort | 0 | 2 |
Asplenium ruta-muraria | Wall Rue, Lance asplenium | 0 | 2 |
Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort, Dense spleenwort, Toothed spleenwort, Brightgreen spleenwort | 1 | 1 |
Astragalus floridus | Duo Hua Huang Qi | 0 | 2 |
Beta vulgaris altissima | Sugar Beet | 4 | 2 |
Beta vulgaris craca | Beetroot | 4 | 2 |
Beta vulgaris flavescens | Swiss Chard | 4 | 2 |
Beta vulgaris maritima | Sea Beet | 2 | 2 |
Bidens bipinnata | Spanish Needles | 2 | 2 |
Bidens tripartita | Burr Marigold, Threelobe beggarticks | 2 | 2 |
Bupleurum chinense | Bei Chai Hu | 2 | 3 |
Bupleurum falcatum | Thorow-Wax | 2 | 2 |
Bupleurum longiradiatum | | 1 | 2 |
Caesalpinia decapetala | Mysore Thorn, Shoofly | 0 | 2 |
Calendula arvensis | Field Marigold | 2 | 3 |
Calendula officinalis | calendula, Pot Marigold | 3 | 5 |
Calycanthus floridus glaucus | Eastern Sweetshrub | 2 | 1 |
Camphorosma monspeliaca | | 0 | 1 |
Cannabis sativa | Hemp, Marijuana | 4 | 4 |
Capparis spinosa | Caper,Common Caper, Caper Bush | 2 | 3 |
Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepherd's Purse | 3 | 2 |
Caragana arborescens | Siberian Pea Tree, Siberian peashrub | 5 | 1 |
Cardiospermum halicacabum | Heart Seed, Balloon vine | 1 | 2 |
Carum carvi | Caraway | 4 | 3 |
Caulophyllum robustum | Papoose Root | 2 | 2 |
Caulophyllum thalictroides | Papoose Root, Blue cohosh | 1 | 3 |
Celastrus dependens | | 1 | 2 |
Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower, Garden cornflower, Blue Bottle, Cornflower | 2 | 2 |
Centaurea montana | Mountain Cornflower, Perennial cornflower, Mountain Bluet | 0 | 2 |
Chenopodium vulvaria | Stinking Goosefoot. Arrach - Wormseed | 2 | 1 |
Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle, Canada thistle | 2 | 2 |
Cirsium spicatum | | 3 | 1 |
Cistus creticus | Rock Rose, Cretan rockrose | 2 | 2 |
Cistus ladanifer | Labdanum, Common gum cistus | 2 | 2 |
Clematis mandschurica | | 0 | 2 |
Cnicus benedictus | Blessed Thistle | 2 | 3 |
Codonopsis lanceolata | Todok | 2 | 2 |
Conyza canadensis | Canada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed | 1 | 3 |
Corydalis ambigua | | 1 | 3 |
Corydalis intermedia | | 0 | 1 |
Crocus nudiflorus | | 2 | 3 |
Crocus sativus | Saffron | 3 | 3 |
Cunila origanoides | Stone Mint, Common dittany | 2 | 2 |
Cycas revoluta | Japanese Sago Palm, Sago palm, King Sago Palm | 2 | 2 |
Cyperus esculentus | Tiger Nut, Yellow nutsedge, Nut Grass | 4 | 2 |
Cyperus rotundus | Nut Grass | 3 | 3 |
Daphne laureola | Spurge Laurel | 0 | 1 |
Daucus carota | Wild Carrot, Queen anne's lace, Carrot, Wild Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace | 2 | 3 |
Dianthus chinensis | Chinese Pink, Rainbow pink, Annual Pink, China Pink | 0 | 3 |
Dianthus superbus | Fringed Pink | 2 | 3 |
Dictamnus albus | Burning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany, | 2 | 3 |
Dipsacus japonicus | Xu Duan | 1 | 2 |
Echinops setifer | Globe Thistle | 1 | 2 |
Erigeron philadelphicus | Philadelphia Fleabane | 0 | 2 |
