Weeds
Amaranthus albus (Tumble pigweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the amaranth genus comes from the Greek amaranths, "unbeatable", referring to the long-lasting flowers; albus means white. Just remember who this species is "sister", of the Amaranthus palmeri so just remember the Chuck Norris (unbeatable), because these days the A.
Amaranthus blitoides (Prosted pigweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the amaranth genus comes from the Greek amaranths, "unbeatable", referring to the long-lasting flowers. Just remember who this species is "sister", the Amaranthus paleri, so just remember the Chuck Norris (unbeatable), because these days the A.
Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer amaranth)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the genus amaranthus comes from the Greek "unbeatable", referring to the long-lasting flowers. Palmeri is already named after Edward Palmer, to decorate I like to think that Edward Palmer was a friend of Chuck Norris, and the palmer amaranth today is the Norris of the weeds, the tuff guy of the weeds.
Amaranthus powellii (Powell amaranth)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the amaranth genus comes from the Greek amaranths, "unbeatable", referring to the long-lasting flowers. Just remember who this species is "sister", from Amaranthus palmeri so just remember the Chuck Norris (unbeatable), because these days the A.
Amaranthus retroflexus (Redroot pigweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the amaranth genus comes from the Greek amaranths, "unbeatable", referring to the long-lasting flowers. Just remember who this species is "sister", the Amaranthus palmeri so just remember the Chuck Norris (unbeatable), because of these days the A.
Amaranthus tuberculatus (Waterhemp)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the amaranth genus comes from the Greek amaranths, "unbeatable", referring to the long-lasting flowers. Just remember who this species is "sister", from Amaranthus palmeri so just remember Chuck Norris (unbeatable), because these days the A.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Common ragweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: to remember the scientific name, the name of the genus comes from the Greek "food of the gods", traditionally considers the food of the gods a dessert called ambrosia and I like to think that the goddess of hunting Artemis loved this dessert, so they named this species as ambrosia armesisiifolia.
Ambrosia trifida (Giant ragweed)
Identificação tips Tip #1: to remember the scientific name, the name of the genus comes from the Greek ưμβροσία "food of the gods", traditionally one considers the food of the gods a dessert called ambrosia, already trifida comes from the Latin crossing or crossroads, due to the characteristic of leaves and knots.
Ampelamus albidus (honeyvine milkweed)
Identification tips First of all the currently under the International Plant Names Index this specie is listed as Cynanchum laeve Pers. So I did the joke with the name Cynanchum laeve.
Apocynum cannabium (Hemp dogbane)
Identification tips Tip #1: to tell you the truth I didn't like to know the origin of the name of this species, since the name of the genus comes from the Greek apókunon, apo "away"and kúōn "dog", something like passing the dog beyond, referring to the dogbane (Cionura erecta), used to poison dogs.
Arctium minus (Common burdock)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the genus comes from the Greek arktos, bear, perhaps alluding to seed wrappers resembling a bear, minus comes from Latin, which means less.
Artemisia biennis (Biennial wormwood)
Identification tips Tip #1: genus Artemisia via Latin from Greek, 'wormwood', in honor of the goddess Artemis,to whom it was sacred, biannual biennis. Plant shape 2º Identification tip: artemisia biennis grows slowly after emergence, remaining as a rosette until summer, when plants shoot and growth becomes rapid.
Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the genus, Asclepias, celebrates Asklepios, the Greek god of medicine. Syriaca, means "from Syria" about Linnaeus' mistaken belief that this species originated from Syria.
Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd’s purse)
Identification tips Tip #1: The name of the genus Capsella comes from the Latin "little box", and the name of the species, bursa-pastoris means shepherd's purse, these names are associated with the plant's seed capsule that looks like a sheep shepherd's pouch.
Carduus nutans (Musk thistle)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the genus Carduus is from Latin to "thistlel-like plant". thistlel It is related to the word Cardonnacum ("a place of chardons or thistles"), which is the origin of Chardonnay,the name of the grape variety.
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle)
Identification tips Tip #1: the genus cirisium's name comes from the Greek kirsion,which means swollen vein; an allusion to the use of this plant in antiquity in the treatment of swollen veins.
Cirsium vulgare (Bull thistle)
Identification tips Tip #1: the genus name Cirisium comes from the Greek kirsion, which means swollen vein; an allusion to the use of this plant in antiquity in the treatment of swollen veins.
