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Paterson Austral.|ˈpætəsən|
The surname of an Australian family, used in Paterson's curse, a blue-flowered weed, Echium plantagineum, of the family Boraginaceæ which is said to have spread from their garden near Albury, New South Wales, in the 1890s.
1905Agric. Gaz. New South Wales XVI. 268 That ‘Paterson's Curse’ produces some feed is undoubted, but it is a smothering, rough, coarse plant, whose room is far better than its company. 1922G. M. Thomson Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in N.Z. iii. 445 It [sc. Echium plantagineum] is a serious pest in some parts of Australia, where it is known as ‘Paterson's Curse’. 1926F. W. Hilgendorf Weeds N.Z. vi. 144 Paterson's Curse..is the local name of this weed where it is commonest in New Zealand, viz. in the Thames and neighbouring districts. 1930A. J. Ewart Flora of Victoria 971 Paterson's Curse... A weed proclaimed for the whole state. 1970R. M. Moore Austral. Grasslands xii. 189/2 Paterson's curse..has a wide distribution in South Australia, Victoria, and southern New South Wales. |