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Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (<em>Oenothera laciniata</em>)

Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata)

Format ImagePosted on March 18, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata)

Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata), an annual or short-lived perennial from the sand prairies of the eastern United States. Introduced in 1770 to English cultivation  …  Read the full post

Hairy Willow-herb (<em>Epilobium hirtigerum</em>)

Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium hirtigerum)

Format ImagePosted on January 21, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium hirtigerum)

Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium hirtigerum), an ephemeral Australian native plant whose lifeways flit between areas of disturbance. Hairy Willow-herb is adapted to exploit sites of short-lived  …  Read the full post

Great Willow-herb (<em>Epilobium hirsutum</em>)

Great Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum)

Format ImagePosted on May 1, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Great Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum)

Great Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum), growing as a local infestation on the riparian edge of a pool on Skeleton Creek, just above where the Werribee railway  …  Read the full post

Great Willow-herb (<em>Epilobium hirsutum</em>)

Great Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum)

Format ImagePosted on February 24, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Great Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum)

Great Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum), the spontaneous offering of a rootbound tree-cut in the footpath of Nicholson Street, Fitzroy this weekend. Great Willow-herb is native to  …  Read the full post

Tall Willowherb (<em>Epilobium ciliatum</em>)

Tall Willowherb (Epilobium ciliatum)

Format ImagePosted on October 8, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tall Willowherb (Epilobium ciliatum)

Tall Willowherb (Epilobium ciliatum), in fact known variously as Tall, Slender, Glandular, Fringed, Hairy or Northern Willowherb. Although there are a number of indigenous Epilobiums  …  Read the full post

Lilly Pilly (<em>Syzygium smithii</em>)

Lilly Pilly (Syzygium smithii)

Format ImagePosted on May 30, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Lilly Pilly (Syzygium smithii)

Lilly Pilly (Syzygium smithii), riparian rafted and colonising the eastern bank of Gardiner’s Creek. Although sold in Victoria since the early colonial period as an  …  Read the full post

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