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

leaves not present

Leaf margin

I do not know

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

Not Present

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

I do not know

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

dime

Lifecycle

summer annual

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(28 weeds)

American burnweed

Asiatic dayflower

bearded beggarticks

bigpod sesbania

climbing dayflower

devil's beggartick

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

hophornbeam copperleaf

Japanese clover

mayweed chamomile

Pennsylvania smartweed

prairie fleabane

smallflower morningglory

Scientific Name

(28 weeds)

Abutilon theophrasti

Acalypha ostryifolia

Ambrosia trifida

Anthemis arvensis

Anthemis cotula

Bidens aristosa

Bidens frondosa

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Commelina communis

Commelina diffusa

Desmodium tortuosum

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Hibiscus trionum

Ipomoea quamoclit

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Kummerowia striata

Perilla frutescens

Phyllanthus urinaria

Polygonum pensylvanicum

Senna obtusifolia

Sesbania herbacea

Solanum ptycanthum

Verbascum thapsus