LOVEGRASS

Lovegrass is a hardy, drought-tolerant grass that grows in clumps. It is poor quality feed for livestock and can quickly colonise overgrazed and disturbed sites.

African Lovegrass is a very widely naturalised species that is most abundant in the southern, eastern and western parts of Australia. It is common in eastern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, south-eastern Queensland and south-western Western Australia and has a more scattered distribution in Victoria and the southern parts of South Australia. It is also present in other parts of New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, naturalised in the  in the Tasmania, with a single historical record from Alice springs in the Northern Territory  (AVH 2021; Navie & Adkins 2007).

Some forms of African Lovegrass are cultivated as soil stabilisers or are seen as valuable pasture grasses for semi-arid areas. However, the most invasive forms have a lower palatability and are not useful except when they are young.
Lovegrass is also regarded as a major environmental weed and can form dense stands which crowd out native species and prevent their regeneration. It is a serious weed of remnant native grassy vegetation and can transform these communities by modifying their composition and structure.

Spray FireHawk Bioherbicide Concentrate: 50 mL/L of water. Respray when regrowth occurs from roots and/or runners. May require repeated application to obtain long-term weed control.