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Annual or biennial with prominent rosette of basal leaves.
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All reproduce by seed.
Shiny Cudweed
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Leaves bright shiny green above on upper surface, densely white hairry
beneath.
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Basal leaves are very broad.
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All stem leaves of similiar size.
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Flower heads are brown to purple.
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Found in dry, open, sandy, disturbed areas.
Purple Cudweed
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Stems highly branched form base of plant.
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Stem and underside of leaves with soft velvet-like hairs.
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Upper leaf surface dull green.
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Rosette and lower stem leaves spatula-shaped with blunt tips; upper leaves
reduced in size.
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Flowers tannish-white in clusters at upper surface leaf axils.
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Bracts surrounding flower clusters are pink or purple in color.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Herbicides:
* Excellent tolerance in centipede
and St. Augustine grass only.
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Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba**,
MCPP**, 2,4-D**,
and/or 2,4-DP**]
** Use
lower rates on centipede and St. Augustine grass. See label for appropriate
turfgrass. Do not use within the root zone of desirable plants,
especially dicamba.
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Purple Cudweed seedheads.
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