Roadside plants

Here you will find plants that grow on the roadside, along paths, or between paving stones.
Tip: You can find more roadside plants on my German website.

Amaranthus blitoides wayside

Amaranthus blitoides

Mat Amaranth

Origin: North America

Height, habit: 20 to 100 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Amaranthus deflexus at roadside

Amaranthus deflexus

Low Amaranth

Origin: South America

Height, habit: 20 to 50 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 6 (-0.4 °F/-18 °C)

Wormwood by the roadside

Artemisia absinthium

Wormwood, Absinthe

Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa

Height: 40 to 120 centimeters

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 F/-23 °C)

Ballota nigra by the wayside

Black horehound

Bindweed on the roadside

Calystegia sepium

Larger Bindweed, Hedge Bindweed

Origin: Nearly global

Chaerophyllum temulum wayside

Chaerophyllum temulum

Rough Chervil

Origin: Asia, Europe, North Africa

Height, habit: 30 to 120 centimeters, herbaceous plant

USDA zone: 5 (-9.4 °F/-23 °C)

Chelidonium majus wayside

Chelidonium majus

Greater Celandine

Flowering mapleleaf goosefoot by the wayside

Chenopodiastrum hybridum

Mapleleaf goosefoot

Nettle leaved goosefoot by the wayside

Chenopodiastrum murale

Nettle-leaved Goosefoot

Clematis vitalba roadside

Clematis vitalba

Old Man's Beard, Traveller's Joy

Origin: Africa (Algeria), Western Asia, Europe

Russian olive by the wayside

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Russian olive

Erodium cicutarium wayside

Erodium cicutarium

Common stork's-bill

Ficaria verna by the wayside

Lesser celandine

Galinsoga quadriradiata roadside

Galinsoga quadriradiata

Hairy galinsoga

Humulus lupulus by the roadside

Humulus lupulus

Common Hop, European Hop

Origin: Europe, North Africa (Morocco), North America, West Asia and as an invasive species also in other regions.

Height: The stems of this creeping and climbing growing plant can reach several meters in length

Edible: Yes

Isatis tinctoria by the roadside

Isatis tinctoria

Dyer's Woad, Woad

A young walnut tree by the wayside

Common walnut

Lamium album by the roadside

Lamium album vs. Urtica dioica

White dead-nettle & stinging nettle

Flowering nipplewort by the roadside

Lapsana communis

Common nipplewort

Oregon grape by the wayside

Mahonia aquifolium

Oregon grape

Onopordum acanthium by the wayside

Onopordum acanthium

Cotton thistle

Petty spurge by the wayside

Petty Spurge, Cancer Weed, Radium Weed

Euphorbia peplus

Phytolacca acinosa wayside

Phytolacca acinosa

Pokeweed

Plantago lanceolata by the wayside

Plantago lanceolata

English Plantain

Potentilla argentea wayside

Potentilla argentea

Hoary cinquefoil

creeping cinquefoil by the wayside

Potentilla reptans

Creeping cinquefoil

Rumex obtusifolius by the wayside

Rumex obtusifolius

Bitter Dock

Sanguisorba minor by the wayside

Sanguisorba minor

Salad burnet

Silene latifolia roadside

Silene latifolia

White campion

Origin: Africa, Asia, Europe

Silybum marianum by the wayside

Silybum marianum

Milk thistle

Stellaria media by the wayside

Stellaria media

Chickweed

Urtica urens by the wayside

Dwarf Nettle, Small Nettle

Wayfaring tree by the wayside

Viburnum lantana

Edible: No