Common Evening Primrose at Paddys River, ACT
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4 comments
AaronClausen
wrote:
9 Jan 2015
Cool.. Are these the things they get the oil out of? Is it considering a kind of pest Michael, or fine to just leave them be?
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
9 Jan 2015
Thanks for featuring my sighting.
A lot of our exotic weeds have medicinal values. Here is a reference for Evening Primrose, but a related species.
http://health-from-nature.net/Evening_Primrose.html
It is called Evening Primrose because the flowers usually open around sunset.
St John's Wort and Horehound are also widely used by naturopaths.
galah681
wrote:
9 Jan 2015
This species can produce large amounts of seed, so can quickly form large colonies when left. Best to eradicate if possible.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
9 Jan 2015
Common Evening Primrose occurs on disturbed sites. The photograph was taken in a large area along the river which is dominated by African Lovegrass and other weeds, and native species compose less than one percent of the understory ground cover. Compared to African Lovegrass and St John's Wort, which are highly invasive of natural areas, and Blackberry, Great Mullein and various thistles, this plant is a very minor weed.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.066667-35.502222
- Altitude 398.7m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 22 Nov 2014 08:32 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Oenothera stricta subsp. stricta Scientific name
- Common Evening Primrose Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium Weed or Pest
- Up to 877.89m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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