Oxypetalum coeruleum

Tweedia or Southern Star at Hughes, ACT

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Mike wrote:

   10 Dec 2018

Get rid of it before the seed pods ripen. The seeds have a tuft of long hairs so spread in the wind. The root is quite thick but you can dig the plant out quite easily.

KL wrote:

   10 Dec 2018

Ok will do.

BettyDonWood wrote:

   10 Dec 2018

https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/oxypetalum_coeruleum.htm

KL wrote:

   12 Dec 2018

dug it out last night and put it in the bin

Mike wrote:

   12 Dec 2018

Did you open one of the pods and see the amazing packing of the seeds and filaments?

KL wrote:

   12 Dec 2018

Yes, pretty interesting plant. I don't know why (given the number seeds) that this is the only plant I have seen in this area.

Mike wrote:

   12 Dec 2018

Going by the comments on Oxypetalum coeruleum (Tweedia or Southern Star) on 16 Feb 2015 it started on Red Hill. I have seen it on Mugga Mugga, Isaacs Ridge and Wanniassa Hill.

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.090592-35.327228
• Altitude 594.9m
• Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 9 Dec 2018 06:22 PM Recorded on
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  Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs KL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• True In flower
• 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

• Oxypetalum coeruleum Scientific name
• Tweedia or Southern Star Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Exotic
• Medium weed or pest
• Up to 861m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
• In flower
  

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