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Acalypha virginica

Virginia Copperleaf, Virginia Threeseed Mercury
Form Form Form Form Leaves Leaves Stem and flowers Stem and flowers Fruit Fruit Leaves Leaves

Allium canadense

Meadow Garlic, Wild Garlic, Wild Onion
Flowers Flowers Flowers Flowers Allium canadense Allium canadense Bud Bud Blooms and bulbheads Blooms and bulbheads Blooms and bulbheads Blooms and bulbheads

Amaranthus retroflexus

Careless Weed, Common Amaranth, Common Tumbleweed, Pigweed, Pigweed Amaranth, Red Root Amaranth, Red-Root Amaranth, Redroot Amaranth, Red Root Pigweed, Red-Root Pigweed, Redroot Pigweed, Rough Pigweed, Wild Beet Amaranth
Amaranthus retroflexus Amaranthus retroflexus Amaranthus rettoflexus Amaranthus rettoflexus Amaranthus retroflexus Amaranthus retroflexus Aramanthus retroflexus Aramanthus retroflexus Aramanthus retroflexus Aramanthus retroflexus Aramanthus retroflexus Aramanthus retroflexus

Baccharis halimifolia

Consumptionweed, Consumption-Weed, Coyote Bush, Eastern Baccharis, Groundsel, High-tide Bush, Saltbush, Salt Marsh Elder, Sea Myrtle, Silverling
Form with feathery achenes (Greensboro, NC)-Mid Fall Form with feathery achenes (Greensboro, NC)-Mid Fall Color illustration of the technical details of this species. Color illustration of the technical details of this species. Flowers and achenes (Greensboro, NC)-Mid Fall Flowers and achenes (Greensboro, NC)-Mid Fall Baccharis halimifolia Baccharis halimifolia Baccharis halimifolia Baccharis halimifolia Baccharis halimifolia Baccharis halimifolia
2 Cultivars/Varieties

Boehmeria cylindrica

Bog Hemp, False Nettle, Smallspike False Nettle
Form in September in Gonzales County, Texas Form in September in Gonzales County, Texas Leaves & Flowers in September in Gonzales County, Texas Leaves & Flowers in September in Gonzales County, Texas Leaves Underside in September in Gonzales County, Texas Leaves Underside in September in Gonzales County, Texas

Cardamine

Bittercress, Toothworts
C. pratensis flowers C. pratensis flowers Cardamine spp. Cardamine spp. Cardamine spp. Cardamine spp. C. corymbosa form and flowers C. corymbosa form and flowers Cardamine spp. Cardamine spp. Cardamine spp. Cardamine spp.
7 Cultivars/Varieties

Cirsium

Cirsium, Plume Thistle
Cirsium canovirens Cirsium canovirens Cirsium brevistylum Cirsium brevistylum Cirsium arvense Cirsium arvense Cirsium Cirsium Cirsium undulatum Cirsium undulatum Cirsium occidentale candidissimum Cirsium occidentale candidissimum

Cirsium horridulum

Bristle Thistle, Bull Thistle, Common Yellow Thistle, Horrid Thistle, Purple Thistle, Spiny Thistle, Yellow Thistle
Plant in bloom with pinkish flower Plant in bloom with pinkish flower Full Plant Full Plant several pink blooms if disc flowers several pink blooms if disc flowers Cream Colored Flower Cream Colored Flower Gold Colored Flower Gold Colored Flower cirsium horridulum cirsium horridulum

Cirsium muticum

Dunce-nettle, Horsetops, Marsh Thistle, Swamp Thistle
Cirsium muticum Cirsium muticum Cirsium muticum Cirsium muticum Circium muticum Circium muticum Cirsium muticum Cirsium muticum Cirsium muticum Cirsium muticum

Cirsium pumilum

Fragrant Thistle, Pasture Thistle
Cirsium pumilum Cirsium pumilum Form Form Flower bud Flower bud Leaves Leaves Underside of leaf Underside of leaf Stem Stem
1 Cultivar/Variety

Cyperus esculentus

Chufa Flatsedge, Chufa Sedge, Earth Almond, Tiger Nut, Yellow Nut-grass, Yellow Nutsedge
Yellow Nutsedge form Yellow Nutsedge form Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L. Cyperus esculentus L.

