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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Moraceae
Fatoua villosa (Thunb.) Nakai
hairy crabweed
Fatoua: unknown derivation
villosa: Latin for "with hairs"
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| Status: | Introduced - adventive |
| Plant: | annual forb, up to 3'-4' tall; sap not milky; taprooted |
| Flower: | purplish-green, no petals; inflorescence of several flowers in 1" rounded clusters (cymes) from the leaf axils; blooms summer into fall |
| Fruit: | white, oval, 3-angled achene that explodes when ripe |
| Leaf: | alternate; triangular with somewhat heart-shaped base, deeply rounded teeth |
| Habitat: | fields, disturbed areas, often with ornamental plants |
| (Glossary) |
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