Weed Names
Barry Tickes
| Family Name | Common Name | Spanish Name | Scientific Name |
| Morning Glory Family (Convolvulus) | Woolly Morning Glory, Mexican Morning Glory | Trompillo | Ipomoea hirsuta |
| Dodder | Cúscuta | Cuscuta campestris | |
| Field Bindweed | Correhuela O' Aurora De La Manaña | Convolvucus arvensis | |
| Sunflower Family (Composites) | Annual Sunflower, Common Sunflower | Girasol | Helianthus annuus |
| Prickly Lettuce | Lechuguilla | Latuca serriola | |
| Annual Sowthistle | Lechuguilla | Sonchus oleraceus | |
| Marestail, Horeweed | Manzanilla | Conyza canadensis | |
| Goosefoot Family (Chenopodium) | Nettleleaf Goosefoot | Chual Bronco | Chenopodium murale |
| Common Lambsquarter | Chual Blanco | Chenopodium album | |
| Russian Thistle, Tumbleweed | Camizo Rodador O' Cardo Ruso | Salsola kali | |
| Five Hook Bassia,Smother Weed, Hitler Weed | Chamizo Pulpo | Bassia hyssopifolia | |
| Mustard Family (Crucifers) | London Rocket | Mostacilla | Sisymbrium irio |
| Shepherdpurse | Bolsa de Pastor | Capsella bursa | |
| Black Mustard | Mostaza | Brassica nigra | |
| Potato Family (Solanaceae) | Wright Groundcherry | Tomatillo | Physalis wrightii |
| Silverleaf Nightshade, White horsenettle | Hoja De Plata | Solanum elaegnifolium | |
| Sacred Datura | Toloache | Datura meteloids | |
| Grass Family (Gramineae) | Junglerice, Watergrass | Zacate Pinto O' Cayado | Echinochloa colonum |
| Barnyardgrass | Zacate De Aqua | Echinochloa crusgalli | |
| Bermudagras, Devilgrass | Zacate Grama O' Bermuda | Cynodon dactylon | |
| Field Sandbur | Zacate Cadillo | Cenchrus pauciflorus | |
| Southern Sandbur | Cadillo, Huachadore O' Abrojo | Cenchrus echinatus | |
| Wildoat | Avena Silvestre | Avena fatua | |
| Littleseed Canarygrass | Alpistre O' Alpistillo | Phalaris minor | |
| Red Sprangletop | Zacate Carricillo O' Escobeta | Leptochloa filiformis | |
| Mexican Sprangletop | Zacate Salado | Leptochloa uninervia | |
| Annual Bluegrass | Zacate Azul, Pashto de invierno | Poa annua | |
| Johnsongrass | Zacate Johnson | Sorghum halepense |
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, James A. Christenson, Director Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona.
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Material written May 2002.
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