Cape tulip (one and two leaved) control option
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Cape tulip (one and two leaved)

Moraea flaccida and Moraea miniata

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Herb
  • Toxic to livestock
  • Habitat: pastures, native vegetation

Impact

Toxic to livestock. Serious pasture weed.

Description

  • Perennial growing in winter from corms.
  • Large flowers with 6 pink to orange petals.
  • One-leaf has one long, flat leaf and produces long narrow seed pods.
  • Two-leaf has two or three leaves per plant and clusters of small bulbils in the leaf axils.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

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Alinytjara Wiluṟara

Eyre Peninsula

Green Adelaide

Hills and Fleurieu

Kangaroo Island

Limestone Coast

Murraylands and Riverland

Northern and Yorke

South Australian Arid Lands

Page Last Reviewed: 06 Sep 2021
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