Araujia sericifera

Moth Plant at Symonston, ACT

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Identification history

Araujia sericifera	12 Feb 2016	BettyDonWood
Araujia sericifera	12 Feb 2016	Mike
Unidentified	12 Feb 2016	Mike

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Specimens collected for National Herbarium. Plant removed 17/2/2016.

6 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

13 Feb 2016

Mike it would be good if you can mattock these plants out, or cut them at ground level and apply neat roundup. Let me know if you need help

Mike wrote:

13 Feb 2016

I thought you'd say that.

Mike wrote:

18 Feb 2016

Specimens collected for National Herbarium. Plant removed.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

24 Feb 2016

Good one Mike, moth vine is one we want to eradicate before it becomes established.

ibaird wrote:

29 Feb 2016

This species is a food plant of the Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus,

Mike wrote:

1 Mar 2016

Same family as swan plant Gomphocarpus physocarpus and Asclepias sp. milkweed. Araijia is probably too much of a risk to keep as food for an introduced species even though the Monarch butterfly is very pretty. My father used to breed them with swan plant as food.
Should we keep Cootamundra wattle as food plant for superb parrot or Pyracantha as food for rosellas and currawongs?

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