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191 kinds match in US, ME, York, Shoals Marine Laboratory:
Achillea millefolium [popup]
Common yarrow...
Allium schoenoprasum [popup]
Wild chives...
Amaranthus retroflexus [popup]
Redroot amaranth...
Ambrosia artemisiifolia [popup]
Annual ragweed
Anagallis arvensis [popup]
Scarlet pimpernel
Anemone quinquefolia [popup]
Wood anemone
Aquilegia canadensis [popup]
Red columbine
Arctium minus [popup]
Lesser burdock...
Argentina egedii [popup]
Pacific silverweed
Arisaema triphyllum [popup]
Jack in the pulpit...
Armoracia rusticana [popup]
Horseradish
Artemisia vulgaris [popup]
Common wormwood
Asclepias syriaca [popup]
Common milkweed
Asparagus officinalis [popup]
Garden asparagus...
Atriplex prostrata [popup]
Triangle orache
Barbarea vulgaris [popup]
Garden yellowrocket...
Bidens cernua [popup]
Nodding beggartick
Bidens connata [popup]
Purplestem beggarticks
Bidens frondosa [popup]
Devils beggartick
Blephilia hirsuta [popup]
Hairy pagoda-plant
Brassica nigra [popup]
Black mustard
Cakile edentula [popup]
American searocket
Calystegia sepium [popup]
Hedge false bindweed...
Capsella bursa-pastoris [popup]
Shepherds purse...
Cerastium fontanum [popup]
Common mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium tomentosum [popup]
Snow in summer
Chelidonium majus [popup]
Celandine
Chenopodium album [popup]
Lambsquarters...
Chenopodium glaucum [popup]
Oakleaf goosefoot
Chenopodium rubrum [popup]
Red goosefoot...
Cichorium intybus [popup]
Chicory
Circaea lutetiana [popup]
Broadleaf enchanters nightshade...
Cirsium arvense [popup]
Canada thistle
Cirsium vulgare [popup]
Bull thistle
Convallaria majalis [popup]
European lily of the valley
Convolvulus arvensis [popup]
Field bindweed
Conyza canadensis [popup]
Canadian Horseweed...
Cuscuta gronovii [popup]
Scaldweed...
Daucus carota [popup]
Queen Annes lace
Epilobium ciliatum [popup]
Fringed willowherb...
Epilobium coloratum [popup]
Purpleleaf willowherb
Epilobium hirsutum [popup]
Codlins and cream...
Epilobium palustre [popup]
Marsh willowherb
Erechtites hieraciifolia [popup]
American burnweed...
Erigeron annuus [popup]
Eastern daisy fleabane
Erythronium americanum [popup]
Dogtooth violet...
Euthamia graminifolia [popup]
Flat-top goldentop
Fallopia scandens [popup]
Climbing false-buckwheat...
Fragaria vesca [popup]
Woodland strawberry
Fragaria virginiana [popup]
Virginia strawberry
Galanthus nivalis [popup]
Snowdrop
Galeopsis bifida [popup]
Splitlip hempnettle
Galinsoga quadriradiata [popup]
Shaggy soldier
Galium aparine [popup]
Stickywilly...
Galium asprellum [popup]
Rough Bedstraw
Galium tinctorium [popup]
Stiff Marsh Bedstraw...
Galium trifidum [popup]
Threepetal Bedstraw
Geranium robertianum [popup]
Robert geranium
Glaux maritima [popup]
Sea milkwort
Glechoma hederacea [popup]
Ground ivy...
Gnaphalium uliginosum [popup]
Marsh cudweed
Hemerocallis fulva [popup]
Orange daylily...
Heracleum maximum [popup]
Common cowparsnip...
Hesperis matronalis [popup]
Dames rocket
Hieracium caespitosum [popup]
Meadow hawkweed
Hieracium canadense [popup]
Canadian hawkweed
Houstonia caerulea [popup]
Azure bluet...
Humulus lupulus [popup]
Common hop
Hylotelephium telephium [popup]
Witchs moneybags...
Hypericum boreale [popup]
Northern St Johnswort
Hypericum canadense [popup]
Lesser Canadian St Johnswort
Hypericum perforatum [popup]
Common St Johnswort...
Impatiens capensis [popup]
Jewelweed
Iris versicolor [popup]
Harlequin blueflag...
Lactuca biennis [popup]
Tall blue lettuce
Lactuca serriola [popup]
Prickly lettuce
Lathyrus japonicus [popup]
Beach pea
Lemna minor [popup]
Common duckweed...
