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Flixweed Seedling |
Flixweed Flowers |
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Flixweed is a winter
annual that occurs in waste areas, fields, roadsides, and other disturbed sites.
Mature plants grow 8 to 24 inches tall. Leaves are alternate, 2 to 3 times
pinnuately compound. Seedlings have narrow cotyledons with stalks. Juvenile stages have
ovate shaped leaves in a rosette arrangement, deeply lobed margins, and covered in
star-shaped hairs. Inflorescence a raceme. Flower petals very small, yellow or
greenish-yellow. Flixweed is distinguished from other mustards because of its finely
dissected leaves. |
Flixweed Mature Plants |
Description |
This section contains information on identification of
the different life stages of Flixweed. Select Biology and Management from the
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