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Murrumbidgee sweet pea


noun a biennial herb, Echium plantagineum, native to the Mediterranean area, but widely naturalised in settled parts of Australia, having blue-purple flowers. Compare Lachlan lilac, Paterson's curse, Riverina bluebell, Salvation Jane.

Contributor's comments: Are you sure about the distribution. I've lived in Sydney, Armidale and now Yass, my family came from various bits of the Central West, and I've never heard the stuff called anything but Patterson's curse, except for a bloke in the Gundaroo pub, who referred to it as simply 'curse'.

Contributor's comments: Pattersons Curse, (aka Riverina Bluebell or Salvation Jane), is one type of plant. It is not a pea. There is another pea-like plant that may be the Murrumbidgee sweet pea. A pea flower is a pultena. Pattersons Curse is NOT a pultnea.