Asteraceae
1318 edible species
Largest flowering plant family including sunflowers, lettuce, artichokes, and chrysanthemums.
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Flowers
Pale thistle
Edible: Seeds
Marsh thistle
Edible: Leaves, Stalks, Roots
Edible: Leaves, Roots
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Root
Edible: Root
Edible: ?
Meadow thistle
Edible: Leaves
Meadow Thistle
Edible: Leaves, Root
Mountain thistle
Edible: Oil, Root, Stem
Lesser thistle
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Root
Edible: Leaves, Oil
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Roots
Tiger thistle
Edible: Leaves, Root, Stems
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Root
Nohara azami
Edible: Roots
Texas thistle
Edible: Leaves
Tuberous thistle
Edible: Root
Wavy-leaved thistle
Edible: Root, Stem, Flowers, Seeds, Leaves
Common thistle
Edible: Leaves, Seeds, Root, Flowers
Virginia Thistle
Edible: Root
Spear thistle, Common thistle, Scotch thistle
Edible: Leaves, Stems, Roots, Seeds
East Indian thistle, Wallich's thistle
Edible: Stem, Tubers, Root, Flowers, Shoots
Edible: Leaves, Stems, Root
Edible: Usage unclear, Caution
Blessed Thistle
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Oil, Root
Californian brickellbush
Edible: Leaves
Fleabane
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Common Horseweed, Canada Fleabane, Canadian horseweed
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Shoots
Albany gall-stick bush
Edible: Leaves
Tall fleabane
Edible: Leaves
Mouse ear coreopsis
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Cress-leaved tickseed
Edible: Leaves
Coreopsis
Edible: Flowers
Black cosmos, Chocolate cosmos
Edible: Flowers - flavouring
Edible: Leaves
Wild cosmos
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves ?
Yellow cosmos, Sulfur cosmos
Edible: Leaves, Spice, Flowers
Edible: Flowers - tea
Oqhuwan
Edible: Flowers - tea
Golden marguerite, Yellow chamomile
Edible: Flowers - tea, Leaves
Edible: Flower ?
Gansgras
Edible: Leaves
Ash buttons, Ashy cotula
Edible: Leaves, Flavouring
Edible: Leaves, Stems
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Thickhead, Okinawan spinach
Edible: Leaves, Tubers, Root, Vegetable, Flowers
Edible: Leaves, Stem
Yoruban bologi
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Tapertip hawksbeard
Edible: Stems
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Hawks beard
Edible: Leaves, Root - drink
Italian Hawksbeard
Edible: Leaves
Smooth hawksbeard
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Radicchio de campo, Castracani
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Western hawksbeard
Palestine Hawk's beard
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Root
Edible: Leaves
Sacred hawksbeard
Edible: Leaves
Rough hawksbeard, Bristly hawksbeard
Edible: Leaves
Narrow-Leaved Hawksbeard
Khurman
Edible: Leaves
Beaked Hawksbeard, Dandelion crepis
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Beaked hawk's beard
Edible: Leaves
Ash-coloured fleabane, Little iron weed
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves
Gangrota
Edible: Leaves
Austral bear's ears
Edible: Leaves - caution
Cardoon, Prickly Artichoke
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Root, Stem, Vegetable
Wild cardoon
Wild artichoke
Edible: Stems, Flowers, Leaves