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DESCRIPTION:
Fivehook bassia, a summer annual broadleaf, is an important weed found most frequently on saline soils.
Its seed germinates in early spring and the plant matures in late summer. It is difficult to
differentiate this seedling from Kochia scoparia. Cotyledons (seed leaves) are long and grayish with soft white hairs. Leaves on very young plants grow in a rosette. Mature
plants branch from a main stem but are not as branched as similar looking Russian thistle. The fruit is five lobed with a hook on each lobe. Leaves are blue green,
flat and narrow. Inconspicuous flowers are borne in clusters along the ends of branches and bases
of leaves.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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