Gympie
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Gympie is a city and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. Located in the Greater Sunshine Coast, Gympie is about 170.7 km north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the
Gympie Town Hall, 2015
Lower Mary Street, c. 1925
The 1873 Gympie flood
Gympie Court House, 2012
Dendrocnide moroides
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Dendrocnide moroides, commonly known in Australia as the stinging tree, stinging bush, or gympie-gympie, and also sometimes referred to as the suicide plant, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae
Gympie
…towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture. Gympie's name derives from the Gubbi Gubbi word gimpi-gimpi, which means "stinging tree" and refers to Dendrocnide moroides. The tree has large, round leaves that have similar properties to stinging nettles. The city was previously named Nashville, after James Nash, who…
Dendrocnide moroides foliage SF20326
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Small plant at Crystal Cascades near Cairns, Queensland, June 2021
Mature shrub around 3 metres tall