Any Suggestions? 10/01 by Greg Christie

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10-JAN-2009	G. Christie

If anyone can identify this plant please let me know. I suspect that it is a weed here.

Olympus E-1 ,Olympus Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6
1/250s f/9.0 at 42.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Yvonne		10-Jan-2009 23:46
A solid looking weed Greg!

Greg Christie		10-Jan-2009 21:39
A thank you to the guest poster for the taxonomy and description of this plant. It is definitely a weed in Australia with some areas declaring it noxious and requiring removal and or control by the land holder.

Guest		10-Jan-2009 13:22
Great image, Greg. I was going to call it a milk weed plant, but the guest seems to be more of a plantoligist than I. Well done.

Guest		10-Jan-2009 08:12
This is called a swan plant (Gomphocarpus fruticosus). The Monarch Butterfly lays its eggs on the plant's leaves and the leaves are basically the only food the caterpillars from the hatched eggs eat.

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