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

lance

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

round or oval

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

I do not know

Ochrea

Milky sap

Not Present

Dominant flower color

purple

Flower symmetry

I do not know

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

(40 weeds)

American speedwell

bigpod sesbania

brownray knapweed

Chinese wisteria

common periwinkle

common selfheal

common speedwell

common viper's bugloss

eastern black nightshade

European field pansy

Florida beggarweed

garden cornflower

germander speedwell

palmleaf morningglory

perplexed ticktrefoil

purple ammannia

purple loosestrife

purple passionflower

purslane speedwell

rabbitfoot clover

sericea lespedeza

silverleaf nightshade

spiny plumeless thistle

spotted knapweed

thymeleaf speedwell

wild blue phlox

Scientific Name

(40 weeds)

Ammannia coccinea

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea jacea

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Clinopodium vulgare

Desmodium perplexum

Desmodium tortuosum

Euonymus alatus

Ipomoea wrightii

Lathyrus hirsutus

Lathyrus latifolius

Lespedeza cuneata

Lythrum salicaria

Monarda citriodora

Passiflora incarnata

Phlox divaricata

Phlox paniculata

Prunella vulgaris

Sesbania herbacea

Solanum carolinense

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Solanum ptycanthum

Trifolium arvense

Vernonia gigantea

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica serpyllifolia

Vigna unguiculata

Wisteria sinensis