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

I do not know

Leaf shape

oval

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

I do not know

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

has hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

bilateral symetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

dime

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(16 weeds)

American burnweed

bird's-foot trefoil

clammy groundcherry

common speedwell

Florida beggarweed

germander speedwell

henbit deadnettle

Japanese clover

Persian speedwell

purple deadnettle

sericea lespedeza

threadstalk speedwell

Scientific Name

(16 weeds)

Desmodium tortuosum

Erechtites hieracifolia

Kummerowia striata

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Lespedeza cuneata

Lotus corniculatus

Physalis heterophylla

Verbascum thapsus

Verbesina alternifolia

Verbesina occidentalis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica officinalis

Veronica persica