Killing Carpet Burweed

However as temperatures warm in the early spring lawn burweed initiates a period of rapid growth and begins to form spine tipped burs in the leaf axils.

Killing carpet burweed. Carpet burweed or lawn burweed soliva spp a cool season annual introduced from south america has become a nuisance on golf courses athletic fields parks and lawns throughout much of texas and the southwest. It is low growing with soft feathery foliage. The weed becomes a real nuisance when the seed matures. It remains small and inconspicuous during the cold winter months.

It forms a carpet in the turf spreads easily and is difficult to identify. Carpet burweed or lawn burweed soliva spp is most often seed in lawns during the winter. A little knowledge on how to kill spurweed will help protect your lawn from this nasty weed and spare tender skin from its burs and barbs. Lawn spurweed information spurweed plants also known as lawn burweed are found in ditches meadows turf roadsides and damaged plots.

Last spring i noticed our family dog almost tip toeing through the yard. In severe infestations carpet burweed completely covers a lawn. Lawn burweed photo courtesy of alabama extension by bethany a. Lawn burweed soliva sessilis is a winter annual that germinates throughout thin turf in the fall months as temperatures cool.

Carpet burweed is a low growing plant measuring up to 3 5 cm in diameter and 7.