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Key to Plant Identity for Patients with Allergy

Allergenic Weeds (click on hypertext links for pictures)

Herbaceous plant/weed
   numerous burs that stick
     -  gray green triangular leaves,
                perennial with woody stems ................................. Triangle Leaf Bursage
     -  very long leaves, serrated edges ...................................  Canyon Ragweed
     -  leaves 3/4 in long with divisions, spiky burs 1/3 in long,
                low mounded shrub 2 ft high ................................   Desert Ragweed
    small narrow leaves, spiky, dries to a tumbleweed ..............  Russian Thistle
    tall (1-6 ft), leaves with smooth edges, inconspicuous
                flowers on long branching spikes............................ Carelessweed
    gray-green irregularly shaped leaves, silvery scales,
                inconspicuous flowers at base of leaves  ............... Wheelscale Saltbush                                                                                             Four-Wing Saltbush
    pale green, indented leaves, small greenish flowers at ends
                of stem branches..................................................  Lambsquarters 
    very large ( 1/2-1 inch) burs, grows in ditches and
                near streams .......................................................  Cocklebur
   

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Comments and suggestions welcome!   Email: schumach@u.arizona.edu
Content Owner:  Michael J. Schumacher, MB, FRACP, The University of Arizona

Updated 8/2008