This annual, broadleaf weed is often mis-identified as harmless “mimosa seedlings”, but Chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria), also known as gripeweed, is an invasive warm-season, annual broadleaf weed ...

Do you have the weed that resembles miniature mimosa trees? If so, you’re not alone. If you don’t have it, give it a little time and it will find your landscape and/or lawn. This common, troublesome ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have a weed that has nine to 11 tiny leaflets on a stem and reminds ...

Can you help me identify this weed that is growing in my lawn and in my flower beds? It has little yellow flowers and the leaves look like a small Mimosa tree. All of sudden it appears to be ...

Jim Gregory, a local resident and retired N.C. State forestry professor, sent me a note last week about a plant that he calls “niruri.” If you're into plant Latin, it’s Phyllanthus urinaria. In South ...

Chamberbitter is a warm season annual that has emerged in our area over the past few years. The plant grows widely in South America and Asia where it is used as an herbal remedy for kidney stones.

Chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinata) is that mimosa-like little weed you may have been pulling out by the handfuls this summer and fall. It’s a warm-season annual that seems to pop up in lawns, garden ...

I have a weed growing in my beds and lawn that looks like little mimosa trees. What is the best way to deal with this weed? — Jenni This is gripeweed or chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria), a common ...

Q. A few years ago I had some work done at my home that required a top dressing of top soil and regrading. Unfortunately, the material contained a weed that I had never seen — chamberbitter! I’ve ...

Do you have the weed that resembles miniature mimosa trees? If so, you’re not alone. This common, troublesome weed is called chamberbitter or botanically Phyllanthus urinaria. It can be controlled ...

There are certain weeds that we as gardeners really love to hate. I gave local Master Gardeners and trainees the opportunity to tell me what weeds they most dislike, and they named 37 different weeds ...

The grass is greening up, the days are warmer, and many of us are getting excited about spending more time outdoors (once the pollen settles a little, anyway). At this stage, the lawn looks relatively ...