Misc. Edible Plants, A
Miscellaneous Edible Plants
These are plants that are NOT listed under other headings but are tagged as “Wild Food”: Plants that are found in Arkansas are marked.
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| Common Name | Binomial | Part Used |
|---|---|---|
|
(Arkansas) | Yucca flaccida | Flowers & Fruit |
| Adonis blazingstar | Mentzelia multiflora | Seeds |
| African Boxthorn | Lycium ferocissimum | Fruits |
| Agave Nectar | ||
|
(Arkansas) | Dioscorea polystachya | Tuber |
| Alaska Lupine | Lupinus nootkatensis | Roots |
| Alexandrian laurel | Calophyllum inophyllum | Fruits |
| Algerita, Current of Texas | Mahonia trifoliolata | Berry |
| Allegheny Blackberry (Arkansas) | Rubus allegheniensis | Berry |
| Allegheny Chinkapin | Castanea pumila | Nuts |
| Allegheny Monkeyflower (Arkansas) | Mimulus ringens | Salt substitute |
| Alligator Weed (Arkansas) | Alternanthera philoxeroides | Stems/leaves |
| Aloe Yucca (Arkansas) | Yucca aloifolia | Fruit & Stems |
| Alpine Cress | Arabis alpinia | Flowers & leaves |
| Alpine Pennycress | Noccaea montana | Flowers & leaves |
| Alpine Sheep Sorrel | Rumex paucifolius | Flowers & leaves |
| Amaranth (Arkansas) | Amaranthus spp. | Leaves, seeds |
| Amaumau fern /ʻamaʻu (Hawaii) | Sadleria cyatheoides | Starchy trunk |
| Amberique-bean / Trailing Wild Bean (Arkansas) | Strophostyles helvola | Seeds and young pods |
| American Beechgrass | Ammophila breviligulata | Roots |
| American Bellflower (Arkansas) | Campanulastrum americanum | Young plant as cooked vegetableamer |
| American Beautyberry (French Mulberry) (Arkansas) | Callicarpa americana | berry |
| American Bittersweet | Celastrus scandens | thick bark, boiled and tender branchesa |
| American Bugleweed | Lycopus americanus | Root |
| American Chestnut | Castanea dentata | Nuts |
| American Cranesbill (Arkansas) | Geranium maculatum L. | Young leaves |
| American Half-free Morel | Morchella populiphila | Fruiting body |
| American Hornbeam / Blue Beech (Arkansas) | Carpinus caroliniana | Nuts |
| American Lotus | Nelumbo lutea | Tuber |
| American Mountain-ash | Sorbus americana | Berry |
| American Nightshade (Arkansas) | Solanum americanum | Fruit |
| American Searocket | Cakile edentula | Root |
| American Sickle Pod (Jue Ming Zi (Cao Jue Ming) (in Arkansas) | Senna obtusifolia | Cooked shoots, leaves, pods |
| American Silverberry | Elaeagnus commutata | Berry |
| American Speedwell / American brooklime (Arkansas) | Veronica americana | Leaves, watercress substitute |
| American Spikenard (Arkansas) | Aralia racemosa | Berry / roots in root beer |
| American Sweet Flag / Muskrat Root (Arkansas) | Acorus americanus | Rhizome |
| American Sycamore (Arkansas) | Plantanus occidentalis | Sap |
| American White Waterlily (Arkansas) | Nymphaea odorata | seeds, leaves, flowers and rhizomes |
| American Wild Carrot (Arkansas) | Daucus pusillus | Root |
| American Wintergreen | Gaultheria procumbens | Leaf & berry |
| American Wisteria (Arkansas) | Wisteria frutescens | Flowers |
| American Wormseed (Arkansas) | Dysphania anthelmintica | Leaves & seeds with cautions |
| Angel Wings | Calacium bicolor | Tubers |
| Anglestem primrose-willow (Arkansas) | Ludwigia leptocarpa | Plant burned to make vegetable salt |
| Aniseroot / Sweet Cicely (Arkansas) | Osmorhiza longistylis | Roots, leaves, seeds |
| Annual Burnet / Prairie Burnet (Arkansas) | Sanguisorba annua | Leaves, young shoots, flowers, seeds |
| Annual Marshelder (Arkansas) | Iva annua | Seeds |
| Annual Wall-rocket (Arkansas) | Diplotaxis muralis | Leaves |
| Appalachian Arrowroot / Kansas Arrowhead (Arkansas) | Sagittaria ambigua | Tubers |
| Arborvitae / Northern White Cedar(Thuja) | Thuja occidentalis | Cones & leaves |
| Arizona Walnut | Juglans major | Nut |
| Arkansas Chenopodium key | ||
| Arkansas Yucca | Yucca arkansana | Flowers, flower stalks, fruits |
| Arrach / Stinking Goosefoot | Chenopodium vulvaria | Seeds |
| Arrow Leaf Sida | Sida rhombifolia | Leaves as tea |
| Arrow-leaved Violet (Arkansas) | Viola sagittata | Leaves |
| Arrowleaf Balsamroot | Balsamorhiza sagittata | All parts edible |
| Arrowweed | Pluchea sericea | Root |
| Arctic Dock | Rumex articus | Leaves, seeds |
| Ashy Sunflower (Arkansas) | Helianthus mollis | Seeds |
| Asian Dayflower (Arkansas) | Murdannia keisak | Young shoots, leaves, flowers |
| Asiatic Dayflower (Arkansas) | Commelina communis | Young leaves & stems, flowers, shoots |
| Aspen Sunflower | Helianthella quinquenervis | Seeds |
| Autumn Olive / Japanese Silverberry (Arkansas) | Elaeagnus umbellata | Berries |