DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Amsinckia (Fiddlenecks) (Amsinckia spp) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: | Amsinckia spp. (A. calycina, A. lycopsoides, A. intermedia and A. menziesii) |  Amsinckia Plant |
Common name: | Amsinckia, Yellow burrweed, fiddleneck, buckthorn, Bugloss fiddleneck. | |
Status: | Regionally Controlled in the North Central, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East and East Gippsland CMAs. Regionally Prohibited in the Glenelg-Hopkins, Corangamite and West Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee and Wimmera CMAs. | |
Habitat: | Temperate regions on a wide range of soils in moderately warm, unshaded situations. They occur as weeds of cereal crops, lucerne, degraded pastures, roadsides, lowland grassland and grassy woodlands, particularly in dry, sandy areas. |
Related Links
Further information on the Amsinckia can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes
 Amsinckia Flower Heads |  Hairy Stems and Leaves of Amsinckia |  |
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This document was last reviewed on 04/09/2008