Alternanthera philoxeroides

Alligator Weed at Evatt, ACT

Alternanthera philoxeroides at Evatt, ACT - 14 Feb 2024
Alternanthera philoxeroides at Evatt, ACT - 14 Feb 2024
Alternanthera philoxeroides at Evatt, ACT - 14 Feb 2024
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Identification history

Alternanthera philoxeroides 8 Jun 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Alternanthera philoxeroides 13 Mar 2024 Tapirlord
Unidentified 12 Mar 2024 Jmetcalfe001

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3 comments

JaneR wrote:
   13 Mar 2024
looks very likely, Ciaran: am looking on my phone and image is not best resolution. Was there no flowering nearby ?

There had been a disconcerting flurrry of sightings of this plant late this season.
BioSecurity - what do you think - Contamination? or dispersal ?
Tapirlord wrote:
   13 Mar 2024
I'm not sure Jane, this one isn't my record.

@ACTBioSecurity very curious re. Jane's question myself
   8 Jun 2024
This is a known major infestation - reported previously in 2019

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  • False In flower

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