Bryophyllum delagoense

Mother-of-millions at Red Head Villages Bushcare

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Identification history

Bryophyllum delagoense	2 Sep 2018	BettyDonWood
Bryophyllum species	18 Aug 2018	PaulMartin
Unidentified	18 Aug 2018	Joey8

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PaulMartin wrote:

18 Aug 2018

Mother of Millions (Bryophyllum spp)

Joey8 wrote:

18 Aug 2018

Is it a weed?

PaulMartin wrote:

19 Aug 2018

Yes, escaped garden plant. Typically found in urban bushland reserves and along roadsides close to urban areas. Grows very well in poor shallow soils and is very toxic to stock.

BettyDonWood wrote:

2 Sep 2018

It should be removed. http://weeds.dpi.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Details/93

JackieMiles wrote:

2 Sep 2018

Good luck with removing it. From the photo it appears there are rather a lot of them. But if it is an isolated infestation then it could be worth a shot. It would need lots of follow-up though. If you look closely at the leaf tips you may see lots of little attached plantlets, which drop to the ground and take root, so it has huge potential to multiply. I'm not sure if it also does so from seed.

PaulMartin wrote:

2 Sep 2018

Hi Betty, Bryophyllum spp are widespread in the south coast. Where they impact vegetation for which they are a key threatening process (e.g, herbs / forbs / grasslands) then, yes we control them along with a suite of other spp that present a risk to that veg community. Otherwise it is up to the landholders to remove it. Certainly, you won't find it on a farm that runs cattle or horses due to the high risk it poses for poisoning. It is also a very difficult plant to control over the long term, so when we look at controlling an infestation we must look at the long term maintenance of that site within the scope of our very limited resources.

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