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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

I do not know

simple
trifoliate
pinnate
palmate
I do not know

Leaf shape

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

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

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Not Present

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

pink

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

(29 weeds)
American burnweed
beefsteakplant
blindeyes
Canada thistle
Carolina elephantsfoot
catnip
common burdock
common mallow
creeping lespedeza
Deptford pink
field madder
Florida beggarweed
garden cornflower
hairy angelica
horseweed
lawndaisy
musk thistle
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
perennial pea
poorjoe
prickly Russian thistle
purple ammannia
purple passionflower
rabbitfoot clover
red clover
spiny plumeless thistle
spotted knapweed
white heath aster
woolly burdock

Scientific Name

(29 weeds)
Ammannia coccinea
Angelica venenosa
Arctium minus
Arctium tomentosum
Bellis perennis
Carduus acanthoides
Carduus nutans
Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
Cirsium arvense
Conyza canadensis
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium tortuosum
Dianthus armeria
Diodia teres
Elephantopus carolinianus
Erechtites hieracifolia
Lathyrus latifolius
Lespedeza repens
Malva neglecta
Nepeta cataria
Papaver dubium
Passiflora incarnata
Perilla frutescens
Salsola tragus
Sherardia arvensis
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium pratense

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