Asparagaceae
403 edible species
Family containing asparagus, agave, yucca, and various ornamental lily-like plants.
Edible: Leaves
China lily
Edible: Flowers
Tuberose
Edible: Flowers - flavouring, Fruit
Edible: Root, Shoot
Small Solomon's seal
Edible: Leaves, Root
Solomon's seal
Edible: Leaves, Stems, Tuber, Rhizome, Root
King Solomon's Seal, Smooth Solomon's seal
Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots
Edible: Roots, Rhizome
Deer bamboo
Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots
Edible: Rhizome, Sprout
Edible: Leaves, Stems
Xiao yu zhu
Edible: Leaves, Root
Mao tong yu zhu
Edible: Leaves, Root
Er bao huang jing
Edible: Leaves, Root
King's solomon seal
Edible: Rhizome, Tuber
Edible: Leaves, Root
Re he huang jing, Imaan orhodai
Edible: Leaves, Root, Rhizomes
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Roots
Solomon's seal
Edible: Leaves, Root, Rhizome
Edible: Root, Rhizome
Angular Solomon's Seal
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Leaves, Root, Shoots
Edible: Rhizome
Angular Solomon's seal, Variegated Solomon's seal
Edible: Leaves, Root
Drug Solomonseal, Hopiqdyuqdyuq
Edible: Leaves, Rhizomes, Roots
Edible: Leaves
Hairy Solomon's seal
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Root- drink
Huang jing
Edible: Leaves, Root, Rhizomes, Sprouts, Tea
O-Naruko-Yuri
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Rhizome
Whorled Solomon's seal
Edible: Leaves, Root, Rhizome, Fruit
Edible: Rhizome, Root
Edible: Medicine
Native Asparagus, Asparagus fern
Edible: Roots, Shoots
Edible: Shoots
Box Holly, Butcher’s broom, Jew's myrtle, Sicilian asparagus
Edible: Shoots, Stems, Seeds - coffee
Edible: Leaves, Stem
Edible: Buds, Shoots, Fruit
Thick-leaf Butchers broom
Edible: Shoots, Buds, Fruit
Bowstring hemp
Edible: Root, Rhizome - water, Fruit
Edible: Roots - water
Ethiopian bowstring hemp
Edible: Roots - water
African bow string hemp
Edible: Fruit
Edible: Root, Fruit
Bilbays
Edible: Bulb
Mishchenko, Miszenko squill, White squill
Edible: Leaves, Corm
Chinese jacinth
Edible: Leaves, Root, Bulb
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Shoots
False Spikenard
Edible: Shoots
Star-Flowered Lily Of The Valley
Edible: Shoots
Purple tassels
Edible: Roots
Scootberry, Rosybells
Edible: Fruit, Leaves, Shoots
Edible: Root, Bulb
Banks’ fringed lily
Edible: Tuber, Root
Mallee fringed lily
Edible: Tuber, Root
Desert fringed lilies, Inland fringe-lily
Fringed lily
Edible: Roots
Many-flowered fringed lily
Edible: Tuber, Root
Twining fringe-lily
Edible: Tubers, Root, Stems, Flowers
Fringed lily
Edible: Tubers, Root
Common fringe-lily, Fringed violet, Violet lily
Edible: Tuber, Root, Leaves, Flowers
Wild hyacinth
Edible: Root, Bulb, Seeds pods, Corms
Hyacinth brodiaea
Edible: Root, Bulb
Pretty face, Golden brodiaea
Edible: Root, Bulb
Pretty face
Edible: Bulbs
Grassnut
Edible: Root, Bulb
Longray tripletlily
Edible: Root, Bulb
Edible: Bulb
Lae law paw
Edible: Flowers
Nodding tupistra
Edible: Flowering spike
Indian squill, True squill, Sea-onion
Edible: Leaves, Root, Caution
Winter red-hot-poker, Cape lily
Edible: Flowers
Dwarf Yucca
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Fruit
Fine-leaf Yucca, Narrowleaf Yucca
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Stem
Blue yucca, Banana yucca, Spanish bayonet
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Seeds, Stem
Joshua tree
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Root, Seeds, Seeds pod
Palma barreta
Edible: Fruit, Flowers
Edible: Fruit
Soap weed, Soap tree yucca
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Seed pod, Stem
Giant Yucca
Edible: Leaves, Pods, Flowers, Shoots
Faxon yucca, Broad-leaved yucca
Edible: Buds, Flowers, Fruit, Seeds
Adam’s Needles, Spanish Bayonet, Spoonleaf yucca
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Stem
Adam's needle
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Stem
Guatemala yucca, Spineless yucca
Edible: Flowers
Soapweed, Dwarf Yucca, Spanish bayonet
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Seed pod, Stem
Candle yucca
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Root, Stem
Ornamental yucca, Weeping yucca
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Stem
Sahuiliqui
Edible: Fruit
Spanish bayonet
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Stem
Palmitos, Izote
Edible: Flowers
Soyate, Palmita
Edible: Flowers
Twisted-leaf yucca
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Stem
Mojave yucca
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Stem
Spanish dagger
Edible: Fruit, Flowers
Torrey’s yucca or Spanish dagger
Strong yucca
Edible: Flower, Vegetable