Echium plantagineum L.

Common name(s): Paterson's curse, salvation Jane.

Legal status: Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.

Presence in WA: Present

Keeping category: Exempt

No permit or conditions are required for keeping. There may be other requirements under BAMA such as those required for entry of livestock, pigeons and doves, or waybill requirements for stock movement. An organism in the exempt keeping category may also be regulated by other legislation such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WCA), administered by DPaW.

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Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae [4]
Phylum:	Magnoliophyta [5]
Class:	Magnoliopsida [6]
Order:	Lamiales [7]
Family:	Boraginaceae [8]
Genus:	Echium [9]
Species:	plantagineum [10]

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Links
[1] http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/iaquarantine/
[2] http://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_2735_homepage.html
[3] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/form/biosecurity-contact-details
[4] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&classification=6
[5] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Magnoliophyta
[6] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Magnoliopsida
[7] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Lamiales
[8] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Boraginaceae
[9] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Echium
[10] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=plantagineum
[11] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/n/880
[12] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
[13] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantinebiosecurity-governance

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