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Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
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Oklahoma Alfalfa |
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Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK |
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Oklahoma Alfalfa |
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Bushy Wallflower |
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| COMMON NAME: | Bushy Wallflower, Spreading Wormseed |
| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | Erysimum repandum L. |
| TYPE: | Annual Cool-season Broadleaf |
| DESCRIPTION | |
| Germination: | September to October. |
| Reproduction: | By seeds, May-June. |
| Stems: | The stems of the bushy wallflower are erect to ascending, usually branched, and pubescent with forked hairs. |
| Leaves: | The leaves alternate and have simple blades that may be linear to linear-oblanceolate. The upper leaves are triangular at the base with margins unevenly dentate to even. The surface is thinly pubescent with 2- and 3- forked hairs. |
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Flowers/ Inflorescence: |
The flowers of bushy wallflower have stellate hairs that are dense, four petals are pale yellow or sulphur yellow in color. |
| Fruit: | Slender, silique, ascending to erect, smooth to sparsely pubescent and nearly round. |
FOUND: |
Bushy wallflower can primarily be found in cultivated fields, alfalfa, roadsides and waste places. Occasionally it can be found in pastures and rangeland. |
CONTROL: |
In new fall stands, treat in October-November with BUTYRAC 200. Apply SINBAR and VELPAR for control in thinning stands in January-February. |
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| Jim Stritzke Former Alfalfa Weed Control Specialist Department of Plant and Soil Sciences Oklahoma State University |
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