DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Hardheads (Russian/Creeping Knapweed) (Acroptilon repens) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Present Distribution | Potential Distribution
| Scientific name: | Acroptilon repens |  Hardheads - flower |
Common name: | Hardheads, Creeping knapweed, Russian knapweed | |
Status: | Regionally Controlled in the North Central, Wimmera and Goulburn Broken CMAs. Regionally Prohibited in the Glenelg-Hopkins, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West) and North East CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs. | |
Habitat: | Semi-arid to sub humid temperate regions where it has become a weed of both irrigated crops, such as vines, and dryland cereals in the 300 - 600 mm annual rainfall belt. It is not restricted to any particular soil type. |
Hardheads - plant
Related Links
Further information on the Hardheads can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes
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This document was last reviewed on 08/09/2008