Vegetable CDE Weeds

Front

broad leaves with irregular margins

• sometimes purple coloring on stems

• sometimes blue-green tint to leaves

• seed heads look like little groups of blue-green balls

Back

Lambsquarters

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Front

• leaves are hairy and grow opposite each other

• leaves have arching, longitudinal veins 

• low and spreading growth

• flowers are small, white and grow at the end of stems, flower is star-shaped.

Back

Florida Pusley

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Front

• trifoliate leaf

• (it’s the only one)

• oval shaped leaflets

• stems are erect and when older are woody.

• seeds at the end of stems, covered in hairs

Back

Beggarweed

Front

• grows laterally (up) from above ground

• (stolons)

• and sideways in underground stems (rhizomes)

• very fine and feather-like blades, smooth leaves (blades); no hairs

• fine textured seed spikes of 3 to 4

Back

Bermudagrass

Front

• soft, weak, slender stems

• tiny oval leaves

• tiny white flowers

• short with growth occurring laterally

Back

Chickweed

Front

succulent

• fleshy leaves, cactus-like

• prostrate spreading growth

• (along the ground)

• small bright yellow or pink flowers

• stems are plump and red in color

Back

Common Purslane

Front

• stems are hairy

• leaves 6 inches long, 4 inches across

• leaves are deeply pinnatifid

• leaves start out green and turn yellow with age

• central flower spike

Back

Common Ragweed

Front

• spreading horizontal growth

• wider leaf blades than bermudagrass

• pronounced segments in stolons (stems)

• hairs on stems and leaves

• purple coloring on stems is common

• long three-pronged seed head

Back

Crabgrass

Front

• upright leaves originating from center stem

• leaves are green and sometimes red tint

• long erect seed head can be 2 feet long

• very curly and wavy leaves

Back

Curly Dock

Front

• delicate, fern-like leaves

• grows to long 20 foot vine

• red five point flower

• cannot support itself

Back

Cypress Vine Morning Glory