Green Kyllinga

Scientific Name: Kyllinga brevifolia

Also Known As: Annual Sedge

Weed Family: Cyperaceae

Description

Green kyllinga is a perennial sedge. It is capable of forming dense mats due to its development of rhizomes. The leaves are dark green and grow up to 6-inches in height. The seedhead is round and has three leaves below it. Green kyllinga spreads by both seeds and rhizomes. Green kyllinga is primarily found from Georgia to south Florida, west to Texas and California. 

Herbicide Use

Make your post-emergence herbicide application to green kyllinga that is actively growing and in the seedling to flower stage of growth.

Distribution

Germination Dates

PBI-Gordon Product Recommendations

Post-Emergent

Aethon® Herbicide SL for Turfgrass

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Post-Emergent

Vexis® Herbicide Granular

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Post-Emergent

Katana® Turf Herbicide

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