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Sicilian Sea Lavender (<em>Limonium hyblaeum</em>)

Sicilian Sea Lavender (Limonium hyblaeum)

Format ImagePosted on May 18, 2021by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Sicilian Sea Lavender (Limonium hyblaeum)

Sicilian Sea Lavender (Limonium hyblaeum), a cushion-forming endemic to Sicily’s rocky south-east coasts, only described as a separate species in 1980, by which time it  …  Read the full post

Common Ice-plant (<em>Mesembryanthemum crystallinum</em>)

Common Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Format ImagePosted on January 22, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Common Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Common Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), a dew-spangled exotic relative of Australia’s friendly native pigfaces. The name ‘Ice-plant’ refers to the prominent bladder cells which store water  …  Read the full post

Hairy Pink (<em>Petrorhagia dubia</em>)

Hairy Pink (Petrorhagia dubia)

Format ImagePosted on November 7, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Hairy Pink (Petrorhagia dubia)

Hairy Pink (Petrorhagia dubia), one of a pair of Western Mediterranean species of the genus that were introduced to Victoria in contaminated seed. It can  …  Read the full post

Common Catchfly (<em>Silene gallica</em>)

Common Catchfly (Silene gallica)

Format ImagePosted on October 1, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Common Catchfly (Silene gallica)

Common Catchfly (Silene gallica), a species of southern European origin distributed around the world as a contaminant in imported crop seed. Common Catchfly was recorded  …  Read the full post

North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (<em>Silene pseudoatocion</em>)

North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (Silene pseudoatocion)

Format ImagePosted on September 26, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (Silene pseudoatocion)

North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (Silene pseudoatocion), an obscure member of the genus, originating in Spain and Algeria, which has been distributed around the  …  Read the full post

Rambling Dock (<em>Acetosa sagittata</em>)

Rambling Dock (Acetosa sagittata)

Format ImagePosted on August 6, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Rambling Dock (Acetosa sagittata)

Rambling Dock (Acetosa sagittata), a long-lived perennial creeper from Southern Africa, naturalised in Australia and NZ. Rambling Dock was recorded in NSW from 1896, where  …  Read the full post

Inkweed (<em>Phytolacca octandra</em>)

Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra)

Format ImagePosted on August 2, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra)

Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra), a toxic Central American colonist of disturbed and low-nutrient sites. Similar to the American pokeweed that was popular as a medicinal tincture,  …  Read the full post

Wireweed or Hogweed (<em>Polygonum aviculare</em>)

Wireweed or Hogweed (Polygonum aviculare)

Format ImagePosted on July 24, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Wireweed or Hogweed (Polygonum aviculare)

Wireweed or Hogweed (Polygonum aviculare), a European annual weed of roadsides, disturbed and trampled ground, and tilled fields. Usually presenting as a mostly prostrate clump,  …  Read the full post

Common Chickweed (<em>Stellaria media</em>)

Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)

Format ImagePosted on July 23, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)

Common Chickweed (Stellaria media), an annual Eurasian microgreen, herbal remedy and fresh chickenfeed. Stellarias can be distinguished from the related Cerastiums—the Mouse-eared Chickweeds—by the shape  …  Read the full post

Ruby Saltbush (<em>Enchylaena tomentosa</em>)

Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)

Format ImagePosted on July 18, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne2 Comments on Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)

Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa), a native perennial groundcover growing as a pavement weed in outer Northcote. Ruby Saltbush is a drought and salt-tolerant, mat-forming groundcover  …  Read the full post

Clammy Goosefoot (<em>Dysphania pumilio or Chenopodium pumilio</em>)

Clammy Goosefoot (Dysphania pumilio or Chenopodium pumilio)

Format ImagePosted on April 3, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Clammy Goosefoot (Dysphania pumilio or Chenopodium pumilio)

Clammy Goosefoot (Dysphania pumilio or Chenopodium pumilio), a native Australian turned into cosmopolitan export now found throughout the world’s temperate regions. In its original range  …  Read the full post

Heart-leaf Madeira Vine (<em>Anredera cordifolia</em>)

Heart-leaf Madeira Vine (Anredera cordifolia)

Format ImagePosted on March 7, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne2 Comments on Heart-leaf Madeira Vine (Anredera cordifolia)

Heart-leaf Madeira Vine (Anredera cordifolia), a succulent vine and South American native, the common name being the result of early Portuguese networks of colonial exchange.  …  Read the full post

Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel Flower, Grain Amaranth (<em>Amaranthus caudatus</em>)

Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel Flower, Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus)

Format ImagePosted on March 3, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel Flower, Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus)

Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel Flower, Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus caudatus), a pseudocereal food crop, favoured ornamental of Victorian England, and rare infestation of historical and contemporary Victoria. Domesticated  …  Read the full post

Purslane, Pigweed (<em>Portulaca oleracea complex</em>)

Purslane, Pigweed (Portulaca oleracea complex)

Format ImagePosted on February 28, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Purslane, Pigweed (Portulaca oleracea complex)

