THE PLANT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB AND IT IS SOMETIMES CLASSIFIED AS A WEED BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD COLONISER. I FOUND IT IN THE WETLAND AREA IN ONE OF THE PARKS. FROM MY OBSERVATIONS IT SEEMS LIKE THEY GROW IN GROUPS. ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB IS FAVOURED BY CONDITIONS AFTER WOODLAND CLEARANCE AND BURNED AREAS THEREFORE THE OTHER COMMON NAMES FOR THIS PLANTS ARE 'BOMBWEED' AND 'FIREWEED'.
ROSEBAY WILLOWHERD CONSISTS OF A LONG STEM, NARROW LEAVES AND THEIR UNIQUE VEIN STRUCTURE AND FLOWERS - PINK IN SUMMER AND TURNING INTO FLUFFY WHITE SEED HEADS IN AUTUMN AS SEEN ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE SEEDS HAVE SILKY HAIRS AN ARE VERY EASILY SPREAD BY THE WIND, IT GROWS IN THE OPEN SPACES WHERE IT'S WINDY AND THE SEED CAN REACH THE FULLEST SPEED.
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