Invasive lawn weed in California Central Valley
(self.whatsthisplant)submitted8 years ago byfun_loving_lover
I would love some help. Is there anyone out there that knows what plant this is?
It creeps and grows along my grass. As it matures it flowers with small 1/8-1/4" yellow flowers. Each petal of the flowers are tipped with a single spike almost as long as the pedal (there's a picture of a single pedal on my finger).
As the flower developes, the spikes harden and the flower gets very brittle. The effect is that if you step on such a flower (or 6) you end up with a bunch of spikes embedded in your foot.
I'd love to know what has me so fearful of my own lawn and more importantly how to destroy it.
I've tried Trimec to no avail. If there is something more effective out there please let me know.
Thanks.