Hi Alistair Nice photo, even if it is a weed..... :-)>
I like the reddish tinge to the leaves. I'm not sure where the term 'pigface' originated but you're right, it is a commonly used name for this plant and our native species as well. By coincidence I recently put together this page for the website I manage for an Australian native plant Society. http://asgap.org.au/c-ros.html Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting Alastair Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/91518150&exif=N > Another shot from the spider beach - this South African plant is > one > of the world's great invaders. Does especially well on New > Zealand > and Australian beaches where for some reason they call it pigface! > Actually it's an interesting word to do a google image search on - > it > brings up an interesting mix of images! > Here in NZ it gains this nice red coloration in the leaves which > makes > it quite attractive. > > Comments welcome as always > Alastair > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