Leontodon autumnalis [popup]
Fall dandelion
Lepidium ruderale [popup]
Roadside pepperweed
Lepidium virginicum [popup]
Virginia pepperweed
Leucanthemum vulgare [popup]
Oxeye daisy...
Ligusticum scoticum [popup]
Scottish licorice-root
Limonium carolinianum [popup]
Lavender thrift...
Lindernia dubia [popup]
Yellowseed false pimpernel
Ludwigia palustris [popup]
Marsh Seedbox...
Lycopus americanus [popup]
American Water Horehound
Lycopus uniflorus [popup]
Northern bugleweed
Lythrum hyssopifolium [popup]
Hyssop loosestrife...
Lythrum salicaria [popup]
Purple loosestrife
Maianthemum canadense [popup]
Canada mayflower...
Maianthemum racemosum [popup]
Feathery false lily of the valley...
Maianthemum stellatum [popup]
Starry false lily of the valley...
Malva neglecta [popup]
Common mallow
Matricaria discoidea [popup]
Disc mayweed
Medicago lupulina [popup]
Black medick
Melilotus officinalis [popup]
Yellow sweetclover...
Mentha arvensis [popup]
Wild mint
Moehringia lateriflora [popup]
Bluntleaf sandwort
Nepeta cataria [popup]
Catnip
Nuttallanthus canadensis [popup]
Canada toadflax...
Oenothera biennis [popup]
Common evening primrose
Orobanche uniflora [popup]
Oneflowered broomrape...
Oxalis stricta [popup]
Common yellow oxalis...
Plantago lanceolata [popup]
Narrowleaf plantain
Plantago major [popup]
Common plantain
Plantago maritima [popup]
Goose tongue
Polygonatum biflorum [popup]
Smooth Solomons Seal...
Polygonatum pubescens [popup]
Hairy Solomons seal...
Polygonum amphibium [popup]
Water knotweed...
Polygonum aviculare [popup]
Prostrate knotweed...
Polygonum buxiforme [popup]
Box knotweed
Polygonum hydropiper [popup]
Marshpepper knotweed...
Polygonum lapathifolium [popup]
Curlytop knotweed...
Polygonum pensylvanicum [popup]
Pennsylvania smartweed...
Polygonum persicaria [popup]
Spotted ladysthumb...
Polygonum punctatum [popup]
Dotted smartweed...
Portulaca oleracea [popup]
Little hogweed
Potentilla argentea [popup]
Silver cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis [popup]
Slender cinquefoil
Potentilla norvegica [popup]
Norwegian cinquefoil
Potentilla recta [popup]
Sulphur cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex [popup]
Common cinquefoil
Prenanthes altissima [popup]
Tall rattlesnakeroot
Prenanthes trifoliolata [popup]
Gall of the earth...
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium [popup]
Rabbit-tobacco...
Ranunculus abortivus [popup]
Littleleaf buttercup
Ranunculus acris [popup]
Tall buttercup
Ranunculus bulbosus [popup]
St Anthonys turnip
Ranunculus repens [popup]
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus sceleratus [popup]
Cursed buttercup
Raphanus raphanistrum [popup]
Wild radish
Rorippa palustris [popup]
Bog yellowcress
Rubus allegheniensis [popup]
Allegheny blackberry...
Rumex acetosella [popup]
Common sheep sorrel
Rumex crispus [popup]
Curly dock
Rumex obtusifolius [popup]
Bitter dock
Rumex pallidus [popup]
Seaside dock
Sagina procumbens [popup]
Birdeye pearlwort
Salicornia depressa [popup]
Virginia glasswort
Salsola kali [popup]
Russian thistle
Scutellaria galericulata [popup]
Marsh skullcap
Sedum acre [popup]
Goldmoss stonecrop
Sedum kamtschaticum [popup]
Orange stonecrop
Senecio jacobaea [popup]
Stinking willie
Silene dioica [popup]
Red catchfly
Silene latifolia [popup]
Bladder campion
Sisymbrium altissimum [popup]
Tall tumblemustard
Sisymbrium officinale [popup]
Hedgemustard
Sisyrinchium montanum [popup]
Strict blue-eyed grass...
