Oxypetalum coeruleum

Tweedia or Southern Star at Isaacs Ridge

Oxypetalum coeruleum at Isaacs Ridge - 16 Feb 2015
Oxypetalum coeruleum at Isaacs Ridge - 16 Feb 2015
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Oxypetalum coeruleum 20 Feb 2015 MichaelMulvaney
Oxypetalum coeruleum 18 Feb 2015 Mike

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Mike wrote:
   19 Feb 2015
Has anyone else seen this South American weed in Canberra Nature Park recently? I would like to get rid of it before it spreads any more. The dense patch is about 1250 sq.m. with a smaller patch up hill.
   21 Feb 2015
Mike I suspect that Charlie Russell introduced Tweedia to Red Hill in hay that he acquired from northern NSW. We have been mattocking it off Red Hill for over twenty years. It is frost sensitive and gets knocked back by heavy frosts. I suspect that the infestation on Isaacs Ridge spread within mud on vehicles or boots from Red Hill. Cut and dab with round-up works in the more rocky areas

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