DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Ivy-leafed Sida (Malvella leprosa) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
Scientific name: Malvella leprosa (Ort.) Krapov. (Synonyms; Malva leprosa, Sida hederacea)
Common name: Ivy-leaf sida, Alkali sida
Status: State Prohibited weed.
Habitat: Channel banks and irrigated annual pastures, principally on alkaline soils in arid and semi-arid warm temperate regions. In Victoria it is confined to the banks of some irrigation channels, in the Pyramid Hill-Cohuna area, from which it occasionally encroaches into adjoining irrigated annual pastures (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992).
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Further information on the Ivy-leaf Sida can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes
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This document was last reviewed on 04/09/2008