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

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

has hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

has hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

purple

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(27 weeds)

Carolina geranium

common milkweed

common speedwell

common viper's bugloss

curlytop knotweed

Florida beggarweed

flower of an hour

germander speedwell

henbit deadnettle

ivyleaf speedwell

perplexed ticktrefoil

Persian speedwell

purple deadnettle

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

rabbitfoot clover

spoonleaf purple everlasting

spotted knapweed

Scientific Name

(27 weeds)

Amaranthus hybridus

Arctium tomentosum

Asclepias syriaca

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Clinopodium vulgare

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Gamochaeta purpure

Geranium carolinianum

Hibiscus trionum

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Passiflora incarnata

Polygonum lapathifolium

Solanum carolinense

Trifolium arvense

Trifolium pratense

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica