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Perennial weed.
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Also commonly refered to as "snake strawberry."
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Low-growing with long stolons.
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Leaves have three leaflets and toothed margins.
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Single flowers on long petioles with five yellow petals.
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Has red fruit that is spongy, round, and "strawberry-like."
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Fruit is not poisonous but not palatable.
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Reproduces by seed and stolons.
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Commonly found in shaded areas.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Herbicides:
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Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba*,
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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Single yellow flowers with 5 petals.
Red "strawberry-like" fruit.
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