Desmodium

Beggarlice, Beggars Lice, Hitch Hikers, Linear-leaf Tickclover, Tick's Clover, Tick-trefoil
Desmodium spp. Desmodium spp. Seed Pods - Fall - Warren Co., NC Seed Pods - Fall - Warren Co., NC Leaves - Summer - Warren Co., NC Leaves - Summer - Warren Co., NC Stem & Leaves - Summer - Warren Co., NC Stem & Leaves - Summer - Warren Co., NC New growth with pubescent stem New growth with pubescent stem New leaves on pubescent stem New leaves on pubescent stem

Diodia virginiana

Buttonweed, Large Buttonweed, Poor Joe, Virginia Buttonweed
Diodia virginiana Diodia virginiana Diodia virginiana Diodia virginiana Diodia virginiana Diodia virginiana Flower and leaves Flower and leaves leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers

Elephantopus tomentosus

Common Elephant's Foot, Devil's Grandmother, Elephant's Foot
pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts. pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts. Flowers atop erect stalks Flowers atop erect stalks pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts. pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts. Large, hairy basal leaves adpressed to the ground. Large, hairy basal leaves adpressed to the ground. pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts. pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts. pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts. pale lavender flowers in heads subtended by triangular bracts.

Equisetum arvense

Common Horsetail, Field Horsetail, Horsetail, Scouring rush, Western horsetail
Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetem arvense Equisetem arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense Equisetum arvense

Equisetum praealtum

Scouring Rush, Tall Scouring-rush
Equisetum praealtum Equisetum praealtum Equisetum praealtum Equisetum praealtum Equisetum praealtum Equisetum praealtum

Erechtites hieraciifolius

American Burnweed, Butterweed, Eastern Burnweed, Fireweed, Pilewort, White Fireweed
Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L. Erechtites hieraciifolia L.

Eupatorium capillifolium

Dogfennel, Dog Fennel, Sneeze Weed, Thoroughwort
Upright stems clothed in fine, hair-like leaves. Upright stems clothed in fine, hair-like leaves. Upright stems clothed in fine, hair-like leaves. Upright stems clothed in fine, hair-like leaves. POV looking down on a shoot w/ finely divided pinnatifid leaves. POV looking down on a shoot w/ finely divided pinnatifid leaves. Upright stems clothed in fine, hair-like leaves. Upright stems clothed in fine, hair-like leaves. Upright stems with drooping terminal branches with gray fruits. Upright stems with drooping terminal branches with gray fruits. Upright stems with drooping terminal branches with gray fruits. Upright stems with drooping terminal branches with gray fruits.
1 Cultivar/Variety

Euphorbia hirta

Asthma Plant, Asthma Weed, Dove Milk, Garden Spurge, Hairy Spurge, Pillpod Sandmat, Pillpod Spurge, Red Euphorbia, Snakeweed, Sneezeweed, Sneeze Weed, Spurge
leaf arrangement leaf arrangement Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Chamaesyce hirta (L.) flowers flowers Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Chamaesyce hirta (L.)

Gamochaeta purpurea

Early Cudweed, Purple Everlasting, Spoonleaf Purple Cudweed, Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting
Fruit Fruit Inflorescence Inflorescence Leaf and stem Leaf and stem Stem and leaf Stem and leaf Form Form Habit Habit

Geranium carolinianum

Carolina Cranesbill, Carolina Geranium, Wild Geranium
Close up of flower Close up of flower Plant Plant Leaves, form Leaves, form Leaves and buds Leaves and buds Flower Pods Flower Pods Leaves Leaves

Gnaphalium

Cudweed, Cud Weed, Jersey Cudweed
G, norvegicum habit G, norvegicum habit Flowers of G. affine Flowers of G. affine G. affine flowers G. affine flowers Wooly leaves of G. sandwicensium Wooly leaves of G. sandwicensium G. uliginosum form G. uliginosum form Gnaphalium uliginosum close up Gnaphalium uliginosum close up

