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87.05.00b

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to [the North-Eastern and Goulburn Valley Agricultural and Pastoral Association], 1887-05 [87.05.00b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1887/87-05-00b-final.odt>, accessed June 18, 2026

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Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Country news', Argus, 19 May 1887, p. 7.
[Our Tatura
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Vic.
correspondent reports:— "Samples of a thistle apparently new to this district were forwarded by the secretary of the North-Eastern and Goulburn Valley Agricultural and Pastoral Association on the 4th inst. to the secretary for agriculture, and by him transmitted to the Government botanist,
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Letter not found.
who reports that the thistle is botanically known as '
Centawnea cateitrupa

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Typesetter's error for Centaurea calitrapa?
and in Britain it is commonly called 'star thistle.' It extends from the south of England to the countries on the Mediterranean Sea and to North-Western India. It can be prevented from spreading by cutting and burning the plants before seeding.]