Common and Botanical Weed
Names
Below is a chart of common weed names along with their botanical name.
Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Grassy Weeds |
| Annual bluegrass |
Poa Annua |
| Barnyardgrass |
Echinochloa crusgalli |
| Crabgrass |
Digitaria sanguinalis |
| Dallisgrass |
Paspalum dilatatum |
| Goosegrass |
Eleusine indica |
| Nimblewill |
Muchlenbergia schreberi |
| Orchargrass |
Dactylis glomerata |
| Quackgrass |
Agropyron repens |
| Timothy |
Phleum pratense |
| Sandbur |
Cenchrus pauciflorus |
| Yellow Foxtail |
Setaria glauca |
Broadleaf Weeds |
| Broadleaf plantain |
Plantago major |
| Buckhorn plantain |
Plantago lanceolata |
| Chicory |
Chichorium intybus |
| Common chickweed |
Stellaria media |
| Curly dock |
Stellaria media |
| Dandelion |
Taraxacum officinale |
| Ground ivy |
Glechoma hederacea |
| Henbit |
Lamium amplexicaule |
| Knotweed |
Polygonum aviculare |
| Purslane |
Portulaca oleracea |
| Speedwell |
Veronica spp.
|
| Spurge |
Euphorbia maculata |
| White Clover |
Trifolium repens |
| Yellow woodsorrel |
Oxalis stricta |
