I hope someone can help with identification of this tree
It was collected from a garden but I suspect it is a native
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The obvious choice is westringia but I am not convinced. The photo is slightly out of focus. Some of the prostanthera look similar.I am sure there are other species with the same leaf.
Not much help sorry.
Squizz
Not much help sorry.
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A closer pic of the folioage would be better for an ID. It could almost be an African olive or as Squizzy said a native mintbush. (Prostanthera).
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I do remember this plant joel.
I think thats a pretty good guess actually. I am sure it was a plant we used to sell out of a wholesale nursery I once worked at. You say its a bad weed?
Squizz
I think thats a pretty good guess actually. I am sure it was a plant we used to sell out of a wholesale nursery I once worked at. You say its a bad weed?
Squizz
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Hi Squizzy,squizzy wrote:I do remember this plant joel.
I think thats a pretty good guess actually. I am sure it was a plant we used to sell out of a wholesale nursery I once worked at. You say its a bad weed?
Squizz
It was commonly sold years ago for a small flowering shrub and hedge. Nobody had assessed the likelihood of it becoming a weed though and now we are paying. Earlier this year it was added to the "WONS" (Weeds Of National Significance) list. This is a list of the most impacting weeds of Australia. You can find the list here: http://www.weeds.org.au/WoNS/
Here is some info on Cytisus. It includes some CRAZY stats like how many seeds are found in a square meter of soil in heavily infested sites. http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedide ... l&card=E60
Joel
