photo courtesy of PBI/Gordon Corporation

RANGE: Throughout the United States

APPEARANCE: Henbit, a member of the mint family, is an upright winter annual that blooms in the spring. The leaves are rounded on the end with rounded toothed edges that grow opposite one another on square stems Upper leaves lack petioles. Henbit can grow from 4 to 12 inches tall on weak stems.

GROWTH: Although an upright plant, weak stems sprouting from the bottom may lay almost horizontal. Henbit spreads only by seed and is generally not a problem in dense, vigorous turfgrass sites.

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