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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
vine
woody bush or tree
I do not know

Leaf structure

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

serrated

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

I do not know

round or oval
square or multi-edged
I do not know

Stem hairs

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

I do not know

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Dominant flower color

white
yellow
blue
purple
red
orange
pink
green
I do not know

Flower symmetry

bilateral symetry

radial symetery
disymetry
bilateral symetry
not symmetrical
I do not know

Flower diameter

dime

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

(18 weeds)
American burnweed
bearded beggarticks
catnip
clammy groundcherry
common blue violet
common mallow
common mullein
common selfheal
common speedwell
European field pansy
field pansy
germander speedwell
great blue lobelia
great ragweed
Persian speedwell
stickweed
threadstalk speedwell
wingstem

Scientific Name

(18 weeds)
Ambrosia trifida
Bidens aristosa
Erechtites hieracifolia
Lobelia siphilitica
Malva neglecta
Nepeta cataria
Physalis heterophylla
Prunella vulgaris
Verbascum thapsus
Verbesina alternifolia
Verbesina occidentalis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica filiformis
Veronica officinalis
Veronica persica
Viola arvensis
Viola bicolor
Viola sororia

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