Oxypetalum coeruleum

Tweedia or Southern Star at Hughes, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

	Oxypetalum coeruleum	11 Mar 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	11 Mar 2020	jennyt

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

4 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

12 Mar 2020

Jenny - dig this one out before it seeds. It is a native to south america - doesn't like the frost but does spread once established. I suspect it was introduced to the Red hill area by Charlie Russell either in hay or cows that he brought down from a property in northern NSW that he also had an interest in

jennyt wrote:

13 Mar 2020

thanks Michael I came across it when out wandering in section 58 so will go looking for it again and remove.

Not being a plant expert I find it had to classify as I don't know which group to look through

jennyt wrote:

13 Mar 2020

Thanks Michael, Have dug it out . It came out easily and was only a single plant but will keep an eye out for others which may be out there. Nice to see lots of Wahlenbergia flowering through the area after the rain.

KL wrote:

7 Apr 2020

removed about a dozen of those in the same location last April.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.090194 -35.327644
Altitude 603.1m
Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
11 Mar 2020 05:50 PM Recorded on
jennyt Recorded by
Collections
Plants Other Wildflowers & Herbs jennyt Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True In flower

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
Machine learning
In flower

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania