Field ablaze with non-native plants: a yellow daisy

Field ablaze with non-native plants: a yellow daisy Arctotheca calendula, and Purple bugloss Echium plantagineum (Arctotheca calendula). north of Perth, western Australia. Echium plantagineum is an invasive weed in Australia. Poisonous to sheep if eaten in quantity - alkaloids in the plant damage livers of grazing sheep. There is an active erradication program in Australia

Ablaze Bugloss Buglosses Calendula Daisy Echium Invasive Native Pests Plantagineum

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