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Diffuse
Knapweed - Centaurea diffusa
Key Features: Much-divided, "cobwebby"
basal leaves; generally white flowers; triangular, spine-tipped
bracts |
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Leafy Spurge - Euphorbia
esula
Key Features: white latex in all parts of the plant;
deep and spreading roots with buds; greenish-yellow bracts underneath
the flower groupings |
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Nodding Thistle - Carduus nutans
Other Names - Musk Thistle
Key Features: winged prickles along the stem, except
below flower heads; large, nodding, purple flower heads; involucral
bracts spine-tipped and bent backwards |
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Ox-eye Daisy - Chrysanthemum
leucanthemum
Other Names - White Daisy
Key Features: short, creeping roots; spoon-shaped,
coarsely-toothed basal leaves; strong, unpleasant odor |
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Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria
Key Features: leaves in twos or threes at stem
nodes; square stems; showy, magenta flowers in long, dense, leafy
spikes |
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Scentless Chamomile - Matricaria perforata
Other Names - Scentless Mayweed
Key Features: Finely-divided leaves; noticeable
lack of odor; daisy-like heads at full maturity resemble a badminton
shuttlecock |
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Spotted Knapweed - Centaurea maculosa
Key Features: deeply lobed, "cobwebby"
basal leaves; generally purple flowers; oval bracts with a black-tipped
fringe |
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Stork's-bill - Erodium
cicutarium
Other Names - Redstem filaree
Key Features: Three-lobed cotyledons on seedling;
low, spreading growth habit; distinct bill of the fruit and coiled
tail on the seed |
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Tansy - Tanacetum
vulgare
Other Names - Common Tansy
Key Features: Short rhizomes; fern-like, aromatic
leaves; yellow, button-like heads in clusters |
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White Cockle - Silene
alba
Key Features: opposite, softly hairy leaves; swollen
nodes; large, white, showy flowers; capsule opening by ten teeth |
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Yellow Toadflax - Linaria vulgaris
Other Names - Butter-and-eggs, Wild Snapdragon
Key Features: found in patches due to creeping
roots; crowded, linear leaves that are narrower at each end; bright
yellow and orange flowers that are "snapdragon-like" |