Bladder campion
Silene vulgaris
Weed profile
Perennial
Herb- Habitat: pastures
Impact
Competes with crops and pastures. Hard to kill.
Description
- Perennial herb to 60 cm tall with creeping roots.
- Blue-green basal leaves rounded, to 8 cm long.
- Flowers long-stalked with a balloon-shaped calyx below white petals.
Control options
dicamba (500g/L)
Application Method: Boom spray
Application Rate: 1.2L/ha
Product Name: Ozcrop Dicamba 500 SL®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Non-crop areas.
Timing: Boom spray, August - December, while actively growing before flowering.
Comments: Use at least 1500 L/ha water. Add a surfactant.
Legal Status: Registered
dicamba (500g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 80mL/100L
Product Name: Ozcrop Dicamba 500 SL®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Non-crop areas.
Timing: Spot spray, August - December, while actively growing before flowering.
Comments: Add a surfactant.
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: Pastures, commercial and industrial areas, and other non-crop areas.
Timing: Spot spray, August, before flowering.
Comments: Soil residual. Do not use near desirable vegetation or in waterways. Do not apply near susceptible crops.
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 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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