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Common Lawn Weeds
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Cudweed
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- Annual or biennial with prominent rosette of basal leaves.
- All reproduce by seed.
Shiny Cudweed
- Leaves bright shiny green above on upper surface, densely white hairry beneath.
- Basal leaves are very broad.
- All stem leaves of similiar size.
- Flower heads are brown to purple.
- Found in dry, open, sandy, disturbed areas.
Purple Cudweed
- Stems highly branched form base of plant.
- Stem and underside of leaves with soft velvet-like hairs.
- Upper leaf surface dull green.
- Rosette and lower stem leaves spatula-shaped with blunt tips; upper leaves reduced in size.
- Flowers tannish-white in clusters at upper surface leaf axils.
- Bracts surrounding flower clusters are pink or purple in color.
Control Methods
- Hand Removal or Hoeing
- Herbicides:
* Excellent tolerance in centipede and St. Augustine grass only.
- Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba**, MCPP**, 2,4-D**, and/or 2,4-DP**]
** Use lower rates on centipede and St. Augustine grass. See label for appropriate
turfgrass. Do not use within the root zone of desirable plants, especially dicamba.
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Purple Cudweed seedheads.
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