Common weeds of South Florida (Hierbas malas del sur de la Florida)

A collection of the common weeds you can find growing in South Florida... this guide focuses on small plants that tend to grow in urban and suburban areas and are often pulled or killed with chemicals by property owners. They pop up on lawns, vacant lots, in cracks in the sidewalk, in parks, ...more ↓

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Romerillo ¹
Bidens alba

largeflower Mexican clover ²
Richardia grandiflora

shrubby false buttonweed ³
Spermacoce verticillata

trailing daisy ⁴
Sphagneticola trilobata

turkey tangle frogfruit ⁵
Phyla nodiflora

asthma plant ⁶
Euphorbia hirta

Tridax daisy ⁷
Tridax procumbens

straggler daisy ⁸
Calyptocarpus vialis

hyssop spurge ⁹
Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Virginia pepperweed ¹⁰
Lepidium virginicum

Common purslane ¹¹
Portulaca oleracea

rockweed ¹²
Pilea microphylla

water pennyworts ¹³
Hydrocotyle

Ruellia blechum ¹⁴

Red Tasselflower ¹⁵
Emilia fosbergii

Largeflower pink-sorrel ¹⁶
Oxalis debilis

White Moneywort ¹⁷
Alysicarpus vaginalis

Sandburs ¹⁸
Cenchrus

graceful spurge ¹⁹
Euphorbia hypericifolia

Bitter Melon ²⁰
Momordica charantia

fourspike heliotrope ¹
Euploca procumbens

common ragweed ²¹
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Common Fanpetals ²²
Sida ulmifolia

Asiatic dayflower ²³
Commelina communis

creeping beggarweed ²⁴
Desmodium incanum

Caribbean Stylo ²⁵
Stylosanthes hamata

Pennywort ²⁶
Centella

Oriental false hawksbeard ²⁷
Youngia japonica

Grassleaf Spurge ¹
Euphorbia graminea

Creeping Indigo ²⁸
Indigofera spicata

false daisy ²⁹
Eclipta prostrata

Phasey Bean ¹
Macroptilium lathyroides

Durban Crowfoot ³⁰
Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Oakleaf Fleabane ²⁸
Erigeron quercifolius

Eustachys ³¹

climbing dayflower ³²
Commelina diffusa

dog's-tongue ³³
Pseudelephantopus spicatus

Chamberbitter ³⁴
Phyllanthus urinaria

Wineflower ³⁵
Boerhavia diffusa

Goose Grass ³⁶
Eleusine indica

whitesnow ³⁷
Drymaria cordata

Hurricanegrass ³⁸
Fimbristylis cymosa

smut grass ³⁹
Sporobolus indicus

creeping tick trefoil ⁴⁰
Desmodium triflorum

panicled ticktrefoil ⁴¹
Desmodium paniculatum

Woodland false buttonweed ⁴²
Spermacoce remota

Red Caustic-creeper ⁴³
Euphorbia thymifolia

Mendez's Sandmat ³³
Euphorbia mendezii

Florida Hammock Sandmat ⁴⁴
Euphorbia ophthalmica

Jamaican feverplant ⁴⁵
Tribulus cistoides

painted spurge ⁶
Euphorbia heterophylla

prostrate sandmat ⁴⁶
Euphorbia prostrata

creeping woodsorrel ⁴⁷
Oxalis corniculata

pencil flower ⁴⁸
Stylosanthes biflora

Santa Maria feverfew ⁴⁹
Parthenium hysterophorus

painted leaf ⁵⁰
Euphorbia cyathophora

Herb-of-Grace ⁵¹
Bacopa monnieri

Pink Weed ⁵²
Spigelia anthelmia

black medick ³⁹
Medicago lupulina

Field Copperleaf ⁵³
Acalypha arvensis

Jamaicanweed
Nama jamaicensis

Yellow-flowered waterhyssop ⁵⁴
Mecardonia procumbens

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Common weeds of South Florida (Hierbas malas del sur de la Florida)

Romerillo 1 Bidens alba

largeflower Mexican clover 2 Richardia grandiflora

shrubby false buttonweed 3 Spermacoce verticillata

trailing daisy 4 Sphagneticola trilobata

turkey tangle frogfruit 5 Phyla nodiflora

asthma plant 6 Euphorbia hirta

Tridax daisy 7 Tridax procumbens

straggler daisy 8 Calyptocarpus vialis

hyssop spurge 9 Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Virginia pepperweed 10 Lepidium virginicum

Common purslane 11 Portulaca oleracea

rockweed 12 Pilea microphylla

water pennyworts 13 Hydrocotyle

Ruellia blechum 14

Red Tasselflower 15 Emilia fosbergii

Largeflower pink-sorrel 16 Oxalis debilis

White Moneywort 17 Alysicarpus vaginalis

Sandburs 18 Cenchrus

graceful spurge 19 Euphorbia hypericifolia

Bitter Melon 20 Momordica charantia

fourspike heliotrope 1 Euploca procumbens

common ragweed 21 Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Common Fanpetals 22 Sida ulmifolia

Asiatic dayflower 23 Commelina communis

creeping beggarweed 24 Desmodium incanum

Caribbean Stylo 25 Stylosanthes hamata

Pennywort 26 Centella

Oriental false hawksbeard 27 Youngia japonica

Grassleaf Spurge 1 Euphorbia graminea

Creeping Indigo 28 Indigofera spicata

false daisy 29 Eclipta prostrata

Phasey Bean 1 Macroptilium lathyroides

Durban Crowfoot 30 Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Oakleaf Fleabane 28 Erigeron quercifolius

Eustachys 31

climbing dayflower 32 Commelina diffusa

dog's-tongue 33 Pseudelephantopus spicatus

Chamberbitter 34 Phyllanthus urinaria

Wineflower 35 Boerhavia diffusa

Goose Grass 36 Eleusine indica

whitesnow 37 Drymaria cordata

Hurricanegrass 38 Fimbristylis cymosa

smut grass 39 Sporobolus indicus

creeping tick trefoil 40 Desmodium triflorum

panicled ticktrefoil 41 Desmodium paniculatum

Woodland false buttonweed 42 Spermacoce remota

Red Caustic-creeper 43 Euphorbia thymifolia

Mendez's Sandmat 33 Euphorbia mendezii

Florida Hammock Sandmat 44 Euphorbia ophthalmica

Jamaican feverplant 45 Tribulus cistoides

painted spurge 6 Euphorbia heterophylla

prostrate sandmat 46 Euphorbia prostrata

creeping woodsorrel 47 Oxalis corniculata

pencil flower 48 Stylosanthes biflora

Santa Maria feverfew 49 Parthenium hysterophorus

painted leaf 50 Euphorbia cyathophora

Herb-of-Grace 51 Bacopa monnieri

Pink Weed 52 Spigelia anthelmia

black medick 39 Medicago lupulina

Field Copperleaf 53 Acalypha arvensis

Jamaicanweed Nama jamaicensis

Yellow-flowered waterhyssop 54 Mecardonia procumbens