Weed in our lawn

[Brown Thumbs]

Can anyone ID this culprit in our lawn? It acts like a ground cover and chokes the grass in a couple high and drier spots in our yard. I'm thinking something with 2,4-D in it will kill it, since it has a broadleaf, but wanted to make sure. Thanks.

[rainbowgardener]

Can't really tell from the picture, are those leaves and stems thick/ fleshy/ succulent? If so it would be purslane.

[img]https://weeds.cropsci.illinois.edu/images/Purslane/images/Purslane%201.jpg[/img]

Purslane is edible. In the recipes section, I posted a recipe for purslane potato salad that comes out really good.

[Brown Thumbs]

Can't really tell from the picture, are those leaves and stems thick/ fleshy/ succulent? If so it would be purslane.

[img]https://weeds.cropsci.illinois.edu/images/Purslane/images/Purslane%201.jpg[/img]

Purslane is edible. In the recipes section, I posted a recipe for purslane potato salad that comes out really good.

Here's a better picture; the stems don't appear to be succulent as the ones you sent. It seems to grow in mats and gets thick. When it gets dry the leaves shrink considerably.

[Dr Blade]

Hey Brown thumbs

Looks like Black medic to me.

[Brown Thumbs]

Hey Brown thumbs

Looks like Black medic to me.

Maybe so; I've never seen it make a flower though and black medic appears to make a yellow one based on what I saw online. This stuff stays low to the ground and spreads out, not growing taller than the grass.