Henbit is best described as which life cycle and flower color?

• A. Winter annual with lavender to blue flowers.
• B. Summer annual with red flowers.
• C. Perennial with yellow flowers.
• D. Biennial with white flowers.

Answer: (A)

Henbit behaves like a winter annual: it often germinates in the fall, overwinters as a small rosette, and then bolts and flowers in the spring before dying as temperatures rise. Its flowers are small, tubular, and typically arranged in whorls along the stem, with colors ranging from lavender to blue. That combination—winter annual lifecycle and lavender-to-blue flowers—fits henbit best. The other life-cycle descriptions (summer annual, biennial, perennial) don’t match how henbit completes its life, and the flower colors listed (red, yellow, white) aren’t characteristic of this weed.