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Banana Passionfruit (<em>Passiflora tarminiana</em>)

Banana Passionfruit (Passiflora tarminiana)

Format ImagePosted on February 17, 2021by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Banana Passionfruit (Passiflora tarminiana)

Banana Passionfruit (Passiflora tarminiana), an expert climber with edible fruit. Formerly planted more widely for the fruit (although this is often described as somewhat insipid),  …  Read the full post

St John’s Wort (<em>Hypericum perforatum</em>)

St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

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St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum), a Eurasian perennial and herbal remedy widely established across temperate Australia. It is impossible to tell the story of St John’s  …  Read the full post

Italian Arum Lily (<em>Arum italicum</em>)

Italian Arum Lily (Arum italicum)

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Italian Arum Lily (Arum italicum), known to past generations as the ‘Cuckoo-pint’, a green-flowering Mediterranean bulb of deep shade, and minor relative of the ubiquitous  …  Read the full post

Tutsan (<em>Hypericum androsaemum</em>)

Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum)

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Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum), a striking Eurasian St. Johns Wort with a shrubby aspect and attractive red fruits turning black at maturity. Naturalised in New Zealand  …  Read the full post

Pelisser’s Toadflax (<em>Linaria pelisseriana</em>)

Pelisser’s Toadflax (Linaria pelisseriana)

Format ImagePosted on November 13, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Pelisser’s Toadflax (Linaria pelisseriana)

Pelisser’s Toadflax (Linaria pelisseriana), a slender purple-flowering member of Plantaginaceae originating in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Pelisser’s Toadflax was first recorded growing freely in  …  Read the full post

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

Blanket Fern (<em>Asplenium subglandulosum</em>)

Blanket Fern (Asplenium subglandulosum)

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Blanket Fern (Asplenium subglandulosum), a tough indigenous ground fern found throughout Australia and New Zealand as an inhabitant of rock crevices, and a very atypical  …  Read the full post

Two-leaf Cape Tulip (<em>Moraea miniata</em>)

Two-leaf Cape Tulip (Moraea miniata)

Format ImagePosted on September 17, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Two-leaf Cape Tulip (Moraea miniata)

Two-leaf Cape Tulip (Moraea miniata), one of several South African species of the genus established in Australia and nowhere else in the world. Imported alongside  …  Read the full post

False Strawberry (<em>Potentilla indica</em>)

False Strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Format ImagePosted on July 30, 2020by Weeds of Melbourne1 Comment on False Strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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

False Sowthistle (<em>Reichardia tingitana</em>)

False Sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana)

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False Sowthistle (Reichardia tingitana), a fancy, sand- and salt-loving yellow aster from the Mediterranean and Middle East. A plant of coastal dunes and saline deserts  …  Read the full post

Teasel (<em>Dipsacus fullonum</em>)

Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

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Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), a biennial Eurasian colonist of damp ground, introduced to Australia as a textile comb, grain contaminant and occasional ornamental and floriculture selection.  …  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

Stinkwort (<em>Dittrichia graveolens</em>)

Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens)

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Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens), an autumn-flowering annual aster with an aggressive aroma and Eurasian origin. Although the first Australian collection dates to 1876, Stinkwort was spreading  …  Read the full post

Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (<em>Oenothera laciniata</em>)

Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata)

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Cut-leaved Evening Primrose (Oenothera laciniata), an annual or short-lived perennial from the sand prairies of the eastern United States. Introduced in 1770 to English cultivation  …  Read the full post

White Stonecrop (<em>Sedum album</em>)

White Stonecrop (Sedum album)

Format ImagePosted on March 11, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on White Stonecrop (Sedum album)

White Stonecrop (Sedum album), a modest European succulent well-established in parts of coastal North America and a rare or perhaps just cryptic presence in southern  …  Read the full post

Trailing Snapdragon (<em>Asarina procumbens</em>)

Trailing Snapdragon (Asarina procumbens)

Format ImagePosted on March 5, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Trailing Snapdragon (Asarina procumbens)

Trailing Snapdragon (Asarina procumbens), a perennial snapdragon originating in the south of France where it grows in rock crevices. Broadly adopted as an ornamental selection,  …  Read the full post

Self-heal (<em>Prunella vulgaris</em>)

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Format ImagePosted on March 3, 2020by Weeds of Melbourne1 Comment on Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), a Eurasian meadow mint turned cosmopolitan homesteader of temperate lawns and roadsides worldwide. Collected at Sydney as early as 1802, in those  …  Read the full post

Lesser Swine’s Cress (<em>Lepidium didymum</em>)

Lesser Swine’s Cress (Lepidium didymum)

Format ImagePosted on February 26, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Lesser Swine’s Cress (Lepidium didymum)

Lesser Swine’s Cress (Lepidium didymum), a South American member of the mustard family introduced to Europe by early colonial transfers, and from there to Australia  …  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)

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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

Common Ice-plant (<em>Mesembryanthemum crystallinum</em>)

Common Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Format ImagePosted on January 22, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Common Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Common Ice-plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), a dew-spangled exotic relative of Australia’s friendly native pigfaces. The name ‘Ice-plant’ refers to the prominent bladder cells which store water  …  Read the full post

Hairy Willow-herb (<em>Epilobium hirtigerum</em>)

Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium hirtigerum)

Format ImagePosted on January 21, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium hirtigerum)

Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium hirtigerum), an ephemeral Australian native plant whose lifeways flit between areas of disturbance. Hairy Willow-herb is adapted to exploit sites of short-lived  …  Read the full post

Yellow Glandweed (<em>Bellardia viscosa</em>)

Yellow Glandweed (Bellardia viscosa)

Format ImagePosted on January 17, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Yellow Glandweed (Bellardia viscosa)

Yellow Glandweed (Bellardia viscosa), a hemi-parasitic European broomrape spread to Australia in the late 19th century in contaminated grass seed. The species colonises paddocks, along  …  Read the full post

Cotton Fireweed (<em>Senecio quadridentatus</em>)

Cotton Fireweed (Senecio quadridentatus)

Format ImagePosted on January 15, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Cotton Fireweed (Senecio quadridentatus)

Cotton Fireweed (Senecio quadridentatus), a native Australian member of the genus demonstrating that its exotic cousins are not the only members of Senecio with capacity  …  Read the full post

Sea Spurge (<em>Euphorbia paralias</em>)

Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias)

Format ImagePosted on January 13, 2020by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias)

Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias), a Mediterranean spurge introduced to Australian coasts and now actively transforming dune environments around the continent’s southern perimeter. Sea Spurge alters  …  Read the full post

African Thistle (<em>Berkheya rigida</em>)

African Thistle (Berkheya rigida)

Format ImagePosted on December 4, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on African Thistle (Berkheya rigida)

African Thistle (Berkheya rigida), a fantastically prickled perennial aster introduced to Australian ports (and apparently no other global destination) in the ballast of empty ships  …  Read the full post

Sweet Briar (<em>Rosa rubiginosa</em>)

Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa)

Format ImagePosted on November 20, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on 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

Paterson’s Curse (<em>Echium plantagineum</em>)

Paterson’s Curse (Echium plantagineum)

Format ImagePosted on November 13, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Paterson’s Curse (Echium plantagineum)

Paterson’s Curse (Echium plantagineum), a Western Mediterranean annual rendered iconic by the extent and impact of its Australian invasions. This colour out of space was  …  Read the full post

Horehound (<em>Marrubium vulgare</em>)

Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

Format ImagePosted on November 8, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)

Horehound (Marrubium vulgare), a Eurasian medicinal herb and ubiquitous inland nuisance of grazed land and roadside throughout SE Australia. Unpalatable to sheep, with seed cases  …  Read the full post

Hairy Pink (<em>Petrorhagia dubia</em>)

Hairy Pink (Petrorhagia dubia)

Format ImagePosted on November 7, 2019by Weeds of MelbourneLeave a comment on Hairy Pink (Petrorhagia dubia)

Hairy Pink (Petrorhagia dubia), one of a pair of Western Mediterranean species of the genus that were introduced to Victoria in contaminated seed. It can  …  Read the full post

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