Asthmaweed Erigeron sumatrensis Asteraceae		Alfalfa Medicago sativa Fabaceae		Mexican evening primrose Oenothera speciosa Onagraceae

Four-leaf allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum ssp. tetraphyllum Caryophyllaceae		Tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima Simaroubaceae

Smilo grass Stipa miliacea Poaceae Bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon Poaceae

Goldentop grass Lamarckia aurea Poaceae [Named for Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monet de Lamarck, 1774-1829]

Purple false-brome Brachypodium distachyon Poaceae Rabbitsfoot grass Polypogon monspeliensis Poaceae

Poison hemlock Conium maculatum Aiaceae		Hairy winter vetch Vicia villosa ssp. villosa Fabaceae

		Century plant Agave americana Agavaceae		Feverfew Tanacetum parthenium Asteraceae
Dovefoot geranium Geranium molle Geraniaceae

		Gray herniaria Herniaria hirsuta var. cinerea Caryophyllaceae
Nettleleaf goosefoot Chenopodium murale Chenopodiaceae

Hottentot fig Carpobrotus edulis Aizoaceae

Himalayan smartweed Persicaria capitata Polygonaceae

Hogbite or Rush skeletonweed Chondrilla juncea Asteraceae

Long-beaked storksbill Erodium botrys Geraniaceae		Moss pygmyweed Crassula tillaea Crassulaceae

Russian knapweed Rhaponticum repens Asteraceae		Hyssop loosestrife Lythrum hyssopifolia Lythraceae		Green bentgrass Polypogon viridis Poaceae

		Mediterranean cabbage Brassica fruticosa Brassicaceae
Mexican-tea Dysphania ambrosioides Chenopodiaceae

Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis Poaceae

Yellow salsify Tragopogon dubius Asteraceae

Hare barley Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum Poaceae

Milk thistle Silybum marianum Asteraceae

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