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Devil’s Apple (<em>Solanum linnaeanum</em>)

Devil’s Apple (Solanum linnaeanum)

Format ImagePosted on November 6, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Devil’s Apple (Solanum linnaeanum)

Devil’s Apple (Solanum linnaeanum), a nightshade from Southern Africa adopted into ornamental use on the strength of its radiant, toxic fruit. Traditionally called Apple of  …  Read the full post

Common Thorn-apple (<em>Datura stramonium</em>)

Common Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium)

Format ImagePosted on April 24, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Common Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium)

Common Thorn-apple (Datura stramonium), a toxic annual member of the Nightshade family originating in C. America. Also known as the Devils Trumpet, as James Town  …  Read the full post

Tree Tobacco (<em>Nicotiana glauca</em>)

Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)

Format ImagePosted on February 25, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca)

Tree Tobacco (Nicotiana glauca), an Argentinian perennial related both to cultivated Tobacco and Australia’s native Nicotianas. Highly toxic, it was introduced to Australia as an  …  Read the full post

Green Cestrum (<em>Cestrum parqui</em>)

Green Cestrum (Cestrum parqui)

Format ImagePosted on February 25, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Green Cestrum (Cestrum parqui)

Green Cestrum (Cestrum parqui), a toxic South American ornamental shrub that became a notorious killer of cattle in eastern Australia. Its seed is bird-distributed and  …  Read the full post

Tobacco Nightshade (<em>Solanum mauritianum</em>)

Tobacco Nightshade (Solanum mauritianum)

Format ImagePosted on October 9, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne2 Comments on Tobacco Nightshade (Solanum mauritianum)

Tobacco Nightshade (Solanum mauritianum), a South American shrub introduced to Australia as an ornamental selection, naturalised on that basis, and then distributed further as a  …  Read the full post

Garden Tomato (<em>Solanum lycopersicum</em>)

Garden Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Format ImagePosted on May 23, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Garden Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Garden Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) found fruiting this autumn in riparian positions on Edgar’s Creek in Reservoir and amidst the rockeries along the top of Treasury  …  Read the full post

Tobacco (<em>Nicotiana tabacum</em>)

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Format ImagePosted on April 23, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), the cultivated South American intoxicant, growing as a fence weed in one of Collingwood’s mixed use streets. Experimentation with the cultivation of  …  Read the full post

Prairie Ground Cherry (<em>Physalis hederifolia</em>)

Prairie Ground Cherry (Physalis hederifolia)

Format ImagePosted on March 26, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Prairie Ground Cherry (Physalis hederifolia)

Prairie Ground Cherry (Physalis hederifolia), a nightshade family member from the southwestern USA and northern Mexico, and a regionally controlled or prohibited weed throughout much  …  Read the full post

Whitetip Nightshade (<em>Solanum chenopodioides</em>)

Whitetip Nightshade (Solanum chenopodioides)

Format ImagePosted on March 25, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Whitetip Nightshade (Solanum chenopodioides)

Whitetip Nightshade (Solanum chenopodioides), an Argentinian nightshade in the Solanum nigrum complex that has been exported to other wet temperate locales since European colonisation. Reaching  …  Read the full post

Tomato (<em>Solanum lycopersicum</em>)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Format ImagePosted on March 17, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), a plant that appears poorly adapted for a pavement existence but tries it all the same. Tomato has been reported as an  …  Read the full post

African boxthorn (<em>Lycium ferocissimum</em>)

African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)

Format ImagePosted on December 8, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum)

African boxthorn (Lycium ferocissimum) in all its dread angles, a declared weed of national significance. A nightshade native to the Cape provinces of South Africa,  …  Read the full post

Pampas Lily of the Valley (<em>Salpichroa organifolia</em>)

Pampas Lily of the Valley (Salpichroa organifolia)

Format ImagePosted on June 7, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Pampas Lily of the Valley (Salpichroa organifolia)

Pampas Lily of the Valley (Salpichroa organifolia) is a scrambling plant capable of smothering small trees and wire fences alike, and originated in temperate South  …  Read the full post

Madeira Winter Cherry (<em>Solanum pseudocapsicum</em>)

Madeira Winter Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)

Format ImagePosted on June 4, 2018by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Madeira Winter Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum)

Madeira Winter Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum) masquerading as an ornamental shrub in a church forecourt. Its position, crowding out an Aeonium from the kerb edge of  …  Read the full post

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