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common name: Arrowhead
scientific name: Sagittaria latifolia
Habitat: Shallow water, edges of pond, Scattered state wide
Identify:small white flowers that each have 3 petals, arrow shaped leaves: arranged around base of flowing stalk
What time of year: blooms June through October, best time to harvest tubers as leaves are dieing and turning yellow (fall season
Common name: june berry
Scientific name: Amelanchier arbore
Where located: statewide
Identify: White blossoms appear before leaves. Leaf is oval and toothed.
What time of year: March-May
Edible parts: The berry portion.
How to prepare: Raw jelly and pies.
Common name: Nettle
Scientific name: Urtica
Ailment the plant uses:used to stop bleeding treatment for gout promotes milk production in humans.
Located: Located in Canada and the United States, where it is found in state except for Hawaii, and Mexico
Identify: Has soft green leaves are 3 to 15 cm long and wiry, green stem. also has small, greenish or brownish flowers
Time of year: May-june
Part of plant used: Leafs
How to prepare: boil leafs to make a tea.
Common name: Passion flower
Scientific name: Passiflora
Ailment the plant uses: Neurological problems like Parkinson’s, epilepsy, anxiety, hypertension.
Located: Sandy fields, roadsides, and railroads. This species is native to the southeastern United States, including southern Missouri.
Identify: flowers arise singly from axils, the floral parts purplish blue, pink, and white.
Time of year: Blooms june-september.
Part of plant used: flowers and leafs are used .
How to prepare: Infusions, Teas, Liquid
extracts and Tinctures.
Edible parts: are located at the roots called tubers.
Preparation: One way to prepare this potato substitute is to bake it in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes. They may also be boiled or roasted around a campfire
American Basswood
cites
https://regrowroots.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/wild-native-herbs-of-missouri/
https://regrowroots.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/wild-native-herbs-of-missouri/
http://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/recipes/wild-edibles-missouri
Common name: Milk thistle
Scientific name: Silybum marianum
Ailment the plant uses: Regenerates liver cells, stimulates bile flow and antidepressant, also can be used for spleen problems, jaundice, and gallstones.
Located: North America
Identify:The leaves have pointy edges. They are hairless, shiny green.
The flower heads are 4 to 12 cm long they are also have red-purple color
Time of year:The harvest takes place in August
Part of plant used: seeds are used.
How to prepare: Pills, oil and tea.
Common name: American Brasswood
Scientific name:Tilia americana
Ailment the plant uses:A tea made from the dried flowers is used in the treatment of hypertension, hardening of the arteries, digestive complaints associated with anxiety, feverish colds, respiratory catarrh, migraine.
Located: North America
Identify:Tilia Americana is a deciduous Tree growing to 82ft also blooms with white flowers.
Time of year: early summer
Part of plant used: The whole plant.
How to prepare: teas, extracts
common name: plantain
scientific name: Plantago ruge
where located: Dry soils, pastures, lawns, fields, gardens, waste grounds and roadside.
identify:Basal leaves, parallel-appearing veins. Flower stalk holds terminal spike.
what time of year: April-august
edible parts: The leaves .
how to prepare:Potherb, salad and tea.
Common Name: Pepper Grass
Scientific Name : Lepidium virginicum
Habitat: This wild edible can be found along roadsides, fields and prairies. It grows all over U.S., Mexico, South America and Australia. It prefers dry, sunny locations.
Identity: Its lower leafs are up to 3 inches long and can grow up to be a foot high the leaves on the upper parts of the plant are linear and only inch long .
What time of year: February thru November
Edible parts: The entire plant is edible.
How to prepare: Seed pods are also good sprinkled on soups or used in a vinegar-oil salad dressing
Common name: Red clover
Scientific name:Trifolium pratense
Ailment the plant uses:natural blood thinner.
excellent blood purifier cleanses and soothes bronchial nerves
used in the treatment in of cancer.
Located: Located thru out the U.S..
Identify:Flowers are compact clusters that are usually rose pink in color. Seed pods are small, short, and contain kidney shaped seed.
Time of year: Spring and summer.
Part of plant used: Flowers
How to prepare: Teas ,pills, extracts and tinctures.
Common name: Shepherd's purse
Scientific name: Plantago rugel
Where located: Dry soils, pastures, lawns, fields, gardens, waste grounds, roadsides
Identify: one has a narrow, long leaf while the other has a rounder, wider leaf. The narrow leaf, or English plantain, has a white flower cluster while the common plantain sends up green flower spikes.
What time of year: Leaves, February April; seeds, June September
Edible parts:Shepherds purse leaves can be eaten raw or cooked . Young leaves used before the plant flowers is a tasty addition to salads.
How to prepare: Raw, salads and dressings.
Common name: bed straw
Scientific name: Galium species
Where located: Statewide
Identify: Leafs egg shaped, with slightly notched tips. The cotyledons are smooth, lack hairs, and range in length from 1/2 to one inch.
what time of year: March -july
Edible parts: stem and leafs.
How to prepare:Potherb, salad and coffee substitute.
Common name: Mullein
Scientific name: Verbascum
Ailment the plant uses : effective treatment for asthma
oil is used as a remedy for ear infections
great for colds and bronchial spasms.
Located: all over the world.
Identify: Large leaves, unbranch stem and star shapes plant.
Time of year: harvest as leafs appear.
Part of plant used: leafs
How to prepare: teas, extracts and pills.
Common name: water cress
Scientific name: Nasturtium officinale
Where located: Introduced in scattered locations statewide. Most common in Ozark and Ozark border counties of southern and central Missouri.
Identify: Flowers are massed at the tips of stems, The flowers have 4 tiny petals that are white similar to lavender.
What time of year: Blooms April–October.
Edible parts: Entire plant is edible .
How to prepare: salads, soups and many dishes .
Common name: Wild carrot
Scientific name:Daucus carota
Ailment the plant uses:great for urinary system juice is good for kidney complaints regulates fertility.
Located: North america
Identify: The stem is normally
slender, from 2-4 feet in height and which is sometimes heavily branched and more robust. The flower is a
white umbel.
Time of year: fall
Part of plant used:leaves, seeds, and flowers are
used.
How to prepare: food extracts and also teas
Common name:goose berry
Scientific name: Ribes uva-crispa
Where located: State wide except southeast .
Identify: Irregular toothed leaves , Woody stems with spines. Flowers dangle downward.
What time of year: April-May
Edible parts: berries parts.
How to prepare: Fruit, pie, cobbler,jelly and tea.
Common name: Dandelion
Scientific name:Taraxacum
Ailment the plant uses:stimulates and aids our liver to eliminate toxins in our blood known to cure hepatitis.
Located: tempered regions across the world .
Identify: bring yellow pedals hollow stem / feathery white pedals
Time of year: Year round
Part of plant used: flower
How to prepare: wines, extracts, or pills