Identify weeds that pose a serious risk to South Australia's environment and primary industries. Find out about:

  • recommended manual and chemical control options
  • legal obligations for landholders
  • restrictions on weed movement and sale
  • reporting requirements
  • links to state policies.

Reporting alert weeds

Alert weeds should be reported immediately to the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline on 1800 084 881.

To give an accurate report:

  1. Record the location where you saw the weed so it can be found again.
  2. Make detailed notes of the plant's features so it can be identified.
  3. Take a photograph or a sample of the plant, including the leaves, flowers, and fruit.
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Carrion flower

(Orbea variegata)
PerennialCactus/succulent

Cats claw creeper

(Dolichandra unguis-cati)
PerennialClimber

Chilean needlegrass

(Nassella neesiana)
PerennialGrass

Climbing asparagus fern

(Asparagus plumosus)
PerennialClimber

Coastal tea-tree

(Leptospermum laevigatum)
PerennialShrub

Common lantana

(Lantana camara)
PerennialShrub

Coolatai grass

(Hyparrhenia hirta)
PerennialGrass

Creeping knapweed

(Rhaponticum repens)
PerennialHerb

Cutleaf mignonette

(Reseda lutea)
PerennialHerb
PerennialCactus/succulent

Desert ash

(Fraxinus angustifolia)
PerennialTree
PerennialGrass