Smilax herbacea [popup]
Smooth carrionflower
Smilax rotundifolia [popup]
Roundleaf greenbrier
Solanum dulcamara [popup]
Climbing nightshade
Solidago canadensis [popup]
Canada goldenrod
Solidago juncea [popup]
Early goldenrod
Solidago rugosa [popup]
Wrinkleleaf goldenrod
Solidago sempervirens [popup]
Seaside goldenrod
Sonchus arvensis [popup]
Field sowthistle
Sonchus asper [popup]
Spiny sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus [popup]
Common sowthistle
Spergularia rubra [popup]
Red sandspurry...
Spergularia salina [popup]
Salt sandspurry...
Stellaria graminea [popup]
Grass-like starwort
Stellaria media [popup]
Common chickweed
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii [popup]
New York aster...
Symphyotrichum praealtum [popup]
Willowleaf aster...
Symphyotrichum subulatum [popup]
Eastern annual saltmarsh aster...
Tanacetum vulgare [popup]
Common tansy
Taraxacum officinale [popup]
Common dandelion
Teucrium canadense [popup]
Canada germander
Triadenum virginicum [popup]
Virginia marsh St Johnswort
Trientalis borealis [popup]
Starflower
Trifolium pratense [popup]
Red clover
Trifolium repens [popup]
White clover
Triglochin maritima [popup]
Seaside arrowgrass...
Typha angustifolia [popup]
Narrowleaf cattail
Typha latifolia [popup]
Broadleaf cattail...
Urtica dioica [popup]
Stinging nettle...
Vaccinium angustifolium [popup]
Lowbush Blueberry
Verbascum thapsus [popup]
Common mullein
Veronica arvensis [popup]
Corn speedwell
Veronica peregrina [popup]
Neckweed
Veronica scutellata [popup]
Skullcap speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia [popup]
Thymeleaf speedwell
Vicia cracca [popup]
Bird vetch
Vicia sativa [popup]
Garden vetch
Vicia villosa [popup]
Winter vetch
Viola lanceolata [popup]
Bog white violet
Viola sororia [popup]
Common blue violet...
Xanthium strumarium [popup]
Rough cocklebur
Zostera marina [popup]
Seawrack...
REMAINING (number with state)
Division
Dicotyledoneae (170)
Monocotyledoneae (21)
Family
Asteraceae (40)
Polygonaceae (13)
Brassicaceae (12)
Liliaceae (11)
Caryophyllaceae (10)
Lamiaceae (9)
Rosaceae (9)
Fabaceae (8)
Onagraceae (7)
Ranunculaceae (7)
Scrophulariaceae (7)
Chenopodiaceae (6)
Rubiaceae (5)
Clusiaceae (4)
Apiaceae (3)
Crassulaceae (3)
Plantaginaceae (3)
Primulaceae (3)
Convolvulaceae (2)
Iridaceae (2)
Lythraceae (2)
Smilacaceae (2)
Typhaceae (2)
Violaceae (2)
Amaranthaceae (1)
Araceae (1)
Asclepiadaceae (1)
Balsaminaceae (1)
Cannabaceae (1)
Cuscutaceae (1)
Ericaceae (1)
Geraniaceae (1)
Juncaginaceae (1)
Lemnaceae (1)
Malvaceae (1)
Orobanchaceae (1)
Oxalidaceae (1)
Papaveraceae (1)
Plumbaginaceae (1)
Portulacaceae (1)
Potamogetonaceae (1)
Solanaceae (1)
Urticaceae (1)
Flower attachment
Stalk erect (2)
Stalk hanging (2)
Flower cluster
Few (93)
Spike (71)
Loose (38)
Ball (24)
Single (23)
Flat (7)
Flower color, main
White (80)
Yellow, orange (64)
Red, pink (41)
Blue, purple (39)
Green, transparent (31)
Maroon, brown, black (5)
Flower color, secondary
None (21)
Red, pink (9)
Yellow, orange (7)
Green (3)
Blue, purple (2)
Maroon, brown, black (2)
White (2)
Flower group, number of flowers
