Lawn Weed Identification

Identify common weeds in the lawn

Please use this chart for help on identifying common lawn and turf weeds.

Click on an image of the lawn weed or the weed name for larger images of the weed and information on the weed, including identification, prevention and control of the weed.

Daisy Bellis perennis		Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium		Birds-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus		Black Medic Medicago lupulina
White Clover Trifolium repens		Red Clover Trifolium pratense		Slender Speedwell Veronica filliformis		Germander Speedwell Veronica chamaedrys
Greater Plantain Plantago major		Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata		Bucks-horn Plantain Plantago coronpous		Selfheal Prunella vulgaris
Dandelion Taraxacum officianale		Cats Ear Hypochaeris radicata		Autumn Hawkbit Leontodon autumnalis		Smooth Hawksbeard Crepis capillaris
Bristly Ox-Tongue Picris echioides		Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens		Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus Bulbosus		Crowfoot Ranunculus acris
Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria		Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium vulgatum		Common Chickweed Stellaria media		Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans		Silverweed Potentilla anserina		Parsley Piert Aphanes arvensis		Knotgrass Polygonum aviculare
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtisifolius		Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa		Common Ragwort Senecio jacobea		Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis		Doves-foot Cranesbill Geranium molle		Creeping Thistle Circium arvense		Horsetail Equesetum arvense
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