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

rosette

leaves not present

Leaf margin

lobed

Leaf stalk

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

I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

I do not know

Lifecycle

Root structure

I do not know

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(19 weeds)

annual sowthistle

common dandelion

narrowleaf hawksbeard

perennial sowthistle

prickly lettuce

shepherd's purse

smooth hawksbeard

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spotted knapweed

tall globethistle

white ballmustard

Scientific Name

(19 weeds)

Calepina irregularis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium vulgare

Conium maculatum

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Echinops exaltatus

Lactuca serriola

Packera glabella

Raphanus raphanistrum

Sisymbrium offcinale

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Taraxacum officinale