Asclepias curassavica

Tropical Milkweed, Red-head Cotton-bush at Lilli Pilli, NSW

Asclepias curassavica at Lilli Pilli, NSW - 7 Jan 2019
Asclepias curassavica at Lilli Pilli, NSW - 7 Jan 2019
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Asclepias curassavica 10 Jan 2019 BettyDonWood
Asclepias curassavica 10 Jan 2019 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 7 Jan 2019 nickhopkins

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3 comments

plants wrote:
   10 Jan 2019
This is generally a tropical species, mainly northwards from the far north coast of NSW.
I do not know it naturalised south of Sydney - was this plant naturalised?
nickhopkins wrote:
   11 Jan 2019
no, this was a solitary plant
BettyDonWood wrote:
   11 Jan 2019
Possibly from dumped garden waste. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/asclepias_curassavica.htm
The app is almost at the beta testing stage. Not long now, I hope.

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