Annual Trampweed

Joey Williamson, Ph.D.
Home & Garden Information Center

Has your lawn been invaded by a weed that goes to seed in early summer with white, fluffy, dandelion-like seeds? This invasive, winter annual weed is Facelis retusa, or annual trampweed. It’s been in South Carolina for decades, but with decreased annual rainfall in recent years, this highly competitive weed is colonizing any bare spaces in drought-stressed and low-fertility lawns and roadsides.

For more information see, HGIC 2319 Annual Trampweed.

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