Conium maculatum (Poison Hemlock)
Identification tips Tip #1: the name of the genus Conium comes from the Greek "hemlock". This may be related to konas (which means spinning), in reference to vertigo, one of the symptoms of plant ingestion.
Crepis tectorum (Narrowleaf hawksbeard)
Identification tips Tip #1: The genus Crepis derives from the Greek krepis, which means "slipper" or "sandal", possibly in reference to the shape of the fruit. The species came from the Latin tectưr: wall decorator, plasterer, painter.
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (Marshelder)
Identification tips Tip #1: The name of the genus comes from the Greek cyclo meaning circular, xanthi comes from yellow latin and folia means leaf. So it would be something like yellow circular leaf, but what is yellow in the plant is the flower.
Descurainia sophia (Flixweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: The name of the genus, "Descurainia", honors François Descourain (1658-1740), a French botanist and doctor/pharmacist. The name of the species, "sophia", is from the Greek word meaning "wisdom", both this homage and the name of the species is due to the various uses of this plant for medicinal use.
Echinochloa crus-galli (Barnyarn grass)
Identification tips Tip #1: to remember the scientific name, the name of the genus comes from the Greek echinos for "hedgehog", chloe or chloa for "grass" and the species comes from Latin crus to "leg/thigh" and gallus to "rooster".
Erigeron canadensis (Horseweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: the genus comes from the Greek ēri 'early' + 'old' gerōn (because the plant blooms at the beginning of the year and some biotypes become become grayish, old looking, over time.
Helianthus annuus (Common sunflower)
Identification tips Tip #1: the genre comes from the ancient Greek helios, "sun" + ánthos, "flower". Annun means for one year, because of its an annual plant.
Lactuca serriola (Prickly lettuce)
Identification tips Tip #1: Lactuca comes from Latin, lactugo, means "milk" and serriola also from Latin and means saw shape. Plant shape 2º Identification tip: this plant is annual or biennial and non-branched, except where flowering stems occur that branch into various floral branches.
Panicum dichotomiflorum (Fall panicum)
Identification tips Tip #1: Panicum comes from the Latin word panis,meaning bread, or panus,which means"corn cob". Dichotomiflorum means "with a forked inflorescence". Plant shape 2º Identification Tip: is an annual summer grass, the nodes and internodes tend to form elbows.
Sinapis arvensis (Wild mustard)
Identification tips Tip #1: Unfortunately this has no trick to decorate the scientific name, sinapis is "mustard" in Greek and arvensis is "from the field" in Latin. Plant shape 2º Identification tip: it tends to have large leaves near the ground and the stem and branches tend to be more prominent and have smaller leaves.
Solanum rostratum (Buffalobur)
Identification tips Tip #1: Solanum is Latin for "calming down", in reference to the narcotic properties of some species, while rostratum means "beak, snout or beak". I like to associate the styleof the flower with a birdbeak, also remember that the buffalo always has a bird eating its ticks.
Stellaria Media (Common chickweed)
Identification tips Tip #1: to remember the scientific name, the name of the genus comes from the Latin "Stella" meaning star, the flowers are very reminiscent of a star and the name of the species comes from the Latin "media" which means it kind of has to do with the size of the species, just remember that it is born in the middle of the crop.
Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion)
Identification tips Tip #1: the genus name Taraxacum is derived from the Greek taraxos (disorder) and akos (remedy). And officinale indicates that this is an official remedy.
Thlaspi arvense (Field pennycress)
Identification tips Tip #1: This mustard family takes a hard time inventing a tip on how to decorate the name, but the genre comes from the Greek thlaein, "crush", "flattened" which is the characteristic of the fruits of this species and the species comes from Latin and means from the field.
Verbascum thapsus (Commum mullein)
Identification tips Tip #1: the genus name Verbascum was derived from the Latin of the species barbascum, which means "bearded plant" this association is made with the amount of hair squeeging the plant.
Xanthium strumarium (Common cocklebur)
Identification tips Tip #1: xanthos comes from Greek, yellow and stanza means "cushion as swelling" in reference to seed pods. I confess that the name is not too difficult to make yellow pad analogy, but the image I did got very bad 😭.