![]() ![]() ![]() Tolerates damage, wind, fire, all loose soils, and wet to moderately dry conditions but is intolerant of deep shade, deep humus and heavy frost.Grows and matures quickly, producing many well dispersed, long-lived seeds.Dense, erect, cylindrical flower clusters (up to 7 cm long, Nov-Aug) turning from green to pink are produced along the main stem, followed by succulent, purple-black berries (8 mm in diameter) with dark red juice containing seeds.Narrow-oval leaves (40-150 x 15-50 mm) are alternate and light green when young but occasionally turn reddish in autumn. ![]() Hollow and brittle stems are softly woody near the base, usually reddish, much branched, with numerous white dots of crystalline calcium oxalate inside.Bushy, spreading, hairless, smelly, perennial subshrub (Carpets forest floor and prevents regrowth of native seedlings.Climbing asparagus can ring bark, kill soft-barked shrubs and trees, and invade areas where epiphytes are usually found.It forms dense patches on the ground and in the sub-canopy in most forest types with tough, long-lived tubers that re-sprout easily, particularly through dumped vegetation and contaminated soil.It is very similar to bushy asparagus however, bushy asparagus has larger, spiny leaves and thicker stems.Tiny white flowers appear from September to December, followed from October to February by round berries (8mm in diameter) that ripen from green to orange-red and contain 1-2 seeds each.Stems are green and strongly bind to support being multi-branched at the top.Leaves are narrow and lance-shaped, flattened, and curved cladodes, which are in threes at each node 5-15mm long.Fine, fern-like foliage, small delicate leaves attached to hook vines.A slender, scrambling or climbing perennial with green multibranched stems up to 2m long which twine readily.Seeds can remain dormant in the soil and germinate up to 20-30 years later.Vigorous growing habit, seedlings established in summer can produce seeds by autumn.The berries are poisonous to humans if eaten, particularly to children.The dust from the leaves and stems can irritate the skin, eyes, nose, and throat.It inhibits or prevents the regeneration rate of native forests.Woolly nightshade is allelopathic, which means it creates toxins that poison the soil preventing other plants from growing.Aggressive and fast-growing, woolly nightshade forms dense stands which crowd out all other plants.From January - December with, yellow anthers are followed by clusters of round berries that ripen from hard green to soft, dull yellow. Dense clusters of mauve to purple flowers.Velvety, oval, grey-green leaves (10-35 x 3-15 cm) are whitish underneath with prominent 'ears.'.covered in dusty hairs and whitish, branching, soft-woody stems.Spreading, capsicum-smelling shrub or small tree. ![]()
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