Perennial ragweed (Ambrosia psilotachya) (Nox)
Invasive Assessment | Impact Assessment | Present Distribution | Potential Distribution
Scientific name: Ambrosia psilotachya DC.
Common name: Perennial ragweed, western ragweed.
Status: Declared Noxious weed. The Agriculture Victoria website has information about the noxious weed classification of this species.
Habitat: Semi-arid grasslands, principally on sandy soils, usually found as a weed along roadsides, in uncultivated fields, vacant lots and waste places.
Note: There is no information on the present distribution of this weed from either PMIS records or from Lane et al 1980.
Parson and Cuthbertson (1992) - Indicate that small colonies found in the Victorian Mallee during the 1960's have been eradicated.
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