Group 5

Scrophulariaceae Family

4-5 united petals that form a tube

 Typically 4 stamen

Scrophulariaceae

Verbascum thapsus

Common mullein

LIST C

First-year leaves are covered in thick, woolly

hairs

• Second-year leaves are alternately arranged,

gray-green, and covered in thick, woolly hairs

• Second-year flowering stem can be up to 9 ft.

Tall

Yellow flowers produced in

tall, dense, terminal spikes

Plantaginaceae family characteristics

Usually basal, alternate, or opposite leaves

Bilateral symmetrical or radially symmetrical

Plantaginaceae

Linaria vulgaris

Yellow toadflax

LIST B

Pale gray-green,

narrow, sessile leaves

(no petiole)

Yellow flowers have a

distinctive orange “throat”,

and are produced in dense,

terminal clusters

rhizometuous

Plantaginaceae

Linaria dalmatica

Dalmatian toadflax

leaves are waxy, blue-green and heart

shaped

Large, yellow flowers with white

or orange throats produced in

terminal clusters

bigger more flowers, thicker leaves

Malvaceae family

Typically solitary or arranged in

cymes

- 5 separate petals

- Numerous stamens united by

filaments

Often palmately lobed with distinct veins

Malvaceae

Malva neglecta

common mallow

Stems are erect, hairy, and

branching at base

lowers are white with

dark violet veins and

notched tips; 5 petals

Malvaceae

Abutilon theophrasti

velvetleaf

LIST C

Large, cordate leaves

Stems and leaves covered with soft

hairs, velvety to the touch

5 yellow-orange

petals and fused sepals

Lythraceae

Lythrum salicaria

purple loosestrife

LIST A

Square stems

Opposite, lanceolate, sessile leaves

Purple flower petals

Asteraceae

Xanthium strumarium

Common cocklebur

Rough stems with dark spots, triangular

leaves with irregular margins

spiky fruit

Asteraceae

Carduus nutans

musk thistle

LIST B
Leaf margins appear

“frosted”

• Cream to white

prominent midrib

spiky scary leaves

dense thick purple flowers

mostly biannual