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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
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none
shorter than leaf
longer than leaf
I do not know

Leaf hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
I do not know

Flower diameter

larger

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

taproot

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

Common name

(15 weeds)
blackeyed Susan
bull thistle
chicory
garden cornflower
jimsonweed
musk thistle
perennial sowthistle
purple passionflower
Queen Anne's lace
sensitive partridge pea
silverleaf nightshade
spoonleaf purple everlasting
tall globethistle
toothed spurge
western salsify

Scientific Name

(15 weeds)
Carduus nutans
Centaurea cyanus
Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans
Cichorium intybus
Cirsium vulgare
Datura stramonium
Daucus carota
Echinops exaltatus
Euphorbia dentata
Gamochaeta purpure
Passiflora incarnata
Rudbeckia hirta
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Sonchus arvensis
Tragopogon dubius

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