A semi-evergreen perennial which forms a dense mat about 5cm high, originally introduced as an ornamental plant, from Corsica. In the right place it makes excellent ground cover and is grown indoors as well. It prefers moist soil and partial shade, spreading rapidly using pink thread-like stems. The foliage is killed by frost, but it regrows in the spring. The pink-tinged, white flowers are minute and appear in the summer.
It is very difficult to remove from the lawn as it is resistant to selective weedkillers. Try raking it out, but be careful not to spread it to unaffected areas. Then feed the grass and allow it to grow longer for a while to out-compete the MYOB. A tight, strong-growing sward should win in the end! In other areas a total weedkiller like Glyphosate will remove it, or it may be nesessary to kill a patch in the lawn and resow when the MYOB has gone.

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