Weeds Identification (PDF, 13MB, new window) - Manningham City ...
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Small to Medium Shrubs<br />
28<br />
Brooms<br />
(three species below)<br />
Status:<br />
NOXIOUS<br />
Regionally controlled<br />
Very serious environmental weed.<br />
Dispersal: Ripe seeds are ejected forcibly from the<br />
pods. Seeds remain viable in the soil for many years<br />
because of their hard seed coats. Ants collect the<br />
seed and aid dispersal. Spread by roadworks and<br />
soil disturbance in affected areas. Mass germination<br />
may occur, especially after a fire or disturbance.<br />
Control:<br />
Cape (Montpellier) Broom<br />
Genista monspessulana<br />
Features: Erect perennial shrub, 2 – 3m high.<br />
Hairy trifoliate leaves, arranged alternately along<br />
branchlets and upper stems. Bright yellow pea<br />
flowers occur singularly or in clusters in spring. Flat<br />
silky seed pods.<br />
Similar local native plants: Goodia lotifolia<br />
(Golden-tip).<br />
English Broom<br />
Cystisus scoparus<br />
Features: Erect shrub, 2m high, with long dark<br />
green angular branches, lower leaves trifoliate.<br />
Large, yellow flowers, solitary or twin in the axis of<br />
small leaves in spring. Pod flat black.<br />
Similar local native plants: Daviesia leptophylla<br />
(Slender Bitter-pea).<br />
Flax-leafed Broom<br />
Genista linifolia<br />
Features: Erect woody shrub, light green leaves,<br />
smooth above and silky white below. Leaflets<br />
are small, narrow trifoliate, grey–green and more<br />
crowded toward the growing points. Clusters of<br />
bright yellow flowers are always terminal. Two to<br />
three seeds in a flattened, silky pod.
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