Pest plants

Common name: African boxthorn
Scientific name: Lycium ferocissimum
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plants – African boxthorn (fact sheet)

Common name: African lovegrass
Scientific name: Eragrostis curvula
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant - African lovegrass (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant - African rue (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Bathurst burr (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Bladder campion (fact sheet)

Common name: Boneseed
Scientific name: Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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• Pest plant – Boneseed (fact sheet)

Common name: Bridal creeper
Scientific name: Asparagus asparagoides and Asparagus declinatus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant – Bridal creeper (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Broomrape (fact sheet)

Common name: Buffel grass
Scientific name: Cenchrus ciliaris
Status: Not yet declared expected to be in 12 months. Alert weed.
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• Pest plant – Buffel grass (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant - Calomba daisy (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant - Caltrop (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant - Chilean and Texas needle grass (fact sheet)

Common name: Coolatai grass
Scientific name: Hyparrhenia hirta
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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• Pest plant – Coolatai grass (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Creeping knapweed (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Cutleaf mignonette (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Dodder (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Dog rose and sweet briar rose (fact sheet)

Common name: English broom
Scientific name: Cytisus scoparius
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant - English broom (fact sheet)

Common name: Gorse
Scientific name: Ulex europaeus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant - Gorse (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Hoary cress (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Innocent weed (fact sheet)

Common name: Khaki weed
Scientific name: Alternanthera pungens
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
Notify:must notify the Landscape Board if found.
Related links:

• Khaki weed identification

Common name: Lincoln weed
Scientific name: Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant – Lincoln weed (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Noogoora burr (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – One leaf cape tulip (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Poison buttercup (fact sheet)

Common name: Prickly pear
Scientific name: Opuntia spp. except O. ficus-indica
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant – Prickly pear (fact sheet)

Common name: Salvation Jane
Scientific name: Echium plantagineum
Status: Declared: banned from sale.
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• Pest plant – Salvation Jane (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Serrated tussock (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Silverleaf nightshade (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Skeleton weed (fact sheet)

Common name: Soldier thistle
Scientific name: Picnomon acarna
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant – Soldier thistle (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant - Chilean and Texas needle grass (fact sheet)

Common name: Two-leaf cape tulip
Scientific name: Moraea miniata
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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• Pest plant – Two leaf cape tulip (fact sheet)

Common name: Variegated thistle
Scientific name: Silybum marianum
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant – Variegated thistle (fact sheet)

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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• Pest plant – Water-dropwort (fact sheet)

Common name: Water hyacinth
Scientific name: Eichhornia crassipesStatus:
State Alert: notify the Landscape Board immediately if found.
Declared: must be destroyed, banned from sale.
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• Pest plant – Water hyacinth (fact sheet)

Common name: Wild artichoke
Scientific name: Cynara cardunculus
Status: Declared: must be controlled, banned from sale
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• Wild artichoke control