Erysimum cheiri | Wallflower, Aegean wallflower | 0 | 2 |
Euonymus alatus | Winged Spindle Tree, Burningbush, Corky spindletree | 1 | 2 |
Euonymus alatus apterus | Winged Spindle Tree | 1 | 2 |
Euonymus americanus | Strawberry Bush, Bursting-heart | 0 | 2 |
Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel, Sweet fennel | 5 | 3 |
Foeniculum vulgare azoricum | Florence Fennel | 3 | 3 |
Foeniculum vulgare dulce | Sweet Fennel | 4 | 3 |
Forsythia suspensa | Lian Qiao, Weeping forsythia | 1 | 3 |
Forsythia viridissima | Golden Bells, Greenstem forsythia, Forsythia | 0 | 2 |
Fragaria chiloensis | Beach Strawberry, Pacific beach strawberry, Sandwich beach strawberry | 3 | 1 |
Fragaria virginiana | Scarlet Strawberry, Virginia strawberry | 3 | 2 |
Galanthus nivalis | Snowdrop, Common Snowdrop | 0 | 1 |
Gaultheria procumbens | Checkerberry, Eastern teaberry, Teaberry, Creeping Wintergreen | 4 | 3 |
Gentiana acaulis | Gentian | 0 | 3 |
Gentiana kurroo | | 0 | 3 |
Gentiana lutea | Yellow Gentian | 1 | 5 |
Gentiana pannonica | | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana punctata | Spotted Gentian | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana purpurea | | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana scabra | Long Dan Cao | 1 | 3 |
Gentiana scabra buergeri | | 1 | 3 |
Hedera helix | Ivy, English ivy, Algerian ivy, Baltic Ivy, Common Ivy | 0 | 3 |
Hedychium spicatum | | 1 | 2 |
Helleborus niger | Black Hellebore | 0 | 2 |
Helleborus viridis | Green Hellebore | 0 | 2 |
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis | Chinese Hibiscus, Shoeblackplant, Hawaiian Hibiscus, Tropical Hibiscus, China Rose, Rose-of-China, S | 3 | 3 |
Houttuynia cordata | Tsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant | 4 | 4 |
Hypericum ascyron | Great Saint John's Wort | 1 | 2 |
Hypericum sampsonii | | 1 | 2 |
Hyssopus officinalis | Hyssop | 2 | 3 |
Inula conyza | Ploughman's Spikenard | 0 | 1 |
Iris pseudacorus | Yellow Flag, Paleyellow iris | 1 | 2 |
Juniperus sabina | Savine, Tam Juniper | 0 | 2 |
Juniperus silicicola | Southern Redcedar, Juniper, Southern Red Cedar | 2 | 2 |
Juniperus virginiana | Pencil Cedar, Eastern redcedar, Southern redcedar, Silver Cedar, Burk Eastern Red Cedar, Silver East | 2 | 2 |
Laurus nobilis | Bay Tree, Sweet bay, Grecian Laurel, True Laurel, | 3 | 3 |
Lavandula latifolia | Spike Lavender, Broadleaved lavender | 2 | 2 |
Leonurus cardiaca | Motherwort, Common motherwort | 2 | 3 |
Leonurus japonicus | | 0 | 3 |
Leonurus sibiricus | Chinese Motherwort, Honeyweed | 2 | 3 |
Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox-Eye Daisy, Marguerite | 2 | 2 |
Levisticum officinale | Lovage, Garden lovage | 3 | 3 |
Liatris spicata | Gayfeather, Dense blazing star, Spiked Blazing Star, Button Snakewot, Gayfeather, Spiked Gayfeather, | 0 | 3 |
Ligusticum brachylobum | | 0 | 2 |
Ligusticum sinense | Chuang Xiong | 0 | 3 |
Lilium candidum | Madonna Lily | 3 | 2 |
Lilium lancifolium | Tiger Lily, Devil Lily | 4 | 2 |
