[Baron von Mueller wrote to the effect that the weed which came from Glen Osmond1 is Linaria Elatine, a native mainly of the countries on the Mediterranean Sea, but extending to the south of England and Ireland as a supposed indigenous plant. It was too bitter to be consumed by pasture animals, but it had no poisonous properties. Baron von Mueller also identified two samples of thistle as the Kentrophyllum lanatum, and the Centauria2 calcitrapa. These thistles were originally imported from the Mediterranean Coast. They now grow wild in South Australia, and are a great nuisance. The "Star" thistle referred to in the Parliamentary Act is the first-named thistle, but the Centauria caltcitrapa3 is the real "Star" thistle.]
Centauria calcitrapa
Centauria caltcitrapa
Kentrophyllum lanatum
Linaria Elatine
SA.
Typesetter's error for Centaurea?
calcitrapa?
Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Agricultural Bureau. Weeds', a report of the general meeting of the Bureau held on 18 February 1889, South Australian register, 19 February 1889, p. 7. It is dated to early February as the latest date that it could have been sent to have been reported at that meeting.
Please cite as “FVM-89-02-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on