Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

prostrate and nonwoody

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

alternate

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

none

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Not Present

Ochrea

I do not know

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

white

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

(30 weeds)

American burnweed

Asiatic dayflower

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

eastern daisy fleabane

garden cornflower

ivyleaf speedwell

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

prairie fleabane

prickly Russian thistle

purslane speedwell

sericea lespedeza

shepherd's purse

threadstalk speedwell

western salsify

white heath aster

Scientific Name

(30 weeds)

Achillea millefolium

Anthemis arvensis

Arabidopsis thaliana

Buglossoides arvensis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Centaurea cyanus

Commelina communis

Conyza canadensis

Coronilla varia

Eclipta prostrata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Geranium carolinianum

Lespedeza cuneata

Phyllanthus urinaria

Portulaca oleracea

Sisymbrium offcinale

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Tragopogon dubius

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica