Asteraceae

1318 edible species

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

Artemisia dracunculoides

Russian tarragon, Sweet sage

Edible: Seeds, Leaves

Artemisia dracunculus

Tarragon, French Tarragon, Russian tarragon

Edible: Leaves, Herb, Spice, Seeds, Root, Stem, Vegetable

Artemisia feddei

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia frigida

Fringed wormwood, Prairie sagewort

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Artemisia genipi

Spiked wormwood, Black wormwood, Genipi

Edible: Leaves - flavouring, Flower heads

Artemisia glacialis

Creeping wormwood, Glacier wormwood

Edible: Leaves - flavouring, Flowers - tea

Artemisia gmelinii

Russian wormwood

Edible: Leaves, Spice, Flowers

Artemisia granatensis

Edible: Leaves - tea, Flowers - tea

Artemisia herba-alba

White wormwood

Edible: Leaves - drink

Artemisia indica

Indian mugwort

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii

Japanese mugwort

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Artemisia iwayomogi

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia japonica

Japanese wormwood

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Artemisia judaica

Semen contra, Graines de vers

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Artemisia keiskeana

Cotton thatch

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Artemisia laciniata var. genuina

Dok kaeo mueang cheen, Sagebrush

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia lactiflora

Sagebrush

Edible: Leaves, Spice, Leaves - tea

Artemisia lancea

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia lavandulifolia

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia loureiroi

Edible: ?

Artemisia ludoviciana

Western Mugwort, White sage

Edible: Seeds, Leaves - flavouring, tea, Flower heads

Artemisia maciverae

Edible: ?

Artemisia maritima

Worm-seed, Sea wormwood, Levant wormseed

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Artemisia mexicana

Mexican mugwort

Edible: Leaves - spice

Artemisia michauxiana

Mountain sagewort

Edible: Seeds

Artemisia mongolica

Edible: Leaves ?

Artemisia monophylla

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia montana

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia nilagirica

Edible: Stem pith, Shoots

Artemisia ordosica

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Artemisia pallens

Davana

Edible: Flowers - flavouring, Leaves

Artemisia pontica

Roman wormwood

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Artemisia princeps

Mugwort, Japanese mugwort

Edible: Leaves, Seedlings

Artemisia princeps var. orientalis

Ssuk

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia rothrockii

Rothrock sagebrush

Artemisia rubripes

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia sacrorum

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia schmidtiana

Sagebrush, Silvermound, Wormwood, Mugwort

Edible: Stem

Artemisia scoparia

Scoparia Wormwood, Redstem wormwood

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Flowers, Spice

Artemisia sibirica

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia sieversiana

Erme

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Artemisia sodiroi

Edible: Fruit - flavouring, Leaves - tea, Flowers - tea

Artemisia stelleriana

Dusty Miller, Beach Wormwood

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Artemisia stolonifera - (Maxim.)Komar.

Artemisia subdigitata

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia sylvatica

Artemisia tilesii

Wormwood, Tilesius' wormwood

Edible: Shoots

Artemisia tridentata

Big sagebrush

Edible: Seeds, Leaves

Artemisia tripartita

Threetip sage brush

Edible: Seeds

Artemisia umbelliformis

Alpine Wormwood

Artemisia vallesiaca

Alpine wormwood, Valais wormwood

Edible: Leaves - flavouring, Spice

Artemisia vulgaris

Mugwort, Artemisia shoot, Slender artemisia

Edible: Plant, Herb, Spice, Leaves

Artemisia vulgaris var. parviflora

Edible: Leaves

Artemisia wrightii

Edible: Leaves, Seeds

Aspilia africana

Edible: Leaves

Edible: Root - flavouring

Aspilia latifolia

Edible: Leaves - flavouring

Aspilia pluriseta

Dwarf aspilia

Edible: Fruit, Caution

Italian Aster

Edible: Leaves

Aster cordifolius

Common Blue Wood Aster

Edible: Leaves

Aster fastigiatus

Edible: Leaves

Edible: Leaves

Edible: Leaves

Edible: Leaves

Indian aster

Edible: Leaves

Aster kantoensis

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

Aster koraiensis

Edible: Flowers, Leaves

Aster macrophyllus

Large leafed aster, Big leaf aster

Edible: Leaves, Roots

Aster pseudoglehnii

Edible: Leaves

Rough aster

Edible: Leaves, Vegetable

Aster tataricus

Tatarian aster

Edible: Leaves

Aster trinervius

Purple aster

Edible: Leaves

Aster trinervius var. adustus

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Aster tripolium

Sea Aster

Edible: Leaves, Shoots

Yomena

Edible: Leaves

Athrixia angustissima

Edible: Leaves - tea

Daisy tea

Edible: Leaves - tea

Athrixia heterophylla

Edible: Leaves - tea

Athrixia phylicoides

Zulu tea, Bushman's tea

Edible: Leaves - tea

Atractylis gummifera

Masticogna laticifera

Edible: Leaves, Flowers

Atractylodes japonica

Sapchu

Edible: Leaves, Root

Atractylodes lancea - (Thunb.)DC.

Cang Zhu

Edible: Root

Atractylodes ovata

Edible: Root

Ayapana triplinervis

Pool root, White snake root

Edible: Leaves - tea

Baccharis gaudichaudiana

Edible: Leaves - tea

Baccharis sagittalis

Edible: Leaves ?

Baccharis salicina

Groundsel tree

Edible: Leaves

Baccharis sarothroides

Desert Broom

Baccharis scandens

Chilca negra

Edible: Leaves ?

Baccharis tola var. incarum

Lejia

Edible: Leaves - tea

Baccharis trimera

Edible: Leaves - tea

Baccharis trinervis

Edible: Leaves

Baccharis viminea

Mule's fat

Edible: Leaves

Baccharoides adoensis

Shire vernonia

Edible: Root

Baccharoides anthelmintica

Ironweed

Edible: Leaves

Baccharoides calvoana

Edible: Leaves

Baccharoides hymenolepis - (A.Rich.) Isawumi, B.Nord. & El

Baccharoides

Edible: Leaves

Baccharoides lasiopus

Edible: Medicine

Baccharoides pumila

Edible: Root, Vegetable

Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Deltoid balsamroot, Puget balsam-root

Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Root, Flower stalks