Plant Details

Scientific Name: *Sphagneticola trilobata (was Wedelia trilobata)
  • Pronunciation: sfeg-net-ee-COLE-ah tri-low-BAR-tah
  • Common Name: Singapore Daisy
  • Derivation: Sphagneticola: trilobata:
  • Type: Herb
  • Status: Weed This introduced Plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native Species.
  • Flowers: Yellow
  • Species List: Noosa's Worst Weeds, Cooroy Primary School, BSDoonan, Banana, Fraser Island, Girraween, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, , BHNR, Heritage Park, Weed,

Cultural Notes

REMOVE ALL PLANTS. Native of Tropical America. Introduced as a garden Plant and sold in nurseries for many years. Used as a sand-stabiliser on beaches.

Landscaping Notes

CONTROL METHODS: REMOVAL: Remove every part of the Plant - hand-pull seedlings. Replace with: Myoporum acuminatum, Scaevola calendulaceae, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, Hibbertia scandens.S

  • *Sphagneticola trilobata (was Wedelia trilobata)
  • *Sphagneticola trilobata (was Wedelia trilobata)
  • *Sphagneticola trilobata (was Wedelia trilobata)
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