Silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Weed profile
Perennial
Herb
Shrub
Weeds of National Significance (WoNS)- Habitat: pastures
Impact
Competes with crops and pastures.
Description
- Perennial with woody rootstock and deep spreading roots.
- A few small prickles on stems and leaves.
- Leaves oval-oblong, silvery-green with felted hairs.
- Flowers blue-violet flowers with yellow stamens.
- Berries green turning yellow.
Control options
fluroxypyr (333g/L) + 2,4-D amine (625g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 225mL/ha + 1.2-1.6L/ha
Product Name: Starane Advanced® + Amine 625®
Herbicide Group: 4, 4
Situation: Grass pastures.
Timing: Boom spray, beginning of flowering (best) to early berry set.
Comments: Add Uptake® spray oil. Follow up treatment of regrowth is critical for best control. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the 2,4-D label.
Legal Status: Registered
Mechanical removal
Situation: Any.
Timing: Any time, but plants should be no more than a year old.
Comments: Excavate soil to the depth of the root system, remove all shoots and roots. Permission to excavate may be required. Plants established for more than a year may have roots to 1 to 2 m deep.
fluroxypyr (333g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 300mL/100L
Product Name: Starane Advanced®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Non-cropping areas, pastures, commercial and industrial areas and rights-of-way.
Timing: Spot spray, beginning of flowering (best) to early berry set.
Comments: Wait until the majority of shoots have emerged. Follow up treatment of regrowth is critical for best control.
Legal Status: Registered
2,4-D (300g/L) + picloram (75g/L) + aminopyralid (7.5g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 15L/ha
Product Name: FallowBoss Tordon®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Non-cropping areas, pastures, commercial and industrial areas and rights-of-way.
Timing: Boom spray, spring to autumn. berries present May form viable seeds.
Comments: Soil residual. Do not use near desirable vegetation or in waterways. Do not apply near susceptible crops. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.
Legal Status: Registered
glyphosate (540g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 1.35L/100L
Product Name: Conquest Knockout Pro 540®
Herbicide Group: 9
Situation: Non-crop situations.
Timing: Spot spray, spring to autumn. berries present May form viable seeds.
Comments: Add organosilicone penetrant. Non selective, avoid contact with desirable plants.
Legal Status: Registered
fluroxypyr (333g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 450-600mL/ha
Product Name: Starane Advanced®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Summer fallows.
Timing: Boom spray, beginning of flowering (best) to early berry set.
Comments: Add Uptake® spray oil. Wait until the majority of shoots have emerged. Follow up treatment of regrowth is critical for best control.
Legal Status: Registered
2,4-D (300g/L) + picloram (75g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 15L/ha
Product Name: Tordon 75-D®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Non-cropping areas, pastures, commercial and industrial areas and rights-of-way.
Timing: Boom spray, spring to autumn. berries present May form viable seeds.
Comments: Soil residual. Do not use near desirable vegetation or in waterways. Do not apply near susceptible crops. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.
Legal Status: Registered
Slashing
Situation: Crop stubble, pasture and non-crop areas.
Timing: When green shoots present.
Comments: Carry out slashing before berry formation. Repeat as required throughout season. Does not control the root system.
glyphosate (540g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 6L/ha
Product Name: Conquest Knockout Pro 540®
Herbicide Group: 9
Situation: Non-crop situations.
Timing: Boom spray, spring to autumn. berries present May form viable seeds.
Comments: Add organosilicone penetrant. Non selective, avoid contact with desirable plants.
Legal Status: Registered
2,4-D (300g/L) + picloram (75g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 650mL/100L
Product Name: Tordon 75-D®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Non-cropping areas, pastures, commercial and industrial areas and rights-of-way.
Timing: Spot spray, spring to autumn. berries present May form viable seeds.
Comments: Soil residual. Do not use near desirable vegetation or in waterways. Do not apply near susceptible crops. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.
Legal Status: Registered
Legal requirements in each region
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Alinytjara Wiluṟara 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.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. 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.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. 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.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. 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.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. 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.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. 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.
land owners in this region must notify the Limestone Coast Landscape Board of any infestation of the plant found on their land.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. 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.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. 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.
Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the South Australian Arid Lands 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.
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Control advice
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