DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Variegated Thistle (Silybum marianum) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: | Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner |  Variegated Thistle |
Common Name: | Variegated Thistle, Cabbage thistle, Gundagai thistle | |
Status: | Regionally Controlled in the Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee, North Central, Wimmera, Glenelg-Hopkins and Corangamite CMAs. | |
Habitat: | Subhumid warm-temperate regions occurring on fertile soils of alluvial or volcanic origin (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is a weed of cultivated land, roadsides, neglected areas and grazing land (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Variegated thistle invades dry coastal vegetation, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland and riparian vegetation (Carr et al 1992). |
Related Links
Further information on Biological Control of Spear, Variegated and Nodding Thistle suppression with the Thistle receptacle Weevil, can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes
 Variegated Thistle - mature plant |  Variegated Thistle Flower |
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This document was last reviewed on 04/09/2008