False Strawberry (Potentilla indica), one of a number of species in a Rose-family genus adopted into herbal medicine and ornamental use. Native to monsoon Asia, … Read the full post
Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa)
Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa), brought to Australia as grafting stock, a sometimes hedge and a domestic source of rose hip tea. Spread by birds and … Read the full post
Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera)
Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera), a stone fruit native to the Balkans and to Western Asia, adopted and selected for its ornamental qualities (as well as … Read the full post
Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica)
Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica), a slow-growing, evergreen horticultural shrub from eastern Asia (and notably not from India). Tolerant of saline environments and disturbed soils, this … Read the full post
Small Nettle (Urtica urens)
Small Nettle (Urtica urens), a cosmopolitan Eurasian weed naturalised and recorded in Victoria from 1883. The species most likely arrived in contaminated seed, although we … Read the full post
Wall Pellitory (Parietaria judaica)
Wall Pellitory (Parietaria judaica) in one of its great Melbourne infestations, on the shingle and retaining walls of a disordered margin above the Lower Yarra. … Read the full post
Wall Pellitory (Parietaria judaica)
Wall Pellitory (Parietaria judaica). A ubiquitous urban weed, originally from Southern Europe and Asia Minor. If Melbourne gardeners maintained the state’s weeds list, this might … Read the full post