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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Aconitum chasmanthum 01
Aconitum chinense 01
Aconitum columbianumColumbian monkshood01
Aconitum feroxIndian aconite01
Aconitum fischeriFischer monkshood01
Aconitum kusnezoffiiBei Wu Tou01
Aconitum lycoctonumWolfsbane11
Aconitum lycoctonum vulpariaWolfbane11
Aconitum napellusAconite, Venus' chariot, Wolfsbane Garden, Monk's Hood Garden12
Aconitum uncinatumWild Monkshood, Southern blue monkshood01
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Actinidia chinensisKiwi42
Actinidia deliciosaKiwi Fruit51
Actinidia polygamaSilver Vine42
Adonis amurensis 01
Adonis vernalisPheasant's Eye, Spring pheasant's eye03
Aegopodium podagrariaGround Elder, Bishop's goutweed, Goutweed, Ground Elder, Bishop's Weed32
Aethusa cynapiumFool's Parsley11
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Alchemilla alpinaAlpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle23
Alchemilla xanthochloraLady's Mantle23
Anaphalis margaritaceaPearly Everlasting, Western pearly everlasting12
Anemarrhena asphodeloidesZhi Mu03
Angelica acutilobaDong Dang Gui21
Angelica atropurpureaPurplestem Angelica22
Angelica laxiflora 01
Angelica sinensisDang Gui - Dong Quai - Chinese Angelica05
Angelica uchiyamanae 01
Argemone mexicanaPrickly Poppy, Mexican pricklypoppy13
Arisaema consanguineumTian Nan Xing13
Aristolochia contortaMa Dou Ling13
Artemisia glacialisGlacier Wormwood12
Artemisia tridentataSage Brush, Big sagebrush, Bonneville big sagebrush32
Asarum sieboldiiWild Ginger02
Asparagus officinalisAsparagus, Garden asparagus43
Atractylodes macrocephalaBai Zhu03
Atropa acuminataIndian Belladonna03
Atropa bella-donnaDeadly Nightshade, Belladonna03
Betula glandulosaScrub Birch21
Betula kenaicaKenai Birch31
Betula nanaDwarf Birch22
Betula occidentalisWater Birch32
Betula papyriferaPaper Birch, Mountain paper birch, Kenai birch32
Bidens tripartitaBurr Marigold, Threelobe beggarticks22
Borago officinalisBorage, Common borage,Cool-tankard, Tailwort33
Bupleurum chinenseBei Chai Hu23
Bupleurum falcatumThorow-Wax22
Buxus sempervirensBox, Common box, American Boxwood12
Calluna vulgarisHeather, Scotch Heather22
Cannabis sativaHemp, Marijuana44
Catalpa bignonioidesIndian Bean Tree, Southern catalpa02
Caulophyllum robustumPapoose Root22
Caulophyllum thalictroidesPapoose Root, Blue cohosh13
Ceanothus americanusNew Jersey Tea, Wild Snowball33
Ceanothus fendleriFendler's Ceanothus21
Centella asiaticaGotu Kola, Spadeleaf25
Cicuta virosaCowbane, Mackenzie's water hemlock11
Cimicifuga dahuricaXing An Sheng Ma13
Cimicifuga foetidaFoetid Bugbane13
Cimicifuga heracleifoliaKomarov's Bugbane02
Cinnamomum camphoraCamphor, Camphortree23
Citrus aurantiumBitter Orange, Sour orange, Bergamot orange33
Clerodendrum trichotomumChou Wu Tong, Harlequin glorybower, Ferruginous clerodendrum, Harlequin Glory Bower13
Cnidium monnieriShe Chuang Zi, Monnier's snowparsley13
Cnidium officinale 12
Coix lacryma-jobiJob's Tears33
Collinsonia canadensisStone Root - Horse Balm, Richweed03
Conium maculatumHemlock, Poison hemlock12
Convallaria majalisLily Of The Valley, European lily of the valley13
Coptis chinensisHuang Lian03
Coptis deltoidea 02
Coptis trifoliaGoldthread, Threeleaf goldthread22
Corallorhiza odontorhizaAutumn Coralroot02
Corydalis ambigua 13
Corydalis cava 03
Corydalis solidaFumewort, Spring fumewort13
Corydalis yanhusuoYan Hu Suo03
Crataegus laevigataMidland Hawthorn, Smooth hawthorn, English Hawthorn35
Crataegus monogynaHawthorn, Oneseed hawthorn35
Crocus nudiflorus 23
Crocus sativusSaffron33
Cyperus rotundusNut Grass33
Cypripedium acauleNerve Root, Moccasin flower, Ladyslipper Orchid, Pink Lady's Slipper03
