Yellow Woodsorrel University Links Control Options Germination Dates Virginia buttonweed is a prostrate-growing perennial with branching hairy stems. The leaves are elongated, lance-shaped and grow opposite one another on the stems and are joined by a membrane. The tubular flowers of Virginia buttonweed are white to purplish, and grow in the leaf axis along the stem.
Flowers resemble four-pointed stars.
Virginia buttonweed spreads by seed and plant segments. Virginia buttonweed is found throughout the Southeastern United States, and as far west as Missouri. If physical removal is attempted, take care to dispose of all plant fragments as Virginia buttonweed can reproduce from small pieces of the stems or roots. Because of the plant s ability to reproduce from stem and root fragments, an herbicide application may be required to eliminate Virginia buttonweed from your turf site. Select a postemergent broadleaf herbicide.