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Help identifying weed

11 years ago

This weed has been slowly taking over my yard, started a little bit last year, seems to be getting worse this spring. I have some weed-b-gone for southern lawns, but since I'm not sure what it is, I don't know if it will help or not.

There are a couple other weeds in the photo, but I'm referring to the lighter green leafed weed.

Here is a link that might be useful:

This post was edited by woodardhsd on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 10:06

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lola-lemon
11 years ago
Probably violets. Does it have a purple flower?
woodardhsd
Original Author
11 years ago
There are no flowers on this weed, it's just the green leaves.
Tayinnawin_Nell
11 years ago
This is dollar weed

Here is a link that might be useful: old dollar weed post 2005
woodardhsd
Original Author
11 years ago
I did some searching for dollarweed and found some photos showing dichondra also. It looks more like dichondra to me, and it also said that dollarweed leaves have a serrated/scalloped edge. The leaves in my photo appear to have a smooth edge.

Could it be dichondra?
nelsoncastro
11 years ago
It is definitely a dichondra..

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