Cypripedium calceolus parviflorumNerve Root03
Cypripedium calceolus pubescensNerve Root03
Datisca cannabinaAcalbir, Akalbir01
Dendranthema x grandiflorumChrysanthemum, Cut Mum, Garden Mum, Pot Mum, Florist's Chrysanthemum23
Diospyros lotusDate Plum51
Eriobotrya japonicaLoquat, Japanese Loquat43
Eucommia ulmoidesGutta-Percha13
Ferula assa-foetidaAsafoetida - Devil's Dung. Hing (Indian), Asafetida33
Ferula foetidaAsafoetida23
Galium odoratumSweet Woodruff, Sweetscented bedstraw, Bedstraw33
Gastrodia elataTien Ma23
Gelsemium sempervirensFalse Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, Carolina Jasmine04
Ginkgo bilobaMaidenhair Tree, Ginkgo55
Glaux maritimaBlack Saltwort, Sea milkwort21
Goodenia varia 01
Grindelia camporumGumplant, Great Valley gumweed, Bract gumweed03
Grindelia humilisHairy Gumweed02
Grindelia lanceolataRosin Weed, Narrowleaf gumweed, Texan gumweed13
Grindelia robustaGreat Valley Gumweed12
Grindelia squarrosaRosin Weed, Curlycup gumweed23
Gutierrezia sarothraeBroomweed, Broom snakeweed02
Gynostemma pentaphyllumSweet Tea Vine25
Hamamelis virginianaWitch Hazel, American witchhazel, Common Witchhazel, Virginian Witchhazel, Witchhazel15
Heimia salicifoliaErva De Vida, Shrubby yellowcrest11
Hemerocallis fulvaCommon Day Lily, Orange daylily, Tawny Daylily, Double Daylily52
Heracleum sphondyliumCow Parsnip, Eltrot32
Heracleum sphondylium sibiricum 32
Humulus lupulusHop, Common hop, European Hop,45
Hydrastis canadensisGoldenseal03
Hyoscyamus albusWhite Henbane04
Hyoscyamus nigerHenbane, Black henbane04
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Juniperus scopulorumRocky Mountain Juniper, Weeping Rocky Mountian Juniper, Colorado Red Cedar32
Kadsura coccinea 21
Kalmia angustifoliaSheep Laurel02
Kalmia latifoliaMountain Laurel, Calico Bush, Ivy02
Kalmia polifoliaSwamp Laurel, Bog laurel02
Lactuca canadensisCanada Lettuce23
Lactuca quercinaWild Lettuce23
Lactuca sativaLettuce, Garden lettuce33
Lactuca sativa angustanaCeltuce33
Lactuca serriolaPrickly Lettuce23
Lactuca virosaWild Lettuce, Bitter lettuce13
Lagochilus inebriansIntoxicating Mint12
Lamium albumWhite Dead Nettle23
Lavandula angustifoliaEnglish Lavender, True Lavender23
Lavandula x intermediaLavender, Lavandin22
Lemna minorDuckweed, Common duckweed12
Leonurus cardiacaMotherwort, Common motherwort23
Leptospermum ericoides 11
Lespedeza pilosa 11
Ligusticum sinenseChuang Xiong03
Lilium browniiHong Kong Lily32
Lilium concolorMorning Star Lily22
Lilium japonicumBamboo Lily22
Lilium japonicum platyfoliumBamboo Lily22
Lilium longiflorumWhite Trumpet Lily, Easter lily, Trumpet Lily32
Lilium pumilumCoral Lily22
Lindera strychnifolia 02
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lithospermum officinaleGromwell, European stoneseed12
Lolium temulentumDarnel11
Lomatium macrocarpumBigseed Biscuitroot42
Lonicera canadensisFly Honeysuckle, American fly honeysuckle11
Lotus corniculatusBird's Foot Trefoil11
Lycopus americanusWater Horehound, American water horehound13
Lycopus europaeusGypsywort13
Lycopus uniflorusBugleweed, Northern bugleweed31
Lycopus virginicusBugleweed, Virginia water horehound23
Magnolia denudataLily Tree, Yulan Magnolia12
Magnolia hypoleucaWhitebark Magnolia22
Magnolia liliifloraMu-Lan, Woody Orchid, Lily Magnolia03
Matricaria matricarioidesPineapple Weed12
Melissa officinalisLemon Balm, Common balm, Bee Balm, Sweet Balm, Lemon Balm35
Melittis melissophyllumBastard Balm11
Mentha pulegiumPennyroyal33
Micromeria chamissonisYerba Buena22
Mitchella repensPartridge Berry33
Monotropa unifloraIndian Pipe23
Morus albaWhite Mulberry, Common Mulberry,43
Morus alba multicaulisWhite Mulberry43
Nardostachys grandifloraSpikenard13
