Biology and Management of Prostrate Knotweed |
||
CONTENTS |
General Description: Prostrate Knotweed is an annual that reproduces by seed. Prostrate growing habit with multiple stems 1 to 3 feed in length. Stems swollen at each branch. Stems are bluish-green, leafy, wiry, extending 4 inches to 2 feet in all directions from the small taproot and forming a dense mat. Leaves bluish-green, alternate, oblong and hairless with papery sheath at leaf base. Clusters of small, pink flowers are produced in leaf axils. Seeds small, slender, reddish-brown, triangular. Herbicide Control Notes:
|