Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

upright and nonwoody

prostrate and nonwoody

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Not Present

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

purple

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

pencil

Lifecycle

I do not know

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(35 weeds)

American speedwell

bigpod sesbania

Canada toadflax

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

common milkweed

common speedwell

common viper's bugloss

creeping lespedeza

cutleaf geranium

eastern black nightshade

Florida beggarweed

Fuller's teasel

henbit deadnettle

ivyleaf speedwell

perplexed ticktrefoil

Persian speedwell

purple ammannia

purple deadnettle

purslane speedwell

smallflower morningglory

spotted knapweed

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

Scientific Name

(35 weeds)

Ammannia coccinea

Asclepias syriaca

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cirsium arvense

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Dipsacus fullonum

Elephantopus carolinianus

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Lathyrus hirsutus

Lespedeza repens

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Perilla frutescens

Sesbania herbacea

Sherardia arvensis

Solanum ptycanthum

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia