Mouseear Chickweed
Cerastium fontanum
A low, creeping weed that thrives in thin, damp lawns and spreads by rooting as it grows.
A low, creeping weed that thrives in thin, damp lawns and spreads by rooting as it grows.
Gray-green leaves and stems covered in fine hair, giving it a fuzzy look. It creeps along the ground and roots wherever the stems touch soil. It's often confused with common chickweed, which is smoother and a lighter green with just a single hairy line on the stem.
Often mistaken for: Common chickweed
Shows up from fall through spring in the Triangle, around the same time as common chickweed.
Found in home lawns, especially thin, shady, or overly wet areas.
A winter weed that pops up in thin lawns, covering them in purple flowers by late winter.
That familiar yellow-flowered weed with the deep taproot that keeps coming back if you don't out-compete it.
A bulb-forming weed with a strong garlic smell that pops up bright green in dormant lawns and can take years to fully clear.
A cool-season weed grass that pops up bright green in winter lawns, then dies off and leaves bare patches by summer.