Weeds - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
Weeds - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
Weeds - Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority
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Regionally Controlled Weed<br />
Thistle - Saffron<br />
Description: Erect, spiny, up to 1 m tall.<br />
flowers: Yellow or cream with faint red or black lines.<br />
Solitary heads at the end of branches and surrounded by<br />
sharp spiky bracts. Occurring between November and<br />
December.<br />
leaves: Lower leaves deeply toothed, 20 cm long and stem<br />
clasping. Stem leaves alternate and stiff with vicious spikes.<br />
Prominently veined and sometimes downy on upper surface.<br />
stems: Straw coloured, rigid and ribbed. Single stem<br />
branched at the top.<br />
Note: Contributes to contamination of wool.<br />
similar Native species: Unlikely to be confused with native<br />
species.<br />
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Carthamus lanatus<br />
(False Star Thistle, Woolly Safflower, Distaff Thistle)<br />
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