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Warm-season perennial weed.
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Spreads by slender, creeping stems that root at the nodes.
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Kidney-shaped leaves grow opposite each other along horizontal thin stems.
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Small, green, and inconspicuous flowers are produced along the stem.
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Thrives in moist soils but cannot tolerate freezing temperatures.
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Reproduces by seed and stolons.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Herbicides:
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Postemergence - atrazine* or
combination of these products:
[dicamba**,
MCPP**, 2,4-D**,
and/or 2,4-DP**]
* Excellent tolerance
in centipede and St. Augustine grass.
** 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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Kidney shaped leaves.
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