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One dense patch of this plant appeared in our back lawn in spring 2008. The largest plants were flowering by mid-December. This is the first time I've seen this species on our property. I expect the seeds came in on the root masses of old silver beets and sunflowers from either our friend Felix Collins (Samuel Street, Hoon Hay) or my parents (Monowai Crescent, North Beach). These were put on the lawn late autumn and winter for our chickens to eat.
Note that the chickens did a good job of keeping down the lawn over winter and early spring, so this patch was mowed very infrequently, until now.
The pressed plant was collected before I mowed the lawns on Christmas Eve. I left it in water on our kitchen window sil until it flowered, three days later.
3 Gainsborough Street
Hoon Hay
Christchurch
Canterbury
New Zealand
JJS-081224-1_20081229_2
One dense patch of this plant appeared in our back lawn in spring 2008. The largest plants were flowering by mid-December. This is the first time I've seen this species on our property. I expect the seeds came in on the root masses of old silver beets and sunflowers from either our friend Felix Collins (Samuel Street, Hoon Hay) or my parents (Monowai Crescent, North Beach). These were put on the lawn late autumn and winter for our chickens to eat.
Note that the chickens did a good job of keeping down the lawn over winter and early spring, so this patch was mowed very infrequently, until now.
The pressed plant was collected before I mowed the lawns on Christmas Eve. I left it in water on our kitchen window sil until it flowered, three days later.
3 Gainsborough Street
Hoon Hay
Christchurch
Canterbury
New Zealand