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Lawn burweed (spurweed)

Scientific name: Soliva sessilis (Family Asteraceae)

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DESCRIPTION:

Lawn burweed (spurweed) is a small winter annual often confused with pineapple-weed or brassbuttons. Leaves are deeply dissected and covered with fine hairs. Stems are branched and are dark-colored or purple-spotted. Seed, when formed, appears in a small, spined bur that you can feel readily when you press a clump with your hand. The flower heads are inconspicuous in the leaf axil and have small spines.

Broadleaf ID illustration.

Text modified from Elmore, C.L., W.B. McHenry, and D.W. Cudney. 1989. Weed control in large turf areas. Chapter 3 in Turfgrass Pests. UC ANR Publication 4053.

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