Tag Archives: Rosette Weeds

A rosette weed is a plant which grows a circular arrangement of leaves.

Rosette weeds usually sit near the soil surface. Their structure is a modified stem in which the internode gaps between the leaves do not expand. As a result, all of the leaves of the plant remain clustered tightly together.

Rosette weeds in a lawn

Common rosette-forming lawn weeds in the UK are dandelions, catsear and the plantains.

Find out more about this common type of lawn weeds in these pages.

Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)

A stem of Orange Hawkweed buds and flowers

Orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca, previously called: Hieracium aurantiacum) is a small sized, broad-leaved lawn weed. It’s a common plant in neglected lawns all over the UK. It is also referred to as Fox-and-cubs, Tawny Hawkweed or the Devil’s Paintbrush and is probably my favourite flower of all of the lawn weeds that I come across due to its… Read More »

Common catsear (Hypochaeris radicata)

A large common catsear plant

Common catsear (Hypochaeris radicata) is a large, broad-leaved lawn weed that is common in very neglected lawns in England. The name refers to the shape and fine hair on the leaves resembling that of the ear of a cat. It is also referred to as flatweed (in Australia) and the false dandelion. This is due to its similarity… Read More »

Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)

Hairy Bittercress Plant

The hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) is an extremely common annual garden weed. It can quickly appear on any bare soil on vegetable patches, flower borders and in any thinner areas of your lawn. The plant is from the Cardamine genus, which is a large group of over 150 flowering annual and perennial plants that are in the Brassicaceae… Read More »