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Perennial winter broadleaf weed.
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Has a creeping or spreading habit.
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Stems are somewhat fleshy and greenish white in color.
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Elliptical to lance-shaped leaves are oppositely arranged on the stem.
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White tubular flowers with four lobes at each leaf axil along the stem.
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Flowers develop into round "button-like" seed capsules.
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Fruit is green, elliptically shaped, hairy, ridged, located at each leaf
axil.
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Reproduces by seed, and root fragments.
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Favors moist to wet sites.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Herbicides:
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Postemergence - 2,4-D*
containing products (as needed).
See label for application interval.
* Do
not use within the root zone of desirable plants, especially dicamba.
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Read the Label ------------------------
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White tubular flowers along stem
Green fruit found in leaf axils
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