Weeds Identification (PDF, 13MB, new window) - Manningham City ...
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Lillies and Bulbs<br />
8<br />
Arum Lily<br />
Zantedeschia aethiopica<br />
Status:<br />
Serious environmental weed<br />
Garden escape<br />
Found in moist areas, gullies and streams<br />
Features: Perennial herb with a tuberous rhizome.<br />
Large glossy green arrowhead shaped leaves<br />
on long fleshy stalks to 1.5m. Large white funnel<br />
shaped flowers with a bright yellow spike in the<br />
middle, from late winter to spring.<br />
Dispersal: Seeds spread by birds, foxes and water.<br />
Dumped garden plants with rhizomes can re–shoot.<br />
Warning: Poisonous. Ingestion can be fatal.<br />
Control:<br />
Common Onion Grass<br />
Romulea rosea var. australis<br />
Status:<br />
Serious environmental weed<br />
Features: Upright perennial herb growing from an<br />
underground corm. Fine leaves to 35cm, oval in<br />
cross section. So tough that mowers leave them<br />
uncut or tattered. Small pink to purple flowers with<br />
yellow centres in spring. Abundant in pasture,<br />
roadsides and waste areas. Follows disturbance into<br />
bush.<br />
Dispersal: Seed. Corms transported in<br />
contaminated soil.<br />
Control:
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