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Yellow Archangel (<em>Lamium argentatum</em>)

Yellow Archangel (Lamium argentatum)

Format ImagePosted on November 18, 2022by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Yellow Archangel (Lamium argentatum)

Yellow Archangel (Lamium argentatum), a European groundcover with strikingly variegated leaves, handsome yellow flowers and a habit for perpetual growth. The plant was listed as  …  Read the full post

Lesser Snapdragon (<em>Misopates orontium</em>)

Lesser Snapdragon (Misopates orontium)

Format ImagePosted on June 3, 2021by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Lesser Snapdragon (Misopates orontium)

Lesser Snapdragon (Misopates orontium), a minuscule Mediterranean annual naturalised across Europe and in similar climates around the world. Reportedly a weed of English cornfields, Lesser  …  Read the full post

Pelisser’s Toadflax (<em>Linaria pelisseriana</em>)

Pelisser’s Toadflax (Linaria pelisseriana)

Format ImagePosted on November 13, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Pelisser’s Toadflax (Linaria pelisseriana)

Pelisser’s Toadflax (Linaria pelisseriana), a slender purple-flowering member of Plantaginaceae originating in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Pelisser’s Toadflax was first recorded growing freely in  …  Read the full post

Trailing Snapdragon (<em>Asarina procumbens</em>)

Trailing Snapdragon (Asarina procumbens)

Format ImagePosted on March 5, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Trailing Snapdragon (Asarina procumbens)

Trailing Snapdragon (Asarina procumbens), a perennial snapdragon originating in the south of France where it grows in rock crevices. Broadly adopted as an ornamental selection,  …  Read the full post

Self-heal (<em>Prunella vulgaris</em>)

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Format ImagePosted on March 3, 2020by Weeds of Melbourne1 Comment on Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), a Eurasian meadow mint turned cosmopolitan homesteader of temperate lawns and roadsides worldwide. Collected at Sydney as early as 1802, in those  …  Read the full post

Yellow Glandweed (<em>Bellardia viscosa</em>)

Yellow Glandweed (Bellardia viscosa)

Format ImagePosted on January 17, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Yellow Glandweed (Bellardia viscosa)

Yellow Glandweed (Bellardia viscosa), a hemi-parasitic European broomrape spread to Australia in the late 19th century in contaminated grass seed. The species colonises paddocks, along  …  Read the full post

Horehound (<em>Marrubium vulgare</em>)

Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

Format ImagePosted on November 8, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

Horehound (Marrubium vulgare), a Eurasian medicinal herb and ubiquitous inland nuisance of grazed land and roadside throughout SE Australia. Unpalatable to sheep, with seed cases  …  Read the full post

Wild Sage (<em>Salvia verbenaca</em>)

Wild Sage (Salvia verbenaca)

Format ImagePosted on September 19, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Wild Sage (Salvia verbenaca)

Wild Sage (Salvia verbenaca), a Mediterranean steppe perennial introduced to Australia as a casual medicinal herb and a likely contaminant of imported seed or stock.  …  Read the full post

Lion’s Tail (<em>Leonotis leonurus</em>)

Lion’s Tail (Leonotis leonurus)

Format ImagePosted on April 29, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Lion’s Tail (Leonotis leonurus)

Lion’s Tail (Leonotis leonurus), a spectacular Southern African member of the mint family. Brought to Australia as a garden ornamental (the species was available from  …  Read the full post

Great Mullein, Shepherd’s Club, Velvet Weed (<em>Verbascum thapsus</em>)

Great Mullein, Shepherd’s Club, Velvet Weed (Verbascum thapsus)

Format ImagePosted on March 14, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Great Mullein, Shepherd’s Club, Velvet Weed (Verbascum thapsus)

Great Mullein, Shepherd’s Club, Velvet Weed (Verbascum thapsus), a broad-leaved Eurasian biennial herb flowering in its second season. The plant was introduced to Melbourne no  …  Read the full post

Nemesia hybrid cultivars (<em>Nemesia cv.</em>)

Nemesia hybrid cultivars (Nemesia cv.)

Format ImagePosted on February 4, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Nemesia hybrid cultivars (Nemesia cv.)

Nemesia hybrid cultivars (Nemesia cv.), growing as an infestation over a block and a half of East Melbourne. Nemesia as a genus stems exclusively from  …  Read the full post

Purple-top (<em>Verbena bonariensis</em>)

Purple-top (Verbena bonariensis)

Format ImagePosted on January 21, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Purple-top (Verbena bonariensis)

Purple-top (Verbena bonariensis), specifically the variety V. bonariensis var. bonariesis. The other is var. conglomerata, which this channel covered earlier in the season. As noted  …  Read the full post

Purple-top, or Argentine, Tall or Wild Vervain (<em>Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata</em>)

Purple-top, or Argentine, Tall or Wild Vervain (Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata)

Format ImagePosted on December 6, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Purple-top, or Argentine, Tall or Wild Vervain (Verbena bonariensis var. conglomerata)

Purple-top, or Argentine, Tall or Wild Vervain (Verbena bonariensis), an infamous presence in the lowland pastures of NSW and QLD from the 1850s or earlier,  …  Read the full post

Bear’s Breeches, Oyster Plant (<em>Acanthus mollis</em>)

Bear’s Breeches, Oyster Plant (Acanthus mollis)

Format ImagePosted on December 4, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Bear’s Breeches, Oyster Plant (Acanthus mollis)

Bear’s Breeches, Oyster Plant (Acanthus mollis), saccharine ancestral totem of the Victorian garden, and another adventive discard that successfully makes its own way in the  …  Read the full post

Slender Vervain (<em>Verbena rigida</em>)

Slender Vervain (Verbena rigida)

Format ImagePosted on November 20, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Slender Vervain (Verbena rigida)

Slender Vervain (Verbena rigida) on the cusp of weediness at Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery. Verbana rigida was an early introduction to Victoria as a popular  …  Read the full post

Ivy-leaved Toadflax (<em>Cymbalaria muralis</em>)

Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)

Format ImagePosted on September 6, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)

Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis), a nearly ubiquitous temperate weed of stone and brick structures. Originating in the European Alps, the plant was spread across Europe  …  Read the full post

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