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Broadleaf plant families

Broadleaf plant families common names

Grass and grasslike plant families

Grass and grasslike plant families common names

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Missouri Weed Seeds
Broadleaf plant families

Caryophyllaceae
(Pink family)

At least 14 species of "chickweed" and several species of sleepy catchfly make up the majority of this family in Missouri.

Bouncingbet

Bouncingbet
Saponaria officinalis


Catchfly, sleepy

Catchfly, sleepy
Silene antirrhina


Chickweed, common

Chickweed, common
Stellaria media


Chickweed, mouseear

Chickweed, mouseear
Cerastium vulgatum


Chickweed, nodding

Chickweed, nodding
Cerastium nutans


For an idea of relative seed size, each photograph contains a millimeter ruler. The distance between increments is 1 mm.

IPM1023, new April 2004