Gomphocarpus_fruticosus

<i>Gomphocarpus fruticosus</i>

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Species of plant

Gomphocarpus fruticosus (swan plant; narrow-leaved cotton bush) is a species of plant native to South Africa.[2] It is also common in Australia and New Zealand where it is a host of the monarch butterfly.[3] The plant's tissues contain sufficient cardenolides that consumption of significant quantities of the plant's leaves, stems, or fruit may lead to death in livestock and humans.[4][5][6]

An illustration of the species in Hortus Romanus

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The plant, also referred to as Narrow leaf cotton bush, has officially been declared a pest in Western Australia.[7]

The species is closely related to Gomphocarpus physocarpus.

References

  1. [1]
    "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, version 1.1".
  2. [2]
    Clive Bromilow; Problem Plants of South Africa, Briza Publications 2001 ISBN 1-875093-27-3
  3. [3]
    Multiple sources:
  4. [4]
    Van Wyk, Van Oudshoorn & Gerike: Medicinal plants of South Africa, Briza Publications 1997. ISBN 1-875093-09-5
  5. [5]
    Philip H. Quanjer. "Milk Weed Asclepias fruticosa". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. [6]
    p. 36 in D. Jesse Wagstaff (2008). International Poisonous Plants Checklist, An Evidence-Based Reference. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN 9781420062533.
  7. [7]
    "Narrow leaf cotton bush: declared pest". agric.wa.gov.au. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021. Narrow leaf cotton bush (Gomphocarpus fruticosus) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).


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