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Common Lawn Weeds
Purple
Deadnettle
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- Winter annual broadleaf weed.
- Sparsely-hairy weed with greenish to purplish, tender, four-sided stems.
- Leaves are opposite, broadly egg-shaped with bluntly toothed margins.
- Lower leaves on long petioles, upper leaves on short petioles (as opposed to no petioles on upper leaves of henbit).
- Leaves often reddish or purplish tinged.
- Flowers are reddish purple with darker coloring in spots on lower petal; arranged in whorls.
- Reproduces by seed.
Control Methods
- Hand Removal or Hoeing
- Herbicides:
- Preemergence - atrazine*, benefin, pendimethalin, oryzalin, isoxaben.
* Excellent tolerance in centipede and St. Augustine grass.
- Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba**, MCPP**, 2,4-D**, and/or 2,4-DP**]
(Apply in the fall or early winter to small weeds, but before blooming).
** 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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Dark reddish purple leaves
with purple flowers.
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