swap_horiz Watercress Alternatives

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American Lotus

The American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) is a perennial wildflower found in shallow, slow-moving waters across eastern North A...

Yellow Summer Edible Aquatic

9.2 Excellent

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White Water Lily

The White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata) is a flowering aquatic plant found throughout eastern North America. Its notable...

Floating Summer White Fragrant

9.0 Excellent

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Painted Trillium

Painted trillium, Trillium undulatum, is a perennial woodland wildflower native to eastern North America. It bears three...

Spring White Woodland Native

8.6 Great

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Squirrel Corn

Squirrel Corn (Dicentra canadensis) is a spring ephemeral wildflower native to the deciduous forests of eastern North Am...

Spring Ephemeral White Woodland

8.5 Great

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White Wild Indigo

White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba) is a tall, drought-tolerant perennial native to prairies and open woodlands of the cen...

Spring White Tall Prairie

8.4 Great

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Solomon's Seal

Solomon's Seal refers to several species of shade-loving herbaceous perennials within the genus Polygonatum, which is pa...

Spring White Woodland Arching

8.4 Great

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Foxglove Beardtongue

Foxglove Beardtongue, known scientifically as Penstemon digitalis, is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial native to the...

Meadow Spring White Tubular

8.4 Great

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Hairy Beardtongue

Hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus) is an herbaceous perennial native to the rocky woodlands and dry slopes of easter...

Spring White Tubular Prairie

8.3 Great

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Wild Lily of the Valley

Wild Lily of the Valley (*Maianthemum canadense*), also known as Canada Mayflower, is a small, rhizomatous perennial nat...

Spring White Boreal Low Growing

8.2 Great

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Rue Anemone

Rue Anemone (*Thalictrum thalictroides*) is a small herbaceous perennial plant native to the deciduous woodlands of east...

Spring Ephemeral White Woodland

8.2 Great

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False Solomon's Seal

False Solomon's seal is a North American woodland perennial commonly classified as Maianthemum racemosum. Its arching st...

Spring Plume White Woodland

8.1 Great

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Wild Leek

Wild Leek (Allium tricoccum), commonly called ramps, is a spring-emerging perennial in the onion family native to rich d...

Spring Aromatic White Woodland

7.9 Good

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Wild Strawberry

The wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial plant native to meadows, woodlands, and...

Spring White Edible Woodland Edge

7.8 Good

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Toothwort

A spring ephemeral of eastern North American forests in the mustard family serving as the primary larval host plant for...

Spring White Woodland Native

7.4 Good

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Cut-leaved Toothwort

Cut-leaved toothwort, Cardamine concatenata, is a spring ephemeral native to deciduous forests of eastern North America....

Spring White Woodland Native

7.4 Good

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Arrowhead

Arrowhead is an aquatic plant widespread across the Americas, historically notable for its edible tubers, known as wapat...

Summer White Edible Aquatic

7.3 Good

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Wild Garlic

Wild Garlic (Allium canadense) is a perennial bulbous plant native to eastern North America, eaten by Indigenous peoples...

Meadow Spring Aromatic White

7.0 Good

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Spring Cress

Spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa) is a perennial wildflower in the mustard family native to eastern North America. It pro...

Wetland Spring White Native

7.0 Good

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Shepherd's Purse

A Eurasian annual weed naturalized on every inhabited continent and considered one of the world's most widespread flower...

Meadow Spring White Introduced

6.1 Fair

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Common Chickweed

Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) is a European annual naturalized on every continent, ranked among the world's most wi...

Annual Spring White Edible

4.5 Poor