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Peppers
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Perennial Weeds
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- Field bindweed
- Purple nutsedge
- Silverleaf nightshade
- Yellow nutsedge
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Field bindweed
(Convolvulus arvensis): Morningglory family. Most new shoots and seedlings emerge in spring. Seed leaves nearly square, with shallow notch at tip; early true leaves spade shaped; leaf stalks flattened. |
Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus): Sedge family. Young plant or young shoot is somewhat stiff, upright, and light green with a fairly prominent whitish midvein; no auricle or ligule; triangular stem solid or pithy and rarely hollow as in grasses. Seedling has 2 to 3 newly emerged leaves with smooth, membranous, linear blades folded lengthwise; sheaths tubular. |
Silverleaf nightshade
(Solanum elaeagnifolium): Nightshade family. Seed leaves 5 times longer than wide and gray green; first true leaves with wavy margins, covered with small star-shaped hairs. |
Yellow nutsedge
(Cyperus esculentus): Sedge family. Grasslike; light green blades, flat, slender; leaf tip long and drawn out; nutlets globe shaped, smooth, and almond flavored. |
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