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leonopis
Long green stocks that can get to 5 feet tall. Every foot up the stock is the ball,that has orange petals.
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The weed that I have found in the property across from our house as well as all around our area is the Leonopis weed, which is called the Lions ear. The first time I saw this plant was up by the church on Omiopio about 3 years ago. Kula nursery told my mom that a person planted a bunch of it in their garden just up from the church on Lower Kula road and now it has spread many miles. Every year we see it spreading more and is now even on the highway. This weed first appeared in the 5 acre field across from our house about 2 year seeds that it spreads quickly. The only way we seem to control it is my dad mowing it down with a big tractor. He doesn’t have the tractor now so I don’t know how we will control it in the future. It gets really tall and you cannot walk through it without getting stabbed by the plant. Our horses hate it. It has taken over 1/2 of the pasture next door. This plant totally blocks out other plants and grass.
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I think the correct spelling is LEONOTIS with a 'T'. I would think the best bet would be to keep attacking it while it is still young, before it flowers and while it is still relatively soft. Perhaps you could organize a community effort over a weekend to remove as many individual plants as possible early in the year.