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Bluebell Creeper (<em>Billardiera fusiformis</em>)

Bluebell Creeper (Billardiera fusiformis)

Format ImagePosted on November 6, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Bluebell Creeper (Billardiera fusiformis)

Bluebell Creeper (Billardiera fusiformis), a Western Australian climbing shrub that has become a catastrophic success story following introduction to southeastern Australia as an ornamental native  …  Read the full post

‘Peruvian’ Squill (<em>Scilla peruviana</em>)

‘Peruvian’ Squill (Scilla peruviana)

Format ImagePosted on November 1, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne1 Comment on ‘Peruvian’ Squill (Scilla peruviana)

‘Peruvian’ Squill (Scilla peruviana), a perennial bulb of the western Mediterranean that has formed adventive, self-sustaining colonies when left to its own devices in southeastern  …  Read the full post

Thread Iris (<em>Moraea setifolia</em>)

Thread Iris (Moraea setifolia)

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Thread Iris (Moraea setifolia), a minute South African perennial naturalised across dry interior regions of southern Australia. In Australia, the plant was first collected in  …  Read the full post

Caper Spurge (<em>Euphorbia lathyris</em>)

Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)

Format ImagePosted on October 23, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)

Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris), another latex-exuding Southern European ornamental selection, now naturalised in riparian woodlands throughout Southern Australia. Caper Spurge combined excellent vertical structure, drought-hardy  …  Read the full post

Myrtle-leaf Milkwort (<em>Polygala myrtifolia</em>)

Myrtle-leaf Milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia)

Format ImagePosted on October 22, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Myrtle-leaf Milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia)

Myrtle-leaf Milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), a South African ornamental shrub and one of several dominant weeds in residential scrub around Port Phillip Bay, and on Mornington  …  Read the full post

Hoary Cress (<em>Lepidium draba</em>)

Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba)

Format ImagePosted on October 18, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba)

Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba), a Eurasian mustard globalised in the 1800s in contaminated seed and ship ballast. The first Australian infestation reportedly occurred at the  …  Read the full post

Tree Mallow (<em>Malva arborea</em>)

Tree Mallow (Malva arborea)

Format ImagePosted on October 11, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tree Mallow (Malva arborea)

Tree Mallow (Malva arborea), a Mediterranean coastal shrub. Described in 1859 as very common in Australian gardens, the plant offered instant vertical colour; an 1886  …  Read the full post

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

Tobacco Nightshade (Solanum mauritianum)

Format ImagePosted on October 9, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment 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

Laurestinus/Laurustinus (<em>Viburnum tinus</em>)

Laurestinus/Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)

Format ImagePosted on October 2, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Laurestinus/Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)

Laurestinus/Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus) growing as a novel component in the damaged understoreys of Yarra Bend. Laurustinus was a core component of the Victorian garden toolkit,  …  Read the full post

Common Catchfly (<em>Silene gallica</em>)

Common Catchfly (Silene gallica)

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Common Catchfly (Silene gallica), a species of southern European origin distributed around the world as a contaminant in imported crop seed. Common Catchfly was recorded  …  Read the full post

North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (<em>Silene pseudoatocion</em>)

North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (Silene pseudoatocion)

Format ImagePosted on September 26, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (Silene pseudoatocion)

North African Catchfly or Mountain Carnation (Silene pseudoatocion), an obscure member of the genus, originating in Spain and Algeria, which has been distributed around the  …  Read the full post

Hairy Abutilon (<em>Abutilon grandifolium</em>)

Hairy Abutilon (Abutilon grandifolium)

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Hairy Abutilon (Abutilon grandifolium), a South American plant similar in appearance to various South Asian Abutilons, hence another common name ‘Hairy Indian Mallow’. Although there  …  Read the full post

Wild Sage (<em>Salvia verbenaca</em>)

Wild Sage (Salvia verbenaca)

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Wild Sage (Salvia verbenaca), a Mediterranean steppe perennial introduced to Australia as a casual medicinal herb and a likely contaminant of imported seed or stock.  …  Read the full post

Boneseed (<em>Chrysanthemoides monilfera ssp. monilifera</em>)

Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilfera ssp. monilifera)

Format ImagePosted on September 18, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne1 Comment on Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilfera ssp. monilifera)

Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilfera ssp. monilifera), this time profiling the presence of this invasive shrub aster in the inner metropolitan. The photographs here show the species  …  Read the full post

Cherry Plum (<em>Prunus cerasifera</em>)

Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera)

Format ImagePosted on September 17, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on 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

Boneseed (<em>Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera</em>)

Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera)

Format ImagePosted on September 13, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera)

Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera), a South African coastal shrub aster now more widespread in Australia and New Zealand than in its native range. Boneseed  …  Read the full post

Geraldton Carnation Weed (<em>Euphorbia terracina</em>)

Geraldton Carnation Weed (Euphorbia terracina)

Format ImagePosted on September 10, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Geraldton Carnation Weed (Euphorbia terracina)

Geraldton Carnation Weed (Euphorbia terracina), a Mediterranean perennial established across southern Australia as a weed of pasture, roadsides and bushland. Also called False Caper Spurge  …  Read the full post

