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"New" quickly spreading weed. #744412
Asked April 14, 2021, 11:32 PM EDT
Benton County Oregon
Expert Response
Greetings,
Are you able to take a picture of it? Maybe with your phone? This will help us to identify and then suggest management options. If you can get a picture of it in the ground and then pick the plant and take a picture of the whole plant from root to top, then one more close up of a leaf, that would be ideal.
You can then attach it to your reply here and we will see if we can confirm identification.
On 04/15/2021 8:26 AM Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote:
Thank you for the picture. I can't be sure, but it looks like a Self-heal (Purnella vulgaris). If you want to let it go to flower, we would be able to give a more definitive ID.
Some info on Purnella vulgaris: a member of the mint family and like mint is a rapid colonizer. It can be hand pulled, but it regenerates from shoot fragments. It also spreads by rhizomes, stolons and seeds.
Here is an info sheet with picture:
https://plants.usda.gov/factsheet/pdf/fs_prvul2.pdf
I hope this helps.
On 04/15/2021 2:53 PM Ask Extension <<personal data hidden>> wrote: