Corn Gromwell

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Vegetative plants.  Key characteristics: erect growth habit, leaves have entire margins, lack petioles and are hairy on both surfaces.

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Flowering stem.  Note hair on leaves.

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Flowering plants.  Flowers are creamy-white and occur in leaf axils.  Photos courtesy of Melvin Brees.

  

Seed.  Seed are shaped like a "spinning top."  They are rough textured, brownish in color and 2.0 to 3.0 mm in length.

Life cycle: winter annual.