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

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

I do not know

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

purple

Flower symmetry

bilateral symetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

dime

Lifecycle

Root structure

I do not know

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(19 weeds)

bittersweet nightshade

Canada toadflax

common blue violet

common selfheal

common speedwell

creeping lespedeza

European field pansy

Florida beggarweed

germander speedwell

henbit deadnettle

Japanese clover

Persian speedwell

purple deadnettle

sericea lespedeza

threadstalk speedwell

Scientific Name

(19 weeds)

Desmodium tortuosum

Glechoma hederacea

Kummerowia striata

Lamium amplexicaule

Lamium purpureum

Lathyrus latifolius

Lespedeza cuneata

Lespedeza repens

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Prunella vulgaris

Solanum dulcamara

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica officinalis

Veronica persica