Canna Lily
Canna indica

Castor Oil Plant
Ricinus communis

family: EUPHORBIACEAE

Perennial shrub to 10m, large lobed palm-like leaves. red-green (f) and yellow (m) flowers in dense clusters. Common along watercourses and on degraded land. Seeds are highly toxic.

Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare

family: APIACEAE

Perennial herbaceous plant to 2m or more, with long feathery leaves and numerous round stems. Reproduces by seed. Invades damp degraded areas and spreads along watercourses. Related to the edible Florence fennel.

Formosan Lily, Taiwan Lily
Lilium formosanum

A clumping lily up to 1.5m tall, with large white scented trumpet flowers marked with pink to mauve lines. Leaves are tapering, and crowded near the base. The fruit capsule contains numerous seeds which germinate readily and grow rapidly.

Ginger Lily, Wild Ginger
Hedichium gardnerianum

A perennial lily with very large leaves, and a long head of yellow to orange fragrant flowers with bright red filaments. Seeds are distributed by birds. Prefers damp sheltered areas with rich soil. Rhizome may be 1m or more long, and must be removed or poisoned to avoid resprouting.

Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia uvaria

family: LILIACEAE

Large perennial lily with stiff strap-like leaves. Flower stalks to 2m capped with a spike of nectar-rich tubular flowers. Forms thick clumps and threatens sensitive ecosystems such as hanging swamps.

Mistflower
Ageratina riparia

family: ASTERACEAE

Perennial herb with sprawling purplish stems, to 1m. Leaves are narrow and toothed, flowers are small, white, tubular, and produced in clusters. Invades moist disturbed areas and creeklines in the Lower Mountains.

Mother of Millions
Bryophyllum delagoense

Ox-eye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare

Herbaceous annual plant with small white daisy flowers with a yellow centre. Leaves are small and deeply serrated. Increasingly common on roadsides, railway corridors and other disturbed areas in the Upper Blue Mountains. Frequently seen growing with Coreopsis, and has similar weed characteristics.

Peruvian Lily
Alstroemeria aurea

Spider Plant
Chlorophytum comosum

Tutsan
Hypericum androsaemum

Tutsan is a soft spreading shrub to 1.5m tall, with reddish stems, and leaves which have a curry smell. Shiny buttercup-yellow flowers with numerous yellow stamens are followed by a poisonous red fruit which matures to black. Spread by birds (and dumping) into moist sensitive bushland where it can completely dominate the shrub layer.

Watsonia
Watsonia meriana cv. bulbillifera

Umbrella Sedge
Cyperus eragrostis