Salvation Jane
Echium plantagineum
Weed profile
Annual
Herb
Toxic to livestock- Habitat: pastures
Impact
Competes in pastures. Toxic to livestock.
Description
- Annual herb to 80 cm high, covered in short, bristly hairs.
- Leaves in basal rosettes, broad oval.
- Flowers purple on a branched stem in spring, each forming four seeds.
Control options
glyphosate (450g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 1L/100L
Product Name: Roundup CT®
Herbicide Group: 9
Situation: Conservation areas, bushland and other non-crop areas.
Timing: Spot spray, when actively growing and before seed set.
Comments: Non selective, late season treatment or pre-planting. Avoid contact with desirable plants.
Legal Status: PER 13371 (exp. 2027)
MCPA (500g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray, as a spray-graze treatment
Application Rate: 350mL-1.4L/ha
Product Name: Pacific MCPA 500®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Pastures.
Timing: Boom spray, as a spray-graze treatment, autumn
Comments: Seven days after spraying, graze with sheep at 4-5 times normal rate; full directions on label. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.
Legal Status: Product is registered, but this use is on the label for NSW, ACT and Victoria only.
MCPA (500g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 1-1.5L/ha, refer to label
Product Name: Pacific MCPA 500®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Pastures.
Timing: Boom spray, autumn; or in spring before flowering
Comments: Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.
Legal Status: Product and use are registered, but this weed is on the label for NSW and ACT only.
2,4-D amine (625g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 1.1-2.4L/ha
Product Name: Genfarm 2,4-D Amine 625®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Grass pastures and non-crop areas.
Timing: Boom spray, March - June
Comments: Not for use on legume pastures. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label. Refer to label.
Legal Status: Product and use are registered, but this weed is on the label for WA only.
2,4-D amine (625g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray, as a spray-graze treatment
Application Rate: 560mL/ha
Product Name: Genfarm 2,4-D Amine 625®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Pastures.
Timing: Boom spray, as a spray-graze treatment, from 6 weeks after opening rains until the end of August.
Comments: Seven days after spraying, graze with sheep at 4-5 times normal rate; full directions on label. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.
Legal Status: Registered
terbutryn 275g/L + MCPA (160g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 1L/ha
Product Name: Agtryne MA®
Herbicide Group: 5,4
Situation: Wheat, barley, and some oat cultivars only.
Timing: Boom spray, at 2-6 leaf weed stage, 3-5 leaf crop stage.
Comments: Do not add a surfactant or spraying oil. Do not apply to crops undersown with legumes.
Legal Status: Registered
terbutryn 275g/L + MCPA (160g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 300-500mL/ha
Product Name: Agtryne MA®
Herbicide Group: 5,4
Situation: Sub clover based pastures with ryegrass, phalaris or cocksfoot.
Timing: Boom spray, cotyledon to 2-leaf stage
Comments: Use the higher rate when weeds are at the two-leaf stage. Do not add a surfactant or spraying oil. Some reduction of clover may occur.
Legal Status: Registered
metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 5g/100L
Product Name: Brush-Off®
Herbicide Group: 2
Situation: Native pastures and non-crop areas.
Timing: Spot spray, autumn
Comments: Soil active herbicide, may damage desirable vegetation.
Legal Status: Registered
metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 15g/ha
Product Name: Brush-Off®
Herbicide Group: 2
Situation: Native pastures and non-crop areas.
Timing: Boom spray, autumn
Comments: Soil active herbicide, may damage desirable vegetation.
Legal Status: Registered
metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 5-7g/ha
Product Name: Ally®
Herbicide Group: 2
Situation: Wheat, barley, triticale and cereal rye crops.
Timing: Boom spray, autumn
Comments: Soil active herbicide.
Legal Status: Registered
MCPA (500g/L) + diuron (500g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 1L + 400mL/ha
Product Name: Spalding MCPA 500® + eChem Diuron 500 SC®
Herbicide Group: 4, 4
Situation: Grass pastures
Timing: Boom spray, early winter
Comments: Use as a late treatment, only if treatment has to be delayed until winter. Rosettes to 20 cm diameter. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.
Legal Status: Registered
glyphosate (450g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 1.2-1.6L/ha
Product Name: Roundup CT®
Herbicide Group: 9
Situation: To commence a fallow, or pre-sowing with minimal tillage.
Timing: Boom spray, fallows
Comments: Non selective. Avoid contact with desirable plants.
Legal Status: Registered
glyphosate (450g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 800mL-1.2L/ha
Product Name: Roundup CT®
Herbicide Group: 9
Situation: Before sowing a crop or pasture with soil disturbance by cultivation.
Timing: Boom spray, pre-sowing
Comments: Use 1 to 1.2 L rate on plants over 12 cm diameter. Non selective. Avoid contact with desirable plants.
Legal Status: Registered
chlorsulfuron (750g/kg)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 15g/ha
Product Name: Glean®
Herbicide Group: 2
Situation: Wheat or triticale crops.
Timing: Boom spray, pre-sowing
Comments: Herbicide is incorporated in soil by sowing. Do not use near trees or other desirable vegetation.
Legal Status: Registered
chlorsulfuron (750g/kg)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 15g/ha
Product Name: Glean®
Herbicide Group: 2
Situation: Wheat, barley, oats, cereal rye or triticale crops.
Timing: Boom spray, post emergence
Comments: Do not spray if rain expected in next 4 hours. Do not use near trees or other desirable vegetation.
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.
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 must notify the Kangaroo Island 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 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 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.
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.
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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