This large-leaved biennial wildflower has thistle-like flowers and an edible and medicinal taproot
The brilliant blue, white, or pink of these flowers are actually 5 to 25 colored sepals rather than petals. They appear to float upon a mist of thread-like bracts above feathery, pinnately divided leaves.
This genus contains about a dozen species of shrubs and small trees, each with fruits that can be used to make a lathering soap.
This low-growing plant looks, smells, and tastes like onion and is served in US cuisine
This dark-colored cup fungus grows in small clumps on hardwood, starting out nearly closed and tender enough to be eaten, and maturing into a more opened cup, becoming too tough to be of much use
This humble plant is easily overlooked, both in its quiet early blooming and later leaf unfurling. You can find it in wetlands and riverine forests in the NE quarter of the US, up into Canada.
This relative of the European Robin nests across Eurasia, can sometimes be found in small numbers in North America, and overwinters in Africa.
This hairy little plant with 5 pointy petals is native to the Mediterranean region and is both edible and medicinal