Tall Whitetop - LCCD has compiled a Chemical Handbook to assist producers with noxious weed treatments.

Lander County Conservation District
Lander County, Nevada
Tall White top

Tall Whitetop
Alias: Lepidium latifolium

Distinguishing features:
(information taken from "Weeds of the West," Revised, 1992)

  • Perennial plant growing 1 to 3 feet in height.
  • Leaves are bright green to gray-green, blade-shaped and lower leaves are larger than upper leaves.
  • Flowers are small and white in dense clusters near the ends of each branch.
  • Seeds are round and flat, slightly hairy and about 1/16 inch long. Reddish-brown in color.

 
see also:
Control Methods for Tall Whitetop

go to University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Web Site
Natural Resources: Weed Wanted Posters, click Tall Whitetop

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