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Dollarweed, Many-flowered Marsh-pennywort, Manyflower Marsh-pennywort, Marsh Pennywort, Marsh Water-pennywort, Moneyplant, Money Plant, Navelwort, Umbrella Pennyroyal, Water Pennywort
Whole Plant Whole Plant Leaf and Flower Leaf and Flower

Juncus tenuis

Path Rush, Poverty Rush, Rush, Slender Rush
Juncus tenuis Juncus tenuis Juncus tenuis Juncus tenuis Seed capsule (Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Seed capsule (Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer
1 Cultivar/Variety

Ludwigia palustris

Marsh Purslane, Marsh Seedbox, Water Purslane
Ludwigia palustris leaves Ludwigia palustris leaves Ludwigia palustris Ludwigia palustris Ludwigia palustris Ludwigia palustris Ludwigia palustris leaves Ludwigia palustris leaves Ludwigia palustris leaves Ludwigia palustris leaves

Myosotis macrosperma

Big-Seeded Scorpion Grass, Largeseed Forget-me-not, Spring Forget-me-not
Form in bloom Logan County, Kentucky -April Form in bloom Logan County, Kentucky -April Fruit and stem with hairs (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring Fruit and stem with hairs (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring Fruit and stem with hairs (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring Fruit and stem with hairs (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring Flower, fruit and stem with hairs (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring Flower, fruit and stem with hairs (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring White flower close-up (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring White flower close-up (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring Stem and leaves (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring Stem and leaves (Greensboro, NC)-Late Spring

Oxalis grandis

Great Yellow Wood-sorrel, Large Yellow Wood-sorrel, Oxalis, Sourgrass
Oxalis grandis Oxalis grandis Oxalis grandis Oxalis grandis

Oxalis montana

American Wood-sorrel, Common Wood Sorrel, Mountain Woodsorrel, Northern Woodsorrel, Sourgrass, Sours, White Woodsorrel, White Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, Wood-shamrock
Flower Flower

Persicaria pensylvanica

Pennsylvania Smartweed, Pink Knotweed, Pink Smartweed
Form in bloom Form in bloom Whitish flowers opening (Guilford County, US-NC)-Early Fall Whitish flowers opening (Guilford County, US-NC)-Early Fall Stem with reddish sheath (Guilford County, US-NC)-Early Fall Stem with reddish sheath (Guilford County, US-NC)-Early Fall Leaf with hairs (Guilford County, US-NC)-Early Fall Leaf with hairs (Guilford County, US-NC)-Early Fall Flower cluster Flower cluster Leaves Leaves

Phytolacca americana

American Pokeweed, Common Pokeweed, Garnet, Pidgeon Berry, Poke, Pokeberry, Pokeweed, Scoke
Phytolacca americana Phytolacca americana Phytolacca americana Phytolacca americana Flower buds - Warren Co., NC Flower buds - Warren Co., NC Purple stems with tiny white flowers & green/black berries Purple stems with tiny white flowers & green/black berries Purple stem, calyx & berries - Warren Co., NC Purple stem, calyx & berries - Warren Co., NC Phytolacca americana Phytolacca americana
1 Cultivar/Variety

Polygonum

Knotweed, Smartweed
Flowers of P. glabrum Flowers of P. glabrum Flowers of P. persicaria Flowers of P. persicaria Flowers of P. aviculare Flowers of P. aviculare

Potentilla canadensis

Dwarf Cinquefoil, Running Five-fingers
Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis Potentilla canadensis

Prunella vulgaris subsp. lanceolata

Aleutian Self Heal, Common Self Heal, Heal All, Lance Self Heal, Selfheal
Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris Prunella vulgaris

Ranunculus septentrionalis

Carolina Buttercup
Close-up of a bright yellow, bowl-shaped flower with 5 petals Close-up of a bright yellow, bowl-shaped flower with 5 petals Foliage and yellow, 5-petaled flowers. Foliage and yellow, 5-petaled flowers. Foliage and yellow, 5-petaled flowers. Foliage and yellow, 5-petaled flowers.

