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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

lance

round
heart
needle
lance
oval
spatulate
triangle
I do not know

Leaf arrangement

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

serrated

entire
lobed
serrated
wavy
I do not know

Leaf stalk

none

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

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

I do not know

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

(28 weeds)
American burnweed
American speedwell
Canada goldenrod
Canada lettuce
common groundsel
common mullein
common speedwell
corn speedwell
eastern daisy fleabane
false daisy
field mustard
garden cornflower
germander speedwell
giant goldenrod
hairy fleabane
lanceleaf ragweed
moth mullein
mouseear cress
musk thistle
narrowleaf hawksbeard
perennial sowthistle
prairie fleabane
purslane speedwell
smooth hawksbeard
spiny plumeless thistle
sweet sagewort
thymeleaf speedwell
white heath aster

Scientific Name

(28 weeds)
Ambrosia bidentata
Arabidopsis thaliana
Artemisia annua
Brassica rapa
Carduus acanthoides
Carduus nutans
Centaurea cyanus
Conyza bonariensis
Crepis capillaris
Crepis tectorum
Eclipta prostrata
Erechtites hieracifolia
Erigeron annuus
Erigeron strigosus
Lactuca Canadensis
Senecio vulgaris
Solidago altissima
Solidago giganteae
Sonchus arvensis
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Verbascum blattaria
Verbascum thapsus
Veronica americana
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica officinalis
Veronica peregrina
Veronica serpyllifolia

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