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broadleafperennialDifficulty
Oxalis (yellow woodsorrel)
Oxalis stricta
Looks like clover but with heart-shaped leaflets and small yellow flowers. Seed pods fire seeds several feet when ripe.
How to tell
- •Three heart-shaped leaflets (clover's are round)
- •Small yellow five-petal flowers
- •Sour taste
- •Upright seed capsules that explode
Why it is in your lawn
Thin turf and bare mulch beds nearby.
Best window
May and September.
1 · Fix the cause
- Pull before seed pods form
- Thicken turf
2 · Eco product
Iron HEDTA, repeat in 3 weeks.
Track the price of Iron HEDTA lawn weed killer (Natria Lawn Weed Control or Fiesta)What you are signing up for
Persistent but manageable.
Reference only · what the truck would spray
Active ingredient
Triclopyr mixes
Typical product
Ortho Chickweed Clover and Oxalis
Why we do not recommend it
Iron handles it.
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