Amaranthaceae
471 edible species
Includes amaranth grains, spinach relatives, and quinoa; nutritious leafy greens and seeds.
Cottony saltbush
Edible: Fruit
Desert goosefoot
Edible: Leaves
Fig-leaved goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Strawberry-fruited fat hen
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Fruit, Flowers
Edible: Leaves ?
Fremont’s Lamb’s quarters
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Goosefoot, Tree spinach
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
Oakleaf goosefoot, Glaucous goosefoot, Pale goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable, Seeds - oil
Foetid Goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seed
Avian goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Maple-leaved goosefoot, Sowbane
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Mealy goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Foetid goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Narrow leafed goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Nettleleaf Goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seed, Shoots
Nevada Goosefoot
Branching goosefoot, Nitre Goosefoot
Edible: Seeds
Huauzontle, Nuttall's goosefoot
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seed
Goosefoot
Edible: Leaves
Roundleaf fat hen
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Over's Goosefoot
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Seeds
Canahua, Canihua, Quaniwa, Kaniwa
Edible: Seeds
Llipocha
Edible: Leaves
All-seed
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Desert Goosefoot
Edible: Shoots
Quinoa
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Vegetable
Red goosefoot, Hong ye li
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Leaves, Seed
Edible: Leaves
Giant-seed Goosefoot, Mapleleaf Goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Perennial quinoa
Edible: Leaves, Seed
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
City goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Edible: Leaves, Seed
White Goosefoot, Pigweed
Edible: Leaves, Seed
Stinking Goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Watson’s Goosefoot
Edible: Shoots, Stem
Vetiver, Vetiver Root, Khus Khus
Edible: Oil, Root
Hamhuul
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Prostrate pastureweed, Prostrate burr-amaranth
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Winged pigweed
Edible: Seeds
Shrubby deeringia
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Bayambang
Edible: Leaves
Velvet Leaf Bamboo, Clumping Bamboo
Edible: Shoots
Bhalu bans, Bhutan Green Bamboo
Edible: Shoots
Tussock Grass, Tufted Hair Grass, Hair Grass
Edible: Seed
Wild rhubarb, False amaranth
Edible: Leaves, Stems, Flowers, Nectar, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Seeds ?
Edible: Leaves
Ringal
Edible: Shoots, Stem
Mexican tea, Spanish-tea
Edible: Leaves - tea, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Leaves, Flowers, Stems
Wormseed
Edible: Leaves, Seed
Jerusalem oak goosefoot
Edible: Leaves
Wormseed
Edible: Leaves - tea, Seeds
Crested Goosefoot
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Rats tails, Rat-tail goosefoot, Green crumbweed
Edible: Seeds
Crumbweed
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves - tea
Green crumbweed
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Seeds
Schrader's spinach
Edible: Leaves, Seeds
Saloop, Berry Saltbush
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Climbing saltbush, Nodding saltbush
Edible: Leaves, Fruit
Fishweed
Edible: Leaves
Blue Wild Rye
Edible: Seed
Wild triga, Pubescent wheatgrass
Edible: Seed
Couch Grass, Quackgrass
Edible: Leaves, Root, Seed, Shoots
Barrier Saltbush, Ruby Saltbush, Berry Saltbush
Edible: Fruit, Leaves
Deu tia
Edible: Leaves
Blanket flower
Edible: Leaves
Globe Amaranth
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Caucasian spinach
Edible: Shoots
Sea purslane
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Plant
Brown-headed glasswort, Marsh Samphire
Edible: Branches, Leaves, Vegetable
Samphire
Edible: Stems, Leaves
Saxaul
Edible: Bark - water, Seeds - oil
Edible: Gum
Salt tree
Edible: Oil
Lana, Desi
Edible: Seeds, Gum
Saxaul
Edible: Gum
Suma, Brazilian ginseng
Edible: Roots, Medicine