Thanks you to all the replies!! Maybe I should just wait it out to see what they look like later in the Spring? To pull or not to pull...BTW, I LOVE WS!! I tried growing seeds indoors w/ grow lights and what a disaster w/ damping off and hardening off. Kudos to Trudi!!

Thank you for identifying it and for the well wishes. I am somewhat relieved to learn it is a native plant. I had never seen this here when I was a youth, so I assumed it was invasive. The plants have all been removed as of today. (Sorry, birds!) I and a cousin pitched in and de-jungle-ified a severely overgrown yard. (Vines, bushes, the now-identified pokeweed, rose of sharon, you name it!) Thank you, A.

http://extension.psu.edu/dauphin/programs/master-gardener/news/2012/the-winter-annual-weed-hunt Here is some information on Hairy Bittercress. Proper lawn care will help squeeze them out. You can look at using preemergents in the fall but I am not sure how effective they are.

j4c11 - Thank you. I spent some time googling and found what seemed like an excellent article on controlling different weeds, as well as advice that a combination of treatments would be best. I was thinking of the following: Dicamba, Triclopyr and 2,4-D with MCPP/MCPA Linking to the article on Grounds Maintenance / treatments for different weeds here: