#stingingtree

[mareekimberley-blog]

2 surprises on my #earlhill walk, one cute, the other just your average Australian attack plant #stingingtree #wontkillyou #juststingsyou #cairnslife (at Yorkeys Knob, Queensland, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9eHDvmn1MV/?igshid=3vqmlni9kvso

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 28 February 2018

Being in flower the Wigandia urens (fibreglass plant, stinging tree) was proving popular with the local bee population in the Garden of the Americas, a public botanical garden in Seville, Spain. This sparsely branching evergreen has large leaves and the plant is covered in yellow or rusty orange irritant hairs. It originates from Mexico and Central American and has become an invasive species in some countries such as South Africa. In this garden there was also some botanical ceramic tiles on an underpass in the gardens!

Jill Raggett