White-stem filaree Erodium moschatum Geraniaceae

Flixweed Descurainia sophia Brassicaceae [Named for François Descourain, 1658-1740]

Pineapple weed Matricaria discoidea Asteraceae

Fountaingrass Pennisetum setaceum Poaceae

Garland chrysanthemum Glebionis coronaria Asteraceae		Giant reed Arundo donax Poaceae		Roundleaf geranium Geranium rotundifolium Geraniaceae

Five-hook bassia Bassia hyssopifolia Chenopodiaceae [Named for Ferdinando Bassi, 1710-1774]

		Sweet fennel Foeniculum vulgare Apiaceae		Petty spurge Euphorbia peplus Euphrbiaceae
Cheat grass Bromus tectorum Poaceae

		Corn spurrey Spergula arvensis Caryophyllaceae
Pitch trefoil Bituminaria bituminosa Fabaceae

		Common Mediterranean grass Schismus barbatus Poaceae
Creeping wood-sorrel Oxalis corniculata Oxalidaceae				White clover Trifolium repens Fabaceae

		Soft chess Bromus hordeaceus Poaceae
Petty spurge Euphorbia peplus Euphorbiaceae

Bull mallow Malva nicaeensis Malvaceae

Potuguese broom Cytisus striatus Fabaceae

		Bull thistle Cirsium vulgare Asteraceae
Clasping pepperweed Lepidium perfoliatum Brassicaceae

		Mission cactus Opuntia ficus-indica Cactaceae		Red brome Bromus rubens Poaceae
Caper spurge Euphorbia lathyris Euphorbiaceae

		Brazilian pepper Schinus terebinthifolius Anacardiaceae
Ripgut brome Bromus diandrus Poaceae

Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Convolvulaceae Wall bedstraw Galium parisiense Rubiaceae

Weak bluegrass Poa infirma Poaceae

Australian brass buttons Cotula australis Asteraceae Baby sun rose Aptenia cordifolia Aizoaceae

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