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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Abelmoschus esculentusOkra43
Abelmoschus manihotAibika41
Abelmoschus moschatusMusk Mallow,Musk Okra23
Abies albaSilver Fir, Christmas Tree Fir, European Silver Fir, Silver23
Acaenia anserinifoliaPirri-Pirri Bur11
Acalypha australisAsian copperleaf01
Acanthus mollisBear's Breeches02
Acer pseudoplatanusSycamore, Great Maple, Scottish Maple, Planetree Maple21
Achillea millefoliumYarrow, Boreal yarrow, California yarrow, Giant yarrow, Coast yarrow, Western yarrow, Pacific yarrow34
Aegopodium podagrariaGround Elder, Bishop's goutweed, Goutweed, Ground Elder, Bishop's Weed32
Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut, European Horsechestnut, Common Horsechestnut34
Ageratum conyzoidesGoatweed, Tropical whiteweed03
Agoseris aurantiacaMountain Dandelion, Orange agoseris21
Agrimonia eupatoriaAgrimony, Churchsteeples23
Akebia quinataAkebia, Chocolate vine, Fiveleaf Akebia, Chocolate Vine42
Albizia julibrissinMimosa, Silktree, Mimosa Tree,22
Alchemilla alpinaAlpine Lady's Mantle, Mountain Lady's Mantle23
Alchemilla xanthochloraLady's Mantle23
Alkanna tinctoriaAlkanet, Alkanna12
Alliaria petiolataGarlic Mustard32
Allium cepa ascalonicumShallot53
Aloe veraAloe Vera, Barbados aloe, First Aid Plant, Medicinal Aloe15
Ampelopsis japonica 02
Anagallis arvensisScarlet Pimpernel22
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Anthyllis vulnerariaKidney Vetch12
Araucaria araucanaMonkey Puzzle Tree51
Arbutus menziesiiMadrona, Pacific madrone, Pacific Madrone32
Arisaema serratum 21
Arisaema thunbergii 01
Aristolochia rotundaSnakeroot02
Arnebia euchroma 02
Arnica angustifolia alpinaMountain Tobacco03
Arnica cordifoliaHeartleaf Arnica02
Arnica diversifoliaRayless arnica01
Arnica fulgensHillside Arnica, Foothill arnica02
Arnica montanaArnica, Mountain arnica03
Artemisia ludoviciana gnaphalodesWhite Sage02
Artemisia tripartitaThreetip Sage Brush, Wyoming threetip sagebrush21
Asphodelus albusAsphodel, Gamón-blanco21
Asplenium scolopendriumHart's Tongue Fern02
Aster lanceolatusWhite Panicle Aster01
Balsamorhiza sagittataOregon Sunflower, Arrowleaf balsamroot42
Barbarea vulgarisYellow Rocket, Garden yellowrocket31
Betula ermaniiGold Birch01
Bidens parviflora 11
Bletilla striataHyacinth Orchid, Urn orchid, Hyacinth Bletilla, Hardy Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid03
Boehmeria niveaRamie, Chinese Grass, Chinese Silk Plant22
Botrychium ternatum 22
Brasenia schreberiWater Shield32
Broussonetia papyriferaPaper Mulberry42
Calendula arvensisField Marigold23
Calendula officinaliscalendula, Pot Marigold35
Campsis radicansTrumpet Vine, Trumpet creeper01
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse32
Caragana jubataShag-Spine01
Carpesium abrotanoides 22
Centaurea scabiosaGreater Knapweed02
Cirsium nipponicum 11
Clematis buchananiana 12
Clinopodium umbrosum 01
Cnidium monnieriShe Chuang Zi, Monnier's snowparsley13
Collinsonia canadensisStone Root - Horse Balm, Richweed03
Consolida ambiguaLarkspur, Doubtful knight's-spur, Rocket Larkspur02
Coprosma robusta 11
Coriaria sinica 21
Cruciata laevipesCrosswort, Smooth bedstraw22
Cupressus sempervirensItalian Cypress02
Cymbalaria muralisKenilworth Ivy21
Dendranthema indicumChrysanthemum23
Dianthus superbusFringed Pink23
Dodonaea viscosaNative Hops, Florida hopbush, Hopseed Bush, Varnish Leaf, Hopbush, Narrow-leaf hopbush, Wedge-leaf h22
