Wild Buckwheat – Flowers

Wild Buckwheat – Flowers

Wild Buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus L. An annual with twining or trailing stems to 2.0 m long. Leaves are alternate, smooth and heart- to arrow-head shaped with pointed tips. They have a short, papery sheath at the leaf axils. Flowers are small, drooping, greenish...

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Wild Buckwheat – Leaves

Wild Buckwheat – Leaves

Wild Buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus L. An annual with twining or trailing stems to 2.0 m long. Leaves are alternate, smooth and heart- to arrow-head shaped with pointed tips. They have a short, papery sheath at the leaf axils. Flowers are small, drooping, greenish...

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Wild Buckwheat – Mature Plant

Wild Buckwheat – Mature Plant

Wild Buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus L. An annual with twining or trailing stems to 2.0 m long. Leaves are alternate, smooth and heart- to arrow-head shaped with pointed tips. They have a short, papery sheath at the leaf axils. Flowers are small, drooping, greenish...

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Sticky Groundsel – Pappus

Sticky Groundsel – Pappus

Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus L. An erect, branched annual with alternate, oblong, deeply-lobed leaves. The entire plant is covered with short, sticky hairs - hence its name. The flower is a compound, vase-shaped head with small, yellow disc and ray florets that...

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Sticky Groundsel – Bracts

Sticky Groundsel – Bracts

Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus L. An erect, branched annual with alternate, oblong, deeply-lobed leaves. The entire plant is covered with short, sticky hairs - hence its name. The flower is a compound, vase-shaped head with small, yellow disc and ray florets that...

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Sticky Groundsel – Flower Cluster

Sticky Groundsel – Flower Cluster

Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus L. An erect, branched annual with alternate, oblong, deeply-lobed leaves. The entire plant is covered with short, sticky hairs - hence its name. The flower is a compound, vase-shaped head with small, yellow disc and ray florets that...

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Sticky Groundsel – Young Plant

Sticky Groundsel – Young Plant

Sticky Groundsel Senecio viscosus L. An erect, branched annual with alternate, oblong, deeply-lobed leaves. The entire plant is covered with short, sticky hairs - hence its name. The flower is a compound, vase-shaped head with small, yellow disc and ray florets that...

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Pale Smartweed – Flowering Spike

Pale Smartweed – Flowering Spike

Pale Smartweed P. lapathifolium L. Pale Smartweed is similar to lady's-thumb but it is larger, it lacks prominent hairs on the leaf sheath and the flowers are green to white-pink . The leaves have a similar dark spot but the undersides of the lower leaves are hairy...

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Lady's Thumb – Flowering Spike

Lady's Thumb – Flowering Spike

Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria L. Lady's-thumb is a slender, semi-erect annual with smooth, usually reddish stems up to 80 cm long. Leaves are smooth, lance-shaped with a dark 'thumb print' on the upper surface. Stem nodes are swollen and leaf axils are surrounded...

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Lady's Thumb – Nodes

Lady's Thumb – Nodes

Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria L. Lady's-thumb is a slender, semi-erect annual with smooth, usually reddish stems up to 80 cm long. Leaves are smooth, lance-shaped with a dark 'thumb print' on the upper surface. Stem nodes are swollen and leaf axils are surrounded...

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Lady's Thumb – Leaf

Lady's Thumb – Leaf

Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria L. Lady's-thumb is a slender, semi-erect annual with smooth, usually reddish stems up to 80 cm long. Leaves are smooth, lance-shaped with a dark 'thumb print' on the upper surface. Stem nodes are swollen and leaf axils are surrounded...

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Lady's Thumb – Mature Plant

Lady's Thumb – Mature Plant

Lady's Thumb Polygonum persicaria L. Lady's-thumb is a slender, semi-erect annual with smooth, usually reddish stems up to 80 cm long. Leaves are smooth, lance-shaped with a dark 'thumb print' on the upper surface. Stem nodes are swollen and leaf axils are surrounded...

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Redroot Pigweed – Immature Flowering Head

Redroot Pigweed – Immature Flowering Head

Redroot Pigweed Amarathus retrojlexus L. A coarse, erect, branching annual 1.0 to 2.0 m tall with a red taproot and often reddish stem covered with hair. Leaves are alternate, dull green, diamond-shaped and sparsely hairy. Small, inconspicuous flowers are clustered in...

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Redroot Pigweed – Tap Root

Redroot Pigweed – Tap Root

Redroot Pigweed Amarathus retrojlexus L. A coarse, erect, branching annual 1.0 to 2.0 m tall with a red taproot and often reddish stem covered with hair. Leaves are alternate, dull green, diamond-shaped and sparsely hairy. Small, inconspicuous flowers are clustered in...

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Redroot Pigweed – Mature Spike

Redroot Pigweed – Mature Spike

Redroot Pigweed Amarathus retrojlexus L. A coarse, erect, branching annual 1.0 to 2.0 m tall with a red taproot and often reddish stem covered with hair. Leaves are alternate, dull green, diamond-shaped and sparsely hairy. Small, inconspicuous flowers are clustered in...

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