Seed leaves are up to 0.25 inch long and pale, dull yellow-green. Subsequent leaves emerge one by one from alternate sides on long leafstalks.
Leaves are long with gently serrated edges and exude milky juice when broken.
Stem is not apparent. A competitive invader that may establish in new cranberry beds or bare patches. Weed Seedlings . The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, U.S.A. p. 410. Kummer, L. D., T. G. Dittl, and T. D. Planer. 1993.