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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

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Stem cross section

I do not know

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

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

white

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

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

winter annual
summer annual
biennial
perennial
I do not know

Root structure

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

Common name

(64 weeds)
American burnweed
arrowleaf sida
big chickweed
bladder campion
blindeyes
Carolina elephantsfoot
Carolina geranium
catnip
common cocklebur
common evening primrose
common mallow
common milkweed
common mouse-ear chickweed
common mullein
common speedwell
corn chamomile
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
corn spurry
curlytop knotweed
eastern black nightshade
eastern daisy fleabane
false daisy
field pepperweed
flower of an hour
garden cornflower
hairy bittercress
hairy fleabane
hedgemustard
horsenettle
horseweed
hyssopleaf thoroughwort
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
lateflowering thoroughwort
lawndaisy
mayapple
mayweed chamomile
mouseear cress
mugwort
Persian speedwell
philadelphia fleabane
plantain-leaved pussytoes
prairie fleabane
prickly lettuce
prickly Russian thistle
purple passionflower
purslane speedwell
Queen Anne's lace
rabbitfoot clover
shepherd's purse
spoonleaf purple everlasting
spring draba
spurred anoda
tall globethistle
threadstalk speedwell
thymeleaf speedwell
toothed spurge
vente conmigo
Virginia strawberry
white snakeroot
white vervain
wild basil
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(64 weeds)
Ageratina altissima
Anoda cristata
Antennaria plantaginifolia
Anthemis arvensis
Anthemis cotula
Arabidopsis thaliana
Arctium tomentosum
Artemisia vulgaris
Asclepias syriaca
Bellis perennis
Buglossoides arvensis
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine hirsuta
Centaurea cyanus
Cerastium fontanum
Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare
Clinopodium vulgare
Conyza bonariensis
Conyza canadensis
Croton glandulosus var. septentrionalis
Daucus carota
Draba verna
Echinops exaltatus
Eclipta prostrata
Elephantopus carolinianus
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron philadelphicus
Erigeron strigosus
Eupatorium hyssopifolium
Eupatorium serotinum
Euphorbia dentata
Fragaria virginiana
Gamochaeta purpure
Geranium carolinianum
Hibiscus trionum
Holosteum umbellatum
Lactuca serriola
Lepidium campestre
Malva neglecta
Nepeta cataria
Oenothera biennis
Papaver dubium
Passiflora incarnata
Podophyllum peltatum
Polygonum lapathifolium
Salsola tragus
Sida rhombifolia
Silene latifolia ssp. alba
Sisymbrium offcinale
Solanum carolinense
Solanum ptycanthum
Spergula arvensis
Trifolium arvense
Verbascum thapsus
Verbena urticifolia
Veronica arvensis
Veronica filiformis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Veronica serpyllifolia
Xanthium strumarium

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