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Post by jack66 on Sept 14, 2011 11:02:33 GMT -5
Hello ! Please ,do you know this plant?   Me, no ! Thank |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Sept 14, 2011 12:00:39 GMT -5
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Post by jack66 on Sept 14, 2011 12:54:33 GMT -5
Thank Joseph, I keep !  |
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Post by raymondo on Sept 15, 2011 4:22:29 GMT -5
They're a weed here in the warmer regions. The seeds can really travel.
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Post by cesarz on Sept 15, 2011 4:42:41 GMT -5
It is Araujia sericifera commonly known as Moth Plant, very invasive weed. Also known as kapok vine, mothvine, cruel plant, milkvine, milk weed, wild choko vine, Araujia hortorum, Physianthus albens.
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Post by flowerpower on Sept 15, 2011 6:23:51 GMT -5
That's definitely Asclepius. The seedpod is immature. |
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Post by raymondo on Sept 15, 2011 6:24:51 GMT -5
Same common name as Asclepias (milkweed), but not Asclepias. I discovered that it's more than just a weed here. It's a declared noxious weed, which means it's outlawed and wanted dead or alive!
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Post by mickey on Sept 15, 2011 11:18:50 GMT -5
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Post by atash on Sept 18, 2011 1:32:45 GMT -5
I think CesarZ is right; Araujia. The only weedy Milkweed is A. syriaca, and that doesn't look like it. The pod looks suspiciously like the pod of Araujia.
Araujia is/was a member of Asclepiadaceae until Asclepiadaceae was merged (why?) into Apocyanaceae, which is already too broad a family.
It would also make sense that it would be Araujia in Jack's subtropical climate, though there are tropical and subtropical Asclepias too.
There is a plant looking suspiciously like that in my backyard.
Years ago someone gave me a Tweedia caerulea. Blue-flowered (!) Asclepid native to Brazil. I thought it would be a summer annual and then freeze to death. Not only survived the winters, but started spreading.
Jack, if you keep it I suggest removing the pods to keep it under control.
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