sida's in australia

[planthelper]

I went for a long walk today, and spotted an abundance of various sidas on the track, some of them native to Australia.

many of the images one can find on the internet, regarding sida, are wrongly id'ed, so hopefully we can get it right.

i hope people who know more than me, will make sure, all id's are correct.

convolute photo of sida leaves i collected today:
i am currently only sure to correctly indentify two of them.
from the left, 1st leaf sida subsicata, 2nd sida cordifolia.



from the left (sorry for the shrivelled up leaves)
1st, sida cordifolia
2nd, sida rhombifolia (?)
3rd, currently unknown
4th, sida subspicata
5th, sida acuta (?)
6th, currently unknown




1, sida subspicata, queensland hemp, a native Australian sida.



2, sida cordifolia, a non native sida.




please note that, for example this, herbarium specimen of a rhombifolia, displays many small, non rhombic leaves, which means, my number 6 (wooden backround, could be as well a rhombifolia.
http://www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Faculty/rickmiller/NativePlantsImages/PlantImages/Sida%20rhombifolia.jpg

sida acuta, http://www.google.com.au/imgres?q=sida+acuta&sa=X&biw=1097&bih=546&tbm=isch&tbnid=B75I2VNgWCNFJM:&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sida_acuta_Blanco2.366-original.png&docid=e3oB1kKaWl5jaM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Sida_acuta_Blanco2.366-original.png&w=1404&h=2070&ei=78aVUfjqL8TzlAWz_YHACg&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:16,s:0,i:143&iact=rc&dur=1970&page=2&tbnh=175&tbnw=119&start=9&ndsp=15&tx=68.4285888671875&ty=95.85716247558594

worx in progress!

Edited January 1, 2014 by planthelper

[planthelper]

from the top, high resolution pic.

sida subspicata

sida cordifolia

sida unknown

[PhoenixSon]

too many sida's in aus!

bitch to remove and seed like mad.

see them nearly everywhere.

good pics to id..

[Leaves]

Planthelper I thought that the pic of the plant labelled S.cordifolia #2 is in fact rhombifolia. I thought cordifolia was a bit hairy? Whatever species that one is I have seen it from Melbourne to Cairns. It is out of control.

Someone from India on facebook told me the brew is stronger when steeped for long enough for the water to turn green. Turns yellow at first then goes green after 1+ hours.

Edited July 28, 2013 by Leaves

[Meditator]

Hey this thread is a couple months old, but did you ever test the sida acuta you found for activity?

[Leaves]

I air dried 2 whole S.acuta (the one with the diamond shaped leaf?) & ground them, poured boiling water over & after 10min strained. I did not notice any stimulation but I didn't feel unhealthy either.

[hypnotoad]

These are the ones I get through my house. Would like to know what they are.

My camera isn't good enough to take a photo of the seed.

edit- picture 3 is different plant from 1 2 and 4

Edited December 31, 2013 by gunfighter

[paradox]

gunfighter they're all sida rhombifolia. bloody weed

[paradox]

actually they're not that bad, they can be useful to help break up compacted soil over time as they have a deep tap root..

[hypnotoad]

They appear in all the places normal weeds and grass won't grow.