Lilium martagon | Turk's Cap Lily, Martagon lily | 2 | 1 |
Lupinus albus | White Lupin | 4 | 1 |
Magnolia hypoleuca | Whitebark Magnolia | 2 | 2 |
Magnolia officinalis | Hou Po | 0 | 3 |
Malus coronaria | Garland Crab, Sweet crab apple | 3 | 1 |
Marrubium vulgare | White Horehound, Horehound | 1 | 3 |
Mazus pumilus | Japanese mazus | 1 | 1 |
Melia azederach | Bead Tree, Pride of India, Chinaberry | 3 | 3 |
Melissa officinalis | Lemon Balm, Common balm, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Lemon Balm | 3 | 5 |
Melittis melissophyllum | Bastard Balm | 1 | 1 |
Mentha arvensis | Corn Mint, Wild mint | 3 | 2 |
Mentha arvensis piperascens | Japanese Mint | 3 | 2 |
Mentha diemenica | | 2 | 2 |
Mentha pulegium | Pennyroyal | 3 | 3 |
Mentha satureioides | Native Pennyroyal | 2 | 2 |
Menyanthes trifoliata | Bogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil, | 2 | 3 |
Meum athamanticum | Spignel | 2 | 1 |
Millettia dielsiana | | 1 | 2 |
Millettia reticulata | Ji Xue Teng | 0 | 3 |
Monarda punctata | Horse Mint, Spotted beebalm | 1 | 3 |
Myrica gale | Bog Myrtle, Sweetgale | 2 | 2 |
Myrsine africana | Cape Myrtle | 1 | 3 |
Nardostachys grandiflora | Spikenard | 1 | 3 |
Nepeta cataria | Catmint, Catnip | 3 | 2 |
Nigella sativa | Black Cumin | 3 | 3 |
Origanum majorana | Sweet Marjoram | 3 | 3 |
Origanum onites | Pot Marjoram | 3 | 1 |
Origanum vulgare | Oregano, Pot Marjoram | 4 | 3 |
Origanum vulgare hirtum | Greek Oregano | 4 | 3 |
Origanum x majoricum | Hardy Marjoram | 2 | 2 |
Oxalis acetosella | Wood Sorrel | 3 | 2 |
Oxalis corniculata | Yellow Sorrel, Creeping woodsorrel | 2 | 2 |
Packera aurea | Golden Groundsel - Life Root, Golden ragwort | 0 | 2 |
Paeonia lactiflora | Chinese Peony, Peony | 1 | 3 |
Paeonia suffruticosa | Moutan, Moutan peony, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony | 1 | 2 |
Papaver rhoeas | Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy | 2 | 3 |
Papaver somniferum | Opium Poppy | 4 | 4 |
Parthenium integrifolium | Wild Quinine | 0 | 2 |
Peganum harmala | Syrian Rue, Harmal peganum | 1 | 3 |
Petasites albus | Butterbur | 2 | 1 |
Petroselinum crispum | Parsley | 4 | 4 |
Petroselinum crispum tuberosum | Hamburg Parsley | 4 | 3 |
Peucedanum cervaria | | 0 | 1 |
Peucedanum ostruthium | Masterwort | 2 | 2 |
Phillyrea latifolia | | 1 | 1 |
Phyla nodiflora | Frogfruit, Turkey tangle fogfruit | 1 | 2 |
Pimpinella saxifraga | Burnet Saxifrage, Solidstem burnet saxifrage | 2 | 2 |
Polygonum hydropiper | Smartweed, Marshpepper knotweed | 2 | 2 |
Potentilla chinensis | Chinese Cinquefoil | 1 | 1 |
Prangos pabularia | | 1 | 2 |
Pulsatilla patens | Pasque Flower, Eastern pasqueflower, Cutleaf anemone | 0 | 2 |
Pulsatilla vulgaris | Pasque Flower, European pasqueflower | 0 | 3 |
Punica granatum | Pomegranate, Dwarf Pomegranate | 4 | 4 |
Quercus ellipsoidalis | Northern Pin Oak | 2 | 2 |
Ranunculus sceleratus | Celery-Leaved Buttercup, Cursed buttercup | 1 | 1 |
Rhus glabra | Smooth Sumach | 4 | 3 |
