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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
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

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

I do not know

has hairs
no hairs
I do not know

Thorns or spines

Not Present

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

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

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

(45 weeds)
Caley pea
common chickweed
common groundsel
corn gromwell
corn speedwell
corn spurry
dovefoot geranium
early yellowrocket
European field pansy
field madder
field pepperweed
garden cornflower
garden lettuce
hairy bittercress
hedgemustard
henbit deadnettle
ivyleaf speedwell
jagged chickweed
knawel
large hopclover
largebracted plantain
lawn burweed
longleaf groundcherry
low hopclover
mouseear cress
Persian speedwell
purple deadnettle
purslane speedwell
rabbitfoot clover
roadside pennycress
scarlet pimpernel
shepherd's purse
slender parsley piert
small geranium
small hopclover
sneezeweed
spoonleaf purple everlasting
spring draba
sticky chickweed
sticky ragwort
sun spurge
white ballmustard
wild mustard
wild radish
woodland bittercress

Scientific Name

(45 weeds)
Anagallis arvensis
Arabidopsis thaliana
Barbarea verna
Buglossoides arvensis
Calepina irregularis
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine flexuosa
Cardamine hirsuta
Centaurea cyanus
Cerastium glomeratum
Draba verna
Euphorbia helioscopia
Gamochaeta purpure
Geranium molle
Geranium pusillum
Helenium amarum
Holosteum umbellatum
Lactuca sativa
Lamium amplexicaule
Lamium purpureum
Lathyrus hirsutus
Lepidium campestre
Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata
Plantago aristata
Raphanus raphanistrum
Scleranthus annuus
Senecio viscosus
Senecio vulgaris
Sherardia arvensis
Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis
Sisymbrium offcinale
Soliva sessilis
Spergula arvensis
Stellaria media
Thlaspi alliaceum
Trifolium arvense
Trifolium aureum
Trifolium campestre
Trifolium dubium
Veronica arvensis
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica peregrina
Veronica persica
Viola arvensis

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