10 - 20 (3)
20 - 30 (3)
3 - 5 (3)
30 - 40 (3)
40 - 50 (2)
50 - 60 (2)
2 (1)
5 - 10 (1)
Flower longest dimension in cm
Under 1 (25)
1 - 2 (12)
2 - 3 (4)
3 - 4 (3)
4 - 5 (1)
Flower on stalk
Yes (9)
No (3)
Flower petal length in mm
4-10 (27)
1-3 (20)
10-20 (15)
20-30 (5)
Over 30 (4)
Under 1 (4)
Flower petal number
5 (75)
Over 6 (44)
4 (32)
0 or indistinct (31)
6 (22)
1 - 2 (11)
3 (2)
Flower petal shape
Clawed at base (6)
Flat (6)
Curved inward (5)
Fused (3)
Cup or hood (1)
Curved back (1)
Flower petal tip
Rounded (6)
Split or notched (5)
Pointed (4)
Toothed (2)
Flower petal-sepal ratio
Petals longer than sepals (10)
Petals as long as sepals (3)
Sepals longer than petals (1)
Flower pistil, ovary position relative to petal/sepal base
Below (2)
Above (1)
Flower pistil, style branches
3 (2)
4 (1)
Flower pistil, style number
3 (2)
1 (1)
Flower position
Apical, tip of plant (9)
Axillary, at base of leaves (4)
Flower sepal color
Green (11)
Yellow (1)
Flower sepal number
4 (7)
5 (3)
Flower shape
Rayed (17)
Cup (7)
Bell (4)
Grouped (4)
Other (4)
Hooded (2)
Ballooned (1)
Flower stamen number
6 (16)
2 (4)
9 - 10 (4)
3 (3)
4 (2)
5 (1)
Over 10 (1)
Flower stamens or carpels showy
Not showy (4)
Distinctly colored (2)
Fat (2)
Frilly (2)
Larger than petals (1)
Flower symmetry
Radial (164)
Bilateral (40)
Fruit beak
Absent (3)
Round (3)
Fruit color
Green (11)
Brown/maroon (6)
Red/pink (1)
Fruit cross section
0 edge, round (7)
2 edges, round (3)
2 edges, flattened (2)
Fruit position
Spreading (4)
Close to stem (2)
Fruit seed number
1 (3)
2 (2)
5 - 10 (2)
3 (1)
4 (1)
Fruit shape
Elongated (11)
Coin-like (2)
Curved (2)
Round (2)
Other (1)
Sectioned (1)
Fruit size ratio
Longer than wide (6)
Wide as long (2)
Fruit size, length in cm
Under 0.5 (4)
1-2 (3)
0.5-1 (2)
4-8 (1)
8-16 (1)
Fruit size, width in mm
1-3 (4)
3-5 (4)
Under 1 (2)
5-10 (1)
Fruit texture
Smooth (8)
Hairy (2)
Papery (2)
Spiny (1)
Fruit tip shape
Point (4)
Notch (2)
Genus
Polygonum (8)
Potentilla (5)
Ranunculus (5)
Epilobium (4)
Galium (4)
Rumex (4)
Solidago (4)
Veronica (4)
Bidens (3)
Chenopodium (3)
Hypericum (3)
Maianthemum (3)
Plantago (3)
Sonchus (3)
Symphyotrichum (3)
Vicia (3)
Cerastium (2)
Cirsium (2)
Fragaria (2)
Hieracium (2)
Lactuca (2)
Lepidium (2)
Lycopus (2)
Lythrum (2)
Polygonatum (2)
Prenanthes (2)
Sedum (2)
Silene (2)
Sisymbrium (2)
Smilax (2)
Spergularia (2)
Stellaria (2)
Trifolium (2)
Typha (2)
Viola (2)
Achillea (1)
Allium (1)
Amaranthus (1)
Ambrosia (1)
Anagallis (1)
Anemone (1)
Aquilegia (1)
Arctium (1)
Argentina (1)
Arisaema (1)
Armoracia (1)
Artemisia (1)
Asclepias (1)
Asparagus (1)
Atriplex (1)
Barbarea (1)
Blephilia (1)
Brassica (1)
Cakile (1)
Calystegia (1)
Capsella (1)
Chelidonium (1)
Cichorium (1)
Circaea (1)
Convallaria (1)
Convolvulus (1)
Conyza (1)
Cuscuta (1)
Daucus (1)
Erechtites (1)
Erigeron (1)
Erythronium (1)
Euthamia (1)
Fallopia (1)
Galanthus (1)
Galeopsis (1)
Galinsoga (1)
Geranium (1)
Glaux (1)
Glechoma (1)
Gnaphalium (1)
Hemerocallis (1)
Heracleum (1)
Hesperis (1)
Houstonia (1)
Humulus (1)
Hylotelephium (1)
Impatiens (1)
Iris (1)
Lathyrus (1)
Lemna (1)
Leontodon (1)