Rhus x pulvinata | | 4 | 2 |
Ribes triste | American Red Currant, Red currant | 3 | 1 |
Rosa laevigata | Cherokee Rose | 2 | 3 |
Rosmarinus officinalis | Rosemary | 3 | 3 |
Rubia akane | Asian Madder | 1 | 2 |
Rubia cordifolia | Indian Madder | 2 | 3 |
Rubia manjith | Indian Madder | 1 | 2 |
Rubia peregrina | Wild Madder | 0 | 1 |
Rubia tinctorum | Madder, Dyer's madder | 0 | 2 |
Rubus frondosus | Yankee Blackberry | 2 | 1 |
Rubus moluccanus | Ceylon Blackberry, Eelkek | 3 | 2 |
Rubus pubescens | Dwarf Red Blackberry | 2 | 1 |
Rumex mexicanus | Mexican Dock | 1 | 2 |
Ruta chalepensis | Egyptian Rue, Fringed rue | 1 | 1 |
Ruta graveolens | Rue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue | 1 | 3 |
Salsola kali | Saltwort, Russian thistle | 3 | 2 |
Salvia multiorrhiza | Dan Shen | 0 | 3 |
Sanguinaria canadensis | Blood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot | 0 | 3 |
Sanicula canadensis | Black Snakeroot | 0 | 1 |
Santolina chamaecyparissus | Cotton Lavender | 2 | 2 |
Saussurea costus | Costus | 2 | 3 |
Saussurea graminifolia | | 0 | 2 |
Scrophularia marilandica | Carpenter's Square | 0 | 2 |
Scutellaria lateriflora | Virginian Skullcap, Blue skullcap | 0 | 3 |
Senecio erucifolius | Hoary Groundsel, Hoary ragwort | 0 | 2 |
Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort, Stinking willie | 0 | 2 |
Senecio vulgaris | Groundsel | 1 | 2 |
Silene firma | Catchfly | 1 | 2 |
Silphium perfoliatum | Cup Plant, Rosinweed | 0 | 2 |
Silybum marianum | Milk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle | 3 | 5 |
Sonchus oleraceus | Sow Thistle, Common sowthistle | 2 | 2 |
Sorbus aria | Whitebeam, Chess-apple | 3 | 1 |
Sparganium stoloniferum | | 1 | 1 |
Stachys officinalis | Wood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort | 1 | 2 |
Stachys palustris | Marsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle | 3 | 2 |
Stachys sylvatica | Hedge Woundwort, Whitespot | 0 | 1 |
Stellaria media | Chickweed, Common chickweed | 3 | 3 |
Succisa pratensis | Devil's Bit Scabious, Devilsbit | 2 | 2 |
Tagetes erecta | African Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold | 3 | 3 |
Tanacetum parthenium | Feverfew, Matricaria | 2 | 5 |
Tanacetum vulgare | Tansy, Common tansy, Golden Buttons, Curly Leaf Tansy | 2 | 2 |
Taxus baccata | Yew, English yew, Common Yew | 3 | 4 |
Taxus canadensis | Canadian Yew | 3 | 4 |
Teucrium canadense | American Germander, Canada germander, Western germander | 0 | 1 |
Teucrium scorodonia | Wood Sage | 1 | 2 |
Thuja occidentalis | American Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh | 2 | 3 |
Thuja orientalis | Biota | 1 | 3 |
Thuja plicata | Western Red Cedar, Giant Arborvitae, Giant Cedar, Incense Cedar, Western Red Cedar | 1 | 2 |
Trachelospermum jasminoides | Star Jasmine, Confederate jasmine | 0 | 2 |
Trillium grandiflorum | White Trillium, Large Flower Trillium, White Trillium, Large Flower Wakerobin, Large Flowered Tril | 1 | 2 |
