• Also called "Rattlesnake Weed".
• Smooth or hairy, upright perennial, from slender underground stems with large, segmented, white tubers resembling a "rattlesnakes's rattle."
• Square stems with opposite, serrated leaves.
• Leaves are longstalked, lance-shaped, usually with a nearly flat base.
• White to pink two lipped (trumpet-shaped) flowers produced at top of plants.
• During hot weather, top growth disappears but plant reproduces by seed or underground tubers.
• Found in turf, roadsides, thickets, and shrub beds. 

• Hand Removal or Hoeing
• Herbicides:
• Preemergence - atrazine* (Apply in the fall and spring).
 
* Excellent tolerance in centipede and St. Augustine grass; use only on these grasses.
 
 
 
• Postemergence -  combination of these products:
[dicamba**,  MCPP**,  2,4-D**, and/or  2,4-DP**]
(Apply in the fall and spring)

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

 

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Trumpet-shaped flowers.

White tubers resemble a
rattlesnake's rattle.