Paterson's Curse at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Echium plantagineum | 27 Feb 2025 | waltraud |
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In grassy woodland; rosettes sprayed, flowering and fruiting left for manual removal.
3 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
27 Feb 2025
Great to see good protective clothing in use. Also spot spraying. Conservation managers I was involved with in northern Melbourne (where I used to live) did this too. Council staff and contractors and others never used protective gear -that I saw. I once found my back lane frothy/running as if the few weeds had been hosed. Some seemed to think the poison had 'magic' properties as they totally over-sprayed vigorous native groundcover shrub with some vetch growing on it. When the shrubs died back they then had deep mulch piled all over them. A special council demo native street planting.
waltraud
wrote:
27 Feb 2025
WendyEM I suggest for over a decade or so that PCS carries out a practical training for volunteers (using PPE, mixing, spraying, etc). The office based chem cert training is okay covers legal stuff and theory but should be followed by practice training in the field....
WendyEM
wrote:
27 Feb 2025
Reminds me of TV adds in my childhood - our fly spray is so safe here is the boss spraying it on his family, meal table and food
Location information
- Coordinates 149.167678-35.229436
- Altitude 625.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2025 11:39 AM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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waltraud NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Echium plantagineum Other Wildflowers & Herbs Plants
Species information
- Echium plantagineum Scientific name
- Paterson's Curse Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1664.5m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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