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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
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

I do not know

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

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

I do not know

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

dime

pencil
dime
nickle
quarter
half dollar
larger
I do not know

Lifecycle

winter annual

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

(17 weeds)
European field pansy
garden lettuce
henbit deadnettle
jagged chickweed
large hopclover
largebracted plantain
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
Persian speedwell
purple deadnettle
rabbitfoot clover
scarlet pimpernel
sticky ragwort
sun spurge
wild mustard
wild radish
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(17 weeds)
Anagallis arvensis
Cardamine flexuosa
Euphorbia helioscopia
Holosteum umbellatum
Lactuca sativa
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Plantago aristata
Raphanus raphanistrum
Senecio viscosus
Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Veronica persica
Viola arvensis

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