Gomphocarpus fruticosus (swan plant; narrow-leaved cotton bush) is a species of plant native to South Africa.[2] It is also common in Australia and New Zealand where it is a host of the monarch butterfly.[3] The plant's tissues contain sufficient cardenolides that consumption of significant quantities of the plant's leaves, stems, or fruit may lead to death in livestock and humans.[4][5][6]
"Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush (Gomphocarpus fruticosus". Weeds of Melbourne. March 30, 2021. from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
^Van Wyk, Van Oudshoorn & Gerike: Medicinal plants of South Africa, Briza Publications 1997. ISBN1-875093-09-5
^Philip H. Quanjer. "Milk Weed Asclepias fruticosa". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
^p. 36 in D. Jesse Wagstaff (2008). International Poisonous Plants Checklist, An Evidence-Based Reference. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. ISBN9781420062533.
^"Narrow leaf cotton bush: declared pest". agric.wa.gov.au. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2021. Narrow leaf cotton bush (Gomphocarpus fruticosus) is a declared pest in Western Australia (WA).
External linksedit
Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Gomphocarpus fruticosus". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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