2/27/2012
Interesting weed discovered growing in the garden bed. Only about 10 cm tall. It had a square stem which tells me it's related to the mint. The leaves are somewhat heart shaped and are
I was just browsing this website looking for some weed characteristics and it said something about a square stem. Which I noticed ^^ the example it had was 'henbit'. Googled it and, sure enough. Perfect match.http://polkhort.ifas.ufl.edu/Power%20Point%20presentations/Weed%20Identification%20and%20Control%20in%20the%20Florida%20LandscapePCMGS2007.pdf
Conducting a checklist based on the characteristics stated on the website:http://www.weedalert.com/weed_pages/wa_henbit.htm
leaves are rounded on the end with rounded toothed edges YES
grow opposite one another YES
square stems DEFINATELY
upper leaves lack petioles YES
grow from 4 to 12 inches tall on weak stems YEP
weak stems sprouting from the bottom may lay almost horizontal ABSOLUTELY
okay. I'm doubtless at this point. Henbit. Lamium amplexicaule
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