Biology and Management of Common Salsify

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General Description:

• Generally 1 to 3 feet tall, more or less branched, arising from a long taproot.
• Herbage has a milky juice.
• Some pubescence occurs when young, but it is frequently glabrous at maturity.
• Leaves are narrow, up to 12 inches long, gradually tapering from the base to the apex.
• Flower heads occur at the end of long, hollow peduncles.
• Involucral bracts, usually about 13, 1 to 2 inches long at anthesis.
• Bracts distinctly surpass the pale, lemon-yellow ray flowers .

Life cycle:

•   Biennial

Habitat/ Distribution/ Crops associated with:

• Native to Eurasia, but well established over temperate N. America.
• Occurs along roadsides and waste sites.
• Same as Western salsify, but has purple flowers.

Herbicide Control Notes:

• Gramoxone plus Goal applied in late fall is effective.