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

oval

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

I do not know

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

Thorns or spines

Not Present

Ochrea

Not Present

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

summer annual

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(32 weeds)

American burnweed

Asiatic dayflower

common cocklebur

eastern black nightshade

eastern daisy fleabane

Florida beggarweed

green field speedwell

hophornbeam copperleaf

Japanese clover

mayweed chamomile

Norwegian cinquefoil

prairie fleabane

roughfruit amaranth

sensitive partridge pea

showy rattlebox

slender amaranth

smallflower morningglory

Scientific Name

(32 weeds)

Acalypha ostryifolia

Amaranthus tuberculatus

Amaranthus viridis

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Amphicarpa bracteata

Anthemis cotula

Chamaecrista fasciculata

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Commelina communis

Crotalaria spectabilis

Desmodium tortuosum

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron strigosus

Euphorbia dentata

Impatiens capensis

Ipomoea lacunosa

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Kummerowia striata

Medicago lupulina

Phyllanthus urinaria

Portulaca oleracea

Potentilla norvegica

Senna obtusifolia

Solanum ptycanthum

Verbascum thapsus

Veronica agrestis

Vigna unguiculata

Xanthium strumarium