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Botanical Name: |
Common Name: |
Also known as: |
| Acacia baileyana | Cootamundra Wattle | |
| Acaena nova-zelandiae | Buzzy | Bidgee |
| Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore Maple | Sycamore |
| Achillea millefolium | Yarrow | Milfoil |
| Allium triquetrum | Three Cornered Garlic | Angled Onion |
| Allium vineale | Crow Garlic | |
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | Alligator Weed | |
| Amaranthus spp | Amaranth | |
| Anagallis arvensis | Scarlet Pimpernel | |
| Anthemis cotula | Stinking Mayweed | |
| Arctotheca calendula | Capeweed | Cape Dandelion |
| Asparagus asparagoides | Bridal Creeper | |
| Asparagus Species | Asparagus Weeds. | Asparagus fern, Bridal Creeper. Climbing asparagus and Climbing asparagus fern. |
| Brassica rapa | Wild Turnip | |
| Briza maxima | Quaking Grass | Blow Fly Grass |
| Briza minor | Lesser Quaking Grass | |
| Cakile edentula | Sea Rocket | |
| Cardaria draba | Whiteweed | |
| Carduus nutans | Nodding Thistle | |
| Carduus pycnocephalus, C. tenuiflorus | Slender Thistles | (… Thistle) Sheep, Shore, Italian, Winged Slender |
| Carthamus lanatus | Saffron Thistle | Woolly Star Thistle |
| Chenopodium album | Fat Hen | White Goosefoot, Lamb’s Quarters |
| Chrysanthemoides monilifera | Boneseed | |
| Cichorium intybus | Chicory | Belgium Endive, Groundsel Bush, Witloof |
| Cirsium arvense | Californian Thistle | Canada, Perennial Thistle |
| Cirsium vulgare | Spear Thistle | (… Thistle) Black, Scotch, Bull |
| Conium maculatum | Hemlock | |
| Convolvulus arvensis | Field Bindweed | (& Wild) Morning Glory |
| Coprosma repens | Mirror Bush | Coprosma |
| Cortaderia spp | Pampas Grass | |
| Cotoneaster spp | Cotoneaster | |
| Cotoneaster glaucophyllus | Large-leaf Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster |
| Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn | |
| Crocosmia x crocosmiflora | Montbretia | |
| Cuscuta app | Dodder | Mistletoe |
| Cytisus palmensis, Chamaecytisus proliferus | Tree Lucerne | |
| Cytisus scoparius, Genista monspessulana | Broom | |
| Cytisus scoparius subsp. Scoparius | English Broom | |
| Delairea odorata | Cape Ivy | |
| Digitaria purpurea | Foxglove | |
| Dipsacus sylvestris | Teasel | |
| Echium plantagineum | Paterson’s Curse | Salvation Jane, Purple Bugloss |
| Echium vulgare | Vipers Bugloss | Bugloss |
| Elymus repens / Agropyron repens | Rope Twitch | |
| Epilobium billadarianum, E. ciliatum | Willow Herb | |
| Erica lusitanica | Spanish Heath | |
| Erica scorparia | Besom Heath | |
| Erodium spp | Storksbill | Corkscrew, Wild Geranium, Erodium, Crowfoot, Herons Bill |
| Euphorbia lathyrus | Caper Spurge | |
| Euphorbia paralias | Sea Spurge | |
| Fallopia japonica syn Polygonum cuspidatum syn Reynoutria japonica | Japanese Knotweed | |
| Foeniculum vulgare | Fennel | |
| Fumaria muralis | Fumitory | |
| Galium tricornutum | Cleavers | Threehorn Bedstraw, Rough Corn Bedstraw, sticky weed |
| Genista monspessulana | Montpellier Broom | |
| Glyceria maxima | Reed Sweet Grass | Glyceria |
| Hedera helix | English Ivy | |
| Hordeum leporinum | Barley Grass | |
| Hypericum perforatum | St John’s Wort | |
| Hypochoeris radicata | Cat’s Ear | Flatweed, Dandelion |
| Ilex aquifolium | Holly | English Holly |
| Ipomoea spp. | Morning Glory | |
| Lactuca serriola | Prickly Lettuce | Compass Plant, Milk Thistle, Whip Thistle, Wild Lettuce |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | Ox Eye Daisy | |
| Leycesteria formosa | Elisha’s Tears | Himalayan Honeysuckle |
| Ligustrum spp. | Privet | |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese Honeysuckle | |
| Lycium ferocissimum | African Boxthorn | |
| Malva spp | Mallow | (… mallow) Marsh-, Whorled, Whorlflower, Ringleaf Marsh- |
| Marrubium vulgare | Horehound | Hoarhound |
| Myriophyllum aquaticum | Parrot’s Feather | |
| Onopordum acanthium | Cotton Thistle | Grey Thistle |
| Oxalis spp | Oxalis | |
| Oxalis pes-caprae | Soursob | Oxalis |
| Nassela trichotoma | Serrated Tussock | |
| Paraseriantus lophantha | Cape Wattle | |
| Paspalum dilatatum | Paspalum | |
| Passiflora cinnabarina | Red Passionflower
Banana Passionfruit |
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| Pinus radiata | Radiata Pine | |
| Pittosporum undulatum | Sweet Pittosporum | |
| Plantago spp | Plantain | Ribwort, Ribgrass, Lamb’s Tongue |
| Polygala myrtifolia | Myrtle-leaf Milkwort | Parrot Bush |
| Polygonum aviculare | Wireweed | Hogweed, Knot Weed |
| Psoralea pinnata | Blue Butterfly Bush | Blue Psoralea, African scurf-pea |
| Pteridium esculentum | Bracken | |
| Pyracantha angustifolia | Firethorn | Orange/Red Firethorn |
| Raphanus raphanistrum | Wild Radish | Jointed Charlock, Wild (& White) Charlock |
| Reseda spp | Mignonette | |
| Romulea rosea | Onion Grass | Guildford Grass |
| Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet Briar | |
| Rubus fruticosus | Blackberry | Bramble |
| Rumex spp | Dock | |
| Salix alba X fragila | Crack Willow | |
| Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort | |
| Silybum marianum | Varigated Thistle | (… thistle) Milk, Spotted, Bull |
| Sinapis arvensis | Charlock | Wild Mustard |
| Sisymbrium officinale | Hedge Mustard | (… mustard) Tumbling, Oriental, Wild, Indian Hedge; Oriental Rocket |
| Solanum nigrum | Black Nightshade | Blackberry Nightshade, Potato Bush, Tomato Bush |
| Sonchus oleraceus, S. asper | Sow | Milk Thistle, Prickly Sow Thistle, Sow Thistle |
| Sollya heterophylla | Bluebell Creeper | |
| Spartina anglica | Rice Grass | |
| Tragapogon porrifolius | Salsify | |
| Trandescantia albiflora, T. fluminensis | Wandering Jew | Wandering Creeper |
| Typha latifolia | Cumbungi | Bullrush |
| Ulex europaeus | Gorse | Furze |
| Verbascum thapsus | Great Mullien | |
| Vinca major | Blue Periwinkle | |
| Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera | Watsonia | Bulbil Watsonia |