| Plant Type | All Plants, Weeds |
|---|---|
| Sunlight | tolerates sun or shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | waste places, cultivated fields and gardens. |
| Temperature | tolerates hot or cold |
| Flowers | pinkish to purple, two-lipped corolla, borne on axillary inflorescences, biennial or winter annual reproducing from seeds |
| Leaves | opposite, round to reniform (kidney shaped), palmate venation, rounded teeth (dentate) and hairy. |
| Stems | decumbent, hollow, four angles with many ascending branches |
| Maintenance | It will quickly become a pest in the garden if allowed to go to seed. To remove it must be pulled, since pieces of the stem readily reroot. |
| Misc Facts | Native to Eurasia and Africa. Introduced into the United States from Eurasia. |
| Notes & Reference | #19-Common Weeds ( USDA Agricultural Research Service) |
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