Three-horned bedstraw

Galium tricornutum
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Weed profile

  • Annual
  • Herb

Impact

Competes in field crops.

Description

  • Winter-growing annual to 50 cm high.
  • Stems 4-sided with recurved hairs along edges.
  • Leaves in whorls of 4-8 at stem nodes.
  • Flowers in clusters of 3, minute, green.
  • Fruits of two rounded halves, rough texture.

Control options

  • chemical control

    imazethapyr (700g/L)

    When: Boom spray, pre-emergence

    Where: Field peas or faba beans.

  • chemical control

    flumetsulam (800g/kg)

    When: Boom spray, post emergence

    Where: Field peas, chickpeas, lentils, lathyrus or serradella.

  • chemical control

    carfentrazone-ethyl (240g/L) + MCPA (750g/L)

    When: Boom spray, post emergence

    Where: Cereal crops

  • chemical control

    flumetsulam (800g/kg)

    When: Boom spray, post emergence

    Where: Cereal crops or lucerne.

imazethapyr (700g/L)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 70-100g/ha

Product Name: Spinnaker 700 WDG®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Field peas or faba beans.

Timing: Boom spray, pre-emergence

Comments: Refer to label for post-emergence use on some field pea cultivars.

Legal Status: Registered

flumetsulam (800g/kg)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 25g/ha

Product Name: Broadstrike®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Field peas, chickpeas, lentils, lathyrus or serradella.

Timing: Boom spray, post emergence

Comments: Weed up to 10 cm high with 6 node stems.

Legal Status: Registered

carfentrazone-ethyl (240g/L) + MCPA (750g/L)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 85-100ml + 330mL/ha

Product Name: Affinity Force® + Agritone 750®

Herbicide Group: 14, 4

Situation: Cereal crops

Timing: Boom spray, post emergence

Comments: A tank mix. Addition of dicamba may improve control see label.

Legal Status: Registered

flumetsulam (800g/kg)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 25g/ha

Product Name: Broadstrike®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Cereal crops or lucerne.

Timing: Boom spray, post emergence

Comments: Weed up to 10 cm high with 6 node stems. Add Uptake® or a wetter.

Legal Status: Registered

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