Barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) Grass family;first leaf dull gray green; stem flattened, purplish; no ligule. |
Black nightshade
(Solanum nigrum): Nightshade family; summer annual or short-lived perennial; seed leaves oval and pointed; first true leaves spade shaped with smooth edges; lower surfaces often purple; petioles, stems, and leaves with some hairs. |
Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea): Purslane family; seed leaves oblong, somewhat club shaped, succulent, maroon on lower surface, and green or maroon on upper surface; young leaves smooth, succulent, oblong, green on upper surface, maroonish underneath, and broadest around leaf tip, with short petioles.
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Common lambsquarters
(Chenopodium album): Goosefoot family; seed leaves are narrow, with nearly parallel sides; seed leaves and early true leaves dull blue green above and often purple below; young leaves have mealy appearance from coating of fine translucent granules. |
Hairy nightshade (Solanum physalifolium=Solanum sarrachoides): Nightshade family; seed leaves narrow, small, and lance shaped with very short soft hairs along edges; first true leaves with wavy edges and prominent veins.
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Junglerice (Echinochloa colona): Grass family; grayish, dull green first leaves; several purple bands on surface of leaf blade; no ligule, no auricle.
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Little mallow (Cheeseweed)
(Malva parviflora): Mallow family; seed leaves heart shaped, sometimes with red tinge; true leaves roundish with wavy, shallow-toothed margins. Generally winter annual but can also be biennial or short-term perennial. |
Redroot pigweed
(Amaranthus retroflexus): Pigweed family; seed leaves long and narrow with red undersides; first true leaves with notched tips and much broader than seed leaves.
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