Tropaeolum majus | Nasturtium, Indian Cress | 4 | 3 |
Typha angustifolia | Small Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail | 5 | 3 |
Typha bungeana | | 4 | 3 |
Typha davidiana | | 4 | 3 |
Typha latifolia | Reedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod | 5 | 3 |
Typha minima | | 2 | 3 |
Typha orientalis | Broadleaf Cumbungi | 4 | 3 |
Vaccaria hispanica | Cow Cockle, Cow soapwort | 1 | 3 |
Vaccinium myrtilloides | Sourtop Blueberry, Velvetleaf huckleberry | 3 | 1 |
Valeriana hardwickii | | 0 | 3 |
Verbena officinalis | Vervain, Herb of the cross, Prostrate verbena | 1 | 3 |
Veronica beccabunga | Brooklime, European speedwell | 1 | 1 |
Veronica peregrina | Necklace Weed, Neckweed, Hairy purslane speedwell | 0 | 2 |
Veronica undulata | Undulate speedwell | 1 | 1 |
Viburnum lentago | Sheepberry, Nannyberry, Nannyberry Viburnum | 4 | 1 |
Zanthoxylum bungeanum | | 2 | 3 |
Zanthoxylum simulans | Szechuan Pepper, Chinese-pepper, Prickly Ash | 3 | 2 |
Artemisia absinthium | Wormwood, Absinthium. | 1 | 3 |
Alchornea cordifolia | Christmas Bush | 2 | 4 |
Averrhoa carambola | Carambola, Star Fruit | 4 | 2 |
Bambusa bambos | Giant Thorny Bamboo | 3 | 3 |
Bambusa vulgaris | Common Bamboo | 3 | 2 |
Bixa orellana | Annatto (Lipstick Plant, Urucum, Colorau, Achiote ) | 3 | 3 |
Byrsonima crassifolia | Golden Spoon, Nance, Nancy Tree | 4 | 2 |
Chrysopogon zizanioides | Vetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus | 2 | 2 |
Crescentia cujete | Calabash Tree | 3 | 2 |
Dacryodes edulis | Bush Butter Tree, Butterfruit, African Plum, bush pear, bush plum, safou | 5 | 2 |
Dipteryx odorata | Tonka Bean, Brazilian Teak | 3 | 2 |
Morinda citrifolia | Noni, Indian Mulberry | 3 | 4 |
Musanga cecropioides | Corkwood | 3 | 4 |
Paraderris elliptica | Derris | 0 | 2 |
Simarouba amara | Paradise tree, bitterwood | 3 | 4 |
Simarouba glauca | Paradise Tree, Bitterwood, Dysentery-bark | 3 | 4 |
Vanilla planifolia | Vanilla | 4 | 2 |
Afzelia africana | African Mahogany | 2 | 2 |
Brassica juncea integrifolia rugosa | Head Mustard | 4 | 2 |
Brassica juncea integrifolia strumata | Large Petiole Mustard | 4 | 2 |
Brassica juncea integrifolia subintegrifolia | Leaf Mustard | 4 | 2 |
Brassica juncea tsatsai multiceps | Green In The Snow | 4 | 2 |
Brassica juncea tsatsai tumida | Swollen-Stem Mustard | 4 | 2 |
Commiphora wightii | Guggul, Indian bdellium-tree | 2 | 3 |
Curculigo orchioides | Star grass, Golden-eyed grass | 1 | 4 |
Gossypium barbadense | Sea Island Cotton | 3 | 2 |
Guaiacum officinale | Lignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Guayacan | 2 | 3 |
Guaiacum sanctum | Lignum Vitae, Guaiacum, Holy Wood | 0 | 2 |
Guarea guidonia | Muskwood , Carrapeta, Cedro Macho | 0 | 2 |
Himatanthus sucuuba | Plumeria sucuuba | 0 | 4 |
Khaya senegalensis | Dryzone Mahogany | 2 | 3 |
Lawsonia inermis | Henna, Mignonette Tree | 0 | 3 |
Pentadiplandra brazzeana | Joy perfume tree, j'oubli | 4 | 4 |
Toona ciliata | Mountain Cedar, Australian Red Cedar, Toona | 2 | 2 |