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Perennial broadleaf weed.
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Deeply taprooted, stemless.
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Leaves, basal, slightly to deeply cut, with lobes that point back towards
base.
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Single yellow flowers at end of each long, smooth hollow stalk.
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Seed are brown, long stalked with parachute of hairs forming a "globe."
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Reproduces by seed and can form new plants from fragments of broken taproots.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Herbicides:
* Excellent tolerance in centipede
and St. Augustine grass.
Tolerance in DORMANT
bermuda and zoysia at low label rates. See label for appropriate
turfgrass.
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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.
Do not use within the root zone of desirable plants, especially dicamba.
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Read the Label ------------------------
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Distinct yellow flower.
Dandelion seedhead.
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