Fishtail Wood-sorrel (<em>Oxalis latifolia</em>). Only recorded in Victoria from the 1940s, although it was present in other states from at least a somewhat earlier date, … Read the full post
Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Shepherd’s Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), one of the world’s most ubiquitous cosmopolitan weeds, presenting here in a truly exceptional infestation on unit pavers. Recorded in Victoria … Read the full post
Tree Lucerne (Cytisus proliferus)
Tree Lucerne (Cytisus proliferus), a nefarious shrub brought to Australia as a fodder plant from the Canary Islands, and also sold in Melbourne from 1882 … Read the full post
Pale wood-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata)
Pale wood-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata), spilling out of a front garden in Northcote. A late arrival from Southern Africa, the species (also known by common names … 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
Wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)
Wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) is a winter and spring-growing annual with somewhat unusual four-petaled flowers which vary in colour and venation. The species would have … Read the full post
Musk Storksbill (Erodium moschatum)
Musk Storksbill (Erodium moschatum), also known as Whitestem Filligree, a Eurasian weed geranium of lawns, wastelands and pasturage. Widely distributed along Victoria’s main pastoral belts, … Read the full post
Large-flowered or Purple Woodsorrel (Oxalis purpurea)
Large-flowered or Purple Woodsorrel (Oxalis purpurea), a widespread, winter-flowering environmental weed originally brought from South Africa as a garden ornamental. It showed up in Melbourne … 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
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