Find out more about our broadleaf weed control and how it can help you create a beautiful green lawn. If your lawn is already struggling with either of these broadleaf weeds or you are hoping to use a pre-emergent herbicide on these and other invasive weeds, contact Green Lawn Fertilizing today. As with all broadleaf weeds, dense and healthy turf with deep roots will often choke out both henbit and purple deadnettle. Stemming from the lamiaceae family, these broadleaf weeds are similar to each other, each having small, horn-shaped purple flowers growing out of the top of. While these plant species die as annuals, their seeds remain safely buried and will germinate the following spring. This vigorous, fast-growing perennial produces purple, pink, or white flowers and can form a thick ground cover. They are easily controlled by pre-emergent herbicides, however, and can be controlled by mulch. The purple dead nettle is a hardy plant that blooms in the spring.
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How to Prevent Henbit and Purple DeadnettleĪs a winter annual, these broadleaf weeds tend to be a bit harder to control. The Purple Dead Nettle is a member of the mint family, and its purple flowers are mainly seen blooming in. They are considered pretty enough to be a flower and are sometimes left alone in gardens, but if your lawn isn’t well maintained it can spread quickly and prevent a green lawn. Leaves are spread out a centimeter or two and circle the stem like a skirt. Otherwise the two are similar in appearance. Purple deadnettle leaves have stalks on the flower stems. It is a winter annual plant and is commonly mistaken for its cousin. They are part of the mint family, and may have been brought to the United States as a food before spreading as a weed across lawns. Lamium purpureum, known as red dead-nettle, purple dead-nettle, or purple archangel, is an annual herbaceous flowering plant native to Europe and Asia. Purple Deadnettle is a common annual weed that is very aggressive and spreads rapidly. Produces seed in the spring seed germinates in the early fall or early spring Closeup of deadnettle flowers.
Fibrous root system doesn't creep along the ground.
Pinkish-purple lipped flowers borne at top of plant. Though they are technically different broadleaf weeds, both henbit deadnettle and purple deadnettle are in the same family and are often found growing together, taking advantage of similar environments. Leaves opposite, triangular, pointed, and overlapping and crowded near top of stem. They often grow together and look similar. Scientific Name: Lamium amplexicaule and Lamium purpureumĬommon Names: Greater Henbit (Henbit), Giraffe Head (Henbit) Purple Archangel (Purple Deadnettle)īrief Description: Two very similar broadleaf weeds with small, horn shaped purple flowers that grow on the top of long stems.
Lawn Weed Library Henbit/Purple Deadnettle Brief Description: Two very similar broadleaf weeds with small, horn shaped purple flowers that grow on the top of long stems.