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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aconitum napellusAconite, Venus' chariot, Wolfsbane Garden, Monk's Hood Garden12
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Agrostemma githagoCorncockle, Common corncockle11
Ajuga reptansBugle, Common Bugelweed, Bugleweed, Carpet Bugleweed, Carpetweed, Carpet Bugle23
Allium cepaOnion, Garden onion53
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Anchusa officinalisAlkanet, Common bugloss21
Anemone nemorosaWood Anemone, European thimbleweed01
Aquilegia vulgarisColumbine, European columbine, Granny's Bonnet, European Crowfoot21
Aralia nudicaulisWild Sarsaparilla43
Artemisia cinaCina, Santonica03
Arum maculatumCuckoo Pint21
Asclepias syriacaCommon Milkweed, Silkweed, Milkweed32
Atropa bella-donnaDeadly Nightshade, Belladonna03
Baptisia tinctoriaWild Indigo, Horseflyweed13
Berberis vulgarisEuropean Barberry, Common barberry33
Bryonia albaWhite Bryony12
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Calendula arvensisField Marigold23
Calendula officinaliscalendula, Pot Marigold35
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Centaurium erythraeaCentaury - Feverwort, European centaury13
Clematis rectaGround virginsbower11
Clematis vitalbaTraveller's Joy, Evergreen clematis12
Cnicus benedictusBlessed Thistle23
Colchicum autumnaleAutumn Crocus, Meadow Saffron,03
Conium maculatumHemlock, Poison hemlock12
Conyza canadensisCanada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed13
Cyclamen hederifoliumCyclamen, Alpine Violet, Persian Violet01
Daphne mezereumMezereon, Paradise plant, February Daphne02
Delphinium staphisagriaStavesacre02
Dictamnus albusBurning Bush, Gasplant, White Dittany,23
Digitalis purpureaFoxglove, Purple foxglove, Common Foxglove04
Dioscorea villosaWild Yam24
Dipsacus fullonumTeasel, Fuller's teasel02
Dipsacus sativusFuller's Teasel, Indian teasel02
Drosera rotundifoliaSundew, Roundleaf sundew13
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Eryngium aquaticumButton Snakeroot, Rattlesnakemaster02
Eupatorium cannabinumHemp Agrimony03
Eupatorium perfoliatumThoroughwort, Boneset, Common boneset03
Euphrasia officinalisEyebright13
Filipendula ulmariaMeadowsweet, Queen of the meadow, Double Lady of the Meadow, European Meadowsweet33
Galeopsis segetumDowny Hemp Nettle02
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Galium odoratumSweet Woodruff, Sweetscented bedstraw, Bedstraw33
Gelsemium sempervirensFalse Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine04
Genista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed, Common Woadwaxen, Broom12
Gentianella quinquefoliaAgue Weed02
Geranium robertianumHerb Robert, Robert geranium02
Gratiola officinalisHedge Hyssop02
Grindelia camporumGumplant, Great Valley gumweed, Bract gumweed03
Grindelia humilisHairy Gumweed02
Grindelia squarrosaRosin Weed, Curlycup gumweed23
Gymnocladus dioicaKentucky Coffee Tree32
Hamamelis virginianaWitch Hazel, American witchhazel, Common Witchhazel, Virginian Witchhazel, Witchhazel15
Helichrysum arenariumEverlasting Flower02
Heliotropium arborescensHeliotrope, Garden heliotrope, Cherry Pie, Heliotrope01
Helleborus nigerBlack Hellebore02
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Iberis amaraRocket Candytuft, Annual candytuft12
Illicium verumBa Jiao Hui Xian, Staranise tree33
Knautia arvensisField Scabious, Field scabiosa02
Lachnanthes carolinaRed Root02
