Senecio madagascariensis

Madagascan Fireweed, Fireweed at Watson, ACT

Senecio madagascariensis at Watson, ACT - 24 Jun 2022
Senecio madagascariensis at Watson, ACT - 24 Jun 2022
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Senecio madagascariensis 24 Jun 2022 Tapirlord
Senecio sp. 24 Jun 2022 JVR

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waltraud wrote:
   24 Jun 2022
JVR - If you can could you please go back try to find it and take photos of the flowerhead's underside and perhaps from the side? It looks like the Fireweed S. madagascariensis a highly invasive species which we desperately want to keep out. We found a couple at the lower west slope see for instance Senecio madagascariensis (Madagascan Fireweed, Fireweed) and we assume seeds had been blown into Mt Majura nature reserve from Gungahlin.
JVR wrote:
   24 Jun 2022
Hi Waltraud - happy to go back this arvo, I didn’t have my glasses with me otherwise could have tried for a better ID & pics.
Tapirlord wrote:
   24 Jun 2022
I would just pull it out and bag it, in my mind there is no doubt this is madagascan fireweed. Mt Majura doesn't have a locally occuring look alike species. Senecio pinnatifolius var. alpinus is the the one usually confused with madagascan fireweed, but this doesn't occur in Canberra as it grows in above 1200m.
JVR wrote:
   24 Jun 2022
Will do.
waltraud wrote:
   24 Jun 2022
thanks heaps
w

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