Department of Plant Production

José Mª Osca

Weeds *

* There are not bad plants. Weeds are plants that are out of place from a human point of vue.  Some of the species thar are listed above can not be considered as weeds but they are very close to importat weeds or they are very common sponteneous species in our area.   

  

Scientific name

      Spanish name            

           Valencian name

               English name

Abutilon theophrasti

Cantarillos, malva asiática

 

Velvetleaf

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Llantén de agua

 Coleta, orella de burro

Common waterplantain

Alopecurus myosuroides

Cola de zorra

 

Blackgrass, slender foxtail

Amaranthus blitoides

Bledo

Blet

Prostrate  pigweed

Amaranthus hybridus (1)

Bledo

Blet 

Smooth pigweed

Amaranthus retroflexus

Bledo

Blet

Redroot pigweed

Ammannia coccinea

 

Alfabegueta

Redstem

Anagallis arvensis

Muraje

Anagall, moragues

Scarlet  pimpernel

Arundo donax

Caña

Canya

Giant reed

Aster squamatus

 

 

 

Avena sterilis

Avena loca, ballueca

 

 Wild oat

Bergia capensis

 

Alfabegueta

 

Bolboschoenus maritimus (Scirpus maritimus)

Juncia 

Jonça 

Buldrush

Bromus catharticus (1)

 

 

Rescuegrass

Bromus diandrus

Espiguilla, barba de macho

Margall,blat de  formigues

Ripgut brome

Bromus madritensis

Barba de macho fina

Blat del dimoni

 

Calendula arvensis (1)

Caléndula, maravilla silvestre

Llevagats

Marigold

Capsella bursa-pastoris (3)

Bolsa de pastor

Bossa de pastor

 Shepherd’s purse

Cardaria draba (2)

Capellanes, mastuerzo bávaro

Capellan 

 

Chenopodium album (2)

Cenizo

Cenill

Common lambsquarter

Chenopodium vulvaria

Sardinera

Blet pudent 

 

Cirsium arvense

Cardo cundidor

Card

Creeping thistle

Convolvulus arvensis (2)

Corregüela

Corretjola

Field bindweed

Conyza canadensis

 

 

Horseweed

Conyza bonariensis

 

 

Hairy fleabane

Conyza sumatrensis

 

 

 

Coronopus didymus (2)

Mastuerzo de Indias

 

Swinecress, lesser

Cuscuta epyphitum

 

 

Dodder

Cortaderia selloana (2)

Hierba de la Pampa

 

Pampasgrass

Cynodon dactylon (1) (3)

Grama común

 Gram

Bermudagrass

Cyperus difformis

 

 Tinya

Smallflower umbrella segdge

Cyperus fuscus

 

 

Brown  flatsedge

Cyperus rotundus

Juncia, castañuela, chufa

Jonça 

Purple sedge

Dactylis glomerata (1)

Dactilo

 

Orchardgrass

Datura estramonium

Estramonio

 

Jimsonweed

Digitaria sanguinalis

 

 

Large crabgrass

Diplotaxis erucoides (1)

Jaramago blanco, rabaniza

 Ravenissa blanca

 

Echinochloa colonum

Colas, mijeras

 

Junglerice

Echinochloa crus-galli (1)

Colas, mijeras

 Serreig

Barnyardgrass

Echinochloa hispidula

Colas, mijeras

 Serreig

Barnyardgrass

Echinochloa oryzicola

Colas, mijeras

 Serreig

 

Echinochloa oryzoides

Colas, mijeras

 Serreig

 

Eichhornia crassipes

Jacinto de agua

 

Waterhyacinth

Eleusine indica

 

 

Goosegrass

Equisetum arvense

Cola de caballo

 Cua de cavall

Field horsetail

Erodium malacoides (2)

 Alfileres, pico de cigueña

 Agulles

 

Euphorbia prostrata

 

 

 

Fumaria officinalis

Conejitos

 Julivert bord

 Fumitory

Galium aparine

 

 

Catchweed bedstraw

Heliotropium europaeum

Hierba verruguera

Herba berruguera

European heliotrope

Heteranthera limosa

 

 

Ducksalad

Heteranthera reniformis

 

 

Round leaf mudplantain roundleaf

Hordeum murinum (2)

Cebadilla

Margall bord

Wall barley, false barley

Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum (2)

