Muskweed control option
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  • Herbicide group

  • Application rate (with water unless indicated)

  • Situation

  • Timing

  • Comments

  • Legal status

Muskweed

Myagrum perfoliatum

Weed profile

  • Annual
  • Herb
  • Contaminates produce
  • Habitat: crops

Impact

Competes with broadacre crops. Seed contaminant.

Description

  • Winter annual herb.
  • Most leaves lobed, in a basal rosette.
  • Smaller leaves on stem with clasping bases.
  • Yellow flowers in spikes, each with 4 petals.
  • Fruit club-shaped, ridged and slightly warty.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

To find out which landscape region you're in visit the NatureMaps website.

Alinytjara Wiluṟara

Eyre Peninsula

Green Adelaide

Hills and Fleurieu

Kangaroo Island

Limestone Coast

Murraylands and Riverland

Northern and Yorke

South Australian Arid Lands

Page Last Reviewed: 06 Sep 2021
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