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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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