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Conium maculatum is a herbaceous flowering plant that grows to 1.5–2.5 metres (5–8 feet) tall, exceptionally 3.6 m (12 ft). [ 5] All parts of the plant are hairless (glabrous). Hemlock has a smooth, green, hollow stem, usually spotted or streaked with red or purple.
Species: S. halepense. Binomial name. Sorghum halepense. ( L.) Pers. Johnson grass or Johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense, is a plant in the grass family, Poaceae, native to Asia and northern Africa. [ 1] The plant has been introduced to all continents except Antarctica, and most larger islands and archipelagos. It reproduces by rhizomes and seeds.
Aegopodium podagraria, commonly called ground elder, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae that grows in shady places. The name "ground elder" comes from the superficial similarity of its leaves and flowers to those of elder ( Sambucus ), which is not closely related. Other common names include herb gerard, bishop's weed ...
— Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem Inversnaid While the term "weed" generally has a negative connotation, many plants known as weeds can have beneficial properties. A number of weeds, such as the dandelion (Taraxacum) and lamb's quarter, are edible, and their leaves or roots may be used for food or herbal medicine. Burdock is common over much of the world, and is sometimes used to make soup and ...
Galium is Dioscorides ’ name for the plant. It is derived from the Greek word for ‘milk’, because the flowers of Galium verum were used to curdle milk in cheese making. [ 7] Aparine is a name used by Theophrastus. It means 'clinging' or 'seizing', [ 7] and is derived from the Greek απαίρω apairo 'lay hold of, seize', itself coming ...
Sida cordifolia ('ilima, [1] flannel weed, [2] bala, country mallow or heart-leaf sida) is a perennial subshrub of the mallow family Malvaceae native to India. It has naturalized throughout the world, and is considered an invasive weed in Africa, Australia, the southern United States, Hawaiian Islands, New Guinea, and French Polynesia.
The weed became familiar throughout the country when the KCCI 8 Iowa News Facebook page posted this video, now with over five million views: Wild parsnip is yellow and resembles a wildflower. When ...
Bogwort - The bilberry or whortleberry. Bollockwort - A Middle English name for some types of orchid. [ 3] Boragewort - Any plant of the borage family, Boraginaceae. Bridewort - Filipendula ulmaria and Spiraea spp., also known as meadowsweet. [ 4] Brimstonewort - Same as sulphurwort.