Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Boneseed AusE
Bitou Bush AusE
bietou SAE

The invasive bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera) and its management impact upon this species.

The larvae feed on Chrysanthemoides monilifera and Cotyledon orbiculata.

It is occasionally used with Marram grass and Chrysanthemoides monilifera to stabilise coastal dunes.

Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera) is a problem weed north of the Pambula River.

One particularly aggressive environmental weed is Bitou Bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata).

Some coastal populations of Grove's paperbark are under threat from competition with the introduced weed bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera).

Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera) is so common in parts of the Adelaide Hills that many people actually think it is a native plant.

B (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), two biological control agents for Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Compositae).

Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subspecies monilifera), another invasive species readily dispersed in bird droppings, is also consumed by grey currawongs.

Miners had agreed to revegetate the area which they did with the noxious pest bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera), which the various land care groups are now trying to eradicate.

The larvae feed on Diospyros austro-africana, Diospyros lycioides, Myrsine africa, Rhus species and Chrysanthemoides monilifera.

However, when looked at closely there is a bigger threat to the Brittle Greenhood than animals and that is other plants, specifically the Chrysanthemoides monilifera, or Boneseed weed.

Much of this original forest has been altered since settlement, and in disturbed areas invasion by weeds, including Senecio lautus, Chrysanthemoides monilifera and Lantana camara is prolific.

Species such as lantana (Lantana camara L. sens. Lat), bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera) and perennial grasses are a source of competition for native plant species.

Pests include feral pigs, cats, dogs and horses, and foxes, while problem weeds include groundsel bush (Baccharis halimifolia), bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp.

Invasion of native plant communities by Chrysanthemoides Monilifera Predation by Plague Minnow or Mosquito Fish (Gambusia Holbrooki)

However, invading the heaths in eastern Australia is the exotic noxious weed Bitou Bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera), a succulent which has the potential to change heathland flammability and fire regimes.