• Winter annual broadleaf weed.
• Mat-forming plant with numerous branched stems.
• Reproduces by seed.

• Leaves are opposite, smooth, oval to broadly ellipitic in shape.
• Upper leaves without petiole; lower leaves with sparsely hairy long petiole. 
• Stems with vertical lines of hairs.
• Has small clusters of white flowers with five deeply notched petals at the ends of the stems.

• Leaves are opposite, densely hairy, oval to broadly ellipitic in shape.
• Slender stems with dense hairs.
• Has small clusters of white flowers with five slighty notched petals at the ends of the stems.

• Hand Removal or Hoeing
• Herbicides:
• Preemergence - atrazine*  
 
* Excellent tolerance in centipede and St. Augustine grass. 
   Tolerance in DORMANT  bermuda and zoysia at low label rates. See label for
    appropriate turfgrass.
 
 
• Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba**,  MCPP**,  2,4-D**, and/or  2,4-DP**]
 


** Use lower rates on centipede and St. Augustine grass. 
      Do not use within the root zone of desirable plants, especially dicamba.

 

Always Read the Label

Smooth, oval to broadly ellipitic
leaves on common chickweed.

Small clusters of white flowers at
the ends of the stems.