Phytolacca octandra

Inkweed at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

	Phytolacca octandra	4 Jan 2022	Tapirlord
	Unidentified	4 Jan 2022	sbittinger

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Some kind of large weed I don't recall seeing on Mount Majura before. There were a couple of plants, with numerous grasshoppers on the plants.

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waltraud wrote:

5 Jan 2022

hi Steve
could you please pull out and bag the Inkweeds? it looks like they already developed fruits and require bagging.
Usually, Inkweed occurs at warmer places; most likely the Inkweed escaped from a garden (the fruits are eaten and spread by birds) and benefitted from the last mild winters in Canberra.
many thanks
Waltraud

sbittinger wrote:

6 Jan 2022

Done. I have removed a number of Inkweed plants that were growing at that location. The mature plant has a remarkably large, tuber-like taproot, which forced to to do a lot of digging to completely remove.

waltraud wrote:

6 Jan 2022

Great Steve, many thanks; I will be forwarding the info to the ACT Weed officer Steve Taylor.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.184650 -35.227961
Altitude 791.0m
Maps Mount Majura
Places Watson, ACT

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
3 Jan 2022 07:13 AM Recorded on
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Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Phytolacca octandra Scientific name
Inkweed Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Non-Invasive
Up to 958m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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