Carpet Burweed Soliva Sessilis

Forms a rosette with stems arranged in a sprawling pattern.

Carpet burweed soliva sessilis.

Measures about 3 5 cm wide and 7 cm tall. Lawn spurweed is an equal opportunity pest plant that occurs in most regions of the united states. Identification and reproduction identification. Carpet burweed soliva sessilis priority.

It remains small and inconspicuous during the cold winter months. Lawnweed also known as carpet burweed is a. Spring arrives and our grass is becoming that green carpet in which you love to spread your bare toes. It is small and not very noticeable during the cold winter months.

It is a small low growing herbaceous broadleaf annual typically seen in winter that can be weedy or invasive. Lawn burweed soliva sessilis is a winter annual that germinates throughout thin turf in the fall months as temperatures cool. Inventories strategies and action a symposium held in victoria canada in november 2006 ed. It is more often located by the sharp burs that form after flowering.

Soliva sessilis this low growing plant is difficult to identify because of its small size. Eradicating carpet burweed soliva sessilis ruiz pavón in canada. Canadian weed science society 71 81. But what have we here.

Most lawn weeds are annoying appearing in unwanted places and numbers but few actually cause physical harm like the pest plant lawn burweed soliva sessilis. And the burweed problem in ruckle park erupted again. Soliva sessilis or lawn burweed is one of nine species of the burweed genus. Carpet burweed is also known as lawn burrweed it is a low growing annual plant.

Lawnweed is mostly a problem in high traffic areas of turf where disturbance compaction and short mowed grass allows it to spread. Carpet burweed soliva sessilis contain carpet burweed soliva sessilis is an invasive broadleaf winter annual that threatens open areas in parks golf courses and rv parks. 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. It forms a carpet in the turf spreads easily and is difficult to identify.

It is known for its tiny sharp needled seeds and small feathery leaves that have the. The history of the carpet burweed infestation in ruckle park as well as the history of the various treatments until the year 2004 has been summarized by stevens et al. This infamous small spreading winter weed s seeds generally germinate when temperatures begin to cool in the fall late october november. Lawn burweed soliva sessilis is a winter annual that germinates throughout thin turf in the fall months as temperatures cool.

It is listed as a noxious weed on the databases of 46 states. By clements dr darbyshire sj sainte anne de bellevue canada. We ve all been there.