WEEDS TO WHACK

Image: fruit and seed Woody twiner flowers in summer, extremly poisonous seeds are bright red with a black spot, hence the name "Crab Eye". The subspecies found here is africanus, and has been widely confused with the native subspecies precatorius, which is...

Habit A native of South America, Abutilon grandifolium is a garden escapee found on waste ground. It is a shrub to 2 m (sometimes more) with hairy stems and leaves. The hairs are simple, to 5mm. Deeply lobed, toothed leaves to 15 cm come to a point at the...

Image: Foliage and flower Abutilon pictum is a a shrub growing to 5 m tall native to Brazil, a popular ornamental plant in subtropical gardens, and has become naturalised in Central America. A large and relatively dense population of this species (consisting...

Image: Foliage, mature fruit Arrowhead-shaped, light green leaves, stems have purplish ridges running along the length. Large tubers, up to 15 cm long, form near the base of the plant, underground stems grow out with more tubers growing on these stems. Can...

Image: Flowers and leaves Perennial scrambling herb or shrub, sometimes to 1 m but usually smaller and scrambling (decumbent); native to Central and South America. A weed of damp areas such as gullies and creek banks. Leaves paired, narrow. Quickly invades...

Image: Flower Native to tropical America, Billy Goat Weed is an annual or short-lived perennial herb growing to 1m. It is a widespread weed of disturbed areas. A common weed but not a particularly damaging one. Stems and leaves are softly hairy. Mostly...

Image: Foliage Image: Extrafloral nectary This is a...

Image: Foliage Also known as Candleberry, Indian walnut, Kemiri, Varnish tree or Kuku'i nut tree, Candelnut is a rainforest tree of Polynesia, South East Asia, (and North Queensland) now becoming a pest in suburban Brisbane. Its early history is unknown...

A cultivar of Alternanthera brasiliana related to Alligator Weed (A. philoxeriodes) and Khaki Weed (A. pungens). It comes from tropical and sub tropical Central and South America. An emerging weed in the Enoggera catchment due to its heavy use as an...

Image: Habit Khaki weed (Alternanthera pungens) is a widespread weed native to South America. Pungens means "sharp". The plant is spread readily by its many white/yellow prickly burrs carried by contact with animals and people. Grows in dense patches flat...

Image: Habit An annual herb with an erect or semi-erect habit, growing to 1 m in height, native to tropical America. A common weed in gardens, roadsides, parks, pastures, cultivation and other disturbed sites. Stems can be hairless (glabrous) or sparsely...

An annual herb to 2 m. Native to eastern North America. This weed has been sighted spreading rapidly along along Bulimba Creek in Wishart and Sunnybank. Declared a noxious weed in Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Leaves are opposite...

Madeira Vine has been declared a Weed of National Significance Habit and flowers A perennial, twining or climbing vine, forming large numbers of tubers along stems and from the roots. One of the worst weeds of the Enoggera catchment. In bushland, the vines...

Coral vine is native to Mexico, regularly escaping into bushlands and creek edges in South-East Queensland. A perennial vine to 12m in length, climbs by tendrils. Attractive green heart-shaped leaves to 10 cm. In summer the vine produces large branching flower stalks...

Image: Juveniles A tall palm when fully grown (to about 25 m) the Alexandra Palm is closlely related to the locally native Bangalow Palm (A. cunninghamiana) but is a North Queensland plant. The palms found in bush regeneration sites have typically escaped...