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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: fermi de Sousa on March 22, 2014, 12:44:08 PM

Title: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 22, 2014, 12:44:08 PM: This plant appeared in one of the bulb beds under a shrubby acacia.
I think I remember seeing it before but can't remember planting it here.
Being under a shrub I suppose it could've dropped out of a bird...? ::)
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: Maggi Young on March 22, 2014, 01:44:07 PM: Very small photo, fermi........
Title: Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 23, 2014, 03:31:32 AM: Sorry, Maggi,
at home so I'm learning to use "Paint" to re-size pics!
Here's a slightly larger version and some new pics taken today,
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: Oron Peri on March 23, 2014, 05:51:02 AM: Fermi it looks like Enchylaena tomentosa,
just check the stem to see if it is hairy in order to confirm it.
Title: Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: Maggi Young on March 23, 2014, 10:17:19 AM: Quote from: Oron Peri on March 23, 2014, 05:51:02 AM
Fermi it looks like Enchylaena tomentosa,
just check the stem to see if it is hairy in order to confirm it.
...... in which case those fruits are edible, eh?
Title: Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 24, 2014, 07:12:22 AM: Thanks, Oron,
We visited a Native Plants Nursery and saw it in profusion! A worker there confirmed that birds do drop the seeds.
Maggi,
I tasted one of the fruits and I'll stick to strawberries! ;D
cheers
fermi
Title: Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: Lesley Cox on March 24, 2014, 11:37:24 PM: Thought it looked like one of yours Fermi. Quite a nice little plant.
Title: Re: Unknown plant with little red fruit
Post by: fermi de Sousa on March 25, 2014, 08:08:04 AM: Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 24, 2014, 11:37:24 PM
Thought it looked like one of yours Fermi. Quite a nice little plant.
I'm sorry I didn't have the camera to take pics at the nursery (Goldfields Revegetation Nursery - http://www.goldfieldsrevegetation.com.au/ (http://www.goldfieldsrevegetation.com.au/) ) yesterday.
There was even a yellow fruited form as well as other species. The Ruby Salt Bush as it's known usually forms a dense carpet up to a metre across! I can't let it get to that size where it has seeded itself but may transplant it or take cuttings to start off elsewhere - somewhere it can spread to its heart's content. I'll try a few of the other species as well,
cheers
fermi