Look around these days and you'll find the yellow flowers of tansy abundant in fields, roadsides and even gardens. "This is one of the worst years for tansy in some time," said Sam Leininger, WeedWise ...

Tansy Ragwort is blooming now, producing lots of little yellow, daisy-like flowers on straight stems 2 to 4 feet high with divided, rather lacy foliage. Pretty as a yarrow, tansy ragwort looks quite ...

Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is an invasive weed with a long and deadly history in the Pacific Northwest. In Oregon, it is designated as a Class B invasive weed. It is believed to have been ...

SUMMERTIME – and the countryside is golden with ragwort. Classed under the 1959 Weeds Act as an injurious weed, the government has the power to serve clearance notices to landowners who allow it to ...

BOTANIST and environmentalist David Bellamy is calling for urgent action to control ragwort, a toxic weed that can kill horses and livestock, which, this year, appears to be more widespread in Wales ...

Experts can’t be certain how many horses die from ragwort poisoning, although conservative estimates start at 500-1,000 per year. Some victims graze in fields of the stuff; some eat ragwort-infested ...

A warning about 'ragwort hysteria' has been issued by conservation agencies after reports of a boom in the potentially fatal weed. The warm and wet summer has led to more sightings of the ...

Ragwort is a common problem on poorly managed farmland. However, its incidence appears to be growing elsewhere too, increasing the threat to grazing animals and the risk of it spreading to ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. His council this week reminded landowners it was time to strike ragwort on their properties to ensure gains ...

All across the country their bright yellow flower-heads sway in the breeze like a clutch of gaudy mop-top dolls and their leaves are ragged and dishevelled. Ragwort is the plant kingdom's greatest ...

Over the years a string of issues have famously provoked his ire – from the ugliness of modern architecture to man's 'rapacious' destruction of the natural world. But now Prince Charles has turned his ...

Ragwort – the silent killer of between 500 and 2000 horses annually – is taking over the British countryside, and also poses an increasing risk to humans, according to experts. As Professor Derek ...