Ox-tongue

Ox-tongue

Ox-tongue

Helminthotheca echioides


Annual or biennial. Found in disturbed areas, roadsides, gardens and wasteland.


Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Daisy
Identifying Characteristics

An erect or spreading herb, 30-100 cm high. Lower leaves are oval, 4-25 cm long and 1-10 cm wide. Upper leaves are a little rounder. Flowers form a cluster, are yellow and sometimes have a red stripe. Flowers October-November.

Distinctive Features

A bristly weed with yellow flowers.

Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Large Herb (LH)
EVC types
EVC 649: Stony Knoll Shrubland
EVC 68: Creekline Grassy Woodland
Native Status
Introduced
Weed Status Invasiveness
High INVASIVE
Weed Status Impact
Low IMPACT
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Helminthotheca
Species
echioides
Ox-tongue
Native to Europe, Asia and Africa. Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland and New South Wales.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.