Leucanthemum (1)
Ligusticum (1)
Limonium (1)
Lindernia (1)
Ludwigia (1)
Malva (1)
Matricaria (1)
Medicago (1)
Melilotus (1)
Mentha (1)
Moehringia (1)
Nepeta (1)
Nuttallanthus (1)
Oenothera (1)
Orobanche (1)
Oxalis (1)
Persicaria (1)
Portulaca (1)
Pseudognaphalium (1)
Raphanus (1)
Rorippa (1)
Rubus (1)
Sagina (1)
Salicornia (1)
Salsola (1)
Scutellaria (1)
Senecio (1)
Sisyrinchium (1)
Solanum (1)
Tanacetum (1)
Taraxacum (1)
Teucrium (1)
Triadenum (1)
Trientalis (1)
Triglochin (1)
Urtica (1)
Vaccinium (1)
Verbascum (1)
Xanthium (1)
Zostera (1)
Habitat
Terrestrial (10)
Aquatic (5)
Near water (4)
Leaf / leaflet shape
Wider near middle (91)
Linear (48)
Lobed (47)
Wider near base (38)
Heart/round (18)
Wider near tip (17)
Scale-like or absent (3)
Leaf / leaflet tip shape
Pointed (5)
Notched (2)
Round (2)
Leaf arrangement
Alternate (120)
Opposite (49)
Basal (31)
Whorled (11)
Absent at flowering (2)
Leaf base shape
Narrow (5)
Heart or clasping (2)
Squared (1)
Wide or oval (1)
Leaf blade length in cm
5 - 10 (70)
1 - 5 (68)
10 - 30 (62)
30 - 50 (13)
Under 1 (13)
50 - 70 (2)
70 - 100 (2)
Over 100 (1)
Leaf blade margin division
Entire (11)
Toothed, small (8)
Lobed shallowly (1)
Leaf division
Simple: is not divided (160)
Compound: pinnate 1 time (19)
Compound: 2- or 3-parted (17)
Compound: Palmate (8)
Compound: pinnate 2 times (5)
Absent at flowering (2)
Leaf hair type
Undivided (8)
Divided once (1)
Leaf lobe number
1 (2)
3 (2)
Over 5 (1)
Leaf margin
Smooth (10)
Toothed (8)
Lobed (4)
Hairy (2)
Wavy (2)
Scalloped/ Crenate (1)
Thorny (1)
Leaf position
Alternate (9)
Opposite (4)
Leaf stalk present
Yes (5)
Only lower leaves (2)
No (1)
Leaf stalk texture
Smooth (7)
Hairy (4)
Leaf thickness
Thin (5)
Very fleshy, rounded (1)
Leaf top hair and texture
Hairless (11)
Hairy (6)
All over (1)
Glossy (1)
On veins (1)
Leaf top pattern
Uniform (10)
Mottled (1)
One spot (1)
Leaf veins
Pinnate (21)
Parallel (17)
Net-like (1)
Palmate (1)
Longevity
Annual (7)
Perennial (3)
Plant growing in or on
Land, erect (38)
Water (4)
Land, creeping (3)
Wetland (3)
Land, climbing (2)
Other plants (1)
Plant height or length in cm
30 - 50 (53)
70 - 100 (47)
10 - 30 (44)
100 - 200 (42)
50 - 70 (39)
1 - 10 (13)
Over 200 (11)
Under 1 (1)
Range
North America WEST (14)
North America EAST (13)
Mexico (10)
Seed main color
Brown (7)
Green (1)
Yellow (1)
Seed texture
Smooth (10)
Knobby (1)
Sepal texture
Hairy (3)
Hairless (1)
Stem cross-section
Square (8)
Round (7)
Stem texture
Hairless (6)
Hairy (6)
Hairs at base (5)
Z Composite flower arragement
Dandelion (10)
Daisy (9)
Tight cluster (7)
Loose (6)
Not composite (2)
Z Composite ray number
20-50 (1)
5-10 (1)
50-100 (1)
Z Disc flower color change
Stays yellow (1)
Yellow becomes red/purple (1)
Z Flower cluster, spacing between flowers
Crowded, smaller than flower size (1)
Equal to flower size (1)
Loose, wider than flower size (1)
Z Flower group diameter in cm
0.5-1 (1)
1-1.5 (1)
1.5-2 (1)
2-3 (1)
3-4 (1)
Z Flower group, spath blade main color
Brown/maroon (1)
Green (1)
Z Flower group, spathe secondary color
Brown/maroon (1)
None (1)
Z Leaf node
Sheath (4)
No sheath (2)