Bindii
Soliva sessilisA low-growing annual weed with finely divided leaves. It grows over winter and forms prickly burrs in spring, so the time to deal with it is before it seeds.
Weed Identifier
What is this weed?
Work out what's growing in your lawn, step by step. Answer questions about the leaves, flowers, season and growth habit.
Likely matches
Answer a question to see matches from the Lawn Library.
How it works
Identifying the weed comes before choosing a control method, because different weeds need different approaches and different products. The identifier asks a few questions about what you can see and narrows down the likely matches.
Small feathery leaves in a flat rosette, with prickly seed heads appearing in spring: the key narrows this to bindii and shows its Library page, with look-alikes to rule out.
Weeds in the Lawn Library
Clover
Trifolium repensA creeping perennial with three round leaflets and white flowers in spring. It spreads by runners and is good at holding its own in lawns that are short of nitrogen.
Nutgrass
Cyperus rotundusA sedge, not a true grass. It has shiny leaves, a triangular stem and underground tubers ("nuts") that let it regrow again and again.
Onion weed
Nothoscordum borbonicumA clumping weed with narrow leaves that grows from bulbs. Each plant produces many tiny bulblets, so pulling it out usually leaves some behind.
Winter grass
Poa annuaA soft, light-green grass weed that germinates in autumn, grows through winter and seeds in spring. Prevention in autumn works far better than trying to kill it once it's up.
Questions
Can I upload a photo to identify a weed?
You can attach a photo when you ask LawnMan a question, and a person will look at it. Automatic photo identification isn't available.
What if two weeds both match?
Check the look-alikes section on each Library page. Small details, like a triangular stem on nutgrass, usually settle it.