Moth plant (17/49)

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Moth plant flowers and unopened flower buds. Although the flowers are attractive, this weed climbs over and smothers native vegetation, and all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Scientific name: Araujia hortorum (syn. Araujia sericifera)
Common names: Moth plant
Location: Great Mercury Island
Photo ID: 26879
Tags: Apocynaceae, Araujia hortorum, Araujia sericifera, Gentianales, Introduced and Naturalised, Magnoliopsida, New Zealand, North Island, poisonous, Thames-Coromandel District, Tracheophyta, Waikato Region, weed
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