Cebadilla

Margall bord

Wall barley, false barley

Hyparrhenia hirta (3)

Cerrillo

Albellatge, fenàs

Common thatching Grass, coolatai grass

Imperata cylindrica

 

Cisca

 

Ipomea sagitatta

 

 

 

Lactuca serriola

 

Encisam bord

 Prickly lettuce

Lamium amplexicaule

 

 

 Henbit

Lavatera cretica (2) (4)

 Malva

 

 

Leersia oryzoides

 

 

 

Lemna gibba

 

 

 Duckweed

Lemna minor

 

 

 Duckweed

Leptochloa fusca subsp. fascicularis

Cola americana, hierba gitana

Serreig americá 

 Bearded sprangletop

Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia

Cola americana, hierba gitana

Serreig americá

 Mexican sprangletop

Lolium rigidum (1)

 

 

 

Malva parviflora (rotundifolia)

Malva de flor pequeña

Malva

 

Malva sylvestris

 

 

 Mallow

Melilotus officinalis

 

 

 

Muscari neglectum

 

 

 Nutmeg_hyacinth

Nasturtium officinale

 

 

 

Orobanche cumana

Jopo

 

Broomrape

Oryza sativa

Arroz salvaje, arroz rojo

 Arros rebordonit

 Wild Rice, red rice

Oxalis  pes-caprae

 

 

 

Papaver dubium

Amapola

Rosella

 

Parietaria judaica

Hierba ratonera, ortiguilla muerta...

Herba roquera, herba de la Mare de Deu...

 

Paspalum dilatatum

 

 

Dallisgrass

Paspalum paspalodes

Grama de agua

Gram

 

Phragmites australis

Carrizo

Canyís, senill

 

Picris echioides (2)

Cardo perruno

Lleparassa 

Bristly oxtongue

Plantago lanceolata (2)

 

 

Buckhorn plantain

Plantago major (4)

 

 

Broadleaf plantain

Poa annua (1)

 

 Pelosa

Bluegrass, annual

Poa pratensis

 

 

Bluegrass, Kentuchy

Poa trivialis

 

 

Bluegrass, roughstalk

Polygonum aviculare

Cien nudos

 

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum convolvulus

 

 

Wild buckwheat

Polygonum persicaria

 

 

 

Polypogon monspeliensis

 

 

 

Portulaca oleracea (2)

Verdolaga

Verdolaga 

 Common purslane

Potamogeton natans

 

Llengua d’oca

 

Rubia peregrina

 

 

 

Rumex crispus

 

 

Curly dock

Rumex obtusifolius (5)

 

 

Broadleaf dock

Schoenoplectus mucronatus (Scirpus  mucronatus)

 Puñalera, junquillo

Punyalera, punxó 

 

Schoenoplectus supinus (Scirpus supinus)

 Junquillo

 Borró, borronet

 

Senecio vulgaris

 Hierba cana

Llicsonet 

 COmmon groundsel

Setaria adherens

 

 

 Foxtail

Setaria viridis

 

 

 Green foxtail

Silene vulgaris

 Collejas, conejera

 Farolets, conillets

 

Silybum marianum (2) (3)

 

 

 

Sisymbrium irio

 

 

 

Solanum elaegnifolium

 

 

 

Solanum nigrum

 Tomatitos

 Herba mora

 Black nighshade

Sonchus oleraceaus (1)

 Cerraja

 Llicso, lletso

 Annual sowthistle

Sonchus tenerrimus

 Cerraja de pared, serraja fina

 Llletsó de paret

 

Sorghum halepense

 

 

 Johnsongrass

Stellaria media

 

 

 Common chickweed

Taraxacum officinale

 

 

 Dandelion

Thlaspi arvense (1)

Carraspique de campo

Traspic de camp

Field pennycress

Torilis arvensis

 

 

 

Trifolium repens

 

 

 

Typha angustifolia

Espadaña, anea

Boga 

 Cattail

Urtica dioica (5)

Ortiga mayor

Ortiga gran

 

Urtica urens

Ortiga menor

Ortiga menuda

 

Verbena officinalis

 

 

 

Veronica hederifolia

 

 

 

Veronica persica

 

 

 

Viola arvensis

 

 

 Field violet

Xanthium spinosum

 

 

 Cocklebur

Xanthium strumarium

 

 

 Common cocklebur

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