Weed Type?

[spellright]

Hi,

My lawn has been covered by a fern type weed, it's never been there previously to my knowledge. It has a deep red tinge to it's stalk. It only appeared a couple of days ago and seems to be widespread and growing quickly.
I'll attempt to attach a few photographs below..

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr44/251208/230413001_zpse08c824a.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr44/251208/weeds002_zps3bb41216.jpg

Does anyone know what it could be?

Thanks.

[murraymints]

Never seen the like !! Looks virulent...I'd ask at a local nursery or even golf/bowling clubs greenkeeper..

[webbo3]

ill ask the experts where i work tomorrow.




Dave.

[spellright]

I was wondering if it was a type of Hemlock, it's all over the place and is 2" high almost overnight!

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr44/251208/weeds001_zpsdbf4d144.jpg

I live in South lanarkshire, Scotland.

[webbo3]

spoke to the head plant person in work and showed him the photos, he say it could be a vetch.

have a look at these pics

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gs_rn=11&gs_ri=psy-ab&;cp=5&gs_id=i&;xhr=t&q=vetch&safe=active&rlz=1C2DSGL_enGB409&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&;bvm=bv.45645796,d.d2k&biw=1280&bih=899&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=eDh4UdWyGYbC0QWqzoBI#imgrc=on305PCZ-8RcxM%3A%3BBpFSyioesQ7OSM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wildflowersofontario.ca%252Fvetch.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.wildflowersofontario.ca%252Fvetch.html%3B720%3B960


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



Dave.

[spellright]

Thanks for that Dave, the leaves are certainly very similar. I might let these grow a bit to see what flowers, if any, develop!

[webbo3]

no problems, if you get any flowers post another couple of pics and ill take them into work again.



Dave.

[rosyrussell]

I think its lady's smock, and if you dont mow it in the next few days it will have some little pale mauve flowers on it. otherwise just cut the grass as normal and it will just grow along with the other lawn weeds.

[murraymints]

Rosy...we don't want lawn weeds that's the point...

[murraymints]

Rabbi..you could be right.. real bu®®we to get rid of without harming lawn...

[murraymints]

Webbo predictive thingy going religious now !

[murraymints]

Webbo wot u do ?

[webbo3]

I work in one of the largest garden centres in the southwest.

http://www.g-l.co.uk/static/store-finder-cadbury.html



Dave.

[spellright]

Hi Folks,

I just thought I'd attach a couple of pictures of what they turned into once they flowered. The flower heads are a light violet colour.

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr44/251208/070513003_zpsa96bfcbd.jpg

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr44/251208/070513004_zps27585446.jpg

[Answerprancer]

Looks nice to me, and is probably an indigenous wild meadow plant.
I hope you don't want to eradicate it.
It might be one of the campions.

[jno]

he doesn't have to eradicate it, AP, just set it free from his garden to roam freely in the wild...

[Answerprancer]

Yes, Spellright - do as JNO suggests and carefully dig them all up and re-plant them in the wild :-)

[spellright]

I cut my grass today as normal, 1st cut of the year.
Strange how so much of it appeared this year, for the first time.
I imagine it is "Lady's smock".
I let some of it flower to establish exactly what it was.
I have not, and don't intend to, eradicated it.

[spellright]

*eradicate

[Answerprancer]

Ah - good :-)

[boxtops]

Yes, it's Lady's Smock, I remember it from my childhood.