Asteraceae
1318 edible species
Largest flowering plant family including sunflowers, lettuce, artichokes, and chrysanthemums.
Dwarf artichoke
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Roots - spice
Spanish cardoon
Edible: Stems
Globe artichoke
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Vegetable, Stems
Edible: Flowers, Stems
Giant Dahlia, Tree dahlia
Edible: Roots - coffee, Leaves
Dahlia, Garden dahlia
Edible: Flowers, Root, Tubers
Dahlia, Pinnate dahlia
Edible: Flowers, Root
Edible: Tubers, Roots
Dahlia
Edible: Flowers, Seeds
Edible: Leaves
Nanking chrysanthemum shoot
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Seeds, Flowers - tea
Florist's daisy
Edible: Flowers - tea
Chrysanthemum
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Chrysanthemum, Cut Mum, Garden Mum, Pot Mum, Florist's Chrysanthemum
Edible: Flowers, Leaves
Lloa dendrophorbium
Edible: Leaves - flavouring
Fever bush
Edible: Leaves - tea
Karmedik
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Medicine
Desert twinbugs
Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Seeds
White bietou
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves - drink
Viscous elecampe
Edible: Rhizome - spice, Root, Leaves
Edible: ?
Fetid marigold
Edible: Seeds
Echinacea, Coneflower
Edible: Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Flowers
Blue globe thistle
Edible: Root
Dahurian Globe Thistle, Chinese globe thistle
Edible: Leaves
Giant Japanese butterbur
Edible: Root - spice
Edible: Leaves, Flower ?
Edible: Leaves ?
Kebericho
Edible: Stems, Flower head
Edible: Stem
Giant Globe Thistle
Edible: Leaves
Globe thistle
Edible: Stems, Roots, Flowers, Leaves
Edible: Flower receptacle
Edible: Roots - spice
Sakizdikeni
Edible: Sap, Flower receptacle
Edible: Leaves
White Eclipta, False daisy
Edible: Herb, Leaves, Roots, Vegetable
Elephant's foot
Edible: Leaves, Root - tea
Tassel flower
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Root - flavouring
Edible: Leaves
Purple emily, Sowthistle tasselflower
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Flowers, Leaves - tea
Brittlebush
Edible: Gum
Button brittlebush
Edible: Spice
Buffalo spinach
Edible: Leaves, Spice, Vegetable
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves - tea
Fireweed, American burnweed
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Brazilian fire-weed
Edible: Leaves, Flowers
Rubber rabbitbrush
Edible: Chewing gum, tea
Gray Rabbitbrush
Chamisa, Gray Rabbitbrush
Edible: Flowers ?
Bigelowโs Gray Rabbitbrush
Chamiso blanco
Edible: Flowers - tea
Rubber Rabbitbrush
Heath goldenrod
Edible: Seeds
Blue Fleabane
Edible: Leaves
Annual fleabane, Daisy fleabane
Edible: Leaves, Stem
Flax-leaf fleabane
Edible: Flowers, Leaves, Spice
Edible: Root
Canadian Fleabane, Butterweed
Edible: Leaves
Asthma weed
Edible: Leaves
P'eng, Fleabane
Edible: Seeds
Beautiful woollysunflower
Edible: Seeds
Yellow yarrow
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable
Edible: Plant - salt
Edible: Leaves
Everlasting flower
Edible: Leaves, Shoots, Flowers
Hemp weed
Edible: Leaves - spice
Edible: Leaves
Pei lan
Edible: Leaves, Root
Pei Lan
Edible: Leaves, Root
Edible: Leaves
Blue mist bush
Gravel Root
Edible: Leaves
White star aster
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Leaves - tea
Sweetscented joepyeweed
Edible: Root ash - salt, Leaves, Stems, Flowers - tea
Leopard plant, Taiwan farfugium
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Leaf stalk, Caution, Roots
Common gaillardia, Blanketflower
Edible: Flowers
Red dome blanket flower
Edible: Seeds
Edible: Leaves, Shoots, Stem
Galactites, Purple milk thistle
Edible: Leaves, Stem, Flower stalks
Edible: Leaves
Peruvian daisy, Quickweed
Edible: Leaves
Small-flowered quickweed, Potato weed
Edible: Leaves, Vegetable, Stems, Flower shoots
Purple cudweed, Purple everlasting
Edible: Leaves
Edible: Roots - flavouring, Stems - flavouring
Common gazania
Edible: Leaves, Flowers, Root