Artemisia verlotiorum (Chinese Wormwood, Mugwort) at Gigerline Nature Reserve

1 Chinese Wormwood, Mugwort at Gigerline Nature Reserve

Artemisia verlotiorum at Gigerline Nature Reserve - 2 Apr 2017

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Identification history

Artemisia verlotiorum	29 May 2017	michaelb
Artemisia verlotiorum	29 May 2017	michaelb
Cassinia sifton	5 May 2017	BettyDonWood
Erigeron sp.	5 May 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	4 May 2017	michaelb

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michaelb noted:

30 May 2017

Artemisia verlotiorum is invasive and an environmental weed in Victoria and some parts of New South Wales, see: https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/artemisia_verlotiorum.htm It has not been recorded in the ACT for over 30 years. Michael Mulvaney has suggested to Park Rangers that it be eradicated.

Author's notes

In Gigerline Nature Reserve, on the slopes to the west of the Murrumbidgee River.

7 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

5 May 2017

Possibly
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Conyza~bilbaoana

BettyDonWood wrote:

5 May 2017

Cassinia arcuata is woody and the foliage has a distinctive curry smell.

michaelb wrote:

6 May 2017

It is definitely not a Cassinia, and very different from any Conyza species I have seen. I looked at images of Conyza bilbaoana, but they are not close enough.
Since it is so different I would like to get a positive ID. Am happy to collect a specimen to do so.

BettyDonWood wrote:

6 May 2017

Let's see what the herbarium says.

michaelb wrote:

6 May 2017

Definitely not a Conyza sp.
I have got some more photos, and would like to avoid the long trip to ANBG if possible. I've put in two new sightings with pics of the specimens collected:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3376748
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3376749

BettyDonWood wrote:

7 May 2017

It looks as if it ought to be Asteraceae but does not key to anything sensible.

michaelb wrote:

29 May 2017

ID provided by David Albrecht at ANBG.

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