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What is this weed?

12 years ago

I have looked at pictures of weeds but cant tell what this is. It is taking over my mother in laws yard. It stays low growing all season long. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am putting a link to pictures that I took of the weeds.

Thank you

Here is a link that might be useful: Weed pictures

Comments (3)

hortster
12 years ago
Very difficult to make out the flowers. Assuming that they are attached to the plants with the three oval shaped leaflets: if they occur in a tight cluster it could be black medic, Medicago lupulina. If the flowers are five petalled, it could be creeping woodsorel, Oxalis corniculata. Crisper pix for surer ID.
hortster
carol23_gw
11 years ago
It could be Aphanes microcarpa.

Here is a link that might be useful: Aphanes
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hortster
11 years ago
Could be! My "read" from the fuzzy pix was the clover-like foliaged, yellow flowering invasive attacking a sedum species that had just finished flowering (middle small picutre). Need crisper pix!
hortster

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