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

simple

Leaf shape

needle

Leaf arrangement

I do not know

leaves not present

Leaf margin

I do not know

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

I do not know

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

(12 weeds)

common viper's bugloss

field horsetail

garden cornflower

largebracted plantain

purple loosestrife

western salsify

Scientific Name

(12 weeds)

Achillea millefolium

Bellis perennis

Centaurea cyanus

Equisetum arvense

Foeniculum vulgare

Helenium amarum

Lythrum salicaria

Plantago aristata

Scleranthus annuus

Spergularia rubra

Tragopogon dubius