parsnip, wild

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

n.


a poisonous weed, Trachymene australis, Benth., N.O. Umbelliferae.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 142:

«Recently (Dec. 1887) the sudden death of numbers of cattle inthe vicinity of Dandenong, Victoria, was attributed to theirhaving eaten a plant known as the wild parsnip. . . . Itsaction is so powerful that no remedial measures seem to be ofany avail.»

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