Nepeta catariaCatmint, Catnip32
Nicotiana rusticaWild Tobacco, Aztec tobacco02
Nicotiana tabacumTobacco, Cultivated tobacco22
Nuphar luteaYellow Water Lily, Yellow pond-lily, Rocky Mountain pond-lily, Varigated yellow pond-lily32
Nymphaea albaWhite Water Lily, European white waterlily32
Nymphaea candida 22
Oenothera biennisEvening Primrose, Sun Drop, Common evening primrose35
Oenothera glaziovianaLarge-Flower Evening Primrose, Redsepal evening primrose22
Oldenlandia diffusaSnake-Needle Grass03
Olea europaeaOlive, African olive, European olive43
Ophiopogon japonicusSnake's Beard, Dwarf lilyturf, Mondo Grass, Monkey Grass, Dwarf Lilyturf23
Orobanche grayana 11
Orobanche pinorumConifer broomrape11
Orobanche unifloraOneflowered broomrape11
Paeonia japonicaYama-Shakuyaku11
Paeonia obovata 03
Paeonia officinalisPeony, Common peony12
Paeonia suffruticosaMoutan, Moutan peony, Tree Peony, Japanese Tree Peony12
Paeonia veitchii 03
Panax quinquefoliusAmerican Ginseng13
Papaver rhoeasCorn Poppy, Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy23
Papaver somniferumOpium Poppy44
Parnassia palustrisGrass Of Parnassus, Marsh grass of Parnassus, Mountain grass of Parnassus, Alaska grass of Parnass02
Passiflora incarnataMaypops - Passion Flower, Purple passionflower, Apricot Vine, Maypop, Wild Passion Flower, Purple Pa33
Pelargonium graveolensRose Geranium, Sweet scented geranium23
Petasites albusButterbur21
Phyllostachys nigraBlack Bamboo, Kuro-Chiku43
Phyllostachys nigra henonisHa-Chiku43
Phyllostachys nigra punctataKurodake43
Picea abiesNorway Spruce21
Pistacia lentiscusMastic Tree - Pistachier Lentisque22
Pistacia veraPistachio, Pistachio Nut32
Platycodon grandiflorusBalloon Flower23
Polygala sibiricaYuan Zhi13
Polygala tenuifoliaYuan Zhi13
Polygonatum biflorumSmall Solomon's Seal21
Polygonatum humile 21
Polygonatum inflatum 21
Polygonatum macropodum 21
Polygonatum odoratumSolomon's Seal23
Polygonum multiflorumHe Shou Wu, Tuber fleeceflower23
Primula verisCowslip, Cowslip primrose33
Primula vulgarisPrimrose, Common Primrose, English Primrose33
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Prunus laurocerasusCherry Laurel, English Laurel43
Prunus padusBird Cherry, European bird cherry32
Prunus persicaPeach, Flowering Peach, Ornamental Peach, Common Peach53
Prunus persica nucipersicaNectarine43
Prunus serotinaRum Cherry - Wild Cherry, Black Cherry, Wild Black Cherry42
Prunus virginianaChokecherry, Western chokecherry, Black chokecherry32
Prunus virginiana demissaWestern Chokecherry32
Prunus virginiana melanocarpaRocky Mountain Chokecherry32
Pseudognaphalium obtusifoliumWhite Balsam, Rabbit-tobacco02
Pulsatilla cernua 12
Pulsatilla chinensisBai Tou Weng03
Pulsatilla dahurica 03
Pulsatilla vulgarisPasque Flower, European pasqueflower03
Pyrus communisWild Pear, Common pear21
Rhododendron molleChinese Azalea01
Ribes rotundifoliumAppalachian Gooseberry31
Salix albaWhite Willow13
Salix alba caeruleaCricket Bat Willow13
Salix alba vitellinaGolden Willow13
Salix gooddingiiGoodding's Willow12
Salix nigraBlack Willow13
Salix purpureaPurple Osier. purpleosier willow13
Salix purpurea lambertianaPurple Osier13
Salvia multiorrhizaDan Shen03
Sanguinaria canadensisBlood Root, Red Puccoon, Bloodroot03
Saururus cernuusSwamp Lily, Lizard's Tail01
Schisandra chinensisMagnolia Vine, Wu Wei Zi45
Schisandra sphenanthera 25
Scopolia japonicaJapanese belladonna02
Scutellaria baicalensisBaikal Skullcap - Huang-Qin13
Scutellaria laterifloraVirginian Skullcap, Blue skullcap03
Sedum spathulifoliumBroadleaf Stonecrop, Purdy's stonecrop, Yosemite stonecrop, Stonecrop, Blood Leaf Sedum11
Sempervivum arachnoideumCobweb Houseleek02
Serenoa repensSaw Palmetto23
