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What weed is this please

nicolaweechnicolaweech Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Hi, I'm a recent house owner and new to looking after a garden. We have this weed in our lawn, tried getting rid of it and planing new grass seed but it came back with a vengence. I've Googled and searched but no luck, do you guys have any ideas what I'm dealing with and any tips. Thank you . ( It's in the centre of the lawn so in a sunny not shady area. )

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  • MuddyForkMuddyFork Posts: 435
    Looks like Fox and Cubs.  I'm not sure what it's Latin name is.  Does it have orange flowers?  If it is it self seeds and also spreads by runners.
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    I think it’s a Hawkweed. Either Mouse-ear, (yellow single flower) or Fox and cubs with orange flowers. I used to have it in a lawn but I’m afraid I just left it. 
    East Anglia
  • nicolaweechnicolaweech Posts: 3
    Thank you very much both of you, I've got something to go on now. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited April 2019
    I think fox and cubs grows flatter on the ground and has hairier leaves . Checked with Mr Google and perhaps they only lie flat and hairy in my garden as they know they're one of the few weeds I hoik out!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    I think it is Mouse Ear Hawkweed.
    I planted some in my Meadow Lawn,hopefully will flower this year!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Agree with @madpenguin : Pilosella officinarum (synonym Hieracium pilosella), known as mouse-ear hawkweed.

  • nicolaweechnicolaweech Posts: 3
    Thank you. Sound awful that I want to get rid of them if some of you keep them for flowers but they are right under my child's swing set!
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    They are very invasive and spread by runners just under the surface (as well as by seed), so I would just keep removing by hand.  I have a few orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca) which is our only native orange wildflower in a wild area but I don't let them escape into borders etc.  The yellow one you have there is less 'garden worthy' in my opinion so would have no qualms in removing it.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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