Family Name
| Aliases | Crops & Cover Crops
| Herbaceous Ornamentals
| Weeds |
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Solanaceae | solanaceous crops;potato, tomato or nightshade family | peppers (bell and chile), tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, tobacco, tomatillo | petunia, million bells | nightshade, jimsonweed, henbane, groundcherry, buffalobur, horsenettle |
Brassicaceae | Cruciferae; brassicas; cole crops; cruciferous crops; mustard family | horseradish, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kohlrabi, kale, Brussels sprouts, turnips, Chinese cabbage, radish, rapeseed, mustard, collards, watercress, pak choi, bok choi, rutabaga | stock, alyssum, candytuft | shepherd's-purse, field pennycress, yellow rocket |
Cucurbitaceae | cucurbits; cucumber family; squash family | cucumber, melons, watermelon, summer squash, pumpkin, gourds, winter squash | | |
Rosaceae | rose family, rosaceous plants | apples, peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, pears, cherries,quince,almond | | multiflora rose |
Fabaceae | Leguminosae; leguminous crops; legumes; bean, pea or legume family | beans, peas, lentils, peanut, soybean, edamame, garbanzo bean, fava bean, hairy vetch, vetches, alfalfa, clovers, cowpea, birdsfoot trefoil, black medic | | various vetches, clovers, black medic |
Poaceae | Gramineae; grass family | corn, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, rice, millet, rye, ryegrass, sorghum-sudangrass, fescue, timothy | ornamental grasses | brome, wild oats, crabgrass, orchardgrass, barnyardgrass, quackgrass, fall panicum, foxtail, Johnsongrass |
Polygonaceae | knotweed family | buckwheat, rhubarb | | knotweed, smartweed |
Liliaceae | lily family; alliums (for members of the Allium genus) | asparagus, onions, leeks, chives, garlic, shallots | tulips, daffodils, hosta, hyacinth | wild garlic and onions |
Lamiaceae | Labiatae; mint family | lavender, basil, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, mints, catnip | salvia, Molucella (bells of- Ireland) | mints, catnip, henbit |
Ericaceae | heather or blueberry family | blueberries, cranberries | heather | |
Chenopodiaceae | goosefoot family | spinach, beets, chard, sugar beets | | kochia, lambsquarters |
Apiaceae | Umbelliferae; carrot family | carrots, parsnips, celery, dill, chervil, cilantro, parsley, caraway, fennel | Trachymeme, Buplerum | poison-hemlock, wild carrot |
Asteraceae | sunflower family; aster family | sunflowers, lettuce, endive, escarole, radicchio, dandelion, Jerusalem artichoke, artichoke, safflower, chicory, tarragon, chamomile, echinacea
| marigold, mums, zinnia, aster, Calendula, cosmos, Rudbeckia, Tithonia, Centaurea, Helichrysum, yarrow, Leucanthemum, echinacea, sunflowers | dandelion, Jerusalem artichoke, chicory, echinacea, thistles, knapweeds, cocklebur, yarrow, ragweeds, goldenrod, groundsel, galinsoga, sunflowers |