Leaves: linear to narrowly oblanceolate, alternate, 3
inches long, 1/4 inch wide, tips acute or rounded, margins smooth
Flower color: green to geenish-yellow
Bracts: yellow-green
Flowers: June to September
Plant height: 1-3 feet
Growth habit: perennial
Leafy Spurge Plant
Occurrence
Leafy spurge can survive under a wide range of unfavorable
plant conditions. However it spreads most rapidly in areas where
cattle or other grass-preferring animals remove competing plants,
permitting leafy spurge to take over by utilizing the advantages
of shooting seeds and invading roots.
Notes
Plants can send rhizomes (underground roots) up to 8'
underground, making this plant extremely difficult to control if
left untreated. Any part of the root that remains in the soil after
an attempted digging will sprout a new shoot that same year, or the
following year. A very hot plant on the California Department of
Food and Agriculture's Noxious Weed List. Herbicide treated patches
have been found on the Klamath River.