Purslane, Pigweed (Portulaca oleracea complex), the patchwork succulent carpet of Melbourne’s ruinous pavements. A globally distributed species complex, P. oleracea was once treated as a  …  Read the full post

Four o’clock flower (<em>Mirabilis jalapa</em>)

Four o’clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa)

Format ImagePosted on February 6, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne1 Comment on Four o’clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa)

Four o’clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa), a cultivated pre-contact plant of Central America that became a minor pan-tropical weed and garden escape worldwide following its adoption  …  Read the full post

Coastal Galenia, Blanket Weed, Carpet Weed (<em>Galenia pubescens</em>)

Coastal Galenia, Blanket Weed, Carpet Weed (Galenia pubescens)

Format ImagePosted on January 22, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Coastal Galenia, Blanket Weed, Carpet Weed (Galenia pubescens)

Coastal Galenia, Blanket Weed, Carpet Weed (Galenia pubescens). A South African blanketing groundcover, this relative of native and non-native pig faces and ice plants in  …  Read the full post

Heartleaf Iceplant (<em>Aptenia cordifolia</em>)

Heartleaf Iceplant (Aptenia cordifolia)

Format ImagePosted on January 9, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Heartleaf Iceplant (Aptenia cordifolia)

Heartleaf Iceplant (Aptenia cordifolia), a South African relative of Australia’s native pigfaces. Marketed by Melbourne nurseries since at least 1876 (thanks G. Brunning), this species  …  Read the full post

Nodding Saltbush (<em>Einadia nutans ssp. nutans</em>)

Nodding Saltbush (Einadia nutans ssp. nutans)

Format ImagePosted on January 3, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne2 Comments on Nodding Saltbush (Einadia nutans ssp. nutans)

Nodding Saltbush (Einadia nutans ssp. nutans), an indigenous Australian specialist of rocky and otherwise obstructed environments, and a surprising urban colonist. There is a repeated  …  Read the full post

Sandspurry (<em>Spergularia rubra</em>)

Sandspurry (Spergularia rubra)

Format ImagePosted on January 2, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Sandspurry (Spergularia rubra)

Sandspurry (Spergularia rubra), a European annual that made the jump to cosmopolitan weed status in North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. This cryptic microgreen  …  Read the full post

Bladder Campion (<em>Silene vulgaris</em>)

Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)

Format ImagePosted on December 29, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)

Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris), in alkaline coastal scrub along the back beach of the Mornington Peninsula. A European perennial flower and occasional harvested cooking green,  …  Read the full post

Cape Fig or Sour Fig (<em>Carpobrotus edulis</em>)

Cape Fig or Sour Fig (Carpobrotus edulis)

Format ImagePosted on November 8, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Cape Fig or Sour Fig (Carpobrotus edulis)

Cape Fig or Sour Fig (Carpobrotus edulis), part of the palette of the metropolitan’s fluorescent coast, and another South African import that has transformed urban  …  Read the full post

Dew Flower (<em>Drosanthemum candens</em>)

Dew Flower (Drosanthemum candens)

Format ImagePosted on November 5, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Dew Flower (Drosanthemum candens)

Dew Flower (Drosanthemum candens) seen here in a coastal setting. Even though it was past its flowering peak, this incredible colony behind a lifesaving station  …  Read the full post

Sticky Mouse-eared Chickweed (<em>Cerastium glomeratum</em>)

Sticky Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum)

Format ImagePosted on October 23, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Sticky Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum)

Sticky Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum). Featured previously on this channel, today’s post shows the detail of the plant’s flowers in full bloom. The plant is  …  Read the full post

Dew Flower (<em>Drosanthemum candens</em>)

Dew Flower (Drosanthemum candens)

Format ImagePosted on October 17, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Dew Flower (Drosanthemum candens)

Dew Flower (Drosanthemum candens), a South African member of the ice plant family that has sparsely established around Port Phillip Bay as well as on  …  Read the full post

Four-leaved Allseed (<em>Polycarpon tetraphyllum</em>)

Four-leaved Allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum)

Format ImagePosted on September 18, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Four-leaved Allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum)

Four-leaved Allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum), in various growth forms and densities, another European microherb with colonies around the world. A ubiquitous weed of Melbourne’s urban margins  …  Read the full post

Mouse-eared Chickweed (<em>Cerastium glomeratum</em>)

Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum)

Format ImagePosted on September 17, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum)

Mouse-eared Chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum), one of Melbourne’s’s ubiquitous weed microherbs, which gush from every cracked surface and unconquered margin before anything larger can take over.  …  Read the full post

Silene (<em>Silene pseudoatocion</em>)

Silene (Silene pseudoatocion)

Format ImagePosted on September 9, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Silene (Silene pseudoatocion)

Silene (Silene pseudoatocion) possibly referred to in its home range as Mountain Carnation. This is a plant which has naturalised sparingly under ideal conditions in  …  Read the full post

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