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Star of Bethleham

rootwad
15 years ago

About 5 years ago we found a clump of this plant near our house. Now, we live in a very remote area in the Missouri Ozarks. Our house is in the center of 40 acres and the nearest neighbor is over a mile away. The sob (what an appropriate acronym) just showed up. We dug it up and killed it. However, each year we find new plants some as much as 50 feet away. We dig them all up and destroy them. It amazes me that this plant is so persistent. I am curious how this can spread without going to seed as we have never allowed that to happen. I'm also curious as to how it got here.

For 8 years I worked in a town about 50 miles northwest of here. This town is the sob capitol of Missouri. When you drive through downtown and surrounding blocks, the yards and ditches are white with the stuff. Do you think that somehow I brought seeds home on my car?

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