Devil's Claw (Purple-flower and Yellow-flower) (Proboscidea spp.) (Nox)
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Scientific name: Proboscidea louisianica (Miller) Thell. and Ibicella lutea (Linley) Eselt.
Common name: Devil’s Claw - Purple-flower (P. louisianica) and Yellow-flower (I. lutea)
Status: Regionally Prohibited - purple-flower - in the Port Phillip & Westernport (East & West) CMA.
Regionally Controlled - purple-flower - in the Glenelg-Hopkins, Goulburn Broken and North East CMAs.
Restricted - purple-flower - in the Mallee, North Central, Wimmera, Corangamite, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs.
Regionally Prohibited - yellow-flower - in the Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West) CMA.
Regionally Controlled - yellow-flower - in the Glenelg-Hopkins, Goulburn Broken and North East CMAs.
Restricted - yellow-flower - in the Mallee, North Central, Wimmera, Corangamite, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs
Habitat: Subhumid to humid, temperate to tropical regions mainly on highly fertile soils (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is a weed of disturbed sites on roadsides, riverflats and cultivated fallows (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992).
Related Links
Weed Identification Note for Devil's Claw - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc.
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This document was last reviewed on 05/08/2009