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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I discovered a new weed in my lawn this week. The weed is chamberbitter (Phyllanthus urinaria) also known as gripeweed, leaf flower or little mimosa. It reminded me of a lady who told me she never had ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gardening isn’t always about the pretty stuff. And today we need to discuss a less-than-glamorous topic: weeds in landscape beds. With summer dragging on, you may have had to limit the time you spent ...

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 ...