False caper
Euphorbia terracina
Weed profile
Perennial
Herb- Habitat: native vegetation, pastures
Impact
Invades pastures. Unpalatable to livestock.
Description
- Perennial herb containing milky sap.
- Erect, reddish stems to 80 cm tall.
- Leaves dull green, hairless, pointed.
- Light green, cup-shaped flowers in branched groups.
Control options
metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 10g/100L
Product Name: Brush-Off®
Herbicide Group: 2
Situation: Conservation areas, bushland and other non-crop areas.
Timing: Spot spray, while actively growing.
Comments: Soil active herbicide, may damage desirable vegetation. Add a surfactant.
Legal Status: PER 13371 (exp. 2027)
norflurazon (800g/kg)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 2.5-5kg/ha
Product Name: Zoliar 800 DF®
Herbicide Group: 12
Situation: Citrus, vines, nuts, pome and stone fruit crops.
Timing: Boom spray, seedlings only.
Comments: Selective residual herbicide. Rate is crop specific, refer to label.
Legal Status: Registered
glyphosate (450g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 1L/100L
Product Name: Roundup CT®
Herbicide Group: 9
Situation: Non-crop areas.
Timing: Spot spray, while actively growing.
Comments: Non selective, avoid contact with desirable plants.
Legal Status: Product and use are registered, but this weed is not on the label.
Competing vegetation
Situation: Pasture
Timing: Long term.
Comments: Establish competitive pastures.
Mechanical control
Situation: Pasure and non-crop areas.
Timing: Any time
Comments: Blade plough or disc.
Legal requirements in each region
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Limestone Coast Landscape Board.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.
Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.
More Information
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Control advice
For further help and advice managing this weed contact your regional landscape board: