Asteraceae

1318 edible species

Largest flowering plant family including sunflowers, lettuce, artichokes, and chrysanthemums.

Taraxacum coreanum

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum cyprium

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum dissectum

Xicoina

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum erythropodium

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum erythrospermum

Red-seed dandelion

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum farinosum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum fedtschenkoi

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum formosanum

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum hellenicum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum heterolepis

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum hondoense

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum hybernum

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum japonicum

Kansai-Tanpopo

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum kok-saghyz

Rubber dandelion, Russian dandelion

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum lacerum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum laevigatum - (Willd.)DC.

Red-Seed Dandelion, Rock dandelion

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum macrolepium

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum magellanicum

Tohetaka

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum megalorhizon

Dandelion

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum megalorrhizon - (Forssk.)Hand

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum microcephaloides

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum mongolicum

Pu Gong Ying

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Stem, Root

Taraxacum neolobulatum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum obovatum

Dandelion

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum officinale

Dandelion

Edible: Leaves, Roots - coffee, Flowers, Herb, Spice, Vegetable

Taraxacum phymatocarpum

Edible: Leaves, Roots

Taraxacum platycarpum

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum pseudoalbidum

Taraxacum pseudobrachyglossum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum scaturiginosum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum serotinum

Cukur citligi

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum sieheanum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum sinicum

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root

Taraxacum stevenii

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum tibetanum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum turcicum

Edible: Leaves

Taraxacum variegatum

Edible: Leaves

Tarchonanthus camphoratus

Camphor bush, Hottentot tobacco

Edible: Leaves chewed, Leaves - tea, Spice

Tephroseris integrifolia

Edible: Leaves

Tephroseris palustris

Marsh fleawort, Clustered Marsh Ragwort, Marsh Fleabane

Edible: Leaves

Tessaria absinthioides

Brea

Edible: Roots

Tetraneuris acaulis

Stemless actinea

Thelesperma filifolium

Showy Navajo tea

Edible: Leaves - tea, Flowers - tea, Seeds

Thelesperma gracile - (Torr.)Gray.

Hopi tea greenthread

Edible: Flowers

Thelesperma longipes

Navajo tea, Longstalk greenthread, Cota

Edible: Leaves - tea, Flowers - tea

Thelesperma megapotamicum

Hopi tea, Navajo tea, Greenthread

Edible: Leaves - tea, Flowers - tea, Flower buds

Thelesperma subnudum

Sand fringepod

Edible: Flowers - tea, Leaves - tea

Thelesperma trifidum - (Poir.)Britton.

Stiff greenthread

Tilesia baccata

Wild pine, Turtle food

Edible: Fruit, Flower

Tithonia diversifolia

Wild sunflower, Giant Mexican sunflower

Edible: Seeds, Flowers

Tithonia tagetifolia

Edible: Seeds

Tolpis capensis

Edible: Leaves

Radicchio virgato

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon aureus

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon buphthalmoides

Bull's eye, Goat's beard

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon buphthalmoides var. latifolius

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon coelesyriacus

Goat's beard

Edible: Stems

Tragopogon collinus

Goat's beard

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon coloratus

Edible: Leaves, Root, Stems, Sap

Tragopogon crocifolius

Edible: Leaves, Root

Tragopogon cupani

Edible: Leaves, Root

Tragopogon dubius

Yellow Goatsbeard, Western Salsify, Yellow salsify

Edible: Leaves, Root, Stem, Gum

Tragopogon gracilis

Slender salsify

Edible: Leaves, Root, Seedspod

Tragopogon hispanica

Edible: Leaves, Root

Tragopogon latifolius

Salsify

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon latifolius var. angustifolius

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon orientalis

Kozija brada

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon porrifolius

Salsify, Oyster plant, Vegetable oyster, Jerusalem star

Edible: Roots, Leaves, Shoots, Vegetable

Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. longirostris

Long-beaked goat's beard, Purple salsify

Edible: Leaves, Stems

Tragopogon pratensis

Goatsbeard, Yellow goats beard

Edible: Roots, Leaves, Vegetable, Stems, Flowers

Tragopogon pratensis subsp. orientalis

Edible: Leaves

Tragopogon reticulatus

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Stems

Tridax mexicana

Tridax procumbens

Coat buttons, Tridax daisy

Edible: Leaves, Caution

Trilisa odoratissima - (Walter. ex J.F.Gmel.)Cass.

Vanilla Plant, Vanillaleaf

Tripleurospermum auriculatum

Edible: Leaves

Tripleurospermum parviflorum

Edible: Flowers - tea, Flavouring

Tussilago farfara

Coltsfoot, Coughwort

Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Caution, Root, Stems, Leaves - tea

Unxia camphorata

Edible: Leaves - tea

Urospermum dalechampii

Urospermum, False dandelion

Edible: Leaves

Urospermum picroides

False hawkbit, Sow thistle

Edible: Leaves, Stems, Root

Varthemia iphionoides

Edible: Leaves

Vernonia amygdalina

Bitter leaf, Tree vernonia

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Stems

Vernonia fastigiata

Starstalk

Edible: Leaves

Vernonia hymenolepis

Sweet bitterleaf

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Vernonia missurica

Missouri ironweed

Edible: Flowers

Vernonia nigritiana

Edible: Vegetable, Leaves

Vernonia noveboracensis

Vernonia solanifolia

Edible: Leaves - medicine, tea

Vernoniastrum aemulans

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Vernoniastrum ambiguum

Viguiera dentata

Viguiera multiflora

Nevada Showy False Goldeneye, Showy Goldeneye

Edible: Seeds

Wollastonia biflora

Wedelia, Sunflower daisy, Beach Sunflower

Edible: Leaves, Fruit

Wulffia stenoglossa

Edible: Fruit

Wyethia amplexicaulis

Mulesears wyethia

Edible: Leaves, Root, Seeds

Wyethia angustifolia

California compass plant

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Stems

Coast Range Mulesears

Edible: Seeds

Wyethia helianthoides

Sunflower wyethia

Edible: Root

Wyethia longicaulis

Humboldt mulesears

Edible: Leaves, Root, Seeds