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

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

I do not know

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

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

I do not know

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(38 weeds)

bigpod sesbania

brownray knapweed

Canada toadflax

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

creeping lespedeza

curlytop knotweed

cutleaf geranium

eastern black nightshade

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

garden cornflower

ivyleaf speedwell

perplexed ticktrefoil

Persian speedwell

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

rabbitfoot clover

silverleaf nightshade

smallflower morningglory

spiny plumeless thistle

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

tall globethistle

threadstalk speedwell

Scientific Name

(38 weeds)

Amaranthus hybridus

Arctium tomentosum

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Datura stramonium

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Echinops exaltatus

Elephantopus carolinianus

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium carolinianum

Geranium dissectum

Hibiscus trionum

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Lespedeza repens

Lythrum salicaria

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Passiflora incarnata

Polygonum lapathifolium

Sesbania herbacea

Solanum carolinense

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solanum ptycanthum

Trifolium arvense

Trifolium pratense

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica