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DESCRIPTION:
Kochia, a summer annual broadleaf, is difficult to differentiate from fivehook bassia.
Seedlings emerge in spring and have thick, dull green leaves above and
magenta undersides. Cotyledons (seed leaves) range from linear to narrowly lance-shaped and are hairless. Subsequent leaves
are narrowly lance-shaped, gray-green, covered with long soft white hairs, and form a small rosette. Mature plant is 2 to
5 feet (60 - 150 cm) tall, usually branched from the base, compared to fivehook bassia's
branching along the main stem. Small, inconspicuous flowers are borne in
clusters at the ends of branches and bases of leaves. Kochia is found most
commonly on saline soils of California's Central Valley, southern desert,
and coastal growing areas.
Broadleaf ID illustration.
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