Spilanthes oleracea has flowers with round yellow balls and a red “eye” on top. In addition to the unique flowers, Toothache plant has attractive bronzy, dark green foliage which is edible. This annual is used in salads because of it’s pepper like flavor, and is also chewed for toothache because of it’s anesthetic properties, this is how it gets it’s common name of Toothache Plant. It is a native to South America and is only hardy in warmer climates but is well worth growing as an annual for something different in your garden, reaching 12-18” in height and 12” wide.