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Common Lawn Weeds
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Dandelion
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- Perennial broadleaf weed.
- Deeply taprooted, stemless.
- Leaves, basal, slightly to deeply cut, with lobes that point back towards base.
- Single yellow flowers at end of each long, smooth hollow stalk.
- Seed are brown, long stalked with parachute of hairs forming a "globe."
- Reproduces by seed and can form new plants from fragments of broken taproots.
Control Methods
- Hand Removal or Hoeing
- Herbicides:
* 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
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Distinct yellow flower.
Dandelion seedhe
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