Tahitian Bridal Veil at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Gibasis geniculata | 13 May 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Gibasis geniculata | 7 May 2018 | HarleyB |
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User's notes
A few nurseries are selling this. Has anyone had experience with this becoming invasive? (Commelinaceae family) Tahitian bridal veil
4 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
8 May 2018
See the notes on the following page:
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gibasis~pellucida
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gibasis~pellucida
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
14 May 2018
Steve we should do a weed risk assessment on this species. Thanks for bringing it to our attention Harley.
Mike
wrote:
14 May 2018
I haven't found the differences between G. genticulata and G. pellucida but both are called Tahitian bridal veil and are listed as hardiness to USDA Zone 9b to -3,8 degrees C and self seeding so could spread in the ACT. They are sometimes listed as Tradescantia genus.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
17 May 2018
Steve Taylor, Geoff Butler and myself did an preliminary weed risk assessment of Tahitian Bridal Veil, and determined that it's weed risk was not high enough to justify banning its sale in the ACT, but is one that we will need to be watchful about. Geoff also made the point that horticulturally it is a pretty poor specimen - so why buy it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.063842-35.244522
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 5 May 2018 12:15 PM Recorded on
- HarleyB Recorded by
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Plants Climbers & Mistletoes
Additional information
- True In flower
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Gibasis geniculata Scientific name
- Tahitian Bridal Veil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
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In flower
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