Dracocephalum moldavicaMoldavian Balm, Moldavian dragonhead11
Dryopteris filix-masMale Fern24
Echium vulgareViper's Bugloss, Common viper's bugloss12
Ephedra gerardianaMa Huang, Gerard jointfir24
Equisetum arvenseField Horsetail23
Eragrostis pilosaSoft Love Grass, Indian lovegrass11
Erophila vernaWhitlow Grass11
Euphorbia humifusa 12
Fraxinus latifoliaOregon Ash01
Galax urceolataBeetleweed, Wandflower01
Galium aparineGoosegrass, Coachweed, Catchweed, Stickywilly23
Galium mollugoHedge Bedstraw, False baby's breath12
Galium verumLady's Bedstraw, Yellow Spring bedstraw, Wirtgen's bedstraw32
Geranium molleDovefoot Geranium01
Geranium pratenseMeadow Crane's Bill, Meadow geranium, Geranium02
Geranium pusillumSmall geranium01
Geranium robertianumHerb Robert, Robert geranium02
Geranium sibiricumSiberian geranium01
Gnaphalium luteoalbumJersey Cudweed11
Hepatica nobilisHepatica, Sharplobe hepatica, Roundlobe hepatica02
Heuchera americanaRock Geranium, American alumroot, Alumroot, Coral Bells, Rock Geranium03
Hippuris vulgarisCommon Marestail, Common mare's-tail21
Hypericum androsaemumTutsan, Sweet-amber, St. Johnswort01
Hypericum ascyronGreat Saint John's Wort12
Hypericum japonicumMatted St. John's Wort02
Hypericum perforatumSt. John's Wort, Common St. Johnswort24
Hypochoeris glabraSmooth Cat's Ear11
Inula britannicaXuan Fu Hua, British yellowhead03
Inula britannica chinensisXuan Fu Hua13
Inula conyzaPloughman's Spikenard01
Lamium albumWhite Dead Nettle23
Larix deciduaLarch, European Larch, Common Larch23
Lavandula dentata 01
Leonurus japonicus 03
Leucanthemum vulgareOx-Eye Daisy, Marguerite22
Ligustrum lucidumChinese Privet, Glossy privet, White Wax Tree, Tree Ligustrum13
Ligustrum vulgarePrivet, European privet , Common Privet01
Liquidambar orientalisOriental Sweet Gum23
Liquidambar styracifluaSweet Gum, Red Gum, American Sweet Gum, Red Sweet Gum,23
Lithospermum carolinienseHairy Puccoon, Carolina puccoon01
Lonicera caprifoliumItalian Honeysuckle, Italian woodbine12
Lonicera periclymenumHoneysuckle, European honeysuckle12
Lysimachia nummulariaCreeping Jenny, Moneywort, Creeping Charlie12
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Melianthus majorHoney Flower31
Melilotus officinalisMelilot, Sweetclover23
Melittis melissophyllumBastard Balm11
Micromeria bifloraLemon Scented Thyme22
Mimulus guttatusYellow Monkey Flower, Seep monkeyflower22
Mirabilis jalapaMarvel Of Peru, Miracle Flower of Peru, Four O'Clock22
Mirabilis nyctagineaWild Four O'clock Plant, Heartleaf four o'clock02
Myoporum laetumNgaio, Ngaio tree, Mousehole Tree11
Myrica rubraChinese Bayberry22
Ophioglossum vulgatumAdder's Tongue, Southern adderstongue12
Origanum dictamnusDittany Of Crete, Hop Marjoram21
Osmunda regalisRoyal Fern, Flowering Fern02
Paliurus ramosissimusMa Jia Zi02
Parietaria judaicaPellitory Of The Wall, Spreading pellitory23
Parietaria officinalisPellitory Of The Wall, Upright pellitory23
Parnassia palustrisGrass Of Parnassus, Marsh grass of Parnassus, Mountain grass of Parnassus, Alaska grass of Parnass02
Petasites albusButterbur21
Picea jezoensisYezo Spruce21
Picea marianaBlack Spruce, Swamp Spruce22
Pinus contortaBeach Pine, Lodgepole pine, Bolander beach pine, Beach pine, Sierra lodgepole pine, Yukon pine, Shor32
Pinus massonianaChinese Red Pine22
Pinus ponderosaPonderosa Pine, Washoe pine32
Pinus quadrifoliaParry Piñon, Parry's Pinyon Pine, Four-leaved Pinyon42
Pinus resinosaRed Pine12
Pinus rigidaNorthern Pitch Pine, Pitch pine12