Rhamnus

Buckthorn
Form in October in Ontario, Canada Form in October in Ontario, Canada Fruit & Leaves in October in Merkez, Turkey Fruit & Leaves in October in Merkez, Turkey
3 Cultivars/Varieties

Rhus glabra

Smooth Sumac
Leaves Leaves Form Form Flowers Flowers Pinnately compound leaves with 9-11 leaflets. Pinnately compound leaves with 9-11 leaflets. Sharply toothed leaflet. (Spring-Mitchell Co.. NC) Sharply toothed leaflet. (Spring-Mitchell Co.. NC) Pale underside of leaf Pale underside of leaf

Smilax bona-nox

Bullbriar, Catbriar, Dunes Saw Greenbrier, Greenbriar, Saw Greenbrier, Stretchberry Vine, Tramp's Trouble
Smilax bona-nox Smilax bona-nox Leaves Leaves Potted plant sitting on a table indoors. Potted plant sitting on a table indoors.

Smilax glauca

Cat Greenbriar, Sawbrier, Whiteleaf Greenbrier, Wild Sarsaparilla, Wild Sasparilla
Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca Smilax glauca

Smilax herbacea

Carrion Flower, Carrion-flower, Common Carrion-vine, Jacob's ladder, Smooth Carrion Flower
Flowers Flowers Leaves Leaves Form Form Plant Plant Smilax herbacea Smilax herbacea Smilax herbacea Smilax herbacea

Smilax rotundifolia

Brambles, Bullbrier, Catbrier, Chaineybriar, Common Catbrier, Common Greenbrier, Horsebrier, Horse Brier, Round-Leaved Greenbrier
Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia Smilax rotundifolia

Solanum carolinense

Apple of Sodom, Bull Nettle, Carolina Horse-Nettle, Devil's Potato, Devil's Tomato, Horsenettle, Horse Nettle, Poisonous Potato, Thorn Apple, Wild Tomato
Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Solanum carolinense Form Form

Solidago

Goldenrod
Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers. Cluster of small yellow flowers. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches. Cluster of small yellow flowers on spreading branches.
20 Cultivars/Varieties

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Awl-Aster, Frost Aster, Michaelmas Daisy, Oldfield Aster, Steelweed, White-Heath Aster
In a rocky garden. In a rocky garden. Symphyotrichum pilosum Symphyotrichum pilosum Flowers and leaves. Flowers and leaves.

Toxicodendron radicans

Eastern Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy, Poison Oak
poison ivy poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Toxicodendron radicans Fall color Leaf Toxicodendron radicans Fall color Leaf

Triodanis perfoliata subsp. biflora

Clasping bellflower, Clasping Bellwort, Clasping-leaved Venus' Looking-glass, Small Venus' Looking-glass, Venus Lookingglass
Violet flower (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Violet flower (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Side view of flower (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Side view of flower (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Flower and stem (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Flower and stem (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Side view flower bud (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Side view flower bud (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Stem and leaves (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Stem and leaves (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Stem and calyx (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer Stem and calyx (Glenwood, Greensboro, NC)-Mid Summer

Urochloa platyphylla

Broad-leaf Liverseed Grass, Broadleaf Signalgrass, Broadleaf Signal Grass
Form (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Form (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Back of spikelet (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Back of spikelet (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Spikelet (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Spikelet (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Spikelets (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Spikelets (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Sheath of leaf (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Sheath of leaf (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Leaf (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall Leaf (Guilford County, NC)-Early Fall

Viola rafinesquei

American Field Pansy, Field Pansy, Johnny Jump Up, Johnny Jump-Up, Johnny Jump-up Violet, Johnnyjumpup violet, Violets
Close up of flower Close up of flower Form Form Flower and leaves Flower and leaves Flowers Flowers Back of flower showing shorter sepals Back of flower showing shorter sepals Viola bicolor Viola bicolor