Variegated thistle (Silybum marianum) (Nox)
Invasive Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: | Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertner |
Common Name: | Variegated thistle, Cabbage thistle, Gundagai thistle |
Status: | Declared Noxious weed. The DPI website has information about the noxious weed classification of this species. |
Habitat: | Subhumid warm-temperate regions occurring on fertile soils of alluvial or volcanic origin (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is a weed of cultivated land, roadsides, neglected areas and grazing land (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Variegated thistle invades dry coastal vegetation, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland and riparian vegetation (Carr et al 1992). |
Further information on Biological Control of Spear, Variegated and Nodding thistle suppression with the Thistle receptacle weevil, can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes
 Variegated thistle flowering plant Photo: Mark Imhof |  Variegated thistle flower Photo: Mark Imhof |  Variegated thistle plant Photo: Mark Imhof |
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This document was last reviewed on 05/10/2011