Lactuca serriolaPrickly Lettuce23
Lactuca virosaWild Lettuce, Bitter lettuce13
Lamium albumWhite Dead Nettle23
Ledum palustreWild Rosemary, Marsh Labrador tea23
Lemna minorDuckweed, Common duckweed12
Leonurus cardiacaMotherwort, Common motherwort23
Linaria vulgarisYellow Toadflax, Butter and eggs12
Linum catharticumPurging Flax, Fairy flax02
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower03
Lobelia siphiliticaGreat Blue Lobelia, Blue Cardinal Flower, Big Blue Lobelia, Great Lobelia02
Lycopersicon esculentumTomato43
Lycopersicon pimpinellifoliumCurrant Tomato42
Lycopodium clavatumCommon Club Moss, Running clubmoss03
Lycopodium selagoFir Clubmoss12
Matricaria recutitaGerman Camomile15
Mercurialis annuaAnnual Mercury11
Mercurialis perennisDog's Mercury01
Morus nigraBlack Mulberry53
Narcissus poeticusPoet's Narcissus01
Nicotiana tabacumTobacco, Cultivated tobacco22
Oenanthe aquaticaWater Dropwort, Fineleaf waterdropwort02
Papaver somniferumOpium Poppy44
Paris quadrifoliaHerb Paris02
Passiflora incarnataMaypops - Passion Flower, Purple passionflower, Apricot Vine, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Purple Pa33
Petasites albusButterbur21
Petasites hybridusButterbur, Pestilence wort03
Peucedanum ostruthiumMasterwort22
Phaseolus vulgarisFrench Bean, Kidney bean52
Physalis alkekengiWinter Cherry, Strawberry groundcherry,Ground Cherry, Chinese Lantern22
Phytolacca americanaPokeweed, American pokeweed, Garnet, Pigeon Berry, Poke33
Pinguicula vulgarisButterwort, Common butterwort12
Podophyllum peltatumAmerican Mandrake, Mayapple, Ground Lemon, Mandrake, Mayapple24
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Pulmonaria officinalisLungwort, Common lungwort, Jerusalem Sage, Jerusalem Cowslip23
Pulsatilla pratensisPasque Flower02
Pulsatilla vulgarisPasque Flower, European pasqueflower03
Rheum palmatumTurkey Rhubarb, Chinese Rhubarb - Da Huang, Chinese rhubarb35
Rheum x cultorumRhubarb43
Rhododendron aureumRosebay02
Rhododendron ferrugineumAlpenrose01
Rhus toxicodendronEastern Poison Oak02
Rumex acetosaSorrel, Garden sorrel53
Rumex crispusCurled Dock, Curly dock23
Ruta graveolensRue, Common rue, Herb of Grace, Garden Rue13
Sambucus ebulusDwarf Elder, Dwarf elderberry12
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot03
Senecio jacobaeaRagwort, Stinking willie02
Senecio vulgarisGroundsel12
Silybum marianumMilk Thistle, Blessed milkthistle35
Solanum dulcamaraBittersweet. Bittersweet Nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Bittersweet, Deadly Nightshade, Poisonous03
Spiranthes spiralisAutumn Lady's Tresses01
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Taxus baccataYew, English yew, Common Yew34
Thuja occidentalisAmerican Arbor-Vitae, Arborvitae, Eastern Arborvitae, Siberian Arborvitae, Northern White Cedar, Wh23
Ulmus glabraWych Elm, Table-top Scotch Elm, Scotch Elm32
Ulmus proceraEnglish Elm32
Urtica piluliferaRoman Nettle33
Urtica urensAnnual Nettle33
Verbascum thapsusGreat Mullein, Common mullein, Aaron's Rod, Flannel Plant, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Plant13
Viburnum opulusGuelder Rose, Cramp Bark, European cranberrybush, American cranberrybush, Crampbark, European Highb33
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 tricolorHeartsease, Johnny jumpup, Field Pansy,23
Artemisia absinthiumWormwood, Absinthium.13
Carapichea ipecacuanhaIpecac04
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