• Summer annual broadleaf weed.
• Leaves are opposite and not symmetrical.
• Stems are smooth or hairy with "milky" sap inside.
• Reproduces by seed.

• Has a distinct reddish spot on the leaves.
• Has freely branched prostrate stems that do not root at the nodes.
• Found in any disturbed area.

• Is similiar to Spotted Spurge but roots at the nodes.

• Smooth stems that do not root at the nodes.
• Leaves round, or nearly so with smooth margins and lopsided bases.
• Found in sandy areas

• Erect or ascending with smooth stems.
• Leaves oblong to almost linear, with toothed margins and lopsided bases.
• Found in lawns and disturbed areas.

• Hand Removal or Hoeing
• Herbicides:
• Preemergence - atrazine*, simazine*, pendimethalin, isoxaben.
(Apply in the spring after green-up.)
 
* Excellent tolerance in centipede and St. Augustine grass only.
 
 
• Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba**,  MCPP**,  2,4-D**, and/or  2,4-DP**]
(Apply in the spring/early summer.)
 
**  Use lower rates on centipede and St. Augustine grass.
       Do not use in the root zone of desirable plants, especially dicamba.

 

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Roundleaf Spurge

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