EPPO Global Database

Maireana brevifolia(MRNBR)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, no details
Comments
First discovered near Worcester, Western Cape in 1976, the species is now established in disturbed karoo shrubby rangelands, along dirt roads and on saline alluvia, from northern Namaqualand to the western Little Karoo.
References
* Mucina L & Snijman DA (2011) Maireana brevifolia (Chenopodiaceae: Camphorosmeae), a new naturalized alien plant species in South Africa. Bothalia 41(2), 235-238 (2).