leek, native

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a poisonous Australian plant, Bulbine bulbosa, Haw., N.O. Liliaceae. Calledalso Native Onion. Its racemes of bright yellow flowersmake the paddocks gay in spring.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 121:

«`Native Onion,' `Native Leek.' Mr. W. n. Hutchinson, SheepInspector, Warrego, Queensland, reports of this plant: `Itseffects on cattle are . . . continually lying down, rolling,terribly scoured, mucous discharge from the nose.'»

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