Ragwort control option
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  • Herbicide group

  • Application rate (with water unless indicated)

  • Situation

  • Timing

  • Comments

  • Legal status

Ragwort

Senecio jacobaea

Weed profile

  • Annual
  • Herb
  • Toxic to livestock
  • Habitat: pastures

Impact

Competes with pastures. Toxic to livestock.

Description

  • Biennial with tough branching stems.
  • Leaves pinnately lobed, bright green, with unpleasant smell.
  • Bright yellow daisy flower heads in flat-topped clusters.

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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