Russian Knapweed - LCCD has compiled a Chemical Handbook to assist producers with noxious weed treatments.

Russian Knapweed - LCCD has compiled a Chemical Handbook to assist producers with noxious weed treatments.

Lander County Conservation District Lander County, Nevada
	Russian Knapweed Alias: Centaurea repens Distinguishing features: (information taken from "Weeds of the West," Revised, 1992) Russian knapweed is perennial, forming dense colonies. Stems are erect, covered with fine white hair and appear blue-green in color. The plant grows 18 to 36 inches tall.. Leaves are often lobed and toothed with fine hair and blue-green in color. Flowers can be pink to lavendar, 1/4 to 1/2 inch in diameter, cone shaped, and can be found June to September. Oblong, gray-brown seeds develop in late summer.
	see also: Control Methods for Russian Knapweed go to University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Web Site Natural Resources: Weed Wanted Posters, click Russian Knapweed