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Flowers are in small congested clusters in the leaf axils. Long terminal flower spikes are absent. Seeds are shiny, black, lens-shaped and approximately twice the width of tumble pigweed seeds.

Extra caution is needed if conditions are very dry. Weeds such as Russian thistle, tumble mustard, wild buckwheat, stinkweed, green foxtail, lambs quarters and redroot pigweed can be controlled well.