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Plant type

Broadleaf
  • Broadleaf
  • Grass or grass like
  • Other
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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody
prostrate and nonwoody
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

I do not know

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
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Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

I do not know

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
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Leaf hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
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Stem hairs

has hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

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white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
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Flower symmetry

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
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Flower diameter

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
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Lifecycle

biennial

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
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Root structure

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(14 weeds)
bull thistle
Carolina geranium
catnip
common burdock
common evening primrose
common viper's bugloss
cutleaf evening primrose
cutleaf geranium
horseweed
moth mullein
philadelphia fleabane
Queen Anne's lace
Spanish needles
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(14 weeds)
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Bidens bipinnata
Cirsium vulgare
Conyza canadensis
Daucus carota
Echium vulgare
Erigeron philadelphicus
Geranium carolinianum
Geranium dissectum
Nepeta cataria
Oenothera biennis
Oenothera laciniata
Verbascum blattaria

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