Download Boneseed – Chrysanthemoides monilifera

Weeds of Wurundjeri Walk
Botanical Name: Chrysanthemoides monilifera
(A noxious and very serious environmental weed)
Common Name: Boneseed
Africa
Origin:
South
Photo/Line Drawing:
(photo courtesy Ian Moodie)
Boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera
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Habit: Erect evergreen shrub to 3 metres high
Description:
 Dull green paddle-shaped leaves with serrated margins
 Bright yellow leaves in winter and spring
 Black berries in summer
Dispersal: Each mature plant can produce tens of thousands of fertile
seeds which can lay dormant in soil for years with mass germination
after disturbance (e.g. fire)
Eaten and spread by:
 Birds
 Foxes and other small animals
Location(s) in Wurundjeri Walk:
 Occasional plant found on site, often by water
 Many plants on weedy sites in the vicinity of the park (e.g. on the
former brickworks site in East Burwood adjacent to the RSPCA
headquarters)
Indigenous plant look-alikes:
Golden Tip (Goodia lotifolia), Hop
goodenia (Goodenia ovate), some of the smaller indigenous Acacia
shrubs
Weed Management/Control Methods:
1. Very easy to pull out individual shrubs. Bag carefully and remove
from site. Dispose of plant material appropriately
2. Herbicide treatments work well (council responsibility)
3. Fire can be used as a management tool as stimulates germination
of seed in soil. Seedlings can then be removed.
This Weed Information Sheet was prepared by Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee, supported by a
Melbourne Water Community Grant.
Wurundjeri Walk Advisory Committee is appointed by Whitehorse Council, Victoria.
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