Revised June 2007

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Contents

Weed identification

Summer annual broadleaf

Biennial broadleaf

Perennial broadleaf

Summer annual grass

Winter annual grass

Perennial grass

Plants resembling grasses

Herbicides

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Practical Weed Science for the Field Scout: Corn and Soybean

Summer annual broadleaf

Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata)

Carpetweed

CarpetweedA late-germinating, much-branched summer annual forming circular mats several feet in diameter. Carpetweed is primarily a weed of cultivated agronomic and horticultural crops. Leaves are smooth, without petioles, widest above the middle and taper to the base, and occur in whorls of three to eight at each node. Small white flowers are produced in clusters of two to five with slender flower stalks 5 to 15 mm long.

Carpetweed
Wild thing

IPM1007, revised June 2007