Oval Heron’s-bill (<em>Erodium malacoides</em>)

Oval Heron’s-bill (Erodium malacoides)

Format ImagePosted on September 9, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Oval Heron’s-bill (Erodium malacoides)

Oval Heron’s-bill (Erodium malacoides), a ‘mallow-leafed’ geranium native to the Mediterranean basin but spread to similar climates around the world as a contaminant of seed  …  Read the full post

Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill (<em>Geranium molle</em>)

Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill (Geranium molle)

Format ImagePosted on September 3, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill (Geranium molle)

Dove’s-foot Crane’s-bill (Geranium molle), a Eurasian annual introduced to 19th century Australia as a contaminant of grain and fodder seed. This geranium has been noted  …  Read the full post

Trailing African Daisy (<em>Dimorphotheca fruticosa</em>)

Trailing African Daisy (Dimorphotheca fruticosa)

Format ImagePosted on August 30, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Trailing African Daisy (Dimorphotheca fruticosa)

Trailing African Daisy (Dimorphotheca fruticosa), a showy South African aster that has springboarded back into ruderal ecology in an increasing number of Mediterranean climates around  …  Read the full post

Large-flower wood-sorrel (<em>Oxalis purpurea</em>)

Large-flower wood-sorrel (Oxalis purpurea)

Format ImagePosted on August 27, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Large-flower wood-sorrel (Oxalis purpurea)

Large-flower wood-sorrel (Oxalis purpurea), a South African perennial bulb adopted as a garden ornamental. Typically flowering a bright magenta as seen here, white and pale-pink  …  Read the full post

Large Mediterranean Spurge (<em>Euphorbia characias</em>)

Large Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias)

Format ImagePosted on August 14, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Large Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias)

Large Mediterranean Spurge (Euphorbia characias), another beloved Eurasian garden filler with gloriously alien inflorescences and caustic latex sap. Tolerant of drought and high salinity levels,  …  Read the full post

Tree Aeonium (<em>Aeonium arboreum</em>)

Tree Aeonium (Aeonium arboreum)

Format ImagePosted on August 12, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Tree Aeonium (Aeonium arboreum)

Tree Aeonium (Aeonium arboreum), a Canary Islands native widely adopted into horticultural use and available in Melbourne from at least the 1850s. Aeonium is inherent  …  Read the full post

Cape Wattle (<em>Paraserianthes lophantha</em>)

Cape Wattle (Paraserianthes lophantha)

Format ImagePosted on August 8, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Cape Wattle (Paraserianthes lophantha)

Cape Wattle (Paraserianthes lophantha), a Western Australian relative of Acacia that has been distributed in European cultivation across the rest of the continent. Widely purported  …  Read the full post

Rambling Dock (<em>Acetosa sagittata</em>)

Rambling Dock (Acetosa sagittata)

Format ImagePosted on August 6, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Rambling Dock (Acetosa sagittata)

Rambling Dock (Acetosa sagittata), a long-lived perennial creeper from Southern Africa, naturalised in Australia and NZ. Rambling Dock was recorded in NSW from 1896, where  …  Read the full post

Inkweed (<em>Phytolacca octandra</em>)

Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra)

Format ImagePosted on August 2, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra)

Inkweed (Phytolacca octandra), a toxic Central American colonist of disturbed and low-nutrient sites. Similar to the American pokeweed that was popular as a medicinal tincture,  …  Read the full post

Annual Saltmarsh Aster or Aster-weed (<em>Symphyotrichum subulatum</em>)

Annual Saltmarsh Aster or Aster-weed (Symphyotrichum subulatum)

Format ImagePosted on August 1, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Annual Saltmarsh Aster or Aster-weed (Symphyotrichum subulatum)

Annual Saltmarsh Aster or Aster-weed (Symphyotrichum subulatum), naturalised on brackish wetland areas, riparian banks, irrigation canals, and seasonally wet sites throughout Victoria. Native to saline  …  Read the full post

Wireweed or Hogweed (<em>Polygonum aviculare</em>)

Wireweed or Hogweed (Polygonum aviculare)

Format ImagePosted on July 24, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Wireweed or Hogweed (Polygonum aviculare)

Wireweed or Hogweed (Polygonum aviculare), a European annual weed of roadsides, disturbed and trampled ground, and tilled fields. Usually presenting as a mostly prostrate clump,  …  Read the full post

Common Chickweed (<em>Stellaria media</em>)

Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)

Format ImagePosted on July 23, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)

Common Chickweed (Stellaria media), an annual Eurasian microgreen, herbal remedy and fresh chickenfeed. Stellarias can be distinguished from the related Cerastiums—the Mouse-eared Chickweeds—by the shape  …  Read the full post

Ruby Saltbush (<em>Enchylaena tomentosa</em>)

Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)

Format ImagePosted on July 18, 2019by Weeds of Melbourne2 Comments on Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa)

Ruby Saltbush (Enchylaena tomentosa), a native perennial groundcover growing as a pavement weed in outer Northcote. Ruby Saltbush is a drought and salt-tolerant, mat-forming groundcover  …  Read the full post

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