Yellow burrweed control option
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Yellow burrweed

Amsinckia spp.

Weed profile

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

Impact

Competes in pasture. Toxic to livestock.

Description

  • Slender annual herb to 50 cm high, covered in short, bristly hairs.
  • Basal leaves narrow, to 10 cm long.
  • Stem leaves smaller.
  • Flowers yellow, tubular, with 5-petals.
  • Seeds dry, rough, 4 per flower.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

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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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