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Black medic
Medicago lupulina
Clover's skinny cousin with tiny yellow flower balls and black seed pods. It is a legume, so like clover it shows up where nitrogen is low.
How to tell
- •Three leaflets, the center one on a longer stalk
- •Small yellow ball flowers
- •Black kidney-shaped seed pods
- •Low sprawling mat in dry, hot, compacted spots
Why it is in your lawn
Low nitrogen, drought, compaction.
Best window
June and July.
1 · Fix the cause
- Feed the lawn
- Aerate and water the stressed areas
- Pull; shallow taproot
2 · Eco product
Iron HEDTA if widespread.
Track the price of Iron HEDTA lawn weed killer (Natria Lawn Weed Control or Fiesta)What you are signing up for
A nitrogen signal, like clover.
Reference only · what the truck would spray
Active ingredient
Triclopyr mixes
Typical product
Ortho Chickweed Clover and Oxalis
Why we do not recommend it
It is telling you the lawn is hungry. Feed it.
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