Fireweed
Senecio madagascariensis
Weed profile
Annual
Herb
Weeds of National Significance (WoNS)
Toxic to livestock- Habitat: pastures
Impact
Invades degraded pastures, and other disturbed areas. Toxic to livestock.
Description
- Annual or biennial herb to 70 cm high.
- Leaves variably toothed and divided, with stem-clasping bases.
- Yellow daisy flowerheads, each with 12-15 florets, in loose clusters.
- Seeds with a white 'parachute' of hairs.
Control options
triclopyr (300g/L) + picloram (100g/L) + aminopyralid (8g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 350mL/100L
Product Name: Grazon Extra®
Herbicide Group: 4
Timing: Spot spray, flowering stage
Comments: Apply thorough foliage spray. Non-crop areas, pastures and rights of way.
Legal Status: Registered
bromoxynil (200g/L) + diflufenican(25g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 500mL
Product Name: Jaguar®
Herbicide Group: 5,12
Situation: Pasture
Timing: Boom spray, up to the four leaf stage.
Legal Status: Registered
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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. Enforceable by the Eyre Peninsula 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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. Enforceable by the Green Adelaide 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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. Enforceable by the Hills and Fleurieu 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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. Enforceable by the Kangaroo Island 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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. 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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. Enforceable by the Murraylands and Riverland 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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. Enforceable by the Northern and Yorke 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.
More Information
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- benefit from the early intervention of new and emerging weeds - handbook
- best manage your use and storage of agricultural and veterinary chemicals.
Control advice
For further help and advice managing this weed contact your regional landscape board: