<P> In the 1880s , it was introduced to Australia , probably both as an accidental contaminant of pasture seed and as an ornamental plant . Reportedly , both names for the plant derive from Jane Paterson or Patterson , an early settler of the country near Albury . She brought the first seeds from Europe to beautify a garden , and then could only watch helplessly as the weed infested previously productive pastures for many miles around . </P>
<P> In the 1880s , it was introduced to Australia , probably both as an accidental contaminant of pasture seed and as an ornamental plant . Reportedly , both names for the plant derive from Jane Paterson or Patterson , an early settler of the country near Albury . She brought the first seeds from Europe to beautify a garden , and then could only watch helplessly as the weed infested previously productive pastures for many miles around . </P>
when was paterson 's curse introduced to australia
when was paterson 's curse introduced to australia
In the 1880s
In the 1880s