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Weed profile: Chinese violet

Chinese violet

Chinese violet

Chinese violet

Asystasia gangetica ssp. micrantha

Asystasia gangetica subspecies micrantha is a form of Chinese violet. As an environmental weed, it smothers other ground plants and displaces vegetation, which reduces the availability of habitat for native plants and animals and therefore reduces biodiversity.

Status

  • Declared in NSW under the Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (view details)
  • National Environmental Alert List weed (definition)

Related publications

Title
Chinese violet (Weed management guide, www.weedscrc.org.au)  
Chinese violet (Weed Alert)  295.7 kb
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