Source: Robert Arnason, Producer.com, April 25, 2019
Red bartsia is a tremendous name for a weed.
It’s also a tremendous annoyance for forage producers in Manitoba’s Interlake region.
The invasive species is native to Europe and arrived in Manitoba in the 1950s, likely in a shipment to the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Gimli.
Since that time, red bartsia has invaded pastures and hayland throughout the Interlake and may now be impossible to eradicate.
