Lycium barbarum
Chinese Box-thorn at Cooma, NSW
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| Lycium barbarum | BettyDonWood | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| Lycium barbarum | BettyDonWood | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| Unverified | brunonia | 10 Mar 2017 |
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New species - Lycium barbarum (Chinese Boxthorn). Identified by Matthew Baker and Steve Taylor. Previously only seems to be known from Tasmania. Found by Brett Jones. Margaret Ning
2 comments
11 Mar 2017
My initial impression was that this plant was without thorns, but on a closer look I found some. Any chance of a closeup showing some time thorns, and the flower in photo 2?
I don't know how they got the idea it was mainly in Tasmania. The most recent local sightings of it on the Atlas of Living Australia were in Queanbeyan in 1997.
I don't know how they got the idea it was mainly in Tasmania. The most recent local sightings of it on the Atlas of Living Australia were in Queanbeyan in 1997.
11 Mar 2017
It was identified on Steve Taylor/Jenny Conolly's Canberra Invasive Plants Facebook site, after Cooma Weeds Officer sent in a pic from Cooma. The Tasmanian comment was made on that Facebook site.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107744-36.238069
- Altitude 850.9m
- Places Cooma, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 6 Mar 2017 10:08 AM Recorded on
- brunonia Recorded by
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Species information
- Lycium barbarum Scientific name
- Chinese Box-thorn Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- 850.9m Recorded at altitude
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