Pest plants must be managed because they can have significant impacts on industries and the environment.
Pest plants that are a significant threat to agriculture, the natural environment and public health and safety are called declared plants and land owners have a legal responsibility to manage these plants. The Landscape South Australia Act 2019 sets out the legal framework for
Common name: African boxthorn
Scientific name: Lycium ferocissimum
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: African lovegrass
Scientific name: Eragrostis curvula
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: African rue
Scientific name: Peganum harmala
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Alkali sida
Scientific name: Malvella leprosa
Status: Declared: must be destroyed, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Athel pine
Scientific name: Tamarix aphylla
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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Common name: Bathurst burr
Scientific name: Xanthium spinosum
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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Common name: Blackberry
Scientific name: Rubus fruticosus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Bladder campion
Scientific name: Silene vulgaris
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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Common name: Boneseed
Scientific name: Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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Common name: Bridal creeper
Scientific name: Asparagus asparagoides and Asparagus declinatus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Broomrape
Scientific name: Orobanche spp
Status: State Alert: notify the Landscape Board immediately if found
Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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Common name: Buffel grass
Scientific name: Cenchrus ciliaris
Status: Not yet declared expected to be in 12 months. Alert weed.
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Common name: Calomba daisy
Scientific name: Oncosiphon suffruticosum
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Caltrop
Scientific name: Tribulus terrestris
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Chilean needle grass
Scientific name: Nasella neesiana
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Coolatai grass
Scientific name: Hyparrhenia hirta
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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Common name: Creeping knapweed
Scientific name: Acroptilon repens
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found.
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Common name: Cutleaf mignonette
Scientific name: Reseda lutea
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Dodder
Scientific name: Cuscuta
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify the Landscape Board immediately if found.
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Common name: Dog rose
Scientific name: Rose canina
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned for sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: English broom
Scientific name: Cytisus scoparius
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Gorse
Scientific name: Ulex europaeus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Hoary cress
Scientific name: Cardaria draba
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Horehound
Scientific name: Marrubium vulgare
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Innocent weed
Scientific name: Cenchrus incertus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Khaki weed
Scientific name: Alternanthera pungens
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify:must notify the Landscape Board if found.
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Common name: Lincoln weed
Scientific name: Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Noogoora burr
Scientific name: Xanthium strumarium sp. agg.
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned for sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: One-leaf cape tulip
Scientific name: Moraea flaccid
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Poison buttercup
Scientific name: Ranunculus sceleratus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Prickly pear
Scientific name: Opuntia spp. except O. ficus-indica
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Salvation Jane
Scientific name: Echium plantagineum
Status: Declared: banned from sale.
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Common name: Salvinia
Scientific name: Salvinia molesta
Status: State Alert: notify the Landscape Board immediately if found
Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Serrated tussock
Scientific name: Nassella trichotoma
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Silverleaf nightshade
Scientific name: Solanum elaeagnifolium
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Skeleton weed
Scientific name: Chondrilla juncea
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found
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Common name: Soldier thistle
Scientific name: Picnomon acarna
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Texas needle grass
Scientific name: Nassella leucotricha
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found.
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Common name: Two-leaf cape tulip
Scientific name: Moraea miniata
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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Common name: Variegated thistle
Scientific name: Silybum marianum
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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Common name: Water dropwort
Scientific name: Poenanthe pimpinelloides
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
Notify: must notify the Landscape Board if found.
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Common name: Water hyacinth
Scientific name: Eichhornia crassipes
Status: State Alert: notify the Landscape Board immediately if found.
Declared: must be destroyed, banned from sale.
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Common name: Wild artichoke
Scientific name: Cynara cardunculus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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