Common Name: cottonweedScientific Name: Froelichia gracilis (Hooker) Moq.Family Name: Amaranthaceae - Amaranth FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced annual, reproducing by seed Stems ascending to upright, slender, branched at base, pubescence web-like Leavesopposite, linear to narrow-lanceolate, entire, sessile, pubescence web-like, mostly below Flowersinconspicuous, petal absent, sepals woolly and often pinkish; terminal spike