smart weed

[danl]

Is this Smartweed or something else? I thought smartweed had pink flowers.

 

[dun]

Brush some of it on your arm, if it's smart weed you'll know

 

[greybeard]

Don't know what that is, but I have a bunch of it growing in a shady damp area near the river, and it has flat taken that area over this year. It also just laughs at Remedy.

 

[fitz]

Kinda looks like stilt grass (Japanese Stilt Grass) to me. What has me guessing is most stilt here has a pink bloom.

fitz

 

[danl]

Brush some of it on your arm, if it's smart weed you'll know

Is that why it's called smart weed? I always wondered, I don't ever recall getting up against it since it is so low to the ground.

 

[dun]

Brush some of it on your arm, if it's smart weed you'll know

Is that why it's called smart weed? I always wondered, I don't ever recall getting up against it since it is so low to the ground.

That's the reason, it "smarts" right powerful when you get in it. A lot like stinging nettles
Did some searching and there is a variety of it with white flowers

 

[Caustic Burno]

Is this Smartweed or something else? I thought smartweed had pink flowers.

Another nickname is water Bermuda here.
I have almost eradicated it from my place using Remedy mixed with 2-4-D.
You have to stay after it as it spreads by root and seed.
Some places here took years with the patch getting smaller every year when it would come back.