Oxypetalum coeruleum
Tweedia or Southern Star at Hughes, ACT
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| Oxypetalum coeruleum | BettyDonWood | 10 Dec 2018 | |
| Oxypetalum coeruleum | Mike | 9 Dec 2018 | |
| Unverified | KL | 9 Dec 2018 |
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slightly furry leaves. weed?
7 comments
10 Dec 2018
Get rid of it before the seed pods ripen. The seeds have a tuft of long hairs so spread in the wind. The root is quite thick but you can dig the plant out quite easily.
10 Dec 2018
https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/oxypetalum_coeruleum.htm
12 Dec 2018
Did you open one of the pods and see the amazing packing of the seeds and filaments?
12 Dec 2018
Yes, pretty interesting plant. I don't know why (given the number seeds) that this is the only plant I have seen in this area.
12 Dec 2018
Going by the comments on 
Oxypetalum coeruleum (Tweedia or Southern Star) on 16 Feb 2015 it started on Red Hill. I have seen it on Mugga Mugga, Isaacs Ridge and Wanniassa Hill.
Oxypetalum coeruleum (Tweedia or Southern Star) on 16 Feb 2015 it started on Red Hill. I have seen it on Mugga Mugga, Isaacs Ridge and Wanniassa Hill.Location information
- Coordinates 149.090592-35.327228
- Altitude 594.9m
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Dec 2018 06:22 PM Recorded on
- KL Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
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Species information
- Oxypetalum coeruleum Scientific name
- Tweedia or Southern Star Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 861m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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