Weed ID & Solution

Bindii  (Jo-Jo, Onehunga)

Soliva sessilis

Flower Colour: Forms burrs with short, sharp spines.
Foliage: Leaves are finely divided. A small rosette forming annual, principally a weed of turf familiar to many bare footed children.

Treatment: Bow & Arrow Herbicide (post-emergent control)

Capeweed

Arctotheca calendula

Foliage: Leaves succulent, deeply lobed. A flat, stemless sprawling annual weed. Difficult to control as it matures.

Seeds: Woolly

Treatment: Bow & Arrow Herbicide (post-emergent control)

Cat’s ear

Hypochoeris radicata

Flower Colour: Golden Yellow
Foliage: Leaves greater than 5cm long, generally hairless. A perennial plant, common weed in lawns, gardens and roadsides in all states

Treatment: Bow & Arrow Herbicide (post-emergent control)

Creeping oxalis

Oxalis corniculata

Flower Colour: Bright Yellow with 5 petals.
Foliage: Leaves in thress, heart shaped & pale green.
Prolific seed producing, perennial plant.

Treatment: Bow & Arrow Herbicide (post-emergent control) 

Cudweed

Gnaphalium spp.

Flower Colour: Green with a Red or Purple tinge.
Foliage: Spoon shaped leaves, woolly on both surfaces. Annual plant, common throughout coastal NSW and Qld.

Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Flower Colour: White, sometimes with tinge of pink.
Foliage: Leaves, long & narrow and pointed with deep veins. Roots: Strong taproot. Perennial rosette reproducing from seed. Mowers often miss seedheads.

Summergrass

Digitaria spp

Summergrass is a warm season annual weed with an aggressive spreading growth habit. Leaves are of a green-yellow colour with light purple or white sheaths at the stem base and a membranous ligule. Seed heads appear throughout spring, summer and autumn and consist of multiple small, finger-like spikes radiating from a central point and covered in tiny black seeds. 

Treatment: Spartan Herbicide* or Embargo Herbicide* (pre-emergent control)

*please ensure the product is registered to use on the host turf species you are treating.

White Colver

Trifolium repens

Flower Colour: White, sometimes with tinge of pink.
Foliage: Leaves have three leaflets with white watermarks. Perennial legume is common in nitrogen deficient turf and areas with excess moisture

Treatment: Bow & Arrow Herbicide (post-emergent control)

Winter Grass

Poa annua

Winter Grass is a grassy cool season annual with perennial and biennial bio-types observed in some regions. Light green in colour with a tufted growth habit and white seed head clusters germinating from late summer throughout autumn and winter to spring. Leaf blades somewhat folded with a boat-shaped leaf tips that curl up at the ends. A highly adaptive weed that can thrive in shaded areas and full sun depending on moisture conditions. Tolerates low mowing heights and can persist in all turf surfaces all year round. Plants reach maturity quickly and seed profusely making them an aggressive weed that can be difficult to control

Treatment: Spartan Herbicide* or Embargo Herbicide* (pre-emergent control)

*please ensure the product is registered to use on the host turf species you are treating.