Cortaderia selloana & C. jubataPampas grass Cat 1

Robust, tussock grass up to 3,5m in diameter, with flowering stalks up to4m high. Greyish- or bluish-green leaves with rough margins. Silvery-white to pink or mauve, feathery inflorescences from February to April.

Cestrum spp.Cestrum spp. Cat 1

Evergreen or deciduousshrubs or small trees.Leaves have smoothmargins. Tubular orfunnel-shaped, fragrantflowers are borne inclusters. Various colours.Some flowers are night-scented. Flowers arefollowed by small, black orred poisonous berries.

Araujia sericifera Moth catcher Cat 1

Vigorous climber with milky juice up to 5m orhigher. Leaves are dark green and smoothabove and pale green or whitish below with short, dense hairs. White,cream or pale pink flowers from November to April. Green, spongy fruitswhich turn brown and woody and split to release numerous blackishseeds. Poisonous.

Pennisetum setaceumFountain grass Cat 1

Sparsely branching,tussock-forming perennial grass withfeathery, spike-likeinflorescences. Thebristles are long anddetach with thespikelets. Leaves areup to 40cm long andare not rigid or endingin sharp points.Inflorescence is 10-25cm long and isusually purple or rose-coloured. (Excluding sterile cultivar 'Rubrum')

Cereus jamacaruQueen of the night Cat 1

Spiny tree 3-7m high withthick, succulent branchesfrom a short, woodytrunk. Spines are ingroups of 5-10 and thecut stems don't exude amilky latex. No leaves butshowy white flowersappear at night fromNovember to January.Yellowish-pink succulentberries.

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Eichhornia crassipesWater hyacinth Cat 1

Perennial aquatic plant, free-floating or anchored in shallow water,usually 10-20cm high but up to 1m when growing in dense mats. Shiny,dark green leaves in rosettes with distinctive, swollen, bladder-likepetioles. Pale violet or blue flowers in 8-10 flowered spikes fromNovember to April.

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