Orange hawkweed

Hieracium aurantiacum
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Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Herb
  • Habitat: gardens

Impact

Invades pasture in the high country of the Eastern States, where under eradication.

Description

  • Low-growing perennial herb.
  • Leaves oblong, hairy, mostly basal.
  • Flowerheads are orange daisies, grouped at the top of a leafless stem.
  • Seeds on parachutes spread by wind.

Control options

  • physical control

    Manual removal

    When: When found.

    Where: Gardens.

Manual removal

Situation: Gardens.

Timing: When found.

Comments: Hand pull plants, collect and destroy any seed heads.

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