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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

alternate
opposite
whorled
rosette
leaves not present
I do not know

Leaf margin

entire

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

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Ochrea

Present
Not Present
I do not know

Milky sap

Not Present

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

I do not know

fibrous
taproot
rhizomes present
stolons present
bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet
I do not know

Common name

(19 weeds)
common burdock
creeping lespedeza
crownvetch
eastern redbud
Florida beggarweed
garden cornflower
hedge bindweed
Japanese clover
Oriental lady's thumb
palmleaf morningglory
panicledleaf ticktrefoil
Pennsylvania smartweed
prickly Russian thistle
rabbitfoot clover
red clover
redstar
swamp smartweed
white clover
white heath aster

Scientific Name

(19 weeds)
Arctium minus
Calystegia sepium
Centaurea cyanus
Cercis canadensis
Coronilla varia
Desmodium paniculatum
Desmodium tortuosum
Ipomoea coccinea
Ipomoea wrightii
Kummerowia striata
Lespedeza repens
Polygonum caespitosum
Polygonum hydropiperoides
Polygonum pensylvanicum
Salsola tragus
Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens

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