Emilia
Emilia sonchifolia, Fam. Asteraceae
Annual, upright softly hairy bluish-green herb to about 60cm.
| Weed Category: |
Other invasive plants Invasive plants that are not prohibited or restricted invasive plants, but are known to spread readily and cause negative impacts, within the region.
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| Weed: | Yes |
| Form or habit: | Herb |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Leaf: | Simple Alternate Simple, alternate, sometime initially forming a basal rosette, very variable in shape, dissected thistle-like with irregularly toothed lobes often with large rounded end lobe, 15-130 x 8-60mm, margins toothed, stalks to 30mm long on lower leaves, upper leaves smaller, stalkless or stem-clasping. |
| Flower conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Flower colour: |
Purple, Pink |
| Flower description: | Small green cylinders terminating in fluffy pink-purple heads, 10 x 5mm, borne on slender terminal stems. |
| Fruit conspicuous: | Conspicuous |
| Fruit colour: |
Brown, White |
| Fruit: | Dry |
| Fruit description: | Pale brown dry cylindrical ‘seeds’, 5mm long, with ring of long fluffy white hairs at top. |
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| Toxicity: | No toxicity known |
| Origin: | North Africa, tropical Asia |
| Notes: | Spread by: wind borne ‘seeds’. Invades/threats: disturbed areas, roadsides, lawns, gardens. Notes: widespread and common. Environmental weed. |
| Information sources: | Mackay Regional Pest Management Group (2018) Weeds of the Mackay Whitsunday Region Second Edition. |
