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This plant is often planted as food for grazing animals, but it
spreads rapidly and will quickly take over your yard, killing off
other plants if it is not controlled. It is important to get rid of
it as soon as it appears, especially before it has a chance to form
seedheads (burrs).
Description:
It looks like a thin vine with clover leaves. It will form small
yellow flowers, and its seeds are small burrs about a half centimeter
in diameter.
Control:
I have been pulling htese by hand as I see them. You need to pull out
the roots. If you have allowed the plant to grow, its vines will
spread. Gather all the vines from a single root section together and
pull, and the root system should easily come out with the plant. If
you only pull a few of the vines and not all together, you will likely
leave the roots intact.
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