Orange hawkweed control option
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Orange hawkweed

Hieracium aurantiacum

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Herb
  • Habitat: gardens

Impact

Invades pasture in the high country of the Eastern States, where under eradication.

Description

  • Low-growing perennial herb.
  • Leaves oblong, hairy, mostly basal.
  • Flowerheads are orange daisies, grouped at the top of a leafless stem.
  • Seeds on parachutes spread by wind.

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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