Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis), is a beautiful yellow flowering herbaceous weed that has spread throughout NE NSW and SE Qld (and also elsewhere in Australia) due to poor land management. It is a health risk to stock and native animals and can invade poorly managed lands easily with its profuse production of wind born seed. Weeds and their spread are usually indicators of nature trying to “fix” itself after mismanagement – overclearing, over grazing and over …»»