Perennial thistle
Cirsium arvense
Weed profile
Perennial
Herb- Habitat: pastures
Impact
Competes with pastures.
Description
- Perennial herb with extensive root system.
- Stems erect, ridged.
- Leaves in a basal rosette, with wavy, spiny margins and white-woolly underneath.
- Flower heads red-purple to pink, and surrounded by layers of purplish bracts.
- Seeds smooth and shiny with a ring of feathery white hairs.
Control options
clopyralid (300g/L)
Application Method: Spot spray
Application Rate: 250mL/100L
Product Name: Lontrel®
Herbicide Group: 4
Situation: Grass pastures and fallow.
Timing: Spot spray, December -January.
Comments: Add a surfactant. Hormone type herbicide - use with caution near sensitive crops.
Legal Status: Product and use are registered, but this weed is on the label for Victoria and Tasmania only.
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: Grass pastures and other non-crop situations.
Timing: Spot spray, budding stage.
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
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 imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. 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.
Must not be imported into the region.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. 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.
Must not be imported into the region.
land owners in this region must notify the Green Adelaide Board of any infestation of the plant found on their land.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. 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.
Must not be imported into the region.
land owners in this region must notify the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board of any infestation of the plant found on their land.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. 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.
Must not be imported into the region.
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 eliminate the plant from their property. 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.
Must not be imported into the region.
land owners in this region must notify the Limestone Coast Landscape Board of any infestation of the plant found on their land.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. 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 imported into the region.
land owners in this region must notify the Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board of any infestation of the plant found on their land.
Land owners in this region to eliminate the plant from their property. 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 must notify the Northern and Yorke Landscape Board of any infestation of the plant found on their land.
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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