4 CHAPTER 1 A SPEEDY SPREADER What plant can produce up to 150,000 seeds in one season This speedy spreader is famine weed Like all weeds famine weed grows where it is not wanted CHAPTER 1
5 flower stem This plant is bushy It has a hairy stem Its leaves are green Tiny white flowers grow close together CHAPTER 1
6 Famine weed grows fast Within a month it produces small fruit Its seeds are tiny They spread by wind and water Animals also spread them How They eat the fruit The seeds spread from their waste Farm equipment can spread them too DID YOU KNOW Famine weed can grow more than five feet 1.5 meters tall That is taller than most 10 year olds CHAPTER 1