Solanum nigrumBlack Nightshade, Common Nightshade, Poisonberry, Black Nightshade22
Sonchus arvensisField Milk Thistle, Field sowthistle, Moist sowthistle21
Sparganium stoloniferum 11
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stachys palustrisMarsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle32
Tagetes erectaAfrican Marigold, Aztec marigold, Big Marigold, American Marigold33
Tagetes lucidaMexican Tarragon, Sweetscented marigold43
Tagetes patulaFrench Marigold, Dwarf French Marigold22
Tanacetum partheniumFeverfew, Matricaria25
Tetrapanax papyriferRice Paper Plant, Chinese Rice Paper Plant11
Thuja orientalisBiota13
Thymus praecox arcticusWild Thyme32
Thymus serpyllumWild Thyme43
Thymus vulgarisCommon Thyme, Garden thyme, Wild Thyme43
Tilia americanaAmerican Basswood, Carolina basswood, Basswood, AmericanBasswood, American Linden33
Tilia amurensis 31
Tilia carolinianaCarolina Basswood31
Tilia chinensis 31
Tilia cordataSmall Leaved Lime, Littleleaf linden53
Tilia heterophyllaWhite Basswood, American basswood32
Tilia japonicaJapanese Lime31
Tilia mongolicaMongolian Lime31
Tilia oliveri 31
Tilia platyphyllosLarge Leaved Lime, Largeleaf linden, Bigleaf Linden53
Tilia tomentosaSilver Lime31
Tilia tuan 31
Tilia x europaeaLinden, Common Lime53
Trifolium pratenseRed Clover33
Triticum aestivumBread Wheat, Common wheat42
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Valeriana capitataValerian, Captiate valerian11
Valeriana dioicaMarsh Valerian, Woods valerian11
Valeriana fauriei 01
Valeriana hardwickii 03
Valeriana obovataTobacco Root21
Valeriana occidentaliswestern valerian11
Valeriana officinalisValerian, Garden valerian23
Valeriana phu 21
Valeriana sambucifolia 23
Valeriana sitchensisAmerican Valerian, Sitka valerian13
Valeriana toluccana 22
Veratrum virideIndian Poke, American Hellebore12
Viburnum opulusGuelder Rose, Cramp Bark, European cranberrybush, American cranberrybush, Crampbark, European Highb33
Viburnum prunifoliumStagberry, Black Haw, Hybrid blackhaw, Smooth Blackhaw, Blackhaw Viburnum23
Vinca majorGreater Periwinkle, Bigleaf periwinkle, Myrtle, Large Periwinkle, Big Periwinkle03
Vinca minorLesser Periwinkle, Flower of Death, English Holly, Creeping Myrtle, Creeping Vinca, Common Periwink03
Vitex agnus-castusAgnus Castus, Lilac chastetree, Vitex, Chastetree25
Vitex cannabifolia 02
Vitex negundoHuang Ping, Chinese chastetree, Cut Leaf Vitex, Cut-leaf Chastetree23
Withania somniferaAshwagandha - Indian Ginseng, Withania14
Xanthium strumariumCocklebur, Rough cocklebur, Canada cocklebur13
Ziziphus jujubaJujube43
Alchornea cordifoliaChristmas Bush24
Annona muricataSour Sop43
Annona squamosaSugar Apple, Sweetsop, Custard Apple52
Artocarpus heterophyllusJackfruit52
Bacopa monnieriHerb of Grace, Brahmi, Smooth Water Hyssop34
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Cananga odorataYlang Ylang, Perfume Tree23
Casimiroa edulisWhite Sapote, Mexican Apple53
Ceiba pentandraKapok Tree, Cotton Tree, Suma'ma33
Cinnamomum verumCinnamon, Ceylon Cinnamon Tree43
Gliricidia sepiumGliricidia, Forest Lilac, Mexican Lilac22
Hibiscus sabdariffaRoselle33
Indigofera arrectaBengal Indigo, Java indigo, Natal indigo22
Passiflora quadrangularisGiant Granadilla, Badea42
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Jasminum sambacJasmine Tea33
Aquilaria malaccensisAgar Wood, Eaglewood, Indian Aloewood, Aloeswood13
Curculigo orchioidesStar grass, Golden-eyed grass14
Cyperus articulatusJointed flatsedge, Priprioca, Piripiri14
Erythrina vernaMulungu04
Rauvolfia serpentinaRauwolfia, Ajmaline, Java devil-pepper04
Solanum aethiopicumMock Tomato, Ethiopian nightshade32
Tabernanthe ibogaIboga04
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