Single large white flowers beneath. Typical of moist forests, but tolerant of fairly open situations. Showy liliaceous spring woodland plants. An edible member of the buckwheat family, native of Asia. Petioles boiled and sweetened make a fine dessert.
Leaves contain oxalic acid and soluble oxalates that can cause death.
A showy biennial brown and yellow daisy typical of open fields. Clusters of white-pink flowers. Tolerant of dry, gravelly soils in open, sunny areas. Native of Europe. They are not generally associated with hay fever but rather are insect-pollinated.