Edible Plant Database

Reseda luteola

Weld

Resedaceae

Edible: Leaves

Ribes rubrum

Red currant

Grossulariaceae

Edible: Fruit, Leaves - tea, Twigs - flavouring

Trillium sessile

Toadshade, Red trillium, Wake robin, Sessile trillium

Melanthiaceae

Edible: Leaves

Borrichia frutescens

Jamaican samphire

Asteraceae

Edible: Leaves

Bouteloua gracilis

Blue grama

Poaceae

Edible: Seeds, Cereal

Dudleya pulverulenta

Chalk lettuce, Chalk liveforever

Crassulaceae

Edible: Leaves, Stems

Nonea pulla

Boraginaceae

Edible: Flowers - nectar, Leaves

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

River club-rush, Soft-stemmed bulrush

Cyperaceae

Edible: Shoots, Stalks, Rhizomes, Tuber, Root

Drimia maritima

Sea onion

Asparagaceae

Edible: Stems - drink, Leaves, Caution, Roots

Pancratium maritimum

Sea daffodil, Sea lily

Amaryllidaceae

Edible: Root, Seeds, Bulbs

Thespesia populnea

Pacific rosewood, Coastal Hibiscus

Malvaceae

Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Fruit, Vegetable

Viola sempervirens

Redwood violet, Evergreen violet

Violaceae

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

Arctostaphylos glauca

Bigberry manzanita, Great-berried manzanita

Ericaceae

Edible: Fruit

Calvatia cyathiformis

Purple-spored puffball

Lycoperdiaceae

Edible: Fungus, Mushroom, Vegetable

Cardamine flexuosa

Lady’s smock, Wavy Bitter-cress, Woodland Bittercress

Brassicaceae

Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots, Flowers

Celtis australis

European Hackberry, Southern Nettle tree

Cannabaceae

Edible: Fruit, Seeds, Oil

Cirsium undulatum

Wavy-leaved thistle

Asteraceae

Edible: Root, Stem, Flowers, Seeds, Leaves

Cotyledon orbiculata

Pig's ear

Crassulaceae

Edible: Medicine

Glaucium flavum

Yellow-horned poppy

Papaveraceae

Edible: Seeds - oil, Caution

Helianthus petiolaris

Prairie sunflower

Asteraceae

Edible: Seeds

Phoradendron californicum

Mesquite mistletoe

Santalaceae

Edible: Fruit

Tripsacum dactyloides

Sesame grass, Buffalo grass, Eastern gama grass

Poaceae

Edible: Seeds, Cereal

Abies alba

Silver fir, European silver fir

Pinaceae

Edible: Inner bark

Aloe maculata

Common soap aloe, African aloe

Xanthorrhoeaceae

Edible: Heart, Growing tip, Leaves, Flowers

Aralia racemosa

American spikenard

Araliaceae

Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Root, Flavouring

Asystasia gangetica

Chinese violet

Acanthaceae

Edible: Leaves, Stems, Flowers, Vegetable

Chamaenerion latifolium

Dwarf fireweed, River beauty willowherb

Onagraceae

Heuchera micrantha

Small-flowered alum root

Saxifragaceae

Edible: Leaves, Roots

Persicaria hydropiper

Water pepper, Marshpepper Smartweed

Polygonaceae

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Leaves - spice, Leaves - tea

Psilotum nudum

Whisk fern, Reed fern

Psilotaceae

Edible: Plant - tea

Sisymbrium altissimum

Tumble Mustard

Brassicaceae

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Oil

Trifolium aureum

Large hop clover, Yellow clover

Fabaceae

Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Flowers

Armillaria gallica

Honey mushroom

Tricholomataceae

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Mexican false heather

Lythraceae

Edible: Leaves - medicine

Equisetum pratense

Meadow horsetail

Equisetaceae

Edible: Leaves - tea, Tubers

Frasera speciosa

Green gentian, Gentian root, Yellow gentian

Gentianaceae

Edible: Root, Caution

Lobelia erinus

Edging blue lobelia

Campanulaceae

Edible: Leaves

Thalictrum minus

Lesser meado-rue

Ranunculaceae

Edible: Leaves

Cordia boissieri

Wild olive, Mexican olive

Boraginaceae

Edible: Fruit

Cruciata laevipes

Crosswort

Rubiaceae

Edible: Leaves

Elaeagnus pungens

Silverthorn, Thorny Elaeagnus, Silverberry

Elaeagnaceae

Edible: Fruit, Seeds

Hyoscyamus niger

Henbane, Black henbane, Hog's bean, Stinking nightshade

Solanaceae

Edible: Leaves, Caution, Seeds, Root - starch, Medicine

Lycoperdon marginatum

Lycoperdiaceae

Edible: Mushroom, Fungus

Picea engelmannii

Mountain spruce, Engelmann spruce, Columbian spruce

Pinaceae

Edible: Seeds, Bark

Tabebuia rosea

Pink trumpet tree

Bignoniaceae

Edible: Caution

Veronica polita

Plantaginaceae

Edible: Leaves

Cistus creticus

Cistaceae

Edible: Leaves, Leaves - tea, Seeds - seasoning

Pinus mugo

Dwarf mountain pine

Pinaceae

Edible: Leaves - drink, Buds, Young cones, Seeds - oil