I'm looking at the flowers not the leaf
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Looks like I am wrong, and stand corrected, the white flower with the spoon id not pattersons curse but something else :-)
pattersons curse seems to be a blue flower in google images
220px-Echium_April_2010-2.jpg still glad we (i think) don't have it wide spread
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Toxicity[edit]
Echium plantagineum contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids and is poisonous.[10] When eaten in large quantities, it causes reduced livestock weight and death, in severe cases. Paterson's curse can kill horses[11] and irritate the udders of dairy cows and the skin of humans. After the 2003 Canberra bushfires a large bloom of the plant occurred on the burned land, and many horses became ill and died from grazing on it.[12] Because the alkaloids can also be found in the nectar of Paterson's curse, the honey made from it should be blended with other honeys to dilute the toxins.
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