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#280968 22-Jan-2021 15:11
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It's growing so well I reckon it must be a weed, but ...

 


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  #2640164 22-Jan-2021 15:41
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Bamboo?




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  #2640170 22-Jan-2021 16:06
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I don't think so, the stems don't have the segmented appearance I associate with bamboo.

 

 

 

Here's a closer view of one stem-head & stem:

 

 


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  #2640178 22-Jan-2021 16:27
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Google Lens on your first close-up seems to think it's a Cyperus Alternifolius, but I'm no botanist.



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  #2640179 22-Jan-2021 16:28
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Looks like Cypriol.

 

 

 

could also be Cyperus odoratus / cyperus haspan.





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  #2640180 22-Jan-2021 16:37
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Nut grass kill with weedkiller




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  #2640188 22-Jan-2021 16:58
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juggalo28: Nut grass kill with weedkiller

 

Fortunately, it seems too tall for nut grass - aka Cyperus rotundus / purple nutsedge - which is said to have "flowering stems are erect, up to 60 cm tall" [https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17506]
My plant is growing more than twice that size.

 

 

 

pih: Google Lens on your first close-up seems to think it's a Cyperus Alternifolius, but I'm no botanist.

 

Thanks @pih, this looks like the right answer

 

 


 
 
 

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  #2640214 22-Jan-2021 18:17
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On a similar note, does anyone know what the pink flowers are growing on the side of the road north of Christchurch?

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