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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 16:52

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 16:52

Purple leaves and a yellow flower. goes everywhere :(  What is it called?
Pamela

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: compostqueen on April 28, 2008, 17:16

oxalis  :?:

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: Aunt Sally on April 28, 2008, 17:29

Oxalis - common wood sorrel - I didn't know that !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: Oliveview on April 28, 2008, 22:35

I looked at the photo of the oxalis/common wood sorrel and it isn´t that plant.  My plant has tiny leaves, deep  red/purple kind of colour and the flower which is also very tiny is buttercup yellow. It spreads by runners and tiny root bits left behind when I try to prise up the roots :x
Pamela

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: weeeed on April 29, 2008, 11:29

I have the very same plant all over my garden. It appears overnight. The begger doesn't like being dug up either it just gets bigger and bigger.I have spot sprayed when it isn't near anything else. It couldn't care less!! I do think it's quite pretty in the kind of wish you were someone elses problem though :lol:

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: Oliveview on April 29, 2008, 14:39

Sorry you have it too!  I guess it is too tiny to cause many problems but it is so annoying that you can´t get all the roots up :evil:
Pamela

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: GrannieAnnie on April 29, 2008, 17:28

Is it creeping buttercup?  but I thought that has green leaves.

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: weeeed on April 29, 2008, 17:47

Grannie I wish I knew what it was! I know what it isn't but that doesn't help. It is very like the little oxalis which has pink or is it red flowers? It comes up everywhere. It is just as invasive as buttercups in its way but the root format is like little carrots in shape! Well sort of. Tubular roots I think is waht I mean! :oops:  :wink:

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: poultrygeist on April 29, 2008, 17:56

Is it this one Pamela ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_corniculata

From the same page as Aunt Sally posted but one of the variants.

Rob

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: Oliveview on April 29, 2008, 18:00

That is the weed I have Poultrygeist!! I pulled up more this afternoon- thought I´d got it yesterday!  Well I know what it is, now I need to get rid of it!! :D  
Pamela

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: Aunt Sally on April 29, 2008, 20:14

Well done Rob  :D

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: poultrygeist on April 29, 2008, 20:15

Gosh  :oops:

It was nothing really  :roll:

Rob

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: weeeed on April 30, 2008, 10:36

That isn't the same as mine although the fruits sound identical. The flowers have more petals and are really dainty to look at and my leaves aren't so dark either! Well at least one of us is sorted :wink:  :roll:

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: poultrygeist on April 30, 2008, 11:10

There seems to be an awful lot of varieties of oxalis, although if yours have more petals, it would suggest a different plant altogether.

We've got loads of different creeping plants, some of whihc I'm yet to identify but I'll get there !

Rob

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: sawnee on April 30, 2008, 19:18

Ive got some too :D
Same leaves but tiny buttercup yellow flowers, seems to love my block paved drive :evil:
If you want some of mine I will gladly post you some  :lol:
You could start a national collection  :wink:

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: chrissie B on April 30, 2008, 19:57

Ive got this plant all over the place , iv now given up trying to get rid of it , some of mine has a very dark green leaf with a bright yellow flower its pretty but it does invade everything , its on the lawn now , it can only improve that .
Chrissie b

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: BigPaddy on April 30, 2008, 20:02

Sounds like eating it and making tea may be the way forward.

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: peterjf on May 01, 2008, 00:20

SHAMMROCK BE GORRA

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: weeeed on May 01, 2008, 17:57

Sounds like you have the same one as me sawnee!!! If I run out I'll let you know!!! :lol:  :lol:

Title: What is the name of the clover like weed?
Post by: sawnee on May 02, 2008, 21:35

Have got plenty to go round :lol: