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Giant Honey flower

Melianthus major

Photo by SeraArnold
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Field Notes

Description:

Large bush withs blue-green serrated leaves - around 2-3m tall & 1-3mwide
Evergreen suckering shrub
Has tobacco-brown flower spikes which hang as per photos
All parts of plant are poisonous

Habitat:

Endemic to South Africa, has become naturalised in Australia, New Zealand & India

Notes:

Seen at Melbourne Zoo so assume they're drought tolerant as per most MZ plantings
Environmental weed from Perth to Bunbury, WA

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PublishedAugust 29, 2014

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