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Darwin’s Barberry (<em>Berberis darwinii</em>)

Darwin’s Barberry (Berberis darwinii)

Format ImagePosted on September 19, 2022by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Darwin’s Barberry (Berberis darwinii)

Darwin’s Barberry (Berberis darwinii), a South American ornamental shrub haunting the edges of Dandenong forests. Available from Melbourne suppliers at least as early as 1857  …  Read the full post

Sharp Buttercup (<em>Ranunculus muricatus</em>)

Sharp Buttercup (Ranunculus muricatus)

Format ImagePosted on October 12, 2021by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Sharp Buttercup (Ranunculus muricatus)

Sharp Buttercup (Ranunculus muricatus), a southern European mainstay of damp verges and river muds. Included on the laundry list of common weeds proclaimed by the  …  Read the full post

White Fumitory (<em>Fumaria capreolata</em>)

White Fumitory (Fumaria capreolata)

Format ImagePosted on August 26, 2021by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on White Fumitory (Fumaria capreolata)

White Fumitory (Fumaria capreolata), another of a genus of scrabbly annuals from Western Europe which infest the Melbourne springtime. Long treated as another variation of  …  Read the full post

Tall Fumitory (<em>Fumaria bastardii</em>)

Tall Fumitory (Fumaria bastardii)

Format ImagePosted on August 25, 2021by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tall Fumitory (Fumaria bastardii)

Tall Fumitory (Fumaria bastardii), another from a group of familiar West European annuals which make themselves scrabbly nuisances of gardens, crops and damaged ground. A  …  Read the full post

Wall Fumitory (<em>Fumaria muralis</em>)

Wall Fumitory (Fumaria muralis)

Format ImagePosted on August 23, 2021by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Wall Fumitory (Fumaria muralis)

Wall Fumitory (Fumaria muralis), one of a group of West European annuals which make themselves scrabbly nuisances of gardens, crops and damaged ground. Perhaps mostly  …  Read the full post

Opium Poppy (<em>Papaver somniferum</em>)

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)

Format ImagePosted on October 30, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)

Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum), as a single spontaneous volunteer on railway embankment in Richmond. Naturalised in Australia around 1900, the first formal records of the  …  Read the full post

Creeping Buttercup (<em>Ranunculus repens</em>)

Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

Format ImagePosted on October 25, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens), an invader of shady damp in wetland and woodland complexes in the ranges and the southeast, and a fixture of river  …  Read the full post

Lesser Celandine (<em>Ficaria verna</em>)

Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)

Format ImagePosted on October 9, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)

Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna) ground zero at Lake Wendouree in Ballarat. Since appearing there in the early 1980s, this Eurasian plant has become a ubiquitous  …  Read the full post

Long-headed Poppy (<em>Papaver dubium</em>)

Long-headed Poppy (Papaver dubium)

Format ImagePosted on September 30, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Long-headed Poppy (Papaver dubium)

Long-headed Poppy (Papaver dubium), also known distastefully as Blindeyes, growing in its natural Australian environment: railway ballast. A European native, it was reported naturalised in  …  Read the full post

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