Weeds Identification

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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

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

none

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

purple

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

I do not know

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(28 weeds)

American speedwell

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

common milkweed

common speedwell

common viper's bugloss

Fuller's teasel

garden cornflower

germander speedwell

ivyleaf speedwell

Persian speedwell

purple ammannia

purple loosestrife

purslane speedwell

sericea lespedeza

spiny plumeless thistle

spotted knapweed

tall globethistle

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

Scientific Name

(28 weeds)

Ammannia coccinea

Asclepias syriaca

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Dipsacus fullonum

Echinops exaltatus

Elephantopus carolinianus

Geranium carolinianum

Lespedeza cuneata

Lythrum salicaria

Portulaca pilosa

Sherardia arvensis

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia