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Lawn Weed ID Please

james_curranjames_curran Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Hi, 

I wonder if anyone is able to identify this lawn weed for me please? Sorry about the quality. It's beginning to take over a lawn near the coast with vey sandy soil. Thank you!

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Possibly a hawkbit? It looks a bit silver/grey or is that just the photo?

    Someone more knowledgeable will have it in an instant I'm sure.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    Looks like some kind of Storksbill based on it thriving on exposed sandy soils. Two common ones are Erodium Moschatum, Musk Storksbill and Erodium Cicutarium, Common Storksbill.
  • glasgowdanglasgowdan Posts: 632
    I can't really make out the photo too well, but it looks like ragwort
  • james_curranjames_curran Posts: 3
    Thank you for the replies. I've added some slightly better images here:
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    I'm inclined to agree with ragwort:
    https://www.lawnweeds.co.uk/weed-identification/ragwort


    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It looks a lot like ragwort to me too ... but does anyone remember 18 months or so ago someone managed to identify a ‘weed’ that looked a lot like ragwort but wasn’t. Think it proved to have a white flower. 
    Maybe @nutcutlet will remember it 🤔

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FritillaryFritillary Posts: 498
    edited December 2019
    Yes it does look a bit like ragwort,there are several types.  Some more plants I can think of are salad Burnet or dropwort.   :)
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    As a rapidly-spreading weed in a lawn, I reckon ragwort is more likely than one of the prettier wild flowers...   :/
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • james_curranjames_curran Posts: 3
    Borderline said:
    Looks like some kind of Storksbill based on it thriving on exposed sandy soils. Two common ones are Erodium Moschatum, Musk Storksbill and Erodium Cicutarium, Common Storksbill.
    Apparently it is common Stalks bill. Thanks 
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