Asteraceae
1318 edible species
Largest flowering plant family including sunflowers, lettuce, artichokes, and chrysanthemums.
Gokcebas
Edible: Root, Leaves, Flowers - tea
Shrubby centaury
Edible: Stem, Leaves
Digin al-badan
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Flowers ?
Iberian star thistle, Spanish thistle
Edible: Leaves, Leaf stalks, Young stems
Harshweed
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Fiordaliso
Edible: Leaves, Stems
Black knapweed, Lesser Knapweed
Edible: Flowers
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Star thistle
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
St Barnaby's thistle, Yellow star-thistle
Edible: Leaves
Fiordaliso giallo
Edible: Leaves, Stems
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Sneezeweed
Edible: Leaves
Bitterleaf
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Roman chamomile
Edible: Flowers - tea, Spice, Leaves
Rock tea
Sharp varthemia
Spiny Aster
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Naked weed, Skeleton weed
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Boneseed
Edible: Fruit
Tricolor Chrysanthemum, Painted Daisy, Summer Chrysanthemum
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Chop-Suey Greens
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Shoots
Chop-Suey Greens
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Shoots
Wild Chrysanthemum, Mother chrysanthemum
Edible: Leaves, Fruit, Roots, Flowers, Seeds
Chrysanthemum, Spider mum
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Spice, Tea
Corn Marigold
Edible: Leaves, Shoots
Edible chrysanthemum, Mulberry-leaved chrysanthemum
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Sticky-leafed rabbit brush
Edible: Bark - chewing
Blue sow thistle, Mountain sowthistle
Edible: Leaves, Stems
Edible: Leaves
Endive
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Chickory, Chicory
Edible: Leaves, Stems, Roots, Herb, Spice, Vegetable, Flowers
Dwarf chicory
Edible: Leaves, Roots
Spiny chicory
Edible: Leaves
African marigold, Wild parsley
Edible: Leaves, Spice
Edible: Flower receptacle
Edible: Root
Arizona thistle
Perennial thistle, Creeping thistle
Edible: Root, Shoot, Leaves, Stems, Seeds, Roots - coffee
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Leaves
Indian thistle
Edible: Root, Stem
Edible: Root
Edible: Root
Edible: Root
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Oil
Edible: Stem
Edible: Root, Leaves, Vegetable
Field thistle
Edible: Roots
Drummond's thistle
Edible: Leaves, Roots, stalks, Fruit, Flowers
Eaton's Thistle
Edible: Oil, Root, Stem
Eaton's thistle
Edible: Root, Stem
Mountain Thistle
Edible: Root, Stem
Edible thistle
Edible: Root, Stem
Macoun's thistle
Edible: Root
Woolly thistle, Woolly-headed thistle
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Stem
Dwarf thistle, Leafy thistle, Elk thistle
Edible: Leaves, Root, Stem
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
White thistle, Hooker's thistle
Edible: Root, Flower stems
Bull thistle, Purple thistle, Spiny thistle
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Flowers, Rhizome
Cat thistle, Japanese thistle
Edible: Leaves, Roots
Edible: Leaves, Root
Kamchatka Thistle
Edible: Leaves, Roots
Edible: Roots
Edible: Leaves, Oil, Seed, Shoots
Edible: ?
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Flowers
Edible: Leaves, Oil, Shoots
Surf Thistle
Edible: Root
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Stems
New Mexico thistle
Edible: Leaves, Stem, Root
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root
Cobwebby thistle
Edible: Root, Stem
Yellow spined thistle
Edible: Root, Stem
Cabbage thistle, Meadow cabbage, Vegetable thistle
Edible: Leaves, Root