Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

I do not know

upright and nonwoody

prostrate and nonwoody

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

simple

Leaf shape

lance

Leaf arrangement

rosette

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

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

(20 weeds)

common dandelion

common evening primrose

common viper's bugloss

cutleaf evening primrose

field pennycress

largebracted plantain

narrowleaf hawksbeard

narrowleaf plantain

perennial sowthistle

smooth hawksbeard

spiny plumeless thistle

spotted knapweed

Scientific Name

(20 weeds)

Arabidopsis thaliana

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cichorium intybus

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Oenothera biennis

Oenothera laciniata

Plantago aristata

Plantago lanceolata

Raphanus raphanistrum

Sonchus arvensis

Taraxacum officinale

Thlaspi arvense

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus