can anyone please identify this plant/weed? I live in Tasmania, Australia. this plant turned up in my garden about 5 years ago. the flower looks sort of like a hop before it flowers, only it is burgundy instead of green. then white flowers emerge, then burgundy berries form. a couple of closer views of the flower
Welcome to UBC forums! Leycesteria formosa. Common names..Himalayan Honeysuckle,Flowering Nutmeg, Himalaya Nutmeg or Pheasant Berry. There is even one now that we grow in UK with yellow foliage...Leycesteria formosa Golden Lanterns. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=L...ux7QbgrYHYDw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1536&bih=726 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leycesteria_formosa https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...pq3uBvvVgfgP&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1536&bih=726
It has become quite invasive in some high-rainfall hill regions in New South Wales, Victoria and New Zealand. Don't know about Tasmania though,
