Arkansas Forages Database
Horsenettle
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![Horsenettle Plant Horsenettle Plant](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle_plants1.jpg)
![Horsenettle Leaves Horsenettle leaves and stems are green with small thorns.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle1.jpg)
![Horsenettle Berries Horsenettle berries grow; they are small, spherical and these immature berries are green.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle_berries3.jpg)
![Horsenettle Bloom This horsenettle bloom is light purple to light with a yellow center.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle_bloom1.jpg)
![Horsenettle Blooms This horsenettle bloom is light purple to light with a yellow center; notice the spikes on the stems and buds.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle_blooms1.jpg)
![Horsenettle Fruit This fruit from horsenettle is unripe; its light green with darker green stripes.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle_fruit1.jpg)
![Horsenettle Leaf Horsenettle leaves and stems are green with small thorns.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle_leaf1.jpg)
![Horsenettle Plant Horsnettle plant consists of green leaves, stems with thorns and flowers.](/farm-ranch/resource-library/forages-id-database/images/forbs-images/horsenettle/horsenettle_plant.jpg)
About Horsenettle
- Perennial broadleaf weed.
- Considered toxic, but is seldom grazed.
- Spines on undersides of leaves.
- Spreads from rhizomes and seed.
- Found statewide.