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Lawn Weeds With White Flower Clusters
Lawn Weeds With White Flower Clusters. Weeds---undesired plants in lawns and gardens---compete with grass for water, nutrients and space. Weeds are often easily identified by distinct features, such as clusters of white flowers. The use of herbicides may be required to eliminate serious weed problems.
Weeds---undesired plants in lawns and gardens---compete with grass for water, nutrients and space. Weeds are often easily identified by distinct features, such as clusters of white flowers. The use of herbicides may be required to eliminate serious weed problems.
Identification
Weeds with white flower clusters include common chickweed and southern brassbuttons. The low-growing southern brassbuttons is an annual broadleaf native of Australia. Common chickweed breeds a number of viruses that particularly affect vegetable plants.
Description
Common chickweed has a prostrate, mat-like growth with forked hair stems. The 10-petaled, white flower clusters bloom from February to September. Southern brassbuttons has short stalks, finely dissected foliage and tall stalks of white flower clusters.
Habitat
Common chickweed often infests lawns, gardens, vegetable plants, vineyards, disturbed grounds, nurseries and roadsides. Southern brassbuttons grows in disturbed areas, lawns, crop plants, managed and unmanaged landscapes and vineyards.
