Araujia sericifera

Moth Plant at Symonston, ACT

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Araujia sericifera BettyDonWood 12 Feb 2016
Araujia sericifera Mike 12 Feb 2016
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Specimens collected for National Herbarium. Plant removed 17/2/2016.

6 comments

   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
   13 Feb 2016
I thought you'd say that.
   18 Feb 2016
Specimens collected for National Herbarium. Plant removed.
   24 Feb 2016
Good one Mike, moth vine is one we want to eradicate before it becomes established.
   29 Feb 2016
This species is a food plant of the Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus,
   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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  • 12 Feb 2016 11:53 AM Recorded on
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