{"id":303,"date":"2010-10-08T18:42:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmacdonald.com.au\/dev\/?p=303"},"modified":"2011-10-17T08:25:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T21:55:15","slug":"the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/2010\/10\/the-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Salvation-Jane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Salvation-Jane.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Salvation Jane\" width=\"640\" height=\"671\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Salvation-Jane.jpg 640w, https:\/\/petermacdonaldphoto.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Salvation-Jane-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s ugly about this beautiful purple bloom. Well it&#8217;s s a curse. <\/p>\n<p>Paterson&#8217;s Curse to be exact or in South Australia it goes by the less innocuous  name, Salvation Jane.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced from the Mediterranean it&#8217;s now Australia&#8217;s dominant weed, estimated to effect over 30 million acres of pasture. It&#8217;s drought resistant, chokes out native plants and is toxic to livestock.<\/p>\n<p>Still its great for making honey and a thing of beauty to the ignorant traveller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s ugly about this beautiful purple bloom. Well it&#8217;s s a curse. 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