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Broadleaves

Silver cockscomb

Upright herb with narrow leaves and pointed, silvery white to pink flower spikes shaped like candle flames.

Celosia argentea Broadleaves, annual Fact sheet
Silver cockscomb (Celosia argentea) growing as a weed in a field, with its pink and silver flower spikes
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Also called

Kindayohan, palong manok, kudyapa, sansandok

Crops it troubles

Mais Corn, yellow or field Batad Sorghum Monggo Mungbean Mani Peanut Kamoteng kahoy Cassava Tubo Sugarcane Talong Eggplant Mais na matamis Corn, sweet Mais na malagkit Corn, white or glutinous Utaw Soybean Sitaw String bean Paayap Cowpea Sigarilyas Winged bean Patani Lima bean Kadyos Pigeon pea Bulak Cotton Kamote Sweet potato Gabi Taro Ubi Purple yam Patatas Potato Luya Ginger Luyang dilaw Turmeric Repolyo Cabbage Brokoli Broccoli Koliplor Cauliflower Kintsay Celery Kamatis Tomato Ampalaya Bitter gourd Kalabasa Squash Pipino Cucumber Okra Sili Chili Atsal Bell pepper Patola Sponge gourd Upo Bottle gourd Sayote Chayote Pakwan Watermelon Milon Melon Tabako Tobacco Presa Strawberry

How to tell it is a broadleaf

Wide leaves with a net of veins. The group decides what kills it, so check the stem and the leaf before you buy a herbicide.

How to keep it out

Pull it before the spikes seed, and keep it off the field edges.

How to control it

What to do and which active ingredients work depend on your crop and how old it is. The weed control helper in anee.io gives both, for corn and every other crop it grows in.

Open the weed control helper

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Many weeds look alike. Send a photo to Anee, the smart farm technician in anee.io. She reads it with your crop, its age and the weather, and tells you what it most likely is and what to do first. In Tagalog or English.

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