Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush at Waramanga, ACT

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Identification history

	Gomphocarpus fruticosus	24 May 2017	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	24 May 2017	lesleypeden

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2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

25 May 2017

Lesley the location within suburban Warramanga does not seem to match the images. Can you please check and see if the location needs to be edited. This is rarely recorded in our region, but is a major weed elsewhere in Australia, such as the Adelaide Hills. It would be good to either pull out the two plants (wear gloves) or treat before it spreads further. It is a host plant of the Monarch Butterfly which is another non-local species that is occasionally recorded in our region.

lesleypeden wrote:

25 May 2017

Hi Michael
Thanks for Iding that. My GPS is obviously incurate on my phone as I was on Urambi Hills :-( I will see if I can fix it then get Steve Taylor to go out and remove them. THanks !!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.064163 -35.352222
Places Waramanga, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
23 May 2017 03:58 PM Recorded on
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Plants Other Shrubs lesleypeden Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Gomphocarpus fruticosus Scientific name
Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Medium weed or pest
Up to 716.4m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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