Can we ask observers to pull invasive species?

Related: The ethics of removing invasive plants

In my region Oncosiphon pilulifer (Globe Chamomile), also called Stinknet, maybe to encorage disdain? Is one invasive I see a lot of. I worry that by pulling it, especially when dry (as shown in my observation) that I might spread the seeds.

I’m not currently aware/convinced of how effective pulling out a handful of invasives in my area and wonder at what point an invasive just gets considered naturalized.

I am aware of the problems with There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly approach to invasives control, though… see: Rhinella marina (Can Toad) in Australia: Introduction and spread.

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