13/01/2026
Kimberley residents are being urged to check their properties for a highly invasive w**d that poses a serious threat to crops and grasslands.
Praxelis, a native plant of South America, is a declared pest w**d in Western Australia which the state government is actively working to eradicate.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) regional biosecurity coordinator Simon Marwick said infestations had been detected on the outskirts of Broome, at 12 Mile, and on the northern edge of Kununurra.
“It does locally establish, but luckily we’ve been able to get on top of the small infestations that we’ve had,” he said.
“We just need to keep going with that and eventually try and get rid of it once and for all.”
Praxelis can be identified by clusters of purple-blue or lilac flowers, and by its leaves, which emit a pungent odour when crushed.
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Kimberley residents are being urged to check their properties for a highly invasive w**d that poses a serious threat to crops and grasslands.
Praxelis, a native plant of South America, is a declared pest w**d in Western Australia, which the state government is actively working to eradicate.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) regional biosecurity coordinator Simon Marwick said infestations had been detected on the outskirts of Broome, at 12 Mile, and on the northern edge of Kununurra.
“It does locally establish, but luckily we’ve been able to get on top of the small infestations that we’ve had,” he said.
“We just need to keep going with that and eventually try and get rid of it once and for all.”
Praxelis can be identified by clusters of purple-blue or lilac flowers, and by its leaves, which emit a pungent odour when crushed.
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