Pinus sabinianaDigger Pine, California foothill pine, Bull Pine, Gray Pine, Digger Pine42
Platanus orientalisOriental Plane, Oriental planetree02
Polygonum aviculareKnotweed, Prostrate knotweed23
Polygonum japonicumJapanese Knotweed, Mexican Bamboo, Japanese Knotweed33
Polygonum orientalePrince's Feather, Kiss me over the garden gate22
Populus nigraBlack Poplar, Lombardy poplar13
Potentilla cryptotaeniae 01
Prunella vulgarisSelf-Heal, Common selfheal, Aleutian selfheal, Lance selfheal23
Prunus armeniacaApricot43
Pyrola ellipticaWaxflower Shinleaf02
Reineckia carnea 01
Ripogonum scandensSupple Jack21
Rosa banksiaeBanksia Rose21
Rosa laevigataCherokee Rose23
Rubia cordifoliaIndian Madder23
Rubia manjithIndian Madder12
Rubus fruticosusBlackberry, Shrubby blackberry53
Rumex venosusSour Greens, Veiny dock12
Salix sitchensisSitka Willow12
Salvia multiorrhizaDan Shen03
Sambucus racemosaRed Elder, Red elderberry, Rocky Mountain elder, European Red Elderberry32
Sambucus racemosa kamtschaticaRed Elder32
Sanguisorba officinalisGreat Burnet23
Sanicula europaeaWood Sanicle12
Scrophularia marilandicaCarpenter's Square02
Scrophularia umbrosaWater Betony, Water figwort13
Sedum acreCommon Stonecrop, Goldmoss stonecrop, Gold Moss Sedum12
Sempervivum tectorumHouseleek, Common houseleek, Hen and Chickens23
Serratula tinctoriaSaw-Wort, Dyer's plumeless saw-wort11
Stachys bullataCalifornia Hedgenettle01
Stachys officinalisWood Betony, Common hedgenettle, Betony, Woundwort12
Stachys palustrisMarsh Woundwort, Marsh hedgenettle32
Stellaria mediaChickweed, Common chickweed33
Stellera chamaejasme 01
Symphytum asperumPrickly Comfrey32
Symphytum officinaleComfrey, Common comfrey35
Symphytum uplandicumComfrey35
Tamarix chinensisChinese Tamarisk, Five-stamen tamarisk02
Teucrium scorodoniaWood Sage12
Thalictrum collinumLesser meadow-rue01
Trichosanthes kirilowiiChinese Cucumber24
Trichosanthes kirilowii japonica 33
Trientalis europaeaChickweed Wintergreen, Arctic starflower01
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Ulmus proceraEnglish Elm32
Utricularia vulgarisBladderwort11
Vaccaria hispanicaCow Cockle, Cow soapwort13
Verbascum densiflorumMullein02
Verbascum thapsusGreat Mullein, Common mullein, Aaron's Rod, Flannel Plant, Hag Taper, Mullein, Torches, Velvet Plant13
Verbena hastataAmerican Blue Vervain, Swamp verbena12
Verbena officinalisVervain, Herb of the cross, Prostrate verbena13
Veronica chamaedrysGermander Speedwell11
Viburnum dilatatumLinden Viburnum, Linden arrowwood31
Viola tricolorHeartsease, Johnny jumpup, Field Pansy,23
Zizia aureaGolden Alexanders, Golden zizia21
Cajanus cajanPigeon Pea, Puerto Rico Bean, Gandul, Dhal, Congo Pea42
Mimosa pudicaMorivivir, Sensitive Plant22
Prunus armeniaca mandschuricaManchurian apricot43
Psidium guajavaGuava, Tropical Guava, Goiaba, Araçá-goiaba52
Typha elephantinaBora. Elephant grass, Indian reed-mace.33
Jasminum sambacJasmine Tea33
Bursera simarubaGum Tree, Gumbo Limbo22
Croton lechleriSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton palanostigmaSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Croton salutarisSangre De Grado, Dragon's blood04
Guiera senegalensisMoshi medicine, guier du Senegal14
Himatanthus sucuubaPlumeria sucuuba04
Lantana camaraWild Sage, Lantana Verbena24
Senna alataRingworm Bush, Candle Bush, Empress Candle Plant24
Tinospora crispaPatawali, Akar Patawali04
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