Ragwort
Common weeds
- Scientific name
- Senecio jacobaea
- Description
- Perrenial herb with leaf rosette resembling a lettuce and then later forms erect, branching stems. Poisonous to livestock.
- Weed category
- Regionally controlled
- How to indentify
- Stem leaves are oval shaped and coarsely toothed. Upper leaf darker. Flowering occurs in the summer and autumn. Flower heads are quite large and bright golden in colour, seed is white fluffy cluster.
- How it spreads
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- Water
- Soil
- Wind
- Suggested plant replacement
- Removal methods
- Plant specific removal methods
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Hand pull when the ground is soft. Root remnants will re-establish. Remove seed heads. For large areas slashing can reduce the flowering. Chemical spraying.
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- Thank you to Shire of Yarra Ranges for assistance in compiling this directory
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