Common name: Bitterweed
Latin name: Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock
Family: Asteraceae
Life Cycle: Annual
Type: Broadleaf
Description: A low-growing weed in mowed turf that can also grow erect in un-mowed fields, pastures, and roadsides. It has yellow disk and ray flowers, as well as linear leaves that can make it appear grass-like when immature.
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