Bulbs: Montbretia (Crocosmia X crocosmiiflora )
Plants which grow from a bulb or corm are usually visible above ground for only part of the year. This is the case for most of the plants illustrated here, except for aristea which grows from a rhizome rather than a bulb, and has foliage visible ... [... more]
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Common prickly pear (Opuntia stricta)
Declared noxious in all south coast LGA's in category W4f (cannot be sold or propagated, and landowners must implement biological or other control program as directed by the Local Control Authority). Both are cacti, with swollen fleshy stems, ... [... more]
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Lion's Tail (Leonotis leonurus)
A perennial but not very woody shrub 0.5 to 2m high with finely furry grooved stems. Leaves are in opposite pairs, sparsely hairy, the same colour above and below, with toothed margins and a bluntly pointed tip, 5-8cm long. Flowers are orange, ... [... more]
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sunshine wattle
Straggly evergreen shrub or small tree to 8m high, but usually smaller. The twigs are slightly ribbed, with the narrow raised ribs running down the stem from the base of each leaf. Leaves are compound, of numerous small leaflets similar to those ... [... more]
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Cobbler's pegs (Bidens pilosa)
An erect annual or perennial herb with branching habit to about 1m high. Leaves are deeply divided into three toothed lobes, with the terminal lobe larger than the other two. Individual flowers are yellow but are tiny and held in dense terminal ... [... more]
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Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis)
Noxious in category W2 in Eurobodalla and Bega Valley Local Government Areas (must be continually suppressed and destroyed), and in category W2 or W3 (must be prevented from spreading and controlled to Council's satisfaction) in Shoalhaven LGA ... [... more]
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Formosan or Taiwan lily (Lilium formosanum)
Infestations can be dug out, but the bulb and any small bulbils forming around the old bulb must also be removed and disposed of safely (by burning or deep burial). Removing the flowers as soon as they have finished, before seed production can ... [... more]
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Arum or calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
An erect perennial herb to about 1m high, which forms large clumps over time. Leaves are very large (to 60cm long), glossy, dark green and arrowhead-shaped. Flowers consist of a large (to 25cm long) white sheath enclosing a yellow spike. The ... [... more]
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Moth plant (Araujia sericifera, formerly A
A woody vine with oval leaves, sometimes with a slightly heart-shaped base, and a white underside, growing in opposite pairs. The leaf upper surface is a dull dark green, not glossy. Milky sap is produced from cuts. Showy white shortly tubular ... [... more]
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Wandering jew (Tradescantia fluminensis, syn. T. albiflora )
A spreading groundcover, which forms extensive mats. Leaves are hairless, glossy, slightly fleshy and dark green. They are arranged alternately along the stems, and are stem-clasping at the base. Flowers are white, about 1 cm across, with a tuft ... [... more]
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Panic Veldtgrass (Ehrharta erecta )
Panic veldtgrass is a soft, bright green grass of shady areas, with flat leaves 5-15mm wide, smooth and hairless. A distinctive feature is the presence of a faint purple band at the base of the leaf where it joins the stem, though plants may not ... [... more]
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Morning glory:
Both species are large vines. The leaves of blue morning glory are broadly heart-shaped or three-lobed, but variable in shape. The leaves of mile-a-minute are very deeply five to seven-lobed. Flowers are tubular, about 8 cm in diameter, and pink ... [... more]
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