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    General Description:  
      - bushy plant with finely divided leaves.
 
      - mature plants have elongated branshing stems with
        alternate leaves.
 
      - rounded or conical shaped disk flowers are
        yellow/green.
 
      - crushed leaves have a pineapple scent.
 
     
    Life cycle:  summer or winter annual  
      - reproduces by seed.
 
      - germinates early spring - early fall.
 
      - young plants form a rosette.
 
      - flowers May - Sept. 
 
     
    Habitat/ Distribution:  
      - perennial crops, turfgrass, landscape, and nursery
        crops.
 
      - tolerates compact soil amd mowing.
 
      - native to the Pacific coast - now widely distributed
        in the United States.
 
     
    Herbicide Control Notes: 
      - Gramoxone plus Goal effective in late fall. Gramoxone
        improves control with Direx/Karmex or Sinbar on larger pineappleweed.
 
     
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