1-2 ft. tall, stout, covered with hairs and usually unbranched below flowers; sometimes many arise from crown
Alternate; palmate-compound with 5-7 leaflets; rough, hairy, 1-4 in. long with toothed edges (margins)
0.5-1 in. wide, each on a short stalk; 5 pale-yellow petals with a notch at tip surround a yellow center
Woody taproot with short branch roots
Often infests rangeland, pastures, roadsides and waste areas; known to occur in Elko, Humboldt and Lyon counties
Perennial; reproduces by seed
Hand-digging individual plants can be effective for small infestations; cultivation can also be effective; mowing does NOT control established plants
Apply aminopyralid in the pre-bud stage; picloram to actively growing plants in spring or fall