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Exotic Intruders
The thistle became extremely abundant from the earliest days of settlement, having arrived as a contaminant in bags of pasture and cereal seeds. It was particularly common in the Otago and Southland area, being unwittingly planted along with oat crops; so much so, that for a while gossip spread round the colony that the Scots were deliberately cultivating their national plant
The thistle became extremely abundant from the earliest days of settlement, having arrived as a contaminant in bags of pasture and cereal seeds. It was particularly common in the Otago and Southland area, being unwittingly planted along with oat crops; so much so, that for a while gossip spread round the colony that the Scots were deliberately cultivating their national plant.