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Winter annual broadleaf weed
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Diffusely-branched semi-erect weed.
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Stems are greenish-pink to red, densly hairy.
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Leaves with long petioles, hairy, dissected into various segments, margins
blunt toothed.
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Small flowers are pink to purplish with five petals.
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Fruit is a five-parted capsule that forms a "stork's bill" up to 0.5 inch
long.
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Reproduces by seed.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing.
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Improve sunlight, fertilization, soil pH.
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Herbicides:
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Preemergence - atrazine*,
benefin, pendimethalin.
* 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**]
(Apply late fall or winter during warm period above 60 ºF).
** 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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"Stork's bill" capsule fruit.
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