Cape tulip (one and two leaved)

Moraea flaccida and Moraea miniata
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Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Herb
  • Toxic to livestock
  • Habitat: native vegetation, pastures

Impact

Toxic to livestock. Serious pasture weed.

Description

  • Perennial growing in winter from corms.
  • Large flowers with 6 pink to orange petals.
  • One-leaf has one long, flat leaf and produces long narrow seed pods.
  • Two-leaf has two or three leaves per plant and clusters of small bulbils in the leaf axils.

Control options

  • chemical control

    metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

    When: Spot spray, July - September

    Where: Non-crop areas.

  • chemical control

    2,4-D amine (475g/L) + metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

    When: Wiper, July - September

    Where: Pasture and cereal crops.

  • chemical control

    2,4-D amine (720g/L)

    When: Spot spray, bulb exhaustion stage in July - August.

    Where: Pastures and non-cropping areas.

  • chemical control

    2,4-D amine (720g/L)

    When: Boom spray, bulb exhaustion stage in July - August.

    Where: Grass pastures.

  • chemical control

    chlorsulfuron (750g/kg)

    When: Boom spray, pre-sowing.

    Where: Wheat and triticale crops.

  • chemical control

    glyphosate (450g/L) + metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

    When: Boom spray, fallow and pre-planting.

    Where: Wheat, barley, triticale and cereal rye crops.

  • chemical control

    metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

    When: Boom spray, bulb exhaustion stage in July - August.

    Where: Grass pastures tolerant to metsulfuron-methyl (not clover based pastures).

  • chemical control

    metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

    When: Boom spray, post emergence of crop and weed.

    Where: Cereal crops.

  • chemical control

    glufosinate-ammonium (200 g/L)

    When: Spot spray, July - August

    Where: Non-cropping areas.

  • chemical control

    glufosinate-ammonium (200 g/L)

    When: Boom spray, July - August

    Where: Non-crop areas.

  • physical control

    Manual removal

    When: May - October

    Where: Any

  • chemical control

    chlorsulfuron (750g/kg)

    When: Boom spray, post emergence.

    Where: Wheat, barley, oats, triticale and cereal rye crops.

metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

Application Method: Spot spray

Application Rate: 10g/100L

Product Name: Brush-Off®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Non-crop areas.

Timing: Spot spray, July - September

Comments:

Do not spray under susceptible trees. Spray early in the season to kill young plants.

Soil active herbicide, may damage desirable vegetation.

Legal Status: PER 13371 (exp. 2027)

2,4-D amine (475g/L) + metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

Application Method: Wiper

Application Rate: 1.65L + 5g/ha

Product Name: Titan Amine 475® + Ally®

Herbicide Group: 4, 2

Situation: Pasture and cereal crops.

Timing: Wiper, July - September

Comments: Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.

Legal Status: Registered (WA only)

2,4-D amine (720g/L)

Application Method: Spot spray

Application Rate: 480ml/100L

Product Name: Titan Amine 720®

Herbicide Group: 4

Situation: Pastures and non-cropping areas.

Timing: Spot spray, bulb exhaustion stage in July - August.

Comments: Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.

Legal Status: Registered

2,4-D amine (720g/L)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 1.1L/ha

Product Name: Titan Amine 720®

Herbicide Group: 4

Situation: Grass pastures.

Timing: Boom spray, bulb exhaustion stage in July - August.

Comments: Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops. Refer to drift warnings on the label.

Legal Status: Registered

chlorsulfuron (750g/kg)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 20g/ha

Product Name: Glean®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Wheat and triticale crops.

Timing: Boom spray, pre-sowing.

Comments: Do not use near trees or other desirable vegetation.

Legal Status: Registered

glyphosate (450g/L) + metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 800-1000mL + 5g/ha

Product Name: Roundup CT® + Ally®

Herbicide Group: 9, 2

Situation: Wheat, barley, triticale and cereal rye crops.

Timing: Boom spray, fallow and pre-planting.

Comments:

Apply when plants are small. Use higher rates for larger or dense weeds.

Non selective, avoid contact with desirable plants.

Soil active herbicide, may damage desirable vegetation.

Legal Status: Registered

metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 5g/ha

Product Name: Kelpie MET-S600®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Grass pastures tolerant to metsulfuron-methyl (not clover based pastures).

Timing: Boom spray, bulb exhaustion stage in July - August.

Comments:

Repeat application may be required for control.

Soil active herbicide, may damage desirable vegetation. Do not spray under susceptible trees.

Legal Status: Registered

metsulfuron-methyl (600g/kg)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 5g/ha

Product Name: Ally®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Cereal crops.

Timing: Boom spray, post emergence of crop and weed.

Legal Status: Registered

glufosinate-ammonium (200 g/L)

Application Method: Spot spray

Application Rate: 300mL/100L

Product Name: Fascinate 200 SL®

Herbicide Group: 10

Situation: Non-cropping areas.

Timing: Spot spray, July - August

Comments: Non selective, avoid contact with desirable plants. Spray when flower stem begins to grow. Seed set suppression only.

Legal Status: Registered

glufosinate-ammonium (200 g/L)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 2.0-3.0L/ha

Product Name: Fascinate 200 SL®

Herbicide Group: 10

Situation: Non-crop areas.

Timing: Boom spray, July - August

Comments: Non selective, avoid contact with desirable plants. Spray when flower stem begins to grow. Seed set suppression only.

Legal Status: Registered

Manual removal

Situation: Any

Timing: May - October

Comments: Grub or hand pull. Only useful for isolated plants. Pull each plant, ensuring that the underground corms are removed.

chlorsulfuron (750g/kg)

Application Method: Boom spray

Application Rate: 20g/ha

Product Name: Glean®

Herbicide Group: 2

Situation: Wheat, barley, oats, triticale and cereal rye crops.

Timing: Boom spray, post emergence.

Comments: Do not use near trees or other desirable vegetation.

Legal Status: Registered

Legal requirements in each region

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Alinytjara Wiluṟara
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Alinytjara Wiluṟara Landscape Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

Eyre Peninsula
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

Green Adelaide
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Green Adelaide Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

Hills and Fleurieu
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

Kangaroo Island
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Kangaroo Island Landscape Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

Limestone Coast
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Limestone Coast Landscape Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

Murraylands and Riverland
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

Northern and Yorke
Control

Land owners in this region to take reasonable steps to kill plants and prevent their spread. Enforceable by the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board.

Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

South Australian Arid Lands
Sale

Must not be sold or traded in any way, including as a contaminant of anything.

Movement

Must not be transported on a public road, including as a contaminant of anything.

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