Sigesbeckia orientalis

Indian Weed at Rocky Hall, NSW

Sigesbeckia orientalis at Rocky Hall, NSW - 16 Apr 2020
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Identification history

Unidentified 19 Apr 2020 JoyGeorgeson

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Regrowth after bushfire 1st February

3 comments

JackieMiles wrote:
   23 Apr 2020
You need to put each of these photos up as a separate sighting as they are all different species. The 3rd photo is eucalypt seedlings of some species or other and is unidentifiable so not worth putting up. I'm not sure what the 5th photo is either, but if you want to delete all but the 1st photo from this sighting, I can identify it as Indian weed (a native, Sigesbeckia), and then if you out the other 2 up separately, I can ID them as resprouting blackthorn (Bursaria spinosa, a shrub) and Kangaroo Apple, Solanum aviculare, a short-lived shrub that often comes up after disturbance.
JackieMiles wrote:
   26 Apr 2020
OK, I've confirmed the first photo. I'd hoped that would give me an edit button so I could delete the other 4 photos, but it hasn't, so I really need you to do this, otherwise it will be very confusing. Indian Weed is a very common post-disturbance native. Our place at Brogo is currently covered in it, after the drought, as it was after the fire in 2018, and has been after every drought we've had in the last 30 years. It only lasts a season, then if the other veg has recovered by then it dwindles back to being fairly sparse again, until the next disturbance.
JoyGeorgeson wrote:
   26 Apr 2020
Thanks for this Jackie. I will upload the other photos separately.

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Sighting information

  • 101 - 1,000 Abundance
  • 16 Apr 2020 10:56 AM Recorded on
  • JoyGeorgeson Recorded by

Additional information

  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Sigesbeckia orientalis Scientific name
  • Indian Weed Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 667.11m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
  • Synonyms

    Sigesbeckia orientalis subsp. orientalis

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