Weeds Identification (PDF, 13MB, new window) - Manningham City ...
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Herbs and Ground Covers<br />
22<br />
Common Centuary<br />
Centaurium erythraea<br />
Status:<br />
Environmental weed<br />
Features: Annual or biennial herb with a basal<br />
rosette of leaves. Clusters of pink flowers borne on<br />
erect stems up to 50cm high in summer. Common<br />
weed in disturbed areas and follows disturbance<br />
into good quality bushland.<br />
Dispersal: Seed is spread a short distance by wind,<br />
and moved further by water and soil.<br />
Control:<br />
Paterson’s Curse<br />
Echium plantagineum<br />
Status:<br />
NOXIOUS<br />
Regionally controlled<br />
Serious pasture weed<br />
Becoming more common in <strong>Manningham</strong><br />
Features: Erect, biennial herb to 1m, growing from<br />
a basal rosette of ovate leaves with distinct lateral<br />
veins, leaves lanceolate on erect stems. Flowers are<br />
bluish–purple and tubular with stamens protruding.<br />
Proliferates where soil is disturbed or overgrazed.<br />
Dispersal: Seeds often brought in by hay, on<br />
machinery or by soil movement. Grows rapidly and<br />
outcompetes pasture.<br />
Control:
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