Patterson's curse

English right|thumb|Patterson's curse in a paddock in Jarrahdale, Western Australia Echium plantagineum Echium plantagineum in Australia Alternative forms en Paterson's curse Etymology Said to be named after the Patterson family who had it as an ornamental garden plant which spread and took over adjacent previously productive paddocks (though this was not the first large outbreak). Pronunciation en en-au-Patterson's curse.ogg AU Noun - en Australia The plant Echium plantagineum species, considered a noxious weed in Australia. 1905 J. H. Maiden, Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, xvi.268, Quoted in 1985, G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, Sydney University Press, 0-424-00113-6, That ‘Paterson’s Curse’ produces some feed is undoubted, but it is a smothering, rough, coarse plant ... the vernacular name ‘Curse’ shows what many people think of it. en 1952 Glynde Nesta Griffiths Some Southern Homes of New South Wales 20 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=gNXiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Patterson%27s+Curse%22+-intitle:%22Patterson%7CPaterson%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22Patterson%27s+Curse%22+-intitle:%22Patterson%7CPaterson%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=67DUT7abK6ediAfjqsSWAw&redir_esc=y In spring the fields near the river are covered with beautiful mauve flowers, another pest, known as Patterson’s curse. 1991, Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management, Landscope: The Journal of the Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management, Volumes 7-9, page 42, A plant with tough seeds such as Patterson’s curse (Echium plantagineum species) or caltrop (Tribulus terrestris species) can easily be spread in this way, as can plants that reproduce vegetatively. 1995, John Marsden, A Killing Frost, 1998 US edition (originally published 1995, in Australia, as The Third Day, The Frost), unnumbered page, They came swarming across the land, like locusts, like mice, like Patterson’s Curse. Synonyms en Lady Campbell, en salvation Jane, en Riverina bluebell en eponyms en Borage family plants