Common lantana control option
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Common lantana

Lantana camara

Weed profile

  • Perennial
  • Shrub
  • Weeds of National Significance (WoNS)
  • Habitat: pastures, native vegetation

Impact

Invades pasture and bushland in other states. Toxic to stock. National ban on sale.

Description

  • Densely branched scrambling shrub.
  • Rough, hairy ovate leaves.
  • Flowers in various colour combinations of red, yellow, orange, pink, cream or purple.
  • Clusters of shiny, purple-black berries.

Control options

Legal requirements in each region

To find out which landscape region you're in visit the NatureMaps website.

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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