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Field Snakecotton, Plains Snakecotton

Froehlichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.

Amaranthaceae (Pigweed Family)

▲seedling

▲stems and leaves

▲▼flowering stem

▲inflorescences

▲mature plants

Froelichia floriadana  (Nutt.) Moq.; Field Snakecotton, Cottontails: (Bayer Code:  not known; US Code FRFL)

·         Summer annual in the pigweed family, but not in the pigweed genus; grows 6 inches to about 3 feet tall

·         Has opposite, hairy, lanceolate leaves that may have a gray or whitish color; no petiole on leaves

·         Inflorescences is a short spike on an elongated stem (up to 2-3 feet tall) without showy flowers, but many hairs between the flowers and angular fruit that persist on the plant

·         Found in cultivated crops in sandy soils, can form dense mats of foliage, but usually not as serious a weed pest as the pigweeds/amaranths/waterhemp

 

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Updated 15 January 2019