• Winter annual broadleaf weed.
• Mat-forming plant with numerous branched stems.
• Reproduces by seed.

• Leaves are opposite, smooth, oval to broadly ellipitic in shape.
• Upper leaves without petiole; lower leaves with sparsely hairy long petiole. 
• Stems with vertical lines of hairs.
• Has small clusters of white flowers with five deeply notched petals at the ends of the stems.

• Leaves are opposite, densely hairy, oval to broadly ellipitic in shape.
• Slender stems with dense hairs.
• Has small clusters of white flowers with five slighty notched petals at the ends of the stems.

• Hand Removal or Hoeing
• Herbicides:
• Preemergence - atrazine*  
 
* 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.

 
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Smooth, oval to broadly ellipitic
leaves on common chickweed.

Small clusters of white flowers at
the ends of the stems.