Weedy Wildflowers
of Railroads

Scientific Name Common Name
Achillea millefolium Yarrow
Alyssum alyssoides Pale Alyssum
Amaranthus graecizans Prostrate Pigweed
Amaranthus hybridus Smooth Pigweed
Amaranthus retroflexus Rough Pigweed
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Common Ragweed
Ambrosia psilostachya Western Ragweed
Apocynum cannabinum Dogbane
Arctium minus Common Burdock
Artemesia absinthium Absinthe Wormwood
Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed
Aster pilosus Frost Aster
Axyris amanthoides Russian Pigweed
Berteroa incana Hoary Alyssum
Brassica juncea Indian Mustard
Calystegia sepium Hedge Bindweed
Camelina microcarpa Small-Fruited False Flax
Cardaria draba Hoary Cress
Centaurea maculosa Spotted Knapweed
Chaenorhinum minus Dwarf Snapdragon
Chamaesyce humistrata Spreading Spurge
Chamaesyce nutans Nodding Spurge
Chenopodium album Lamb's Quarters
Chenopodium ambrosioides Mexican Tea
Chenopodium botrys Jerusalem Oak
Chenopodium glaucum Oak-Leaved Goosefoot
Cirsium discolor Pasture Thistle
Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle
Conringia orientalis Hare's Ear Mustard
Convolvulus arvensis Field Bindweed
Conyza canadensis Horseweed
Croton capitatus Hogwort
Cynoglossum officinale Hound's Tongue
Daucus carota Wild Carrot
Descurainia pinnata Tansy Mustard
Descurainia sophia Flixweed
Diodia teres Rough Buttonweed
Diplotaxis muralis Wall Rocket
Echium vulgare Viper's Bugloss
Erechtites hieracifolius Pilewort
Erucastrum gallicum Dog Mustard
Erysimum cheiranthoides Wormseed Mustard
Erysimum inconspicuum Small Wormseed Mustard
Erysimum repandum Treacle Mustard
Eupatorium altissiumum Tall Boneset
Euphorbia dentata Toothed Spurge
Euphorbia marginata Snow-on-the-Mountain
Gaura biennis Gaura
Gaura parviflora Small-Flowered Gaura
Geranium carolinianum Carolina Cranesbill
Glycyrrhiza lepidata Wild Licorice
Grindelia squarrosa Gumweed
Helianthus annuus Common Sunflower
Hypericum perforatum Common St. John' Wort
Ipomoea pandurata Wild Sweet Potato
Kochia scoparia Kochia
Lactuca pulchella Wild Blue Lettuce
Lactuca saligna Willow Lettuce
Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce
Lepidium campestre Field Peppergrass
Lepidium densiflorum Green-Flowered Peppergrass
Lepidium perfoliatum Clasping Peppergrass
Lepidium virginicum Common Peppergrass
Linaria repens Creeping Toadflax
Linaria vulgaris Butter-and-Eggs
Linum perenne Perennial Flax
Medicago sativa Alfalfa
Melilotus alba White Sweet Clover
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweet Clover
Mirabilis nyctaginea Wild Four-O'Clock
Nepeta cataria Catnip
Oenothera biennis Common Evening Primrose
Pastinaca sativa Wild Parsnip
Physalis heterophylla Clammy Ground Cherry
Polanisia dodecandra Clammyweed
Potentilla recta Sulfur Cinquefoil
Reynoultria japonica Japanese Knotweed
Rumex altissimus Pale Dock
Rumex crispus Curly Dock
Salsola kali Russian Thistle
Saponaria officinalis Soapwort
Silene antirrhina Sleepy Catchfly
Silene pratense Evening Campion
Silene vulgaris Bladder Catchfly
Sisymbrium altissimum Tumble Mustard
Sisymbrium loeselii Tall Hedge Mustard
Sisymbrium officinale Common Hedge Mustard
Solanum carolinense Horsenettle
Solanum rostratum Buffalo Bur
Solidago canadensis Canada Goldenrod
Thlaspi arvense Field Pennycress
Torilis arvense Common Hedge Parsley
Tribulus terrestris Puncture Weed
Triodanis perfoliata Venus' Looking Glass
Tragopogon dubius Western Goatsbeard
Verbascum phlomoides Orange Mullein
Verbascum thapsus Great Mullein
Vitis riparia Riverbank Grape
Xanthium spinosum Spiny Cocklebur